The Icons Awards, in association with the Pink Shoe Club, were launched in the House of Lords, with founding patron Benazir Bhutto.
Its patrons include The Home Secretary, Rt. Hon Theresa May MP and Tessa Sanderson CBE.
The Pink Show Club awards aim to throw a spotlight on outstanding women across British business, professional and public life, whose achievements and individual actions are helping to open up opportunities for others.
The 2010 Icons Award have also been presented to a superstar of female pioneers including: Shami Chakrabarti CBE, director of Liberty; Claire Ighodaro CBE Board member- Lending Standards Board, Lloyd’s of London, British Council, Baroness Warsi Sayeeda, Minister without Portfolio & Conservative Party Chairman and Emma Harrison CBE, Founder, Owner & Chairman of A4e.
Helene Martin Gee, senior parliamentary advisor and founder of the Pink Shoe Club, says: ‘Our icons act as a beacon for others proving that with determination anything is possible. Each icon is a high achiever in her career as well as helping others and being active within society. The enthusiasm and ideas generated by these women are at the forefront of the UK’s economic regeneration.’
Says Lisa Buckingham: ‘It’s an enormous privilege to be named as a winner of the Media Icon award. Financial Mail Women’s Forum has achieved so much over the past year and it is wonderful this has been recognized.
‘We recently re-launched the FMWF website which has helped us gain new visitors and in March 2011, building on the phenomenal success of this year, we will stage our fourth Breaking the Mould conference to help broaden the career horizons of sixth form girl students.’
‘Our second Financial Freedom newsletter published to help women prison leavers get to grips with life on the outside is being sent out to every women’s prison in the UK and our 24 hour free advice line for these vulnerable women is now up and running.’
‘I am immensely proud of FMWF’s huge achievements during 2009/2010 and look forward to even greater success next year.’
Tags: Icon Awards, Lisa Buckingham, Pink Shoe Club, Women in Media
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October 22nd, 2010 at 6:28 pmdee blick says:
Fantastic Lisa. Well done, you are an inspiration to all of us in the media and indeed beyond.
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October 23rd, 2010 at 1:02 amVictoria Whittard says:
Media Icon award – fantastic – well done. I love the sound of the Breaking the Mould conference which will no doubt serve to encourage these young women to explore the amazing breadth of opportunity there is out there in the world and guide them as to how to go out and take firm hold, with both hands, of their opportunity to realise their ambition and make an impact on the world.
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November 5th, 2010 at 4:12 ameastenra says:
Congratulations!
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