6.30pm - Midnight | 17 November 2025
City Central @ Honourable Artillery CompanyLondon, UKWomen-Led Business of the Year
This award recognises the achievements and contributions of female founders or management team executives of companies that have shown superior leadership, vision and inspiration or transformational outcomes for their business and sector as a whole during the qualifying period. It is open to leaders within European life science companies only.
Criteria & Judging
Qualifying criteria:
- Must be a management level member of a private company
- Must be a management level member within the period between 1 September 2024 and 1 August 2025
- Must be a company with European headquarters
Judges will be paying particular attention to:
- What the leader’s greatest achievements were in this period
- Creation of non-transactional / financial outcomes / opportunities
- Creation of new partnerships / leveraging existing partnerships
- How has the founder created value for stakeholders and investors
- Examples of overcoming adversity
- What the leader has done to influence and advance female entrepreneurship in their sector
