MCA AWARDS 2025 TIMELINE ANNOUNCED 

The MCA Awards timeline for 2025 has been announced with the official launch for the awards taking place on Friday September 20th at an online event hosted by the MCA. During this event, the full list of categories for 2025 will be announced along with details on the entry routes available for member and non-member firms. The MCA Awards highlight the outstanding work done by consultants in partnership with clients as well as the breadth of talent working across the sector. Each year the awards continue to grow attracting participation from large, medium and small sized firms across the industry.  In 2024 there were entries from over 45 leading consulting firms and over 100 client organisations participated in the tough competitive process to reach the finalist stage. The MCA Awards Ceremony is being hosted in October this year and brings together clients and consulting firms from across the UK and the world, as well as government representatives and the media. 

The awards will again feature popular categories such as ‘Young Consultant of the Year’ and ‘Technology Transformation’ as well as ‘Sustainability’ and the ‘Chartered Management Consultant of the Year’. The categories are judged by over 50 independent judges drawn from academia, the media industry, government and the private sector. With every submission independently assessed, each judge has to sign a strict code of conduct and follow a marking and interview process with clear guidelines and criteria. Judges have included Simon Jack, BBC Business Editor; Lord Adebowale CBE, Chair of the NHS Confederation; Jacqui Rock, NHS England’s Chief Commercial Officer; Cecil Adjalo, Co-Founder and COO of Foundervine and Nick Owen CBE, former Chair of Deloitte. The MCA is not involved in the decision-making process regarding the MCA Awards; its role is limited to setting the categories, defining the judging criteria and recruiting the judges. The final decisions are made by the specially selected judges according to the established guidelines.  

Tamzen Isacsson, MCA Chief Executive, said:  

“We are looking forward to launching the MCA Awards 2025, a truly industry wide event that aims to demonstrate the incredible value that the consulting sector delivers for our clients both in the UK and globally. We’re grateful that so many brilliant judges have agreed to join the panel once again this year and thank them for their time and expertise they so willingly dedicate to our industry. We encourage all firms to carefully read all the entry terms and conditions and plan their written entries with clients early as only the best will get through, in what is a very tough and competitive process.” 

There will be 25 award categories in 2025 with 10 individual awards and 12 project awards as well as an award for Best New Consultancy, The Times Consultant of the Year and Project of the Year. Interviews with consultants, firms and their clients with the judges will take place in June and July and the awards ceremony itself will take place on Monday 10th November 2025. 

For the MCA Awards 2025, the timeline is as follows: 

For more information on the awards, please go to MCA Awards 2025  and you can also sign up to the online launch event at MCA Awards 2025 Launch – MCA 

Further details including how to apply as well as details of sponsorship packages can be obtained from Natalie Mendez.