The Awards were held at The Troxy in London and were hosted by comedian Laura Lexx

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Rise, the advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced the winners for this year’s Rise Awards.

Rise received over 400 nominations from across the globe, with attendees from Australia, United States, Canada, Australia, France, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands), at the ceremony.

The Awards were held at The Troxy in London and were hosted by comedian Laura Lexx. The ceremony was streamed on the Rise YouTube channel.

Rise business manager, Deborah Cross, said: “Now in its seventh year, the Rise Awards continues to go from strength to strength with many more companies bringing clients with them this year to share the Rise message. The 2025 ceremony was the culmination of a challenging task for our judging panel, selecting this year’s winners from an exceptionally high calibre of nominees. Congratulations to all those that took home an award, we feel privileged to champion the talents of these inspirational women and diversity advocates.”

The winners of the 2025 Rise Awards:

Advocate, sponsored by Techex

Levant Ozparlak - Irdeto

Scott Kerr - Sky

Business Leader, sponsored by IBC 

Liz McParland - Globecast

Business Operations, sponsored by Encompass

Laura Martín-Moralejo - Warner Bros. Discovery

Company Award for Investment in Women, sponsored by Ross Video

Channel 4

Influencer, sponsored by Disguise 

Mirusha Jegatheeswaran - ITV

Marketing, sponsored by DCE Agency 

Margot Ouali, Appear

Product Innovation, sponsored by Clear-Com 

Regina Poniridis - Caretta Research

Product Support Engineer, sponsored by appear 

Brittany Shoemake - Warner Bros. Discovery

Project Management Or Delivery (Vendor/Service Provider), sponsored by Globecast 

Jane Lavineway - Irdeto

Project Management Or Delivery, End User, sponsored by Warner Bros. Discovery 

Sarah Thornley - Sky UK

R&D Engineer, sponsored by AWS

Shufei He - Irdeto

Rising Star, sponsored by RedBee Media  

Patrycja Foltynowicz - Limitless Broadcast

Sreekala Kallidil - Irdeto

Sales, sponsored by Mimir Saga (part of the Fonn Group)

Juliet Bayliss - Globecast

Student/Apprentice, sponsored by SMPTE

Juliette Maes - Media Distillery

Technical Operations, sponsored by Vizrt

Jayne Hilton - Globecast

Woman Of The Year, sponsored by Zixi

Sue Farrell, Channel 4

Special Recognition Award

Presented to Nicki Fisher for her services to the broadcast industry and Rise.