Congratulations to our 2025 Finalists!

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Investment Analyst of the Year

Aaiza Ali, AB CarVal

Angeli Hemnani, Aberdeen

Carli Prewett, Jupiter Asset Management

Charlotte Calder, ARC Research

Cynthia Cardosa, Aberdeen

Evangelia Gkeka, Morningstar UK

Fenella Atkinson, Fidelity International

Katy Griffin, PGIM Fixed Income

Paridhi Garg, Jupiter Asset Management

Rishika Davda, Principal Asset Management

Victoria Cockbain, Aberdeen

Fund Selector of the Year 

Anna Colombatti, AXA IM Select

Carly Moorhouse, Quilter Cheviot

Evangelia Gkeka, Morningstar UK

Hannah Evans, Omnis Investments

Jenny Mills, BRI Wealth Management

Joanne Benson, Copia Capital

Kate Hollis, WTW

Lara Rodriguez, People's Partnership

Rose de la Venta, BlackRock

Ruli Viljoen, Morningstar Europe

Fund Manager of the Year (large firms)

Caroline Shaw, Fidelity International

Claudia Calich, M&G Investments

Emily Foshag, Principal Asset Management

Emily Roberts, Invesco

Esther Law, Amundi Investment Solutions

Hilary Meades, Newton Investment Management

Karen Watkin, AllianceBernstein

Kirsty Desson, Aberdeen

Linden Thomson, Candriam

Louise Smith, Aberdeen

Polina Kurdyavko, RBC BlueBay Asset Management

Thembeka Stemela Dagbo, M&G Investments

Victoria Harling, Ninety One

Fund Manager of the Year (small to medium firms)

Annabelle Miller, ECP Asset Management

Bettina Edmondston, River Global Investors

Emma Mogford, Premier Miton

Hilary Blandy, Jupiter Asset Management

Katy Hutchinson, Impax Asset Management

Olivia Micklem, Artemis Investment Management

Tatjana Greil-Castro, Muzinich & Co

Wealth Manager of the Year

Amisha Chohan, Quilter Cheviot

Anna Blomqvist, HSBC Private Banking

Charlotte Watson, Attivo Investments

Clare Flanagan, Capital Generation Partners

Frankie Smith, Francesca Smith Wealth Management

Helena Eaton, Bedrock Asset Management

Kimberley Sprague, Frizzell Wealth Management

Investment Woman of the Year (large firms)

Cecely Hugh, Aberdeen

Dilek Ulu, Janus Henderson Investors

Georgia Kirby-Watt, Octopus Investments

Hetal Mehta, St James’s Place

Honor Solomon, AllianceBernstein

Ilana Miller, Royal London

Kate Cowell, RBC Brewin Dolphin

Laura Cooper, Nuveen

Mandy Rawlinson, Aberdeen

Manuela Sperandeo, BlackRock

Marianne Zangerl, Aberdeen

Neo Mooki, Generali Investment Holdings

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, BlackRock

Investment Woman of the Year (small to medium firms)

Charlotte Watson, Attivo Investments

Kate Phillips, Timeline

Kelly Prior, Marlborough Group

Maggie Fanari, J. Rothschild Capital Management

Marcia Manarin, Oberon Investments

Nadine Buckland, Zenzic Capital

Parvoleta Shtereva, Gemcorp Capital

Rose Vangerven, Findlay Park Partners

Tatjana Greil-Castro, Muzinich & Co

Mentor of the Year

Alexander Laing, Fidelity International

Andrew Bennie,  Brooks Macdonald

Cherilyn Owen, Aviva Investors

Claire Fenech, Janus Henderson Investors

Eric Burl, Man Group

Erich Gerth, RBC BlueBay Asset Management

Helen Morrissey, Quilter Cheviot

Holly Frizzell, Frizzell Wealth Management

Marina Ebrubah, Man Group

Owen James, Janus Henderson Investors

Tom Gardner, Jupiter Asset Management

Role Model of the Year

Hetal Mehta, St James's Place

Honor Solomon, AllianceBernstein

Mandy Rawlinson, Aberdeen

Nicola Morgan-Brownsell, L&G

Norah Prida Bay, Jupiter Asset Management

Rose Vangerven, Findlay Park Partners

Sanjeet Mangat, Aberdeen

Sarah McMullen, PGIM Fixed Income

Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, BlackRock

Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Raymond James Private Capital Advisory

Rising Star of the Year Award (large firms)

Anum Bandey, Aviva Investors

Bowie Ko, Man Group

Emiliya Puhachova, LCP

Fenella Atkinson, Fidelity International

Hettie Scriven-Seager, L&G

Krina Amin, Seven Investment Management

Maria Arsova, Amundi Investment Solutions

Shreya Anil, Capital Group

Yvette Lock, Rathbones Group

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

Alicia McInnes, Jupiter Asset Management

Amrita Manku, Triple Point

Georgie Flowers, Sarasin & Partners

Kimberley Sprague, Frizzell Wealth Management

Liberty Scutcher, Rebalance Earth

Lucy Dolan, Triple Point

Maiken Anderberg, Jupiter Asset Management

Tasha Mulford, Frizzell Wealth Management

Team Leader of the Year

Abi Burlington, Allspring Global Investments

Alison Hollingshead, Jupiter Asset Management

Alison Welsh, Tweed Wealth Management

Gita Bal, Aviva Investors

Juliette Britton, Aviva Investors

Keiko Kimura, BlackRock

Lorna Otieno, AllianceBernstein

Norah Prida Bay, Jupiter Asset Management

Rebecca McVittie, Fidelity International

Sally Ronald, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Wadzie Tinofirei, Aviva Investors

Most Inspiring Returner

Charlotte Vincent, People's Partnership

Charlotte Watkins, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Joanna Pennington-Jones, Rathbones Group

Jumana Kapadia, BlackRock

Kerry Frogley, Impax Asset Management

Laura Carlyle, BlackRock

Mollie Thornton, Parmenion

Natasha Costa, L&G

Stacey Bracewell, Legal & General Investment Management

Yulia Hofstede, Martin Currie (a Franklin Templeton company)

Unsung Hero Award

Ama Blankson, Aviva Investors

Emily Thomas, J O Hambro Capital Management

Jacqueline Beven, Janus Henderson Investors

Joanna Murray, Preqin Limited

Katie Beal-Hunt, Man Group

Mary Towns, Baillie Gifford

Michelle Clarke, Bentley Reid

Niamh Fenton, Fidelity International

Shreena Travis, Janus Henderson Investors

Vivien Bailey, Janus Henderson Investors

Fund Saleswoman of the Year

Bex Broadbent, M&G Investments

Catherine Duncan, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Danielle Magni, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Natasha Binsted, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Selina Kirby, Vanguard

Smera Ashraf, Aviva Investors

Sophia Papi, TwentyFour Asset Management

Sophie Andrews, Liontrust Asset Management

Distribution Woman of the Year

Catherine McLaughlin, Allspring Global Investments

Diana French, Triple Point

Ellie Lloyd Jones, WTW

Marie Jacot, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management

Michaela Collet Jackson, Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Nataline Terry, T. Rowe Price

Nioki Doggett, M&G Investments

Selina Tyler, Jupiter Asset Management

Sophie Andrews, Liontrust Asset Management

Tara Denley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Verona Kenny, Aberdeen

Marketing Influencer of the Year

Beatrice Edera Panariello, Aviva Investors

Fay Margo, Brackendale Consulting

Florence Adu-Yeboah, Jupiter Asset Management

Hana Dickinson, Timeline

Jayne Shawcross, Blackfinch Group

Laura Serafini, Amundi Investment Solutions

Niamh Kidd, Baillie Gifford

Sarah Shôve, PIMCO

Staci West, FundCalibre

International Investment Woman of the Year

Demesha Hill, Janus Henderson Investors

Karoline Keane, Mediolanum International Funds

Kate Squire, Man Group

Michelle Dunstan, Janus Henderson Investors

Sheila Mallowah, Zoel Capital Limited

Stefanie Drews, Nikko Asset Management

Taosha Wang, Fidelity International

Diversity & Inclusion Champion of the Year

Annabelle Wood, Jupiter Asset Management

Becky Do, HSBC Asset Management

Emma Potter, AllianceBernstein

Ferhana Jameel, Janus Henderson Investors

Gillian Christie, Baillie Gifford

Jennifer Chaplin, Man Group

Jenny Twigg, Rathbones Group

Jessica Cohen, AllianceBernstein

Michaela Munro, AXA Investment Managers

Michelle Palmer, AllianceBernstein

Niamh Fenton, Fidelity International

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

Barbara Calvi, Calvert Research and Management

Bushra Ahmed, AXA Investment Managers

Cherry Muijsson, BlackRock

Christina Bastin, Man Group

Dr Katharina Schwaiger, BlackRock

Hannah Johnson, BlackRock

Jennifer Anderson, Lazard Asset Management

Jodie Tapscott, AllianceBernstein

Katrina Brown, Evelyn Partners

Sonya Likhtman, EOS at Federated Hermes

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

Abbie Llewellyn-Waters, Jupiter Asset Management

Carlota Esguevillas, EdenTree Investment Management

Klara Kozlov, Big Issue Impact

Lindsay Smart, Triple Point

Natasha Landell-Mills, Sarasin & Partners

Rebecca Sly, J O Hambro Capital Management

Teju Akande, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Investment Group/Initiative Awards

Investment Industry Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK),  Ability Action Plan

Kerry Drew (Pictet), Pippa Rudling (Jupiter), Camilla Crowe (Columbia Threadneedle), Sarah Capes (Pictet), Ladies Consultant Network

Lynn White (Talent on Leave) and Baillie Gifford,  Talent On Leave’s Collective KIT day for Baillie Gifford

Investment Group of the Year for Diversity & Inclusion 

EdenTree Investment Management

Fidelity International

Impax Asset Management

Jupiter Asset Management

LCP

LGT Wealth Management

M&G Investments

Man Group

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award

Anne-Marie McConnon Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award

Decided by the judging panel