The winners of the 2023 Autocar Nice Ladies: Rising Stars award have been introduced, recognising the motoring business’s finest up-and-coming expertise spanning 11 classes.

Held together with the Society of Motor Producers and Merchants (SMMT) and assisted by govt search specialists Ennis and Co, Autocar’s Nice Ladies awards have fun essentially the most profitable rising stars throughout a large cross part of the business, employed by corporations from JLR and Mini to Pendragon.

There have been 124 Rising Stars recognised throughout 11 courses – every class then receiving a class winner.

All Rising Stars have been judged to be excellent of their area and recognised at Autocar’s annual Nice Ladies occasion, held this yr at Stellantis’s UK headquarters in Coventry.

Among the many winners have been Julie Stears, chief engineer at JLR accountable for engineering high quality; Megan Harrell, Mini UK’s technique, planning and operations supervisor; and Emma Whyld, Toyota UK’s part supervisor for worker relations.

Whyld was named winner within the new ‘Range, Equality and Inclusion’ class that recognises these making the automotive sector extra interesting to a wider vary of individuals. 

Mike Hawes, SMMT chief govt, stated: “The competitors for the Nice Ladies awards will get stronger yearly, with this yr’s exceptionally excessive calibre of entries making the judging course of more durable however extra rewarding than ever.

“Congratulations to the winners, all rising stars of their fields, whose success throughout such a broad vary of roles is proof of the numerous profession alternatives automotive has to supply. 

“Highlighting the achievements of those future enterprise leaders can solely assist entice extra proficient individuals from all backgrounds and with differing ability units into automotive jobs – and we want all of them as we try to remodel the business and, certainly, mobility within the UK and globally.”

The complete record of class winners: