The judges of the Research Live awards decide on the winning entries for the awards, which will be announced at the MRS Awards ceremony on Monday 4^th December.

The Research Live categories for 2023 are: agency of the year; best place to work; best new venture; business impact of the year (UK); business impact of the year (global); in-house team of the year; young researcher of the year (client), young researcher of the year (supplier) and innovation of the year.

Judging eight of the categories are:

• Christina Finlay, director of data, analytics and customer insight, National Employment Savings Trust (Nest)
• Catherine Haigh, head of consumer insight, EMEA at McCormick

• James Holden, director of marketing and audiences, BBC Nations
• Seema Hope, global head of consumer research, The Economist
• Claire Rainey, head of insight, Virgin Media O2
• Georgina White, director of customer experience and insight, Holland & Barrett

The judging panel is chaired by Katie McQuater, editor, Research Live and Impact.

The innovation of the year award is judged separately in a Dragon’s Den-style presentation session. Judging the award are:  

• Harry Davies, vice-president of marketing investment and effectiveness, Sage
  
• Claire Rainey, head of insight, Virgin Media 02
• Jessica Salmon, head of customer value, BBC

Also on the panel are McQuater, and Liam Kay-McClean, deputy editor, Research Live and Impact.

Finalists in all categories can be found on the MRS Awards website.