Judging panel

Tahmid Chowdhury, Senior Account Director, M&C Saatchi World Services
Clare Collins-Addy, Director of Partnerships, Causeway Education
Tony Dada, Founder & CEO, DADA
Sally Kramers, Head of Industry Development, Events and Membership, UKSIF
Sarah Roberts,Executive Director, Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI)
Greg Sage, Director of Corporate Affairs and ESG, Royal Mail Group

Tahmid Chowdhury, Senior Account Director, M&C Saatchi World Services
Tahmid Chowdhury is a Senior Account Director at M&C Saatchi World Services, a specialist communications agency focused on driving critical global and social change. In 2018, he co-founded Here for Good, a charity providing free immigration services to support European nationals and their families post-Brexit. In 2020, he was named on the Forbes Under 30 list for his work; and in 2022, the charity expanded its services to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict. He sits on several charities' boards and has been a judge at the Charity Times Awards since 2020.

Clare Collins-Addy, Director of Partnerships, Causeway Education
Clare Collins-Addy is Director of Partnerships at Causeway Education, a social mobility charity dedicated to empowering under-represented groups through better education and employment outcomes. She is passionate about ensuring every voice is heard and creating opportunities for emerging talent, with a focus on social mobility and ESG. Clare is an experienced speaker, having shared her insights at events such as Skills Show UK, UK Construction Week, INCLUSION Live, and MipTV. She brings a wealth of expertise in fostering impactful partnerships and leading initiatives that make a real difference, and she is joining the Better Society Awards as an assessor to help recognise organisations driving positive change.

Tony Dada, Founder & CEO, DADA
Entrepreneur, Singer-Songwriter and Award winning author Tony Biola Dada has nurtured, empowered and invested in “under-represented” talented people of colour across the UK for more than 3 decades. Through his heart-centred, purpose-driven companies, he has provided a launchpad for those with an entrepreneurial spirit but who have been marginalised by society, particularly women, young people, creatives and social entrepreneurs.
Known as the “Socially Conscious Entrepreneur", Tony is working with two of the top 5 UK Banks NatWest Bank and HSBC along with the UK’s first Black Bank, The Pentecostal Community Bank fueling a movement that focuses on supporting entrepreneurs with Vision, Faith and Resilience from previously unseen communities. His initiative supports entrepreneurial talent across the UK and beyond to start, grow and scale their business through “The SCE Network” (The Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs Network).

Sally Kramers, Head of Industry Development, Events and Membership, UKSIF
Sally joined UKSIF at the beginning of 2021. In her role as Head of Industry Development, she leads efforts to convene members, oversees a dynamic events programme, and promotes sustainability knowledge sharing across financial services. Coming from a background looking at alternative investments, and prior to that (re)insurance, Sally is committed to bringing together the whole financial services sector together to learn from each other and drive forward to a sustainable financial system. Sally also currently leads the UKSIF Membership Team, designing and implementing strategy for member engagement, outreach and development.

Sarah Roberts, Executive Director, Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI)
As Executive Director of the Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI), I lead a global philanthropic organisation dedicated to advancing evidence-based hygiene research and strengthening the systems that support healthier, more equitable communities. With over 25 years of experience in strategic communications, external affairs, and cross-sector collaboration, my career has centred on helping organisations deliver meaningful and measurable social impact.
At RGHI, I oversaw a significant strategic realignment to sharpen the institute’s mission, strengthen governance, and ensure that our investments drive lasting public health benefits. Alongside this role, I remain actively involved in charitable and community initiatives, including previously serving as chair of my daughter’s school PTA and progressing towards a board position with a UK charity.
I am committed to championing evidence, partnership, and compassion as foundations for a fairer, more sustainable society.

Greg Sage, Director of Corporate Affairs and ESG, Royal Mail Group
Greg Sage is Director of Corporate Affairs and ESG at Royal Mail Group where his responsibilities include leading on the company’s ESG strategy. Prior to joining Royal Mail in February 2022, he spent over six years as Corporate Affairs Director at Greene King, Greg also spent 13 years at Tesco Plc where he held a variety of corporate affairs roles, including most recently as UK Community Director, with responsibility for the UK's community and charity programmes. Starting his working life as a journalist on local newspapers, Greg has also worked in a variety of communications roles at Hearst Magazines, Express Newspapers, Sainsbury's and IPC media.