Awards and
honorable mentions
2023
Awarded a WACL Talent Award
Awarded the Wendy Braverman Award for entrepreneurial spirit and excellence
Awarded an Advertising Weekly Europe Future is Female Award
Shortlisted for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2022
Finalist for the Ladies First Award
Finalist in the Social Enterprise Businesswoman category for The Great British Businesswoman Awards
2021
Awarded the Asian Women of Achievement Award in Arts and Culture
2018
Finalist for the Future Faces for Arts and Culture Award
2016
Maserati 100 Winner
Appointed as one of NESTA and The Observer’s 50 New Radicals
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Aston University
2015
Appointed as one of Southbank Centre’s 67 Changemakers in the Festival of Love Awards
Awarded the Sky Academy Arts Scholarship in Creative Producing
Awarded the Social Enterprise West Midlands Awards – SE Passion
2014
Awarded as Business Person of the Year in the UnLtd Fast Growth Youth Achievement Awards
Awarded as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Be Inspired Awards
Listed as Highly Commended for the SEWM Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2013
Awarded a Class Careers award in Baldwins KickStart Awards
Awarded the British Empire Medal for Services to Education and Young People
Finalist for the West Midlands Women of the Year – Outstanding Contribution to Social Change award
Finalist for the Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
2022
Finalist for the Ladies First Award
2012
Awarded as Birmingham Young Professional of the Year – Aspiring Talent
2011
Highly commended in the HE Social Entrepreneurship Champions of Change Recognition Awards Commendation
2010
Awarded the Aim Higher Associate of the Year Award for Aston University for Birmingham and Solihull (2009-2010)
Finalist for the Outstanding Contribution to Placement Employer from Aston Business School