Specialist data collection company Systematics International Limited is celebrating after its Chief Executive, Christine Bhatt, was shortlisted for the NatWest Everywoman Awards.

Christine has been named as a finalist in the Iris category in the awards, which recognise inspirational female entrepreneurs who are considered role models to others. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony taking place at The Dorchester Hotel, in London, on 4 December.

Christine said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award. However, this is also a testament to the hard work of everyone at Systematics, who has ensured that as a business we really have something to shout about. To have these efforts recognised in this way is fantastic.

The shortlisting is the latest awards success for Systematics, which scooped two accolades at this year’s Basildon Business Awards – the firm won the Business to Business (Small Firm) Award, while Christine was named Business Woman of the Year.

Systematics collects market data for manufacturers of agricultural, construction, material handling and mobile crane equipment all over the world, with high profile clients include digger giant JCB and tractor and farm machinery manufacturer John Deere.

Systematics, which is based in Battlesbridge, Essex, is run by Christine and her husband, Manuel, who is the firm’s Chief Finance and Strategic Planning Officer. The company, which specialised in processing UK agricultural registration data, can trace its roots back to 1972, with Christine joining as Business Development Manager in 2000, being promoted to Managing Director three years later after successfully doubling the company’s turnover. Christine led a successful management buyout of Systematics in 2007, when its parent company, Metal Bulletin (MB) Group, was taken over by an international publishing group which wanted to focus on different core business activities.