The Elektra Awards – a night to remember

The 2023 Elektra Awards was a memorable evening that celebrated the international electronics industry and those who contributed to make it outstanding, writes Caroline Hayes.

Once again the Grosvenor House Hotel welcomed the elite of the electronics industry to the Electronics Weekly Elektra Awards on Wednesday 29 November. The attendees were welcomed by Electronics Weekly’s group editor, Clive Couldwell, who introduced the evening and reflected on the year through the lens of electronics innovation and achievements.

The host for the evening was comedian Paul Sinha, who has appeared on The Chase as well as writing and performing for BBC Radio 4, including The News Quiz, The Now Show and Loose Ends. He has hosted Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz on Radio 4 and is a regular panellist on Round Britain Quiz. He delighted the room with his trademark mix of trivia knowledge and puns while introducing the award categories.

Thank you to our judges for their time and expertise contributing to the Elektra Awards 2023:

* Fabiano Bellisario, co-founder and director, Hardware Pioneers
* Sohini Dasgupta, principal design engineer, on Semiconductors
* Ian Drew, chairman, Foundries.io
* Calum Finn, network systems engineer, Drax Power Group
* Adam Fletcher, chairman, Electronic Components Supply Network
* James Hayman, electronics engineer, Taylor Hobson
* Leesa Kingman, senior FPGA engineer, Rowden Technologies
* Ash Madni, managing director, Madni Technologies
* Jan Peters, director, Katalytik
* Jessica Reading, operations management graduate, bet365
* Sean Redmond, managing partner, Silicon Catalyst
* Andy Sellars, chief business development officer, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
*Adam Taylor, embedded systems consultant, Adiuvo Engineering & Training
* Roger Thornton, director of applications, Raspberry Pi
* Tim Wiles, technical director, Circadian Lighting
* Roger Woods, dean of research, Faculty of Engineering + Computer Science, Queen’s University, Belfast