Project Management Institute Announces Finalists of 2025 PMI® Global Awards Ahead of Awards Celebration
Winners to be revealed during the PMI ® Awards 2025 event at PMI® Global Summit 2025 in Phoenix this November
7 August 2025
Philadelphia, PA
Today, Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading authority in project management, announced finalists of the 2025 PMI® Awards. These prestigious awards honor individuals, teams, chapters, and organizations whose passion, talent, and contributions have significantly advanced the project management profession.
Since 1974, PMI has celebrated excellence in project management through its annual awards program. Each year, these honors shine a spotlight on those driving change and delivering value in an increasingly project-based world.
“Our awards are about celebrating the community of individuals, teams and organizations who are not just managing projects, but elevating the world through them,” said Brantlee Underhill, PMP, Chief Community Officer of PMI. “This year’s finalists reflect the full diversity and global reach of our profession—from emerging leaders to lifelong contributors, from grassroots impact to enterprise-level innovation. Their work beautifully reflects the values that live at the heart of the PMI community—values that unite us, inspire us, and drive us to make a difference together—because project professionals are how the future gets made.”
2025 PMI Awards Finalists
PMI® Rising Leader Award Finalists:
Honoring early-career professionals who are already making significant impacts in project management:
- Tyler Norman, MBA, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMI-PMOCP - USA (North America)
- Marco Romero - Angola (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Thu Nguyen Lam, PMP, PfMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMI-PMOCP – Vietnam (Asia Pacific)
- Munkhdalai Tumendalai – Mongolia (Asia Pacific)
- Joao Henrique Barbosa Jacinto, PMP, CAPM, PMI-CDBA – Brazil (Latin America)
Note: The 2025 PMI ® Rising Leader Winner will be announced at the PMI ® Awards 2025 event at PMI® Global Summit
PMI® Project of the Year Category Winners/Project of the Year Finalists:
Celebrating outstanding project outcomes across key industries:
- Social Impact: Project Sunflower (United Kingdom)
- Technology/Engineering: Project One - System Transformation at Scale (United States)
- Construction/Infrastructure: Baltic Synchronization Project (Lithuania)
Note: The 2025 PMI ® Project of the Year Winner will be announced at the PMI ® Awards 2025 event at PMI® Global Summit.
PMI® Global Chapter Awards:
Recognizing chapters and leaders for exceptional contributions to their communities and to PMI:
Chapter of the Year Award Finalists:
- PMI New Zealand Chapter (Asia Pacific)
- PMI Bulgaria Chapter (Europe)
- PMI Pernambuco Brazil Chapter (Latin America)
- PMI UAE Chapter (MENA)
- PMI Mile-Hi Chapter (North America)
- PMI Chennai Chapter (South Asia)
- PMI Ghana Chapter (Sub-Saharan Africa)
PMI® PMO Global Awards:
Honoring Project Management Offices (PMOs) that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and value delivery:
PMO of the Year Regional Winners/PMO of the Year Finalists:
- Africa PMO of the Year: MTN Ghana (Ghana)
- Asia Pacific PMO of the Year: PT Pegadaian (Indonesia)
- Europe PMO of the Year: First Ukrainian International Bank (Ukraine)
- Middle East PMO of the Year: UAE Ministry of Interior (UAE)
- The Americas PMO of the Year: Acumuladores Moura S.A (Brazil)
Note: The 2025 PMI ® World PMO of the Year Winner will be announced at the PMI® Awards 2025 event at PMI® Global Summit.
Additional Awards to be announced at Global Summit:
- PMI® Eric Jenett Person of the Year Award
- PMI® Fellow Award
- PMIEF Kerzner Award for Project Management Excellence
- PMI® Research Achievement Award
- PMI® Young Researcher Award
- James R. Snyder Student Paper of the Year Award
- PMI® Linn Stuckenbruck Teaching Excellence Award
- PMI® Chapter Leadership Impact Award
For more information about the PMI annual awards program, visit pmi.org/about/awards. To be part of the celebration and connect with the global project management community, register now for PMI® Global Summit 2025 at pmi.org/globalsummit.
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