Digital Masters Awards 2022

The Digital Masters Awards is our biggest tech exec meet-up of the year, and the only event of its kind, shining a light on the talent within the European tech industry. Now in its ninth year, the DMAs are the benchmark for excellence in digital leadership. Talent continues to be pivotal in the development of the European digital ecosystem and the awards seek to highlight the unique individuals who have been instrumental within their field.

There are 12 coveted Green Cubes to be awarded, with categories for CEO of the Year, Board Member of the Year, Rising Star and General Managers, through to excellence in functional leadership covering Marketing, Data, Product, Technology, Finance, People, Commercial. The winners and runners up are debated by an esteemed judging panel, an assembly of Europe’s most influential Chairs, venture capital and private equity investors.

This year the ceremony and networking dinner, announcing the winners was held in London on November 8th at Tate Modern. The evening saw 500 C-level executives, investors and entrepreneurs come together for an evening of networking and celebration. The DMAs continues to be a pivotal date in the calendar for the European tech ecosystem and is now known for being a ‘must-attend’ event across the sector.

 

About

A Digital Master is someone who has proven that they have made a critical contribution to their company’s success over the last 12-18 months; they are a strong leader who has built and led a high-performance team and inspired them to deliver impressive results with clear metrics. In addition, a Digital Master is someone who contributes outside of just their own domain, citing evidence of the impact they have had on the wider business or ecosystem.

The Process

The Digital Masters Awards are subject to a three-part selection process.

1. Through industry nominations and extensive canvassing of market opinion, across functions, seniority, sector and location, a longlist is compiled in each of the categories.

2. From the longlist, the Judging Panel select a shortlist of individuals in each of the 11 categories who have performed outstandingly well in their respective fields during the previous 12-18 months.

3. Each of the shortlisted candidates are further scrutinised by the judges during an afternoon of deliberation and discussion to determine the top five, including a winner and two runners-up, in each category.

Judging Panel 2022

 2022 WINNERS

CEO of the Year

Hanno Renner, Personio


Excellence in General Management

Philippe Vimard, Doctolib


Excellence in Commercial Management

Geraldine MacCarthy, Personio


Excellence in Finance

Melissa Nussbaum, WeTransfer


Excellence in Product

Hannah Gibson, Ocado Group


Excellence in Digital Transformation

Anca Iordanescu, Ikea


Excellence in Marketing

Boukje Taphoorn, Bol.com


Excellence in Technology

Niilo Säämänen, Wolt


Rising Star

Nina Wagner, Hello Fresh


Excellence in Data

Robin Jose, wefox


Excellence in People & Talent

Andre Heinz, Celonis


Board Member of the Year

Nancy Cruickshank


“Always in awe of what an amazing event you host. Must be such a satisfying and proud achievement to know you are an integral pillar of the ecosystem, and we value you so highly”.

Lakestar

“Congratulations on an amazing event last night.It was great to be out in person amongst such a talented group of people - was a real buzz in the air. Proof again that you and the Up Group have an incredible network and convening power in the world of tech”.

OMERS Private Equity

“The world of European digital owes The Up Group and you a debt of gratitude for creating and sponsoring rare large scale high quality gatherings to foster ambition and social connection.”

Rated People



 2022 Digital Masters Partners


Digital Masters Alumni

 2021 WINNERS

CEO of the Year

Poppy Gustafsson, Darktrace


Excellence in General Management

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber


Excellence in Commercial Management

Shimona Mehta, Shopify


Excellence in Finance

Fabian Wesemann, wefox


Excellence in Product

Nilan Peiris, Wise


Excellence in Digital Transformation

Ben Stimson, NHS and Waitrose & Partners


Excellence in Marketing

Aoife Nally, Elvie


Excellence in Technology

Vicky Wills, Zego


Rising Star

Yuelin Li, Onfido


Excellence in Data

Mahana Mansfield & Ela Osterberger, Deliveroo


Excellence in People & Talent

Eva Ducruezet, GoCardless


Services to the Industry

Robin Klein, LocalGlobe


 2020 WINNERS

CEO of the Year

Anne Boden, Starling Bank


Excellence in General Management

Mayke Nagtegaal, MessageBird


Excellence in Commercial Management

Andrea Zitna, Elvie


Excellence in Finance

Luisa Barile, Bought By Many


Excellence in Product

David Fock, Klarna


Excellence in Digital Transformation

Cait O’Riordan, Financial Times


Excellence in Marketing

Joe Cross, TransferWise


Excellence in Technology

Rahma Javed, Deliveroo


Rising Star

Sabrina Castiglione, Tessian


Excellence in Data

Piers Stobbs, Cazoo


Excellence in People & Talent

Ross Seychell, Personio


 2019 WINNERS


CEO of the Year

Clair Gilmartin, Trainline.com


Excellence in General Management

Daniel Taylor, Paddy Power Betfair


Excellence in Commercial Management

Annabel Jack, MADE.com


Excellence in Finance

Maria Hedengren, iZettle


Excellence in Product

Alice Newton-Rex, WorldRemit


Excellence in Digital Transformation

Paul Morris, Specsavers


Excellence in Marketing

Nicki Sheard, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty


Excellence in Technology

Juan Villamil, Department for Work & Pensions


Rising Star

Amy Cole, Instagram


Excellence in Data

Vince Darley, Deliveroo


Excellence in People & Talent

Anna Fredrixon, KRY/LIVI


2018 Winners


Excellence in
People & Talent

Katarina Berg, Spotify


Excellence in
Commercial Management

Melissa Di Donato, SAP


Excellence in
Technology

Dr Caroline Hargrove,
McLaren Applied Technologies


Excellence in
Data

Tom Betts, Financial Times


Excellence in
Digital Transformation

Patrick Miceli, Sky


CEO of the Year

Demetra Pinsent,
Charlotte Tilbury Beauty


Excellence in
Marketing

John Veichmanis, Farfetch


Excellence in
Finance

Andy Botha, ZPG


Rising Star

Alice Delahunt,
Ralph Lauren


Excellence in
Product

Kyle McGinn, Facebook


Excellence in
General Management

Pascal Gauthier, Ledger