Since 2014, the annual Northern Tech Awards shine a light upon the leading technology businesses headquartered in the North of England and Scotland. Organised by GP Bullhound, the Awards provide a unique way of celebrating the innovative technologies and businesses.
The event is attended by CEOs, entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Digital Economy and provides a fantastic networking opportunity for like-minded entrepreneurs to make contact and exchange ideas. The Northern Tech Awards is run as a not-for-profit event financed by GP Bullhound and a small group of sponsors who want to support entrepreneurship across the North.
This year's award ceremony will be held on 20 April 2023 in Edinburgh, UK.
For general enquiries about the event, contact Valentina Annese on +44 773 268 2548 or send an email to [email protected]. For sponsorship and entries enquiries contact Bev Boettcher on +44 7432 288 493 or send an email to [email protected]
GP Bullhound is delighted to announce that entries for the 2023 Northern Tech Awards are now open. In its tenth year, the annual Northern Tech Awards showcase and celebrate the fastest growing and most promising tech companies in the North of the UK.
Dave founded Blue Prism in 2001. Widely acknowledged as creating the RPA software category, Blue Prism’s Intelligent Automation software is used by over 2000 enterprise companies across 170 countries. Following a successful AIM IPO in 2016, growing to over 1000 staff in 30 countries, Blue Prism was acquired by SS&C in 2022 for $1.6bn. Dave lives in Cheshire with his family and is now sharing his experiences and passion for technology with young entrepreneurs as a mentor and investor.
George Mackintosh was the founder and CEO of Eggplant, the test automation company based in London. Initially VC-backed, the business expanded rapidly with offices in Germany, the USA and in Asia. It became a Carlyle portfolio company and was eventually sold to Keysight Technologies in 2020 for $330m. George's previous ventures included Geoconference [sold to Verizon] and City Meeting. He now lives in Edinburgh investing in several early stage businesses and indulging in the restoration of the luxurious corporate and holiday retreat Papple Steading. He is a trustee at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and an Associate at the University of Edinburgh Business School.
Jane Haxby is the Managing Partner of the London office. Jane is the former European Managing Partner and prior to that, she was the co-head of our Global Corporate Practice Group, responsible for EMEA. She has over 25 years of experience advising public and private companies on all aspects of corporate finance generally with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions (including takeovers). Jane also advises on corporate governance, reorganizations and general corporate structuring.
With over 25 years’ experience in the apprenticeship industry, Jonathan has been leading the growth as the Executive Chairman at Apprentify. Apprentify offer a unique approach to assessing, training and placing the best digital and technical Apprentices from start to finish.
Recently, Apprentify have received a significant investment from BGF with a goal of building the best digital and technical training programmes for business growth and acquisition.
A consistent theme in Mark's career has been turning data and analytics into better business decisions. Initially working in retail location consultancy and then leading database marketing agency Marketing Databasics to an exit with the Indicia Group. He co-founded deltaDNA in 2010 and brought analytics and player management into the games industry for the first time leading it to an acquisition by Unity Technologies in 2019. His current role is running Marketing for the Unity Gaming Services platform."
Serial entrepreneur, three-time founder and public board member. Presently Operating Partner at Exponent PE, Chair of GoCity and a NED at Flutter PLC. Formerly in Executive roles at Carlsberg Group until May 2021, where she was also Chief Digital Officer.
Paul is the co-founder of MPP Global and was CEO for 20 years until its acquisition by AIM-listed Aptitude Software in October 2021. MPP Global is the award-winning international provider of the cloud-based subscription management and billing SaaS platform, eSuite. Paul led the business from cradle to sale; including its angel funding and bootstrapped early growth phase, various strategy pivots, a series B fundraise and international expansion before its recent trade sale.
At exit, MPP Global had grown to over 100 employees plus offshore development teams and £9m ARR. As CEO, Paul became an all-rounder with an entrepreneurial spirit and a strong background in all areas of growing an international software company, including finance and metrics, sales, marketing, product and software engineering. Paul continues to work with passionate and entrepreneurial founders of exciting and high growth SaaS, Software and Fintech companies.
Richard has been in charge of Leeds based Sky Betting & Gaming for eleven years and with the company for sixteen.
He holds a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, where he was a Fulbright scholar. He lives in Harrogate with his wife and two children but remains an Arsenal fan.
Stephen is a Partner at ECI Partners, the UK’s leading growth-focused private equity firm.
ECI partners with UK growth companies within the business & financial services, consumer, and TMT sectors. For more than 40 years ECI has invested across the northern technology sector, gaining a wealth of experience in supporting high growth businesses, including NCC Group, LateRooms, Ascribe, Citation, Imagesound and Oaktree.
They typically invest £25m to £100m of equity in deals valued up to £200m. ECI believes in teamwork and collaboration, supporting ambitious management teams combining their knowledge and vision with our experience.
A huge Thank you to our guests, speakers, judges and sponsors for joining us for 9th annual Northern Tech Awards!
It was fantastic to see all of you face-to-face to celebrate all that is good in the Northern tech ecosystem.