Digital Masters Awards 2021 - Shortlist Announcement

The Up Group are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2021 Digital Masters Awards.

Now in its eighth year, the DMAs are the digital talent awards for Europe, celebrating individual achievements and highlighting the executives who are driving and delivering growth within the tech ecosystem.

Our esteemed judging panel – comprised of investment firms including Accel, Balderton, Creandum, Atomico, Northzone, Eight Roads, Kinnevik, Octopus and Vitruvian, and chaired by Toby Coppel of Mosaic Ventures – cast their votes on a record-breaking number of nominees across the 11 categories and deliberated to agree upon the shortlists.

Up’s CEO and Founder, Clare Johnston, comments: ‘Each year I am impressed by the calibre of nominees, without exception, but this year I was struck by the diversity of the longlists, from a gender, ethnicity, sector and market perspective. The talent pool in Europe is broad and deep, and at The Up Group we think it is incredibly important to shine a light on the phenomenally talented individuals who are building the tech industry.’

The winners of the 11 Green Cubes will be announced at an invitation-only ceremony in London next month, with a guest list of leading investors, operators and entrepreneurs.

We would like to thank our Digital Masters Partners, Orrick, Silicon Valley Bank and Silverpeak for their continued support.

CEO of the Year

  Hanno Renner, Personio

      Johnny Boufarhat, Hopin

    Poppy Gustafsson, Darktrace

      Nickyl Raithatha, Moonpig Group

      Alex Chesterman, Cazoo

    Peter Holten Muhlmann, Trustpilot

      Johannes Schildt, Kry / Livi

Excellence in Commercial

         Brόnagh Crowley, Streamyard at Hopin

      Shimona Mehta, Shopify

       Samantha Wessels, Elastic

       Ken Serdons, Mollie

       Antoine Nougué, Checkout.com

Excellence in Marketing

         Aoife Nally, Elvie

       Noel Mack, Gymshark

       Tom Wallis, Gousto

     Vidya Peters, Marqeta

       Peter Ruchatz, Celonis

Excellence in Data

     Ming Tang, NHS England

       Mahana Mansfield & Ela Osterberger, Deliveroo

       Vinicio Gonzalez Perez, Bought By Many

       Maria Stone, Spotify

      Harriet Rees, Starling Bank

Excellence in Finance

      Johan Bergqvist, Bolt

      Fabian Wesemann, wefox

       Michael Bannon, MessageBird

        Francois Callens, Depop

       Charlie Steel, Babylon

Excellence in General Management

        Panni Morshedi, Beauty Pie

     Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber

        Paul Whitehead, Cazoo

        Thishani Nadesan, Cleo AI

        Phill Burton, Bloom & Wild

Excellence in Product

       Nilan Peiris, Wise

      Roman Schumacher, Personio

        Benjamin Keyser, Contentful

      Krishna Panicker, Pipedrive

       Ciaran Dynes, Matillion

Excellence in Technology

      Ben Goldin, Mambu

     Vicky Wills, Zego

       Remo Gettini, Depop

        Yaron Shaer, Klarna

     Dirk Daumann, sennder

Excellence in People & Talent

       Daniel Illes, Vinted

         Eva Ducruezet, GoCardless

       Richard Nolan, THG

      Romy von Roeder, TIER Mobility

         Tania Garrett, Adobe

Excellence in Digital Transformation

        Jennifer Day, Sky

       Ben Stimson, NHS / Waitrose & Partners

       Chris Poad, Tesco

       Barbara Martin Coppola, IKEA Retail (Ingka Group)

      Matt Risley, Channel 4

Rising Star

      Pranav Sood, GoCardless

        Yuelin Li, Onfido

         Kenny Temowo, Improbable

       Julian Collin, Trade Republic

         Audrey Libert-Satto, Checkout.com