BBA Winners 2008-2024

We are pleased to share the winners of all the British Business Awards:

 

2008:

• Best Entrepreneur: Caroline Pover 
• Best CSR Initiative: Standard Chartered Bank
• Innovation: Klein Dytham Architecture
• Corporate Excellence: Rolls-Royce International Ltd.

 

2009:

• Best Entrepreneur: Richard Bysouth (CareerCross Consulting Co., Ltd)
• Best Local CSR Initiative: Refugees International Japan
• Innovation: Intralink K.K
• Corporate Excellence: Oxford Instruments K.K

 

2010:

• Best Entrepreneur: Whisk-e Limited
• Enterprise/NPO: Blastbeat Japan
• Innovation: Dyson K.K
• Excellence: Rolls-Royce Japan Co., Ltd
• Especial Award: Hands on Tokyo

 

2011:

• Company of the Year: Robert Walters
• Environmental Contribution: ANA InterContinental Tokyo
• Social Responsability: Second Harvest Japan
• Design and Innovation: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Person of the Year: Steve Crane (Business Link Japan K.K.)

 

2012: 

• Company of the Year: GlaxoSmithKline K.K.
• Entrepreneur: Price Global
• UK-Japan Partnership: Yagi Tsusho Limited & Mackintosh
• Social Responsibility: Lush Japan Co., Ltd.
• Person of the Year: Sir David Warren 

 

2013:

• Company of the Year: Custom Media K.K.
• Entrepreneur: Steve Crane (Business Link Japan K.K.)
• UK-Japan Partnership: AgustaWestland & Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Community Contribution: LUSH Japan Co., Ltd.
• Person of the Year: Guy Perryman
• Global Talent: The British School in Tokyo

 

2014:

• Company of the Year: The British School in Tokyo
• Entrepreneur: Elizabeth Handover (Lumina Learning Asia)
• UK-Japan Partnership: TELEHOUSE International Corporation of Europe / KDDI Corporation
• Community Contribution:Fermenstation Co., Ltd.
• Person of the Year: Sue Kinoshita
• New Market Entrant: Rhino Rugby Japan

 

2015:

• Company of the Year: Arup (Ove Arup & Partners Japan Ltd) 
• Entrepreneur: Junko Kemi – Kay Me International Ltd. (EY Winning Women Network) 
• UK-Japan Partnership: Hitachi, Ltd., Rail Systems Company & UK Department for Transport 
• Community Contribution: Hogan Lovells
• Person of the Year: Robert Williams – Knights in White Lycra 
• Innovation: Business Link Japan 

 

2016:

• Company of the Year: GlaxoSmithKline K.K.
• Entrepreneur: Tamao Sako (The British Pudding)
• UK-Japan Partnership: Japan Association of Overseas Studies & British Council
• Community Contribution: Klein Dytham architecture
• Innovation: AstraZeneca K.K.
• Person of the Year: Jacky Scanlan Dyas (Partner, Hogan Lovells)

 

2017:

• Company of the Year: Aston Martin
• Entrepreneur: Ian Gibbins (Swan and Lion)
• UK-Japan Partnership: STH and JTB
• Community Contribution: Unilever Japan
• Innovation: SciBite 

 

2018:

• Company of the Year: AstraZeneca K.K
• Entrepreneur: Noriko Sawayama (BABID)
• Social / Environmental Contribution: ESR
• UK-Japan Partnership: Japan House London & Partners
• Diversity and Inclusion: GlaxoSmithKline K.K

 

2019:

• Company of the Year: AstraZeneca K.K
• Entrepreneur: RYOZAN PARK (Rachel Ferguson & Noritaka Takezawa)
• UK-Japan Partnership: Marubeni Corporation & Azuri Technologies Limited
• Positive Impact: Barclays Securities Japan Limited
• Innovation: EY Advisory & Consulting Co., Ltd.

 

2020:

• Company of the Year: AstraZeneca K.K
• UK-Japan Partnership: The Alan Turning Institute & Toyota Mobility Foundation
• Entrepreneur: Catherine O’Connell LAW
• Digital Tech and Innovation: Bisu, Inc.
• Diversity and Inclusion: EY Japan
• Responsible Business: Barclays Securities Japan Limited

 

2021:

• Company of the Year: Klein Dytham Architecture
• UK-Japan Partnership: Ocado Group & AEON Group
• Entrepreneur: Clarence Education Asia
• Digital Tech and Innovation: Exscientia
• Diversity and Inclusion: Unilever Japan
• Responsible Business: AstraZeneca K.K

 

2022:

• Company of the Year: ESR LTD
• UK-Japan Partnership: BT Group- Toshiba Group
• Entrepreneur: PodLaunch with Jayne (Jayne Nakata)
• Study UK Alumni of the Year: Kathleen Reilly
• Digital Tech and Innovation: AstraZeneca K.K.
• Diversity and Inclusion: EY Japan Co., Ltd.
• Responsible Business: Global Perspectives

2023:

• Company of the Year: EY Japan
• UK-Japan Partnership: Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance & Mind Foundry
• Entrepreneur: Push Japan KK (Mike Sunda)
• Digital Tech and Innovation: Colt
• Diversity and Inclusion: AstraZeneca K.K.
• Responsible Business: Guardian Inc.

2024:

• Company of the Year: FGS Global (Japan) GK
• UK – Japan Partnership: PW Productions – TOHO Co., Ltd.
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Astris Advisory Japan
• Responsible Business: Barclays Japan
• Outstanding Contribution: Joseph Tame
• Digital Technology & Innovation: Oxford Instruments Kabushiki Kaisha