2026 Finalists

Here are the Finalists in the Leadership in Passenger Transport Awards. Congratulations to all the companies, organisations and individuals on the list. The winners will be announced at the presentation ceremony at lunchtime in London on Thursday 16th July. Click here for more details and click here to buy tickets.

All Finalists can use the 2026 Finalist logo, which can be downloaded here.


Community & Stakeholder Management

  • Stevie Collins – Go North West
  • Victoria Garcia MBE – Brighton & Hove Buses
  • Thomas Raistrick – Stagecoach South

Customer Service

  • Aleksandra Husejko – Grant Palmer
  • Richard Moxom – Reading Buses

Digital Communication

  • Hayley Gregory – Blackpool Transport
  • Alice Shimali – c2c
  • Carly Swift – Light Rail Safety and Standards Board

Engineering

  • Dan Gardener – Metroline
  • Sean Ives – Metroline
  • Ricardo Misson – Metroline
  • Gareth Muckett – Metroline
  • Peter Richardson – Go North East
  • Darren Woodcock – Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus

Innovation & New Thinking

  • John Fenn – JFRail
  • Christopher Lee – First Travel Solutions
  • Thomas Manship – Grant Palmer
  • Adrienne Poole – PACTO
  • Gemma Redson – Reading Buses
  • Jamie Swift – Blackpool Transport
  • Mark Tunstall – Stagecoach South Wales

Infrastructure & Project Management

  • Eliza Hylands – Portsmouth City Council
  • Tom Ranson – Reading Buses

Leadership Development

  • c2c
  • Great Western Railway
  • Go North East
  • Metroline

Lifetime Achievement

There is no shortlist for this category. The winner will be announced at the Presentation Ceremony on 16th July.

Marketing & PR

  • Nicola Barnes – Nottingham City Transport
  • Vicky Doyle – Brighton & Hove Buses
  • Hayley Gregory – Blackpool Transport
  • Emily Jones – Hertfordshire County Council
  • Claire Rawlinson – Marketing Bees
  • Richard Salkeld – Lumo
  • Laura Sharp – Go North East

Passenger Transport Leader of the Year

  • Ed Cameron – Whippet
  • Josh Devlin – Go North East
  • Nick Hill – Brighton & Hove Buses
  • Daniel Laird – Go North East
  • Sean O’Shea – ComfortDelGro UK & Ireland Bus & Coach
  • Ben Walkerley – Warrington’s Own Buses
  • Robert Williams – Reading Buses

Service Delivery

  • Tom Bartholomew – Metroline Manchester
  • Stephen Cahill – Metroline
  • Alison Duberry – Metroline
  • Myrrick Jones – Stagecoach South Wales
  • Lee Jordon – Grant Palmer
  • Gail Moore – c2c

Team Management

  • Bay Travel Coaches
  • Blackpool Transport Sales Team
  • Brighton & Hove Buses Google Transit Wallet
  • c2c All Stations Management Team
  • c2c Communications Team
  • PACTO Transformation Team

Unsung Heroes

  • Rosemary Blair – Brighton & Hove Buses
  • Katie Knight – Great Western Railway
  • Anthony Leonidou – Metroline
  • Tracey Morley – Arriva Yorkshire
  • Peter Nash – Grant Palmer

Young Passenger Transport Leader of the Year

  • George Baker – Metroline
  • Louis Cannon – Go North West
  • Josh Espley – Go North East
  • Isobel Hedley-Jones – Fastrack
  • Ruth Ladwig – Go South West
  • Jakub Stezowski – Metroline Manchester
  • Henry Young – Stagecoach South Wales


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