Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards 2024: The Winners

The 2024 Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards celebrated women's vital role in transport and logistics. 

The competition highlights the varied and increasing avenues of opportunities available in the industry. Despite industry progress, only 23% of the industry’s 1.5m employees identify as women and more than half are in non-transport roles, according to Everywoman.

Rebecca Hall, director at HH Driveright, was the winner of the Tech Innovator Award, for developing technological and compliance solutions that address numerous risk-related challenges faced by fleet operators. Hall also founded the Idling Awareness Day last year (2023) to tackle unnecessary car emissions.

Amanda Boland, chief people officer at Barnes Logistics was the winner of the Supply Chain Award (Leader), while Sarah Weller, commercial director at UK Truck and Plant Group won the Sustainability Champion Award.

The 2024 Woman of the Year Award was presented to Sarah-May Harrison, operations supervisor at FedEx Express. She has launched a dedicated data capture centre, leading to a company saving of £1.5 million in its first year, pursuing her HGV license and through FedEx’s Women’s Inclusive Network.

Harrison is a registered sign language interpreter. In 2023 she shared a video of herself signing British sign language (BSL) greetings, reaching 540,000 people globally with a 70.41% engagement rate.

The judges praised Harrison for her dedication to dismantling barriers and finding new ways to integrate technology to ensure equal opportunities for all. 

2024 category winners

Apprentice of the Year
Ella Harper, apprentice toolmaker at Unipart Dorman

The Customer/Passenger Award 
Above and Beyond: Hannah Man, communications manager at Go-Ahead London
Leader: Zoe Walsh, sales and customer relations director at GLH

The Freight Award
Above & Beyond: Lyndsay Hogg, managing director at Hogg Global Logistics
Leader: Vanessa Young, director at Ketra Logistics

The Industry Champion Award
Astrid van der Burgt, head of road safety at HOLCIM

The Infrastructure Award
Above & Beyond: Susan Leadbetter, principal consultant at WSP
Leader: Anna Sabatowska, general manager at Movianto UK

International Inspiration Award
Sue Donoghue, chief executive officer at Arabian Cluster at DHL Global Forwarding

Male Agent of Change
Ben Evans, new business director at Atkins Réalis

The Supply Chain Award
Above & Beyond: Kristina Slekiene, manager, operations at FedEx Express
Leader: Amanda Boland, chief people officer at Barnes Logistics

The Tech Innovator Award
Rebecca Hall, director at HH Driveright

The Warehousing Award
Above & Beyond: Beysun Duru, 3PL regional manager at Amazon
Leader: Sarah Pritchett, general manager at DSV