The CGIUKI Awards ceremony is the largest event of its kind in the UK and the highlight of the governance social calendar. Each year, the Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in governance and annual reporting, rewarding the work and achievements of companies, teams and individuals from across the governance profession.
The 2025 awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 4 November at the Royal Lancaster London.
How to enter:
Your submission should be a pdf document and:
- Should be maximum 1000 words
- You can submit any other materials to support your nomination such as references (maximum 1000 words) long with supporting documents, imagery etc.
If you’re including any video, please ensure that this is hyperlinked within a doc and not embedded.
When you’re ready to submit via the entry portal, please make sure you:
- Write your organisations name as you wish it to be profiled.
- Upload your submission.
- Please include a high-resolution version of your organisation’s logo. This must be a jpeg or png. Please do not provide thumbnails. This can be uploaded by the ‘File upload’ button on the submission form.
Categories
The One to Watch
This award recognises the rising stars of governance. These are the people who, even with just a few years’ service behind them, are making a substantial contribution. The judges are looking for nominees who embody these qualities and more, making a notable and positive impact in their organisations. They will look for evidence of why nominees are destined to get to the top of the profession, and why in particular this is the year they should win an award.
Governance Professional of the Year
This category is open to anyone in a governance role. Eligible nominees include company secretaries, their deputies or assistants, heads or directors of governance, trustees, non-executive directors, and others whose work focuses on governance. The judges are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate a wide range of impressive achievements over the past year.Team of the Year
This award recognises company secretarial and governance teams who have demonstrated excellent collaboration, who have brought out the best from team members and developed effective, innovative ways of working. They will have a strong sense of team identity, an understanding of their common purpose, good internal communications and clear and complementary skills and roles. Above all, they will share a clear focus on the delivery of organisational and team goals.
Service Provider of the Year
This award recognises those individuals or companies that provide company secretarial or governance services to other organisations, and who have gone significantly beyond basic service levels. Nominees will have made a valuable and creative contribution to the client’s business, providing practical, cost-effective solutions to the day-to-day operations and embracing new challenges. Theirs will be a forward-looking service for their clients, backed up by glowing testimonials.Champion for Governance
A champion can embody many roles. They might be a visionary, opening doors and creating new opportunities. They could be an evangelist, inspiring and challenging others. Or they might be the driving force, pushing for recognition for others and their profession.Who do you believe deserves the title of 'Champion'? Perhaps they lead by example, advocating and demonstrating the value of good governance through their actions. Maybe they have a personal touch, bringing in new talent, nurturing them, and helping them flourish. Or simply, they might be the person who stands up for what’s right and refuses to be ignored.
Diversity & Inclusion Project of the Year
This award celebrates initiatives designed to enhance diversity and inclusion within the organisation, going beyond "business as usual." They will be participative and collaborative, and will draw upon input from customers, investors and other stakeholders. They are crafted to achieve clearly defined goals, supported by appropriate measures of success, and provide demonstrable benefits to the organisation, its employees, customers, and other stakeholders.Governance Project of the Year
This award celebrates governance projects that are strategically significant and transformational. These projects focus on governance issues at their core and are exceptional in nature, going beyond "business as usual." They are designed to achieve clearly defined goals, supported by appropriate measures of success, and provide demonstrable benefits to the organisation, its employees, customers, and other stakeholders. Your project might have successfully integrated AI to assist a job function or introduced a new system or platform to streamline departmental operations or perhaps involved an innovative AGM.
