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2021 Award Judges
This year, while the country was locked down, it has been truly marvellous to see how many people have been eager to boost each other’s morale by recognising their achievements and nominating them for a Soldiering On Award! We were delighted to receive a record number of nominations!
To ensure each nomination is judged fairly and with due diligence, our stringent judging process is completed by two separate panels: the Category Award Judges, followed by an Independent Judging Panel. You can find out more about the Soldiering On Awards Judging Process here.
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2021 Independent Judging Panel
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- General the Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Co-chair of Judges, Soldiering On Awards
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- Debra Allcock-Tyler, CEO of The Directory of Social Change
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- Anne-Marie Piper, Senior Partner, farrer & Co
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- Charlie Wallace, Scottish Veterans Commissioner
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- David Richmond, Independent Veterans Advisor and Vice Chair of the Veterans Advisory Board
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- Deana Rouse MBE, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Government Security Function, Cabinet Office
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- Cdr Debra Whittingham RN, Deputy Governor, HM Tower of London, Historic Royal Palaces
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- Diane Côté, Former Group Chief Risk Officer, London Stock Exchange Group
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- Warrant Officer Class One Gavin Paton, Army Sergent Major
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- General Sir John McColl KCB CBE DSO, Chairman, Cobseo, the Confederation of Service Charities
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- Martin Taylor, Deputy CEO, Redwood Technologies Group
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- Brigadier Robin Simpson, University of Chester
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- Simon Brown, National Engagement Officer, Blind Veterans UK; Soldiering On Award Winner – People’s Choice Award, 2017
2021 Category Judges
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- Clare Crookenden, Grants Manager, Forces in Mind Trust
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- Craig Beaumont, FRSA, Director of External Affairs and Advocacy, Federation of Small Businesses
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- Daniel Elser, Assistant Director, The Royal British Legion
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- David Smith, Owner, CrossFit Spitfire; Soldiering On Award Winner, 2018
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- WO1 (Comd SM) Dean Morgan
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- Douglas Badham, Partner, Curzon Consulting
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- Gillian Russell, Senior Program Manager Worldwide, Global Military Affairs – Amazon
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- Graham Clarke, CISCO
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- Helen Helliwell, Director, Armed Forces People Policy, Ministry of Defence
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- Julie Baker, Head of Enterprise and Community Finance, NatWest
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- Karen Porter, Head of Communications and Engagement, Landmarc Support Services
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- Karen Tracey, Director, Dunelm Business Consultants
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- Katja Hall, Director of Corporate Affairs, Capita
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- Laura Blair, Employment Director, The Officer’s Association
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- Lisa Marr, Veterans’ Employment Transition Support, Barclays
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- Liz Brown, Head of NI Veterans’ Support Office Cobseo / RFCA NI
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- Mark Miller, Business Development Director – UK Defence, GKN Aerospace
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- Mark Ormrod, Former Royal Marine, Invictus Games athlete, author and motivational speaker
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- Mike Harwood, Military Mutual
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- Neil Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, MoD Defence Relationship Management, Ministry of Defence
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- Nick Wood MSc FHEA, Education and Development Lead (Military Culture & Transition) York St John University
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- Nikki Markham, Director, Battling On CiC; Soldiering On Innovation Award Winner 2016; Soldiering On Family Values Award Winner 2018
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- Rachel Kay, Learning Director, Capita
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- Ray Lock, Chief Executive, Forces in Mind Trust
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- Sarah Woodward, Commercial Marketing Manager, Pets at Home
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- Vicki Gosling, CEO, GB Snowsports
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