Judging
An independent panel of recognised and knowledgeable technology leaders will determine winners of the Real Innovation Technology Awards. Our focus is to ensure a balanced assessment of submissions from leaders representing different industries who will bring their experience and expertise to the process ensuring that the winners of each category are truly outstanding. The panel is carefully selected to ensure the fairness and objectivity. The judges are required to declare any conflict of interest in submissions over which they deliberate. In that case that submission will be reassigned. The 2022 RITA judging panel (so far) can be seen below
2022 Real IT Awards Judges

Kirsty BennetCIO
Bentley Motors

Sabah CarterChief Data, Intelligence and Technology Officer
Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Carl DavisChief Technology & Innovation Officer
flydocs (owned by Lufthansa Technik)
Karl HoodsChief Information Officer
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Eileen Jennings-BrownHead of Technology
Wellcome Trust

Donna GildeaDigital Transformation Portfolio Head
Liberty Specialty Markets
Kirsteen KingDirector of Business Operations
News UK

Simon NivenCTO, Global Commodities
ED&F Man

Zayd RasoolDirector - Service Excellence
GSK

Nick ReeksIT Director
Tata Steel Europe

Christina ScottChief Product & Technology Officer
OVO

Ned StevanovskiHead of Digital Transformation
Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Paul ThurstonIT Director
Dentons
2021 Real IT Awards Judges

Pooja BaggaIT Director - Operations (Transformation)
Royal Mail Group
Alex BeggCTO, Global IS
British Council

Mark BramwellChief Information Officer
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Sabah CarterCIO Enterprise Systems
News Corp

Laura DawsonDirector of Data and Technology Services
The London School of Economics

Christelle HeikkilaIT Director
Arsenal F.C

Karl HoodsChief Digital & Information Officer
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Rachel JonesCIO
HMRC
Naomi O'NeillHead of IT Governance
Amey

Zayd RasoolDirector - Service Excellence
GSK

Nick ReeksIT Director
Tata Steel Europe

Gilberto RodriguesDirector of IT, EMEA
PepsiCo

Christina ScottChief Technology Officer
News UK

Matt ScottChief Digital Information Officer
East Sussex County Council

Ned StevanovskiHead of IT Operations & Security
Mishcon de Reya LLP

Spencer SummonsHead of IS Security, Risk and Assurance
Tullow Oil