Nominations for Autocar Great Women: Rising Stars 2023 now open

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023, entries remain open for Autocar’s Great Women Rising Stars initiative, recognising the motoring industry’s best female talents who show great potential in their fast-developing careers. 

Enter Autocar Great Women 2023

Run by Autocar in association with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Great Women is a celebration of the incredible talent and skills within the automotive industry and is proud to be positioned alongside IWD to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. 

Held for the first time 112 years ago on 19 March 1911, the first IWD was a march of over one million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Across Europe, women paraded for their right to vote, hold public office and protest against employment discrimination. Fast forward to 2023 and the campaign is observed in countries from Afghanistan to Zambia.

Each year, IWD has a theme, with 2022 covering ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. This year, ‘embrace equity’ is taking centre stage to celebrate and embrace womens’ achievements in a world where difference is valued and not hidden. 

This ties in with Autocar’s Great Women initiative as an all-new Diversity, Equality and Inclusion category is introduced for 2023, which recognises all those who demonstrate exemplary performance in making the motoring industry a more appealing prospect to people from wider sections of society. Whether you work in a small business or multinational organisation and feel like you’ve moved the game on with an inclusive policy, this could be the category for you.

What each of the Autocar Great Women Categories mean

Autocar’s initiative is now in its eighth year, and, to reflect the ever-changing nature of the motoring industry, several other new categories have been introduced to recognise winners from an extensive cross-section of society.

Another category, Customer Aftercare, replaces Aftersales and Workshop and is aimed at the very best performers in helping and assisting in this vital area of the industry.

Sales has also been split for 2023 to allow both retail and OEM personnel to apply for separate awards. A comprehensive list of categories can be found below.

Full details on how to enter are on Autocar Great Women 2023. People can either nominate themselves or colleagues can enter on their behalf before a panel of industry experts reviews all the entries to determine the category and overall winners.