Merseyside’s original Woman of the Year has looked back on her time since winning the award ahead of this year’s ceremony.
Ellie Kerr, who is from Wirral, was “stunned” to be named the first ever Merseyside Woman of the Year back in 2003. At the time, she worked at Business Link and went on to win three other awards. Now, nearly two decades later, Ellie is the sole founding director for the awards and still feels a “deep sense of achievement” thinking back about being crowned the winner.
The business improvement consultant told the ECHO: “I found out I was nominated on the day of a family bereavement. I was getting calls from the Daily Post about my nomination, but there was so much else going on around me that it didn’t really sink in. I turned up, sat at a table on my own and tucked into my chicken dinner.
