Real Business

The judges' decisions will be announced this week at the FDs' Excellence Awards, in association with ICAEW. Here's a reminder (and profiles) of the top FDs in contention...

Meet five remarkable examples of finance talent, working across an array of industries and businesses. From Whitbread to Liverpool's oldest manufacturer, one will soon be crowned FD of the Future

Young, talented finance directors helping to build the engine room of the UK economy...

From advertising to technology, these four high-quality young FDs in the quoted sector are competing for the FD of the Year award...

One of this remarkable group of finance directors, operating in high-growth mid-sized private companies, will soon be revealed as FD of the Year in a private company.

Your role is not to drive down rules, but to detoxify rotten behaviours and processes. A group of Britain's – and the world's – most charismatic leaders have shifted thinking about how to take your business forward. Here are four ways to test whether you're a re-leader.

An outstanding First Women of Media shortlist this year, with all five contenders having broken new ground in their field.

The future will rely on technology and innovation. Here are five First Women of Science and Technology, who will help to lead it.

A lawyer-turned entrepreneur who's created a new industry; one of Europe's most senior investment bankers - just two finalists for this year's First Women of Finance award.

From an 18-year-old station operator to the executive director of Sellafield, the shortlists for the 2012 First Women Awards reveal 41 remarkable women tearing down conventions and reshaping British business. Read all the stories here.

Not many women swop a trailblazing career in medicine for accountancy. This, and other pioneering stories, in our First Women of Business Services shortlist.

An 18-year-old train operator, a pioneer in cancer treatment and one of the UK's youngest NHS leaders. Just three of our First Women of Public Service

At the very top of the UK's largest corporates, and among our smallest artisan businesses, the First Women of Retail and Consumer are rewriting the rules.

Leading some of Britain's most dynamic construction, utility and electrical busineseses are five extraordinary women. Read the full stories here

From the UK's first RAF engineering graduate to the woman leading one of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects, here are six remarkable stories of pioneering women.