This award is for women who have built their own successful business from scratch.

Award sponsored by Barclays Wealth

Barclays Wealth is an organisation dedicated to helping clients get the most from their wealth by acting as their guide. With access to the entire resources of the Barclays Group, we're able to provide services and expertise to make a difference whether clients want a close personal relationship or simply direct access to trading.

We understand that wealth means different things to different people, and believe that no one is better placed to help our clients acquire wealth, use it, enjoy it and pass it on.

This award is for women who give their time and energy for the benefit of others and without financial reward.

Award sponsored by: Clarity Marketing

Clarity Marketing provides strategic marketing consultancy, advice and training to ambitious small and growing businesses in the East Midlands.

Clarity Marketing’s mission is to ensure that small businesses are able to benefit from the same professionally qualified marketing knowledge as larger businesses and reap the benefits in business growth.

Founder, Francine Pickering, provides this marketing advice on a flexible basis, as well as business coaching and mentoring. She is a keen advocate of women’s enterprise and is part of the national network of Women’s Enterprise Ambassadors. She regularly works with Young Enterprise and mentors entrepreneurship students at the University of Nottingham to encourage an enterprising spirit amongst young people.

This award is for women who have achieved a personal goal against the odds.

Award sponsored by
Business and Professional Women UK

Business & Professional Women UK Limited is part of a worldwide network of women started in 1919 and today has members in over 100 countries. It is a non-party political organisation dedicated to encouraging women to achieve their full potential in all aspects of their life.

“Membership is open to working women of all ages, in any type of career at all levels of responsibility, including those on a career break or working in the voluntary sector. Membership gives women the confidence to participate in public life and decision making, voice opinions, campaign to ensure the same opportunities are available, seek to influence government to bring about changes in policies and legislation. Members benefit from involvement in activities designed by women for women and enjoy the friendship and support of women who share a positive outlook on many aspects of life and believe in giving back to their community.

Membership offers opportunities to make new friends, enjoy social activities, meet women from different backgrounds and careers and make contacts with business and professional women throughout the world.”

Website: www.bpwuk.co.uk

This award is for women who have achieved organisational success by working their way from the 'bottom to the top' either in one organisation or by working with a number of organisations to achieve their career goals.

Award sponsored by CEDAR Talent Management

CEDAR Talent Management provides talent management solutions to help organisations to identify, attract and retain talent.

This encompasses executive coaching, assessment and leadership development at senior executive and high potential levels.

Services also include a proprietary 360° benchmarking instrument and highly effective talent retention programmes.

Clients, including 57 of the FTSE 100, range from major industrial and telecoms companies to leading professional services firms and the not-for-profit sector.

CEDAR Talent Management designs bespoke solutions because we recognise that no one solution is right for everyone. It also means that we can offer a client-centred flexible approach. Our solutions range from one to one support and team or group workshops to strategic solutions that can be rolled out across the whole organisation.

This award is for young women aged 16 to 22 who are already extraordinary in any of the above categories.

Award sponsored by BrainBox

BrainBox specialises in performance analysis and the design of innovative training solutions.

We have a dedicated team, led by Catherine Brady, based in Loughborough. We colaborate with a much larger geographically-dispersed team who provide us with specialist services such as graphic design, IT, e-learning, conference organising and print services.

Most of our suppliers have worked with us for over 10 years. Like a film production team we come together to complete a specific project - and then disband. This allows us to select the best people for each project, according to the needs of the client.

Extraordinary Woman of the Year 2011

This award is for the most outstanding woman from the winners of the above categories.

Award sponsored by
The Corporate & Executive Coaching Organisation Ltd

The Corporate and Executive Coaching Organisation is a specialist executive coaching provider founded in 1996 by Neil Espin and Vicki Espin.

CECO's aim is to raise the level of professional and personal development through the coaching solution of people inside organisations.

As tutors they have delivered their coaching knowledge to over 5000 individuals learning to become coaches and to their corporate clients who are looking to introduce either a coaching culture or strategically develop a coaching mindset in the organisation's 'way of doing business'. CECO's highly acclaimed coach training programme has recently won the East Midlands Partnership and Collaboration Award in the 2009 National Training Awards.