Essex entrepreneur Will Polston wins Emerging Young Leader award at BITA awards

Essex-based business strategist and author Will Polston has won the Emerging Young Leader award at the Business International Trading Alliance (BITA) Gala Ball.

The award-winning founder of The Evolution Institute received the award at The Chancery Rosewood in London on Friday 2nd October, joining fellow winners including actor James Nesbitt and Ballymore founder Sean Mulryan.

BITA is a non-profit networking organisation bringing together a vibrant community of businesses invested in each other's success.

Will works with entrepreneurs and business owners to improve their performance, find greater clarity and build businesses that support the lives they want to lead. He has delivered more than 7500 hours of coaching and worked with over 2,000 clients, including Britain's Got Talent winners.

He is also the author of #1 Amazon bestseller North Star Thinking: Master Your Mindset and Live a Life You Love, which explores how people can define their own version of success and take practical steps towards it.

Industry Recognition at The Chancery Rosewood

Will Polston, award-winning business strategist and author, said: "To share the stage with fellow award winners like TV legend James Nesbitt and Ballymore founder Sean Mulryan really did make it a 2026 highlight for me.

"As I shared in my acceptance speech on the night, when people embrace the BITA motto 'when people who know people that help people, wonderful things can happen'."

Bridie Cunningham, Director at  Portman Scott, who judged the category, said: "Will's submission was head and shoulders above the others. The impact he's had on so many entrepreneurs and business owners made him a clear winner for the Emerging Young Leader award."

Will Polston is one of the UK's leading business strategists and performance coaches, having worked with 2,000+ entrepreneurs and ambitious individuals and done over 7,500 hours of one-to-one coaching, including Emmie Faust, founder of Female Founders Rise, two Britain's Got Talent winners, and a number of other global founders. His 2023 debut book, North Star Thinking, became a #1 Amazon bestseller, cementing his expertise in helping people unlock their potential, performance and purpose.