Sam Smith and Kelly Holmes lead the winners at the 2023 Bank of London Rainbow Honours Awards
The Bank Of London Small Brand Or Organization Of The Year
Winner: TwoDadsUK
Honorable Mention: Moonlight Experiences
Optum Inspirational Role Model of the Year
Winner: Marie-Helene Tyack – Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
Honorable Mention: Adam Wilson – Virgin Media O2
Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year
Winner: RainbowNet UK&I – DHL
Honorable Mention: Proud of FT – Financial Times
Marketing campaign of the year
Winner: ‘A to Z of Awesome’ campaign – LEGO
Honorable Mention: #AllOurPride – Pride in London
New LGBTQIA Network of the Year
Winner: Together with Pride – Swiss Re
Honorable Mention: Lockton Pride – Lockton
Head of diversity of the year
Winner: Yasir Mirza – Financial Times
Honorable Mention: Sarah Fennell – Macquarie Group
Gilead Outstanding Network Leader of the Year
Winner: Tyler Lee & Austin Key – Unilever
Honorable Mention: Liam O’Shaughnessy – GSK
Financial Times Corporate LGBTQIA Champion of the Year
Winner: Emily Hamilton – RS Group plc
Winner: Richard Hartley-Parkinson – Metro
Honorable Mention: Jacqui Rhule-Dagher – Hogan Lovells International LLP
Business Ally of the Year
Winner: Caroline Frankum – Kantar
Honorable Mention: David Ellis – Jacobs
Centrica Community Initiative of the Year
Winner: British Black Pride
Honorable Mention: Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust
DHL Big Brand or Organization of the Year
Winner: Wicks
Highly recommended: Unilever
GSK Charity of the Year
Winner: Stonewall UK
Honorable Mention: Black Trans Alliance
Sedulo Celebrity Ally of the Year
Winner: Nicola Sturgeon
Honorable Mention: Beverley Knight
Musician of the Year
Winner: Sam Smith
Honorable Mention: Adam Lambert
Campaigner Or Influencer Of The Year
Winner: Jake and Hannah Graf
Honorable Mention: Jude Guaitamacchi – Becoming Jude
Media moment of the year
Winner: Eastenders – Suki and Eve’s storyline
Honorable mention: I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here! – Jill Scott’s win
Melrose Celebrity LGBTQIA Champion of the Year
Winner: Lady Kelly Holmes
Honorable Mention: Michael Gunning
Raytheon lifetime achievement
Winner: Lord Michael Cashman CBE