Charity sector women in running for Best Connected Woman

Launched by Director Magazine and O2, the competition aims to recognise those women who have used a variety of connections - from networking to social media to positions on boards - to promote their businesses and themselves with maximum effect.

Nominees who have roles within the voluntary sector include Polly Gowers, the chief executive of Everyclick.com; Sarah Brown, the wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and founder of Piggy Bank Kids, a charity which helps disadvantaged children and those struggling with complications in pregnancy; Martha Lane Fox, Digital Champion and trustee of several charities including Reprieve and Camfed; and Lucy Marcus, business woman founder of Leadership in Conflict, an organisation that works with the public, private and NGO sectors to bring skills to leaders from regions affected by violence and conflict.

Voting for the top six is open to the public with the overall winner being selected at the Institute of Director's Women as Leaders conference on Wednesday 9 November. Email your vote to director-women@iod.com. The top six will go to in to the final.

The final 12
Sarah Brown, founding partner, Hobsbawm Macaulay Communications
Lynne Franks, founder, Lynne Franks PR
Polly Gowers, founder, everyclick
Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, The Huffington Post
Bindi Karia, vice-chair/Emerging Business Lead, Microsoft
Orla Kiely, founder, The Orla Kiely Partnership
Martha Lane Fox, co-founder, Lastminute.com
jLucy Marcus, founder, Marcus Venture Consulting
Marjorie Scardino, chief executive, Pearson
Cilla Snowball, group chairman and chief executive, AMV BBDO
Carole Stone, author and freelance radio and television broadcaster.
Shaa Wasmund, founder, Smarta.com

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