The .UK.COM Awards Jugdes
The .UK.COM Awards Judges

We’ve put together the best technology, media and entertainment experts to bring you the UK.COM 2011 Awards judging panel. An extraordinary pool of talent, the panel will rate the finalists on creativity, originality and quality.

The Judges Panel

Sarah Beeny | Nick Britton | Ben Crawford | Ilana Fox | Jonathan Gabay | Rebecca Holman | Mark Pearson | Kate Russell

Sarah Beeny
Sarah Beeny
Sarah Beeny

At 24 Sarah launched her own property development and investment companies and soon after was catapulted into the limelight as presenter of Channel 4’s prime time show Property Ladder. Sarah has since presented numerous shows including, Pay Off Your Mortgage, Help! My house is falling down and Britain's Best Home.

The author of several best-selling novels, Sarah has founded various online businesses, including the phenomenally successful www.mysinglefriend.com and more recently, www.tepilo.com – a private property sales website voted one of the top 100 small businesses in the UK, the top 20 start-ups, shortlisted for website of the year, and now a finalist in this year’s BIMA awards.

Nick Britton
Nick Britton
Nick Britton

As Managing Editor of Vitesse Media plc, Nick Britton is responsible for a portfolio of SME-focused websites and magazines including SmallBusiness.co.uk, Growth Company Investor, Information Age, GrowthBusiness.co.uk, What Investment, Business XL, M&ADeals.co.uk. and Tax Guide UK.

He specialises in writing about issues facing growing businesses in the UK, such as raising finance, international expansion and leadership strategy. He also oversees Vitesse Media’s research reports such as Directors’ Pay on AIM, The Cash Shells Directory and The VCT Report.

Ben Crawford
Ben Crawford
Ben Crawford

Ben Crawford is the CEO of CentralNic, the company that owns and manages the domain extension .UK.COM, along with 24 other domain extensions, from .LA in Los Angeles to .CN.COM in China.

With twenty years’ Senior Management and Board experience in the global media, entertainment and technology sectors, Ben started working on the internet in 1996, on Microsoft’s then-new MSN. He was Executive Producer of IBM’s official website of the Olympic Games in Sydney, and he led the development of the website for London’s 2012 Olympics bid. Ben was a founding executive of two of the world’s leading art websites, artinfo.com and MutualArt.com, both based in New York, as well as iGamingBusiness.com – the leading trade media provider for the online gaming industry.

Ilana Fox
Ilana Fox
Ilana Fox

Ilana has been working in community management and social media since 2001, when she ran Liv4now.com, the UK’s first venture-backed community-lifestyle website.

Since then she’s managed community initiatives for the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday, London Lite, and The Sun. Most recently, Ilana created and implemented the social media strategy for ASOS.com. Ilana writes a column for digital industry magazine NMA and is a published fiction author.

Jonathan Gabay
Jonathan Gabay
Jonathan Gabay

Jonathan Gabay’s career as one of Europe’s leading independent brand consultants spans 30 years, during which he has carved a neat name for himself with leading advertising agencies and high profile global brands.

He provides regular insight into his marketing expertise on CNN, BBC and Sky, and has produced several best selling marketing and web related titles. He also carries 15 years experience on the faculty of a global leading marketing training body.

Rebecca Holman
Rebecca Holman
Rebecca Holman

Rebecca has been editing Handbag.com – the original women’s fashion and lifestyle website – since 2010.

Before this, Rebecca was Editor and Deputy Editor of the multi-award winning customer print magazine for ASOS over the course of two years, and has also edited the Cath Kidston magazine at Publicis Blueprint.

She has held senior positions at ASOS and LighterLife magazines and also worked as a freelance celebrity blogger for women’s website, osoblog.tv and osoyou.com.

Mark Pearson
Mark Pearson
Mark Pearson

The Growing Business Awards’ 2010 Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 30 year old Mark Pearson is the founder of the UK’s leading discount voucher site, MyVoucherCodes.co.uk and a leader in the affiliate sector.

A Secret Millionaire, with a season record donation of £115,000 to four different charities, Mark is regularly featured on the BBC, ITV and CNN sharing his extensive knowledge on personal finance, maximising web savings, and other specialist retail information.

The one time Claridges trainee-chef boosted online consumer savings to £52m in 2009, with sales on his site exceeding £481m in the last year.

Kate Russell
Kate Russell
Kate Russell

A veritable website and technology expert, Kate Russell is best known for her weekly appearance on BBC Click, where she has been sniffing out the latest and greatest on the world wide web for the past 5 years.

A computer enthusiast from the age of 12, Kate is an authority on all things ‘world wide web’.

Kate also regularly shares her expert knowledge on Daybreak, This Morning, BBC News, Radio 4 and CNBC.