Chesterfield entrepreneur Natalie Burkinshaw has been won a ‘highly commended’ award at a ceremony celebrating female business leaders.
The founder of design agency Crush had been shortlisted as a finalist for Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the Novi Awards, dedicated to ‘championing female business leaders who are breaking barriers across the business world’.
Natalie said: “I am blown away with winning this accolade from Novi. The awards day was absolutely energising, an experience like no other for female business leaders. I had the privilege of meeting some awe-inspiring women who came from every walk of life.”
A female-owned and founded design agency, in an industry where 97% of creative directors are male, Crush has been working on branding, design and website projects for over two decades from its Chesterfield-based studio.
Having already been over the moon to have been shortlisted in the first place, Natalie came away from this year’s Novi Awards with a special prize of Highly Commended, just missing out on top spot.
The judges noted her 20 plus years of business leadership and innovation within the design sector as a significant achievement that they felt shouldn’t go unnoticed, along with her charitable activities outside of the workplace.
