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On the 16th of October 2011, Alice made history, yet again, by becoming the first ever female to commentate on a motorsport event for ITV. She joined ITV Sport commentator, Richard John Neil in the comms box to commentate on the final round of the Formula Renault BARC Championship, the same championship she won this time last year. Alice did the commentary live on ITV4 at the Silverstone circuit. Richard John Neil said “Alice did a fantastic job! We are extremely pleased with her! I would love to work with her again.”

It was the first time Alice did anything like this and she commented, “I loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed it and I would love to thank ITV and Richard John Neil for this great opportunity and would jump at the chance to do it again!”

Also for Alice, it was the final round of the Formula Renault Championship. Struggling in qualifying with and a slipping clutch for the first few laps in race one, Alice finished P11 for the first race. But it would be the final race of the season which was highly frustrating. Alice fought hard to get P8 by the end of the third lap, but was ordered by the Clerk of the Course to serve a drive through penalty for using too much exit on the exit of Copse corner. Alice ended up finished P10, and P9 in the championship, but 4th in the Graduate Cup.

Commenting on the weekend, Alice said “It was a tough and frustrating weekend for us we struggled with things in qualifying, and we were unlucky with the slipping clutch in race one, and getting the drive through, as many drivers were doing the same thing. However, taking the positives, we raced very well and showed to people that no matter what happens we will always fight through. Huge thanks for my sponsors for all their support this season. I am hugely grateful! Also to Manor Competition for their spectacular work and their support this season, especially to my engineer Sarah, and my mechanic Sam. Next outing is the MRF race in India, which I am so excited about! As for next season, I hope to do Eurocup Formula Renault or GP3, but need to find the budget first.”

Alice will be racing in India on the 29/30 of October as a support race to the Formula One, Alice’s final race of 2011.

To keep up to date on progress in India, follow Alice on twitter, @alicepowell.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography.

Current Formula Renault BARC Champion, Alice Powell, had mixed fortunes this weekend at Brands GP, which were the penultimate rounds of the Formula Renault Championship. Alice made it to the weekend, with the help of a Motorsport fan sponsoring Alice for the last two events.

BRDC Rising Star, Powell, struggled in qualifying only managing to post the 12th and 10th fastest time for the races, “I pushed to early on my tyres in the first qualifying and just tried too hard in the second one. It is a lesson learnt that I just need to chill out more!!”

For Race One, Alice got a fantastic start, gaining two positions off the line to move into P10. Throughout the race, she had a great on and off battle with team mate, Josh Hill, who pipped her on the second from last lap, due to a mistake by her out of Surtees bend. Alice crossed the line in P8.

For Race Two, Alice got yet another great start, pulling off a move on Mitchell Gilbert around the outside of the famous, Paddock Hill bend. As Alice tried to overtake Ed Jones, he forced her onto the grass, resulting in Alice losing a place and dropping back to P10. However, a couple in front of her had jump starts and had to serve drive through penalties, which promoted Alice to P8 by the end of lap 3. From then on, Alice pressured Ed Jones but could not find a way past , but still managed to set the 5th fastest lap of the race and finish second in the Graduate Cup, crossing the line in P8 but receiving P6 points, as two drivers in front of her do not receive championship points.

Commenting on the weekend Alice says, “I am disappointed with the way the weekend went. I was hoping for much better results, but the positives are that we showed in the last race that we had the pace, and also that we can start well! I just need to stay calm and focused to try and get a better result at Silverstone in two weeks. I have dropped to P7 in the championship, but only 2 points behind 6th, so it is not impossible!”

The final two races of the season are on the 15/16th of October and will be shown LIVE on ITV4. Alice will also be joining the ITV4 commentary team at Silverstone, to commentate on the Formula Renault BARC Championship.

If you would like to support Alice through sponsorship, please visit www.alice-powell.com or email info@alice-powell.com or call +44 (0)1608 659779.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography.

Alice Powell endured a tough weekend at Silverstone, this weekend, but fought her way through the field to achieve two top 8 finishes. Moving away from the normal BTCC package, Formula Renault was on the World Series by Renault weekend, which saw crowds of just over 100,000.

There was only one 25 minute qualifying this weekend, unlike the usual 2×20 minutes, with the drivers second best time setting their position for the second race. Alice struggled, only managing to post the 12th best time, and 11th best time for race two, “I am not too sure what to say. The car felt good, but I just did not produce the time. It will make the races very tough, but I am not going to give up.”

For Race One, Alice got a fantastic start, passing two cars round the outside of Copse corner, and a further one through the fast Maggots and Becketts. Taking advantage of cars bunching in front, Powell took to the inside of her team mate, Josh Hill, to gain another spot. By the end of lap one, the 18 year old, was already up to 8th place, but she didn’t stop there. With the two in front of her, Jordan King and Oscar King squabbling for position, Jordan went wide at Copse allowing Alice past and onto the tail of Oscar. Getting a good tow heading towards Maggots, she stuck it up the inside, a bold move, which paid off! A large gap was now ahead of Powell, which she started to close, until a small mistake at the Loop, lost her some time. At the end of the 25 minute race, Alice crossed the line in 6th place, a great effort from 12th on the grid.

For Race Two, she lined up in 11th place. Getting another good start, taking two places, again round the outside of Copse Corner. Now up to 9th, she got forced wide at The Loop, falling back to 10th. However, at Brooklands, a crash between Oscar King and Dan Wells, allowed Powell to slip through and up to 8th. From then on, Alice pushed hard to catch the bunch in front, occasionally having to defending from Jordan King behind. On the last lap, Alice tried a move on Jack Hawksworth, which was unsuccessful, so she had to settle for 8th.

Speaking about the weekend, Alice commented “Qualifying was a disaster, and I am going to work hard over the break to sort it. The races were great, especially race one. I was so fired up and took full advantage of getting a good drive off the line, both times, to attack the cars in front and move forward. It was another fabulous effort by the whole Manor Competition team, and driver coach Lewis Williamson, that I hope to reward them next time out at Rockingham with a podium finish and also to my sponsors, for their continued support.”

Alice’s race engineer and Manor co-owner, Sarah Shaw said “Alice made up for a difficult qualifying session by overtaking more cars than anybody else in each race. In race one she shot from 12th to 6th, putting in some quick lap times along the way. She repeated this impressive performance in race 2, this time getting up to 8th and almost taking 7th place on the last lap, proving that she undoubtedly had the pace to run at the front of the field if only qualifying had gone better…”

Alice’s next outing is on the 17/18 of September at Rockingham, where Formula Renault will return back to the British Touring Car support package.

If you would like to support Alice through sponsorship, please visit www.alice-powell.com or email info@alice-powell.com.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography.

Alice Powell took the Graduate Cup win in round 12 of the Formula Renault UK Championship at Snetterton, this weekend, as well as finishing 7th and 4th outright, in the two races. This was the first time the Formula Renault Championship had raced at the new Snetterton Circuit.

In first qualifying, Alice struggled, going off the track a couple of times, and ended up only P9 on the time sheet. However, in the second qualifying, she produced a lap that put her 4th on the grid, “I am not too sure what went on in Q1, but I struggled. That was very disappointing, but Q2 was great and put me in a great position for challenging for a podium!”

For Race One, Alice got a reasonable start, but was not in a position to challenge the guy in front. From then on, the race was pretty much follow the leader, and it was only when others on front made mistakes, that Alice took the advantage to gain the position. She crossed the line only a few tenths behind 6th place.

For Race Two, she lined up in 4th place. Getting a good start, she challenged Tio Ellinas, who was in 3rd. However, at the Agostini Hairpin, Alice got hit from behind by Daniel Cammish, damaging the battery plug at the back of the car. Luckily, Alice carried on, losing not a great deal of time. On the first lap, Jack Hawksworth had a heavy impact with the safety barriers, causing the safety car to be deployed.

After 3 laps behind the safety car, the racing then continued, but oversteer at the first corner, saw Powell lose a large chunk of time from the cars in front, which meant she had to heavily defend from the cars behind her. But, she stuck at it, and managed to pull out a small gap and push to catch the guys in front.

With six laps remaining, exiting the Hamilton corner, the car lost all power for a split second, only to see the gap Alice pulled out from Cammish, close, and exiting the final corner she had a train of 3 cars right on her tail. Having thought she had seen off the attack from Cammish, her car cut out again, this time for slightly longer, allowing Oliver Rowland to pull alongside her. However, Rowland, thinking he was clear of Alice’s car, pulled over to the inside, clipping Alice’s right front wheel, causing him to go wide, which allowed Alice back through.

From then on, Alice got her head back down and pulled another small gap in 4 laps, to cross the line in 4th place, for the Manor squad and taking the Graduate Cup victory.

Speaking about the weekend, Alice commented “It has been another mixed weekend for me. I have still learnt a lot from the weekend and to come away with some decent point and the Graduate win is great! Race One, not much went on, but Race Two, kept me on my toes, especially with the car cutting out on occasions! I think I would have pulled a much bigger gap from Dan (Cammish), and even stood a chance for challenging for 2nd or 3rd if I did not had the problem, which was caused by the contact from behind at the start. Big thanks to everyone at Manor for their help, who continue to work so hard and do a great job. I am very much looking forward to Silverstone, which is in two weeks!”

Alice’s race engineer and Manor co-owner, Sarah Shaw said “After all the bad luck Alice has had so far this season it’s great to see her finally rewarded with a good result and Graduate Cup win. She drove a great race and kept a cool head, despite having to soak up enormous pressure when her car began to cut out as a result of damage to the electrics when she was hit from behind at the start”.

Alice’s next outing is in two weeks (20/21 Aug), at the Silverstone Arena Circuit. It will be support to the World Series By Renault Championship, which attracts crowds of over 100,000.

This weekend was rounds 9 and 10 of the Formula Renault UK Championship at Croft. Alice was hoping to capitalise on a good points finish at Oulton and take that to Croft.

Qualifying One, was wet, and Alice did not get the best out of the wets, and sadly ended up P9 on the grid. Qualifying Two was hit and miss with the weather, with rain threatening just before the session. The rain held off and out the field went on slicks. For the majority of the session, Powell was P2, but it wasn’t till the later stages that she dropped to P3. “Quali 1 was disappointing, but to get P3 in Quali 2 was great and it was a key opportunity to get a podium or a win.”

For race one, Alice used her worst set of tyres to save the best set for race two. Alice got a great start, challenging for P8 and P7. Sadly, whilst trying to make a move she lost a position and dropped down to P10. For the remainder of the race, Alice put pressure on P9, but could not gain a way through and had to settle for the tenth spot.

Race Two would see Alice line up 3rd on the grid. Again getting a great start, she moved along side Mitchell Gilbert (P2) on the approach to the first corner. However, Gilbert bounced off the kerb into Turn one, resulting in his rear wheel hitting Alice’s front wheel and sending her through the gravel and knocking out her tracking (steering). Alice made it back on track, but in P5. Towards the end of the lap, Powell challenged Oliver Rowland for 4th place, but he squeezed her onto the grass and his rear wheel touched Alice’s front wheel, the same side that Gilbert touched. This knocked her tracking out a bit more and on lap two, she misjudged the chicane, due to the tracking, and clipped the tyres, sadly ending her race.

Speaking about the weekend, Alice said “It has not been a great weekend. Getting 3rd on the grid for race two and getting brilliant starts was a positive, but the rest was very disappointing. We definitely have the pace to get great results, and my team (Manor) and sponsors (Silverstone-Hotels.com, Immun’Age, IWI Watches and Sparco) deserve a good result, but, at the moment, things are not coming together. I just need to try and keep my head up and try and raise some money for the remainder of the season. I would like to thank Manor (Competition) for their efforts at the weekend.”

Straight from Croft, Alice flew out to Germany to test at the Nurbugring, Nordschleife Circuit for Aston Martin. This was a great opportunity for the 18 year old to learn the 15mile circuit, and to gain experience in a GT Sports Car. The Nordschleife circuit is very well known across the motorsport world, not only for its length, but for the challenging corners as well as the exciting races it have produced in the past.

Alice thoughts after the test were, “Wow! It was a brilliant experience and I would love to thank everybody from Aston Martin, and their sponsors, for letting me test. It really was a joy!!”

David King, Director, Special Projects at Aston Martin commented, “We invited Alice to come and experience the Nordschleife at a private test. She was so impressive in her training laps, that we sent her out in a 500bhp V12 Vantage race car, in the rain! As expected, she did a great job and impressed the whole team with her professional approach”.

This weekend was rounds 7 and 8 of the Formula Renault UK Championship at Oulton Park. Alice was hoping to finish both races and collect good points after the disappointments of getting knocked off at Thruxton in May.

Qualifying One was interrupted by a red flag, causing the young female driver disappointment as she was not able to complete her flying lap, due to this. Alice would line up for Race One, P10. Qualifying Two was a different story. No red flag meant Alice could push and get in her flying lap. For the majority of the session, the 18 year old from Chipping Norton, was P3, but it was only in the last few minutes of the session, that she slipped down to P6, “Q1 was disappointing, but that is motorsport. Q2, however, was going great until I just tried too hard and made a few mistakes in the last few minutes, which caused me to drop down the order to P6”.

Unlike Saturday, the sun was not shining on Sunday. Rain poured an hour or so before Race One, making tyre choice hard. However, slicks it was, even tho, off line was slightly wet. Alice lined up P10, and got a great launch off the line, gaining two places before the first corner. However, while making the second move, Alice was forced onto the wet, causing her to have to slow dramatically before making the turn, which sadly made her drop three places. However, Alice made her way back to 9th place.

Race Two produced the same track conditions as Race One. For Alice, it would be quite a quiet race until the last lap, occasionally pressuring the driver in front and having to defend at times, from her team mate behind. On the last lap, the Fortec driver of Felix Serralies made a mistake coming out of the Knickerbrook chicane, allowing Alice to get alongside him. Serralies, forcefully pushed Alice onto the grass, causing her to lose time, as well as the chance to gain a position. Powell had to settle for 6th and left the weekend P9 in the Championship and 4th in the Graduate Cup.

Speaking about the weekend, Alice said “It was a tough weekend. I was definitely expecting better results, but I scored points this weekend which is good! However, we do have some work to do before Croft as putting a lap, with all sectors together is key. We hope for better results there. ”

Commenting on Alice’s performance, her engineer, Sarah Shaw said “Alice had a frustrating weekend; in Q1 she was on a very good lap when the session was interrupted by a red flag – this meant that her lap time was not recorded and she had only done one other flying lap. The drivers who got out of the pitlane first were able to get one more flying lap before the chequered flag, and several of them improved their time, but unfortunately Alice was near the back of the queue and took the chequered flag at the end of her out lap. This meant she qualified an uncharacteristic 10th.

Q2 was better but a mistake on her best lap cost her nearly 2 tenths – she qualified 6th but had the potential to be much higher up the grid.

Both races took place in damp / drying conditions. Alice got good starts in both and drove really well, showing good race pace and pressuring the drivers in front. Oulton Park is a track where overtaking is very difficult even in bone dry conditions, but with the circuit still damp and slippery off line it was almost impossible. Still Alice made the best of the situation and brought home some valuable points”.

The next rounds of the Championship are on the 18th/19th of June at Croft.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography.

This weekend was rounds 5 and 6 of the Formula Renault UK Championship at Thruxton. Alice proved her talent and speed in qualifying by securing P5 and P2 for the races, a tremendous effort, at a track where the window to produce your flying lap is extremely small.

Alice has great memories from the Thruxton circuit, as it was where she won the Formula Renault BARC Championship last year, and was hoping to challenge for the wins in the races.

In Race One, starting P5, the 18 year old from Chipping Norton, got off to a great start, working her way up to 3rd place by lap two. However, on lap four, her team mate, Josh Hill, made contact with the side of Alice’s car sending her into a spin and damaging the left rear, ending her race.

For race two, Alice lined up on the front row of the grid, leading the way for the Manor Competition team. Sadly, Alice would only make it to the second corner, as Pedro Pablo Calbimonte drove into the side on Alice’s car, this time damaging the right rear, and ending Alice’s race along with much sympathy from the ITV4 commentators.

Speaking about the weekend, Alice said “Results wise, it was extremely disappointing, seeing that it was not my fault either times, and there was nothing I could have done. However, we showed the pace we had in qualifying by getting P2. Huge thanks to all the Manor Competition team for their continued efforts and hard work, as well as my sponsors, Sliverstone-Hotels.com, Immun Age and IWI Watches. I am very much looking forward to Oulton Park in 5 weeks time!”

Commenting on Alice’s performance, her engineer, Sarah Shaw said “Alice’s weekend was blighted by bad luck which robbed her of the chance of getting the results she deserved. Nevertheless there are a lot of positives to be taken from the weekend. Qualifying 5th for race one was good but we knew there was still potential for more and she proved us right by qualifying 2nd for race two.

Sadly her luck was just rotten in the two races!! Without doubt, Alice had the pace to be on the podium in both races, so it’s really disappointing not to have come away from Thruxton with some results, but that’s racing and we’re really happy with the job Alice did throughout the weekend”.

The next rounds of the Championship are on the 4/5th of June at Oulton Park, Cheshire.

If you would like to support Alice through sponsorship, please visit www.alice-powell.com or email info@alice-powell.com.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography.

Female motor racing ace Alice Powell has signed up for the 2011 Formula Renault UK series with Manor Competition – the most successful team in the history of the Championship.

Alice, 2010 Formula Renault BARC Champion and recently named BWRDC’s Elite Gold Star winner for the second year in succession and recipient of the Club’s prestigious Lord Wakefield Trophy, completes the same quartet of drivers who raced with Manor Competition in the FRUK winter series last November.

Formula Renault UK is established as the country’s leading single-seater championship, launching the Formula 1 racing careers of Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen and Heikki Kovalainen. The championship enjoys a high level of exposure due to its place on the support package of the British Touring Car Championship, leading to comprehensive television coverage in the UK on the ITV Sport network. Two races are also held at World Series by Renault, which attracted a crowd of 125,000 in 2010, making it the best attended one-marque single-seater series.

18 year-old Alice first joined the Nottinghamshire squad back in 2009 following a season in Ginetta Juniors. She said of her recent signing; “I am delighted to be working with Manor again. Sarah (Shaw) and the team know how I work and, hopefully, together we can produce the right results in 2011!”

Sarah Shaw at Manor Competition says of the renewed partnership; “We’re really happy to have Alice back in the team – it was important to us to have her as part of our line-up. We all enjoy working with her and she is very quick, so we’re looking forward to a strong season together.”

Alice is the reigning Formula Renault BARC Champion scoring two wins, seven podiums and two pole positions last year. Alice made history by becoming the first female to win a Formula Renault race and the first female to win a Formula Renault Championship. Alice will continue to find sponsors throughtout the season.

If you would like to support Alice through sponsorship, please visit www.alice-powell.com or email info@alice-powell.com.

Photo by Jakob Ebrey Photography

Gravity Sports Management have signed an agreement with young Kiwi, Richie Stanaway (18), which states that they intend to sign him as a works Gravity driver for 2011 and beyond – a sensational breakthrough for the 2009 New Zealand Formula Ford Champion, then this year’s German ADAC Formula Masters champion.

“This is great news and a huge step towards my goal of reaching the top ranks of motorsport. It is wonderful to be able to repay the faith and funding that a group of Kiwi business people, friends and family have had in me. Over the next few weeks, I will have more details of what series etc the Gravity people will want me to compete in next season, but in the meantime, I have plenty more testing on tracks and simulators to do, and then the next round of the Formula Renault UK Winter Cup at Pembrey this weekend.”

Since the conclusion of the 2010 ADAC Formula Masters championship, Richie has been very busy being involved in winter testing programmes for various teams. Starting with a brief stint in a Formula 3 car, Richie went to the F1 circuit at Barcelona, Spain, for a test day in a Formula Renault 2.0 with championship-winning team, Koirannen Bros Motorsport, and then underwent a thorough evaluation programme with Gravity Sports Management, the organisation that runs what is the Renault F1 team’s junior/development programme. (The Chairman of Gravity Sports Management is Eric Bullier who is also the Renault F1 Team Principal). This involved four test days in France with Tech-1 Racing in a Formula Renault 2.0, matching him against numerous other ‘hopeful’ drivers, the result of which has led to his participation in the 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup.

The first round of the Winter Cup was held this past weekend with Richie driving for Atech Grand Prix, after three days of testing.

“The seat/driving time I have had since the ADAC Formula Masters Championship has been great for me and I know I have improved my driving a lot, learning all the time, working with different teams at different circuits – something like 12 test days over five weeks which is well over 1,000kms of intensive driving. Then, when it came to the first round of the Winter Series, I don’t think I have ever raced in a more competitive field with many experienced locals who were front runners in the UK Championship as well as many other international drivers including the two Red Bull junior team drivers, Carlos Sainz’s son and Danil Kyvat.

“In qualifying which started on a damp track, I was on pole for virtually the whole session with the track drying, but for the last two laps I came across traffic and was held up, seven drivers capitalizing on the drier track to better my earlier fastest time – so I was bumped back to eighth. In the first race I got a flying start and managed to finish third, wondering what might have been the result if I had qualified nearer the front of the grid. I started the second race from sixth position and again got an excellent start and swiftly moved up to second and began pressuring the leader. However, I touched a wet patch of tarmac in a fast corner and slid off onto the grass and wasn’t able to continue in the race. My mistake – and another lesson learned,” said Richie.

During this week, Richie will visit the Renault F1 Human Performance Centre followed by some simulator testing and then track testing prior to the next round of the Winter Cup at Pembrey this coming weekend.

Local schoolgirl and racing driver Alice Powell was honoured at the 2009 Women of the Future Awards, held last night (12 November) at a ceremony in London, supported by David Cameron and Cherie Blair.

Alice was runner up in the Young Star Award category, which was won by 19-year-old inventor and businesswoman Ruth Amos, who developed a revolutionary mobility aid whilst studying for her GCSEs.

Other entrants in the Young Star Award included: actress Georgia Groome star of the movie “Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging” and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen.

Alice, who lives in Chipping Norton and attends the Cotswold School near Cheltenham, says: “It’s a real honour to get recognition. Few women have made it in motorsport and no one has made a real impact in F1 – that is my ambition. I think the time is right, if a girl is out there doing well then more women would watch Formula 1 – it would definitely make it more exciting.”

Alice continues: “I’d like to be a role model for girls entering motor sport. A successful woman in motor sport would be a true ambassador for the sport and women wanting to enter it and do well. I am breaking new ground and would like to do for motor sport what Ellen MacArthur has done for sailing.”

Founded by writer and entrepreneur Pinky Lilani OBE and Caspian Publishing, and supported by Shell, the Women of the Future Awards were established to identify Britain’s talented young women aged 35 and under, who are set to be the leaders of tomorrow.

Now in their fourth year, previous winners include Melody Hossaini, co-founder of the UK Youth Parliament, soloist ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson and television presenter and writer, Dawn Porter.

At last night’s ceremony, David Cameron delivered a speech on the vital role of women in the UK. Cherie Blair, a long-standing patron of the awards, presented the award for the Business Woman of the Future category.

Awards went to:
Art and Culture Woman of the Future – sponsored by Visa Europe
• Alexia Khadime (24) and Dianne Pilkington (34), currently performing the lead roles in Wicked.

Business Woman of the Future – sponsored by Asda
• Sam Smith (35), FinnCap

Entrepreneurial Woman of the Future
• Holly Tucker (32), the co-founder of internet retailer notonthehighstreet.com which provides a platform for small businesses to take on established brands.
• (Special commendation: Emily Bendell (28), Blue Bella)

Media Woman of the Future
• Julie King (33), Head of External Relations for the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body organising the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Professions Woman of the Future – sponsored by Sodexo
• Annie Graham (31), Ernst & Young
• (Special commendation: Ayesha Hazarika (34), Special Advisor to Parliament)

Science and Technology Woman of the Future – sponsored by Shell
• Dr Sarah Teichmann (34) of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
• (Special commendation: Dr Karen Masters (30) of the Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth)

The Woman of the Future Voluntary Award
• Katy Tuncer (29), Metropolitan Police

The Young Star Award – sponsored by Barclays
• Inventor and businesswoman Ruth Amos (19) of StairSteady who has put university on hold to focus on the company she formed after inventing a product to help people with mobility issues as part of a GCSE project.

Mentor of the Year – sponsored by Booz & Company
• Birgit Neu, HSBC

The Women of the Future Corporate Award – sponsored by KPMG
• Global outsourcing giant Capgemini UK
• (Special commendation: Caroline Carr and Seung Earm, Executive Directors, Goldman Sachs)

A Women of the Future Awards Special Commendation went to Debbie Moore of Pineapple Studios who was the first women to float a company on the London Stock Exchange.

The awards ceremony took place at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on Thursday November 12, 2009.

For information on the awards, visit: http://womenofthefuture.co.uk/