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JUDGESThe eight judges who helped determine this list were:
 Hancock
Hancock has been reporting on the political scene in the region for over 30 years including spells as political editor of both Granada and BBC North West. He has interviewed every Prime Minister from Harold Wilson to Gordon Brown.
He is a regular contributor to radio and TV in addition to columns for national and regional magazines. He is also increasingly well-known as a host of conferences and events (including the NWDA and CBI) and is a member of the regional committee of the Royal Television Society.
 Brooks
Brooks started his career as a print journalist before moving to Piccadilly Radio and subsequently moving across to TV with the BBC in Leeds. In 1997 he was given responsibility for all the BBC’s regional TV and radio output in the North West. moved across the Pennines to take on the equivalent post in the North West.
From the end of 2004, together with Mark Thomas and BBC Manchester heads of departments, Brooks was also involved in moves to help develop the creative infrastructure across the north in preparation for the relocation of five BBC departments to Salford Quays.
 MacFarlaine
After graduating in Communications from Leeds University, MacFarlaine worked in media production – radio and film and in public and private sector communications.
Her career has also included communication projects in Belgium, Greece, France and Germany and becoming the first civilian to lead on communications for South Yorkshire Police.
Before moving to Lancashire, she managed community development and internal communications at Northamptonshire County Council.
 Williams
Began his career in advertising in 1969 in the media departments of major London agencies including Lintas, McCann Erickson and Allen Brady & Marsh.
In 1979 he moved to Manchester to help establish the first media specialist outside London, All Media Services North, which he sold to TMD Holdings. He subsequently co-founded MediaVest Manchester which today is the UK’s largest regional media independent with billings in excess of £220 million.
Has also chaired Galaxy Radio Manchester.
Arabella McIntyre-Brown. Author, editor, accomplished journalist and now publisher, McIntyre-Brown came to regional prominence as editor of Business North West magazine in the Nineties. She subsequently held similar roles at the business magazines EN and Finance North.
Now a director of Liverpool book publisher Capsica, she is also a frequent contributor to publications and media in the region and beyond. She has most recently begun dabbling in property in Transylvania – as you do…
 Carter
Carter has been with the city council for a number of years and was latterly in charge of economic development before moving across to help establish and then run the dedicated digital agency.
He has been voted the region’s most influential ‘digital’ person at the Big Chip Awards.
 Sutton
Began his career in journalism on a local newspaper in Surrey in 1962 before moving to Fleet Street in 1966. He edited the North West Evening Mail in Barrow from 1987 to 1993 and was appointed editor of The Cumberland News and News & Star in 1993 and soon afterwards became editorial director of Cumbrian Newspapers Group.
He has also worked on the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Sunday Times. Under his editorship, The Cumberland News was twice voted UK Regional Newspaper of the Year and Weekly Newspaper of the Year. The News & Star twice won the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year award. In 2004 he was elected president of the Society of Editors.
 Thompson
Led and managed a number of accounts including UPS, Aldi, Booths, Manchester Airport, COI, NHS and Shell. Was appointed to the board as managing partner aged 28.
Thompson sits on the Government steering committee to promote Images of Disability in media. In September this year, following an extended period of 'garden leave', she joined ad agency BJL as a board member.
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