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MOST INSPIRING BUSINESS LEADERS
Bubbling under
Just missing out on our top 30 were :
Brad Johnson ( Yellow Box Marketing ), Lou Tonner ( Wander Films ), Bob Cuffe ( various ), David Dixon ( DigitalCity ), Lee Hutchinson , Kimberley Turner ( both Double Eleven ), Angela Lockwood ( North Star Housing ), Dale Smith ( SDDE Smith Group ), Glenn Bartlett ( Close Protection Security ), Michael Shakesheff ( Casper Shipping ), Lee Bramley ( Endeavour Partnership )
MOST INSPIRING BUSINESSWOMEN 2022
1st ( 2nd last year ) Sharon Lane 2nd ( 6th ) Catherine Devereux 3rd ( 4th ) Chloë Clover 4th ( 5th ) Zoe Lewis 5th ( new ) Nikki Sayer 6th ( 3rd ) Jane Armitage 7th ( new ) Jessica Williams 8th ( new ) Jo Davies 9th ( new ) Vicki Jackson-Smith 10th ( new ) Bev Goodall
Leading lady - Sharon Lane .

2021 Top 5

2020 Top 5

2019 Top 5

1 .
Prof Jane Turner OBE DL
2 .
Frans Calje
3 .
Sharon Lane
4 .
Bill Scott OBE
5 .
Steve Gibson OBE
1 .
Ben Houchen
2 .
Andy Preston
3 .
Bill Scott OBE
4 .
Frans Calje
5 .
Prof Jane Turner OBE DL
1 .
Ben Houchen
2 .
Andy Preston
3 .
Prof Jane Turner OBE DL
4 .
Bill Scott OBE
5 .
Alastair Powell

2018 Top 5 2017 Top 5

2016 Top 5

1 .
Ben Houchen
2 .
Bill Scott
3 .
Andy Preston
4 .
Steve Gibson OBE
5 .
Gary Dawson
1 .
Bill Scott
2 .
Steve Gibson OBE
3 .
Andy Preston
4 .
Mike Matthews MBE
5 .
Gary Dawson
1 .
Steve Gibson OBE
2 .
Andy Preston
3 .
Bill Scott
4 .
Steve Cochrane
5 .
Alastair Powell
After their previous dominance in this poll , from 2021 we didn ’ t allow votes for the region ’ s two popular mayors , Ben Houchen and Andy Preston .
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