Harvey Nash win 'Inclusive Recruiter of the Year' Award

Harvey Nash are delighted to win the ‘Inclusive Recruiter of the Year’ Award at the Scotland Women in Technology 2023 award ceremony.

Our Edinburgh and Glasgow Harvey Nash team members came together to celebrate the Scotland Women in Technology Awards Ceremony, held at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow. We invited prestigious clients along with our team including; Nucleus financial, who were also shortlisted for SME employer, Bridge, Blackford Analysis and Skyscanner.

We were honoured to be finalists for two awards including ‘Inclusive Recruiter of the Year’ and ‘Diversity Initiative of the Year’ for our NextGen offering. We were delighted to know we were one of only four shortlisted for this award, out of hundreds of applications. Our NextGen offering is our hire, train, deploy model which provides opportunities to those from underrepresented groups to empower them, build confidence and offer the tools needed to succeed in a technology role. 

We recognise there’s still so much to do, with initiatives like NextGen supplying cohorts of junior technologists from diverse gender, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds - we see only improvement for the future!

“Inspiring evening, we’re so grateful to SWiT for bringing so many amazing people together. This charity’s important work moves the needle on investing in female technologists across Scotland. It was a privilege to be part of the celebrations and not only to be shortlisted but to win the Inclusive Recruiter of the year.”  Lowri Davies, Edinburgh office Harvey Nash

Our winning entry was commended for commitment for overall diversity ensuring the sector hiring processes are inclusive and for leading change in tackling challenges faced by women in the technology recruitment pipeline. The award also recognises our business’s progressive and inclusive practices looking beyond ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, educational attainment and background to recruit based on skills and talent. Harvey Nash are delighted to have won this award as it’s an integral part of our organisation.

Andy Heyes, Managing Director, Harvey Nash “It is fantastic that Harvey Nash has been recognised as ‘Inclusive Recruiter of the year’. At Harvey Nash, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is part of our DNA. It’ s embedded in our values and part of our identity. We are relentless in pursuing and developing talent across all diverse, underrepresented, and marginalised groups. We are proud to be trailblazers in diversity and inclusion, through our proactive actions to help build a more sustainable and diverse technology sector.”

We were also delighted to sponsor the ‘SME Employer of the year’ award which our Scotland Director Cameron MacGrain presented. Congratulations to 2i Testing for winning this award.

Silka Patel, Founder and Chair of Scotland Women in Technology, said: “Championing and celebrating women in what remains a male dominated sector remains of the utmost importance. It is vital that female newcomers to the technology sector have visibility of peers who are similar to them, who can inspire them to accomplish all they can in this fast-paced and innovative tech world.

“Tonight’s winners epitomise the best of the best in Scotland’s technology sector and I know each of the judges found it incredibly hard to select winners in each of the categories. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all of our winners and finalists – as women in IT, it is our job to inspire, and I know that everyone recognised in this year’s awards will continue to do that as they go about their daily jobs.”

Scottish Government Innovation Minister Richard Lochhead said: “These awards represent a celebration of our collective commitment to supporting inspirational women in the ever-evolving world of technology."

We would like extend our thanks to Scotland Women in Technology for hosting a brilliant event as well as the judges and trustees of the charity. We’d also like to extend our congratulations to our fellow award winners and all the finalists.

About Harvey Nash 

We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams. From senior appointments through to recruitment and project solutions, we are experts in the tech sector.

About Scotland Women in Technology

Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT), exists to Champion, Celebrate, and Invest in women in the technology ecosystem within Scotland. Founded in 2008, SWiT is a not-for-profit organisation with a drive to put gender equality at the forefront of the technology ecosystem. It is run by a board of committed volunteers who have the vision and alignment to promote and champion gender equality at the heart of our proposition.

For more information please contact: 

Lowri Davies, Senior Consultant

Robin MacDonald, Director, NextGen