How the Winner Directory Is Compiled

Where the records come from

Every entry in the World GM Awards winner directory is exported from the Golden Tree Awards CRM — the award-management system in which nominations for this programme are received, evaluated and closed. The directory is regenerated from that export as static pages; nothing is typed in by hand or added from third-party sources, and every figure shown (totals, years, countries, categories) is computed from the export at build time.

What counts as a winner

A record is listed only when an official winning category has been recorded against it by the awards team for a specific award year. Winner status is not derived from payment, from attendance at a ceremony, from having been nominated or shortlisted, or from any marketing flag. Nominees without a winning-category record do not appear. One individual can hold several records if they won in more than one category or year; each record is listed separately.

What is published

For each winner: their name, job title, company, the winning category, the award year, the country, the industry classification where one is recorded, the official website where one was supplied, and — for 124 of the 387 records — a short description verified in the CRM. No e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, contact details, nomination plans, fees or payment information are published.

Coverage and known gaps

• Award years covered: 2021–2026 (6 editions), 387 winner records in total. Each year has its own page (2026 back to 2021), and every year page is indexed whatever its size.
• This directory is organised by year only; there are no per-country pages on this programme. Country is shown as plain text on each winner's card and, network-wide, in the "Countries Represented" list on the directory home page. 1 record has no country recorded.
• 1 record has no job title recorded, and 123 records have no industry classification; both are shown without one.
• City-level data is not recorded for winners.
• Winner photographs are not currently displayed.
• The original filterable winners table remains available at its own address; this directory is the canonical, page-per-year listing.

Updates

Records can change after publication — for example when a winner supplies a corrected job title, company or website. Each list shows the date its most recent record was updated. This build was generated from the export dated 19 September 2026.

Requesting a correction

If you are a listed winner and any detail about your entry is inaccurate, use the contact page or e-mail awards@goldentreeawards.com with the subject line “Winner Directory correction”, quoting your name, category and year as shown. Corrections are applied in the awards system and appear here at the next rebuild.

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