Announcing the winners of the IIRSM Risk Excellence Awards 2026!

Finalists and sponsors joined IIRSM and guests on Thursday 21 May at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane, where the IIRSM Risk Excellence Awards 2026 winners were revealed.

This year we received inspiring submissions highlighting the organisations, teams and individuals who champion better risk management to drive organisational and employee wellbeing.

We would like to thank everyone who submitted entries and send our congratulations to the winners.

Thank you to our headline sponsor HSI Donesafe, category sponsors Marsh and Amazon and event supporter PHSC plc.

Phillip Pearson, IIRSM Chief Executive, said: “The standard of entrants has continued to improve year on year, and we were delighted to celebrate those who have demonstrated a rich understanding of the complexities and benefits of excellent risk management.”

The full list of categories and winners is:

Barry Holt Award for Outstanding Risk Management Practice
ABB Process Industries Risk Team

Technological Breakthrough of the Year
Partrac Limited, a Venterra Group Company
And a highly commended congratulations to Waleed Umer, Northumbria University

Leaders in Employee Safety and Wellbeing, sponsored by HSI Donesafe
Ashview Consultants

John Bennett Award for Exceptional Young Professional of the Year
Juhina Al Shamsi, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Oman

Employee Learning Programme of the Year
Fujitsu

Mentor of the Year
Joanna Amanyire, East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), Uganda

Risk Team of the Year, sponsored by Marsh
Saudi Arabia Railways SRGC Department

Most Impactful Risk Research Project, sponsored by Amazon
Learning from Normal Work: Psychology Applied and TE Connectivity

Leading Sustainability Initiative of the Year
Mitsubishi Electric Middle East, Africa and CIS Co. LLC

IIRSM Presidents' Commendation
Karen J Hewitt