Pamela Joseph, commercial director at Pembrokeshire's Bluestone National Park Resort, has been shortlisted for a UK business award.

The shortlist for the 2011 First Women Awards, in association with Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, features some of Britain's most dynamic women who are breaking new ground across a range of industries.

Pamela, who has helped develop the Bluestone brand from inception to its launch as a five-star short-break destination in 2008, is one of four women shortlisted in the 'Tourism and Leisure' category. The winners will be announced in London on June 30.

This year's finalists also include Sam Smith, CEO of finnCap, the only female chief executive in the City of London's investment banking community; Jean Llewellyn, the most senior woman in the UK nuclear industry; Juliet Davenport, chief executive of the UK's only 100 per cent renewable electricity supplier, Good Energy; and former Masterchef winner and founder of Wahaca restaurants, Thomasina Miers.

Now in their seventh year, the First Women Awards recognise pioneering women across business and professional life, who are leading the way for the next generation. The awards were created, and are hosted, by Real Business and the CBI.

"Recognition of women in the leadership function of business is vitally important and I'm very pleased to have been shortlisted. Not only is this a personal achievement, it demonstrates how Bluestone National Park Resort is now a significant player within the UK's luxury short-break destination sector," said Pamela.

Helen Alexander, the first female president of the CBI, said: "On being appointed CBI president in 2009, I was proud to become a champion of the First Women Awards. I have genuinely been struck by the impact of the awards right across the UK. The 2011 shortlists are some of the strongest yet, showing how talented women are shaping the future of many of our most significant organisations."

Diana Brightmore-Armour, CEO of Corporate Banking at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, said: "The Lord Davies' report issued earlier this year has really put the spotlight on women in business and further evidenced the contribution women can make in UK boardrooms.

"The calibre of the 2011 First Women Awards shortlist proves that Britain has a sensational pool of successful female business leaders who are not only pushing the boundaries of achievement, but who are also inspiring other women."

Over the past six years, awards have been presented to Specsavers founder Dame Mary Perkins DBE; fashion designer Nicole Farhi CBE; and Baroness Hogg, the then only female chairman of a FTSE 100 business.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London.