Norwich

Norwich is where the DevelopHER Awards began in 2015, and the ceremony keeps coming home. The women of Norfolk's tech scene have built something the rest of the region looks to.

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Coming back to Norwich in 2027

Norwich in numbers

5

Ceremonies held

53

Winners from Norwich

155

Finalists from Norwich

Where the awards have been

  1. 2015 Norwich
  2. 2016Ipswich
  3. 2017Cambridge
  4. 2018 Norwich
  5. 2019Ipswich
  6. 2020 No ceremony
  7. 2021Cambridge
  8. 2022 Norwich
  9. 2023 Norwich
  10. 2024Ipswich
  11. 2025 Norwich
  12. 2026Bury St Edmunds

Norwich didn't have a women-in-tech scene before DevelopHER. Now it has fourteen categories of role models, and a sold-out room to prove it.

Vickie Allen-Collier · Founder, DevelopHER Awards

Norwich winners

Every winner nominated from Norwich.

2025Viktoriia MoskalenkoApprentice
2025Ava Gulliver-JaryBest Newcomer
2025Georgina SlaterDigital Marketer
2025Alice WhitmarshEmerging Talent
2025Hayley JohnsonInspiration
2025Kirstie TostevinProduct Management
2025Emma OckelfordTech for Good
2025Indre KiskieneTech Star
2025Charlie McCormackTester
2025Holly AllenUser Experience
2024Steph DarrahBest Newcomer
2024Morrigan PickfordEmerging Talent
2024Kate KillickGame Development
2024Jessica KeenInnovation
2024Abi BremnerProduct Management
2024Thuria WenbarTech for Good
2024Kayleigh HallTech Star
2024Zoey TurnerTester
2023Robin MiltonGame Development
2023Charlotte MillarTech for Good
2023Elizabeth KirbyTester
2023Kayleigh HallUnsung Hero
2022Hannah OuazzaneBest Newcomer
2022Mary-Jo HillInnovation
2022Ilona UttingInspiration
2022Eleanor OvervoordeProduct Management
2022Mary-Jo HillTech for Good
2022Aimee BloodworthTester
2021Sally ThackerApprentice
2021Kirstie TostevinDigital Marketer
2021Amy HighlandEye for Design
2021Sarah FukeTech Star
2021Rachel Harding User Experience
2019Leah HurdApprentice
2019Ellie WemBest Newcomer
2019Erin HeenanDigital Marketer
2019Louise BirritteriEntrepreneur
2019Aleks PawlikTech Star
2019Rose BonnerUser Experience
2018Katie HynardEye for Design
2016Emily CoxApp Developer
2016Alice MiddletonBest Newcomer
2016Juliana MeyerDevelopHER Award
2016Juliana MeyerEntrepreneur
2016Emma WoodhouseInspiration
2016Marianela QuemeTech Star
2016Gail CruseUser Experience
2015Roisin DelaneyApprentice
2015Sarah FukeBest Newcomer
2015Alice RoseDigital Marketer
2015Sofia PriceEmerging Talent
2015Lisa PriceInspiration
2015Rachel CanhamTester

Past ceremonies in Norwich

2025

Norwich

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2023

Norwich

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2022

Norwich

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2018

OPEN, Norwich

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2015

Norwich

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Other host cities

Ipswich

Hosted 2016, 2019, 2024

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Cambridge

Hosted 2017, 2021

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Bury St Edmunds

First ceremony 2026

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Be in the room next time

Whether they write code, design products, make games or hold a team together, we want to hear about the women in tech around Norwich.