IRMS Awards - Past Winners

Each year the IRMS recognises excellence in the field of information management with our prestigious Industry Awards. These highly sought-after awards are presented at a glittering ceremony following our Gala Dinner, the centrepiece of our annual Conference.

Below are the names of previous winners of each of our awards.

Professional of the Year

• 2025: Victoria Blyth
• 2024: Sophie Moss
• 2023: Natali Higgins
• 2022: Emily Overton
• 2021: Rod Stone
• 2020: Graham Snow
• 2019: Tim Turner
• 2018: Sarah Graham
• 2017: David Paris
  (Runner-up: Madi McAllister)
• 2016: Michael Read
  (Runners-up: Alex Fitzgerald, Barry Moult, Jamie McDonald)
• 2015: Vicky Beddall
• 2014: Michele Noad
• 2013: Claire Johnson
• 2012: Jenny Godfrey
• 2011: Roger Poole
• 2010: Gordon Hobbs
• 2009: Cerys Ledger
  (Runner-up: Ava Wieclawska)
• 2008: Heather Jack
• 2007: Ken Glasgow
• 2006: Jamie Burton
• 2005: Dr Julie McLeod
• 2004: (no award)
• 2003: (no award)
• 2002: Alistair Tough
• 2001: Clotilde Wang
• 2000: Philip Jones
• 1999: Carl Newton
• 1998: Richard Bennett
• 1997: Bob McLean
• 1996: Jean Samuel

Team of the Year

• 2025: Jisc and the HE/FE Sector team
• 2024: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Public Inquiries KIM Support Unit
• 2023: Information Governance Team, Wellcome Trust
• 2022: KIM team, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
• 2021: The Dapian Project Team
• 2020: Information Governance Team at Historic Environment Scotland
  (Runners-up: IG Team at the Care Inspectorate, Training Team at Leadership Through Data and the National Health & Social Care Strategic Information Governance Network)
• 2019: Information & Records Management Service, Houses of Parliament
• 2018: Leicester City Council Information Governance & Risk Team
• 2017: Fife Council Archive and Records Store Project Team
• 2016: Warwickshire County Council
  (Runners-up: Chelmsford City Council, London Borough of Barnet)
• 2015: British Land plc
  (Runner-up: Cyngor Caerphilly Council)
• 2014: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust RM & DP Team
• 2013: National Archives of Scotland PR(S)A Implementation Team
• 2012: WASPI Implementation Team
• 2011: Somerset County Council
• 2010: Staffordshire County Council
• 2009: Network Rail
  Runners-up: Camden Children, Schools and Families Records Team, Diageo, Wirral Council)
• 2008: European Central Bank Records Management Specialists (Runner-up: Unilever Archives and Records Management)
• 2007: Scottish Executive
  (Runners-up: University of Dundee Centre for Archive & Information Studies, Falkirk Council Corporate Records Team, National Library of Wales Digital Preservation Team)
• 2006: Cairn Energy plc
• 2005: University of Edinburgh
• 2004: Deutsche Bank Central Business Records Team

Supplier of the Year

• 2025: Rachel Mitchell, Leadership Through Data
• 2024: Act Now Training
• 2023: Oyster IMS
• 2022: Act Now Training
• 2021: Act Now Training
• 2020: Oyster IMS Ltd
  (Runner-up: Leadership Through Data Ltd)
• 2019: MeLearning Ltd
• 2018: Egress Secure Email
• 2017: Crown Records Management
  (Runner-up: Webfooted Designs Ltd)

Innovation of the Year

• 2025: Jaki Stockwell, Leadership Through Data
• 2024: the Records Management team at The Pensions Regulator
• 2023: Digital Knowledge and Information Management team, Cabinet Office
• 2022: Lancashire County Council for their COVID 19 Records Management Project
• 2021: Dapian Data Protection Impact Assessment Platform
• 2020: Training & Learning Model at Leadership Through Data Ltd
  (Runners-up: Data-Sync Solution at Bridgeworks)
• 2019: FOI Request Services, Hackney Council & MySociety
• 2018: Information Governance Support DPO Service for Schools, Essex County Council
• 2017: The re-imagined digital preservation handbook by the Digital Preservation Coalition

Alison North Award for New Professionals

• 2025: Carys Hardy
• 2024: Joseph Hettrick
• 2023: Payton Kufeldt
• 2022: Claire Archibald
• 2021: Ewa Kapica
• 2020: Leanne Robertson, Anne Nagley, Glenn Atkins and Ashley Wiliams
• 2019: Alison Forsey
• 2018: Penny Wright and Ruth Azzam
• 2017: Jaana Pinnick
  (Runner-up: Fiona Firth)
• 2016: Abigail Wharne
  (Runners-up: Sunny Seregen, Katherine O'Keeffe)
• 2015: Vanessa Platt
  (Runners-up: Sian Angharad Morgan, Joe Chapman)
• 2014: Jonathan Ellis
• 2013: Bilal Ghafoor & Hannah Burling
  (Runners-up: Sarah Palmer, Dr Maryam Borumand)
• 2012: Scott Sammons
• 2011: Deirdre Allison
• 2010: Alison Barnard

Bulletin Author of the Year

• 2025: (no award)
• 2024: (no award)
• 2023: Robert Bath (Highly Commended: James Lappin)
• 2022: Gillian Mapstone
• 2021: David Canning (Highly Commended: Laura Millar, Stuart Davidson, Richard Long)
• 2020: Robert Bath
• 2019: Rowenna Fielding
• 2018: Andrew Harvey
• 2017: Ralph T O'Brien
• 2016: Alan Bell

Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2025: Vicky Beddall
• 2024: David Smith
• 2023: Dr Paul Duller
• 2022: Elizabeth Lomas
• 2021: Deirdre Allison
• 2020: Barry Moult
• 2019: Julia Jones
• 2018: Denise Lynd
• 2017: Marc Fresco
• 2016: Roger Poole
• 2015: Claire Graham
• 2014: John Wilson & Collin Crooks
• 2013: Sue Garland
• 2012: Susan Healy
• 2011: Christopher Johnson
• 2010: Alison North
• 2009: Elizabeth Barber
• 2008: Mike Steemson
• 2007: Richard Blake
• 2006: Dr Anne Thurston

Special Award

• 2023: Elizabeth Barber, Keith Batchelor & Claire Archibald
• 2021: David Smith