2024 FINALISTS

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Investment Analyst of the Year

Angeli Hemnani, abrdn

Anjli Shah, abrdn

Carmen Cacicedo Jaroszynska, Man Group

Ellie Mainwaring, Invesco

Hina Varsani, AXA Investment Managers

Lucy Parker, BlackRock

Michaela Melia, St. James's Place

Roseanna Ivory, abrdn

Rufaro Chiriseri, RBC Wealth Management

Sarah Williams, Invesco

Yulia Hofstede, Martin Currie (a Franklin Templeton company)


Fund Selector of the Year

Sponsored by Amundi Investment Solutions

Emma Wall, Hargreaves Lansdown

Emma Saunders, Rathbones

Jooyoung Nam, Fideuram Asset Management UK

Lackshana Ponnampalam, Redington

Lorna Robertson, Connection Capital

Tahia Tahmin, FE Investments

Tricia Ward, Redington

Victoire Robert, Stanhope Capital


Fund Manager of the Year (large firms)

Divya Manek, BlackRock

Hilary Meades, Newton Investment Management

Ji Shi, Legal & General Investment Management

Karen Watkin, AllianceBernstein

Louise Smith, abrdn

Nicola Morgan-Brownsell, Legal & General Investment Management

Rebecca Maclean, abrdn

Sarah Harrison, Allspring Global Investments

Yolanda Courtines, Wellington Management

Zoe Kan, Newton Investment Management


Fund Manager of the Year (small to medium firms)

Camila Astaburuaga, EFG Asset Management (UK)

Elena Rinaldi, TwentyFour Asset Management

Maria Lozovik, Marsham Investment Management

Nadine Buckland, Zenzic Capital

Olivia Micklem, Artemis Investment Management

Swetha Ramachandran, Artemis Investment Management


Wealth Manager of the Year

Anna Matthews, RBC Brewin Dolphin

Catherine Scard, Lester Brunt Wealth Management

Charlotte Watson, Charlotte Watson Financial Planning

Claudia Button, Quilter Financial Advisers

Gretchen Betts, Magenta Financial Planning

Karen Lau, JM Finn

Natasha Percy-Baxter, PercyBaxter Wealth Management

Nicky Barclay, Finura

Rufaro Chiriseri, RBC Wealth Management


Investment Women of the Year (large firms)

Sponsored by Amundi Investment Solutions

Aaiza Ali, AB CarVal

Carol Ward, Man Group

Christine Meredith, Janus Henderson Investors

Hetal Mehta, St James's Place

Hilary Meades, Newton Investment Management

Natasha Brook-Walters, Wellington Management

Olivia Geldenhuys, Schroder Investment Solutions

Rebecca Stein, Charles Stanley 

Sarah Harrison, Allspring Global Investments

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, BlackRock

Sonja Laud, Legal & General Investment Management

Vivien Bailey, Janus Henderson Investors

Sandy Welthagen, Ninety One

Monika Calay, Morningstar


Investment Woman of the Year (small to medium firms)

Aida Feriz, Wimmer Family Office

Carla Brown, Oakmere Wealth Management

Claire Markham, F H Manning Financial Services

Claire Madden, Connection Capital

Maggie Fanari,  J. Rothschild Capital Management

Michela Ferrulli, Calibrate Partners

Nancy Curtin, AlTi Tiedemann Global

Xiaolin Chen, KraneShares


Mentor of the Year

Aisha Williams, LGT Wealth Management

Alison Endemano, Oaktree Capital Management

Andy McQuillan, Legal & General Investment Management

Catherine Jones, Capital Group

Dilek Ulu, Janus Henderson Investors

Dominic Keenan, Oaktree Capital Management

Eric Burl, Man Group

Georgina Taylor, Invesco

Honor Solomon, AllianceBernstein

Joanne Perez-Tomlinson, Franklin Templeton Investments

Rachel Magnay, Invesco

Rose Hargreaves, 7IM

Sally Duvall, Janus Henderson Investors


Role Model of the Year

Charlotte Thorne, Capital Generation Partners

Christine Meredith, Janus Henderson Investors

Dilek Ulu, Janus Henderson Investors

Hetal Mehta, St James's Place

Karen Watkin, AllianceBernstein

Katja Oakley-Bell, Quilter

Sabrina Fox, European Leveraged Finance Association

Selina Tyler, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, BlackRock


Rising Star of the Year Award (large firms)

Anum Bandey, Aviva Investors

Fei Xukan, AllianceBernstein

Iisha Williams, BlackRock

Jennie He, HSBC Asset Management

Kate McGrath, abrdn

Ruchi Rajendra Biyani, Janus Henderson Investors

Sarah Asif, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Shreya Anil, Capital Group

Soojin Kim, Preqin

Syra Sandhu, Man Group

Yasomie Ranasinghe, HSBC Alternative Investments


Rising Star of the Year Award (small to medium firms)

Abigael Morley, The Diversity Project

Amrita Manku, Triple Point

Anna Slater, Nedbank Private Wealth

Caroline Mills, Redington

Emma James, MASECO LLP

Isabelle Featherstone, Finura

Lauren Braimbridge, Ashley Phillips Ltd

Lucy Cheng, River Global Investors

Pauline Quirin, TwentyFour Asset Management

Reem Elashmawy, Sequoia Investment Management

Riddhi Khurana, Raymond James Jewry Street

Sally Hoang, Rathbones Asset Management

Sophia Lerche-Thomsen, Frizzell Wealth Management

Victoria Gevorkova, Redington


Team Leader of the Year

Alexandra Farrell, AJ Bell

Dilek Ulu, Janus Henderson Investors

Feyi Osinuga, Janus Henderson Investors

Jenny Upfield, HSBC

Joanne Perez-Tomlinson, Franklin Templeton Investments

Kate Dwyer, Invesco

Lindsey Hindson, HSBC

Rachel Waters, Man Group

Soojin Kim, Preqin

Tara Denley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Cherilyn Owen, Aviva Investors


Most Inspiring Returner

Amy Halford, Capital Group

Claire Gallagher, BlackRock

Hannah Winter, BlackRock

Jeannie Dumas, Ninety One

Jumana Kapadia, BlackRock

Katherine Hussein, Sarasin & Partners

Leigh Overall-Gibbons, Mayar Capital

Marianne Zangerl, abrdn


Unsung Hero Award

Abby King, Man Group

Caroline Carroll, Franklin Templeton Investments

Claire Markham, F H Manning Financial Services

Elena Koycheva

Emma Khoo,  Allspring Global Investments 

Feyi Osinuga, Janus Henderson Investors

Fiona Au, Aviva Investors

Kirsty Murray, Legal & General Investment Management

Maria OConnor, Fund HQ Limited

Rio Stedford, Finura

Vivien Bailey, Janus Henderson Investors

Yvonne Yeboah, BlackRock


Fund Saleswoman of the Year

Bex Broadbent, M&G Investments

Catherine Streeter, BlackRock

Claudia Ziebart, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Fay Hendon, HSBC Asset Management

Francesca McSloy, Natixis Investment Managers

Hannah Waldron, Global X ETFs

Jessica Page, Invesco

Michela Silvestri, Binance

Olga De Tapia, HSBC Asset Management

Rosalie Brown, Artemis Fund Managers

Sophia Papi, TwentyFour Asset Management


Distribution Woman of the Year

Alexandra Haggard, Capital Group

Bella Caridade-Ferreira, Finscape

Camille Irens, Amundi (UK) Ltd

Djamina Grimm, Franklin Templeton Investments

Fay Hendon, HSBC Asset Management

Hannah Waldron, Global X ETFs

Heather Christie, BlackRock

Jess Williams, The Phoenix Group

Michaela Jackson, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Silvia Anselmi, Franklin Templeton Investments

Sophia Papi, TwentyFour Asset Management

Theresa Russell, Tyndall Investment Management

Vicky Given, Allspring Global Investments


Marketing Influencer of the Year

Charlotte Watson, Charlotte Watson Financial Planning

Linda Russheim, The Diversity Project

Lucy Walker, AM Insights

Sophie Crowe, AllianceBernstein

Sophie Careford, Allspring Global Investments

Staci West, FundCalibre

Victoria Burdett, Janus Henderson Investors

Xiaolin Chen, KraneShares


International Investment Woman of the Year

Alison Shimada, Allspring Global Investments

Catherine Boyd, Janus Henderson Investors

Demesha Hill, Janus Henderson Investors

Eimear Walsh, Mercer Investments

Joanna Jonsson, Capital Group

Martina Cheung, S&P Global

Michelle Dunstan, Janus Henderson Investors

Onon Wedum, Janus Henderson Investors

Samantha Ricciardi, Santander Asset Management

Tina Radovic, HSBC Asset Management


Sustainable and ESG Investment Woman of the Year (large firms)

Sponsored by Amundi Investment Solutions

Amelia Tan, Legal & General Investment Management

Ashley Hamilton-Claxton, Royal London Asset Management

Carol Storey, HSBC Asset Management

Caroline Escott, Railpen

Christina Bastin, Man Group

Claudia Wearmouth, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Dr. Katharina Schwaiger, BlackRock

Jaclyn Bouchard, Preqin

Jennifer Law, Newton Investment Management

Marianne Zangerl, abrdn

Miranda Beacham, Aegon Asset Management

Paris Jordan, Charles Stanley


Sustainable and ESG Investment Woman of the Year (small to medium firms)

Celine Grace Legaspi, Redington

Charlotte Thorne, Capital Generation Partners

Corinne Bathgate, Greenbank

Leah Dean, Sequoia Investment Management 

Lucie Mills, NorthEdge

Mariella Rice-Jones, Brooks Macdonald

Marnie Uy, Alquity Investments

Samriddhi Sharma, Fulcrum Asset Management

Sophie Kennedy, EQ Investors

Sophie Lawrence, Greenbank


Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year

Angela Roberts, Allspring Global Investments

Caroline Bock, AXA Investment Managers

Ferhana Jameel, Janus Henderson Investors

Harvinder Rathore, Quilter

Jaskiran Sandhu, 7IM

Ksenia Denisova, Capital Group

Rose Hargreaves, 7IM

Sarah de Lagarde, Janus Henderson Investors

Sarah Maynard, CFA Institute

Tosin James-Odukoya, Quilter


Investment Group of the Year for Diversity & Inclusion

Artemis Fund Managers

Capital Group

Fidelity International

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK)

Newton Investment Management

Oaktree Capital Management

Santander Asset Management


Investment Group of the Year for Gender Diversity & Inclusion

Artemis Fund Managers

Fidelity International

Man Group


Investment Industry Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

7IM, Pride Network

European Leveraged Finance Association, ELFA Career Day

Franklin Templeton Investments, Count Me In

GAIN UK (Girls Are INvestors), GAIN Empower Investment Internship Programme

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, EMEA Diversity Focus Committee: Candida de Silva, Saiyma Javaid, Elizabeth Davis, 4Ps Programme for Vice Presidents

The Diversity Project, Safe Space


Anne-Marie McConnon Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award

To be decided by the judging panel.