Rising Star Awards 2019 - Shortlists published

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Here they are. The finalist lists for the inaugural Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards...

The Rising Star Awards aim to celebrate the emerging talent in pensions - recognising and identifying the sector's future leaders as well as shining the spotlight on the organisations and individuals that are helping develop and foster new talent in the industry.

Professional Pensions has had an exceptional response to these awards. Over 400 organisations and individuals were nominated for the Rising Star Awards and we received a total of 260 completed entry forms - with some categories having more than 100 entries.

The entries have been assessed by our panel of eminent judges and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner held on 27 March at London's newest superclub, Proud Embankment.

To find out more about the dinner and book a table, contact Yusef Albahra on 020 7484 9836, and for queries about sponsoring the awards, contact Liam Barrett on 020 7484 9977.

To find out more about the awards process, visit the Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards website: http://events.professionalpensions.com/risingstarawards

The finalist lists are as follows:

Rising Star of the Year   

There were well over 100 entries for this category. Judges have whittled these entries down to a longlist, which we include below. The winner for this category will be announced at the awards event on 27 March.

               Abhishek Srivastav

               Alison Hatcher

               Anna Darnley

               Ava Lau

               Caroline Escott

               Caroline Hopper

               Chintan Gandhi

               Dan Gilmour

               Diandra Soobiah

               Holly Copley

               Karina Klimaszewski

               Mary Spencer

               Michael Jones

               Michael Watkins

               Oliver Coe

               Richard Bacon

               Stephen Richards

               Tom Yorath

               Vikki Sutcliffe

 

Pensions Manager of the Year   

               Ava Lau

               Holly Copley

               Ian Andrews

               Kirstin Lyons

               Laura Briggs

               Lee Spithray

               Rema Behnam

               Richard Law-Deeks

               Sara Protheroe

 

Trustee of the Year         

               Andrew Hornell 

               Anna Darnley

               Lukshmi Selvarajah

               Matthew Simms

               Sophie Dapin

               Venetia Trayhurn

 

Adviser of the Year

There were 50 entries for this category. Judges have whittled these entries down to a shortlist, which we include below.

               Andrew Hornell

               Andrew Lewis

               Anna Copestake

               Darryl James

               Emma Hudson

               Hadassah Shulman

               Karina Klimaszewski

               Katie Lightstone

               Nicholas Chadha

               Oliver Walker

               Rebecca Craddock-Taylor

               Richard Gibson

               Steve Hodder

               Tom Jackman

 

Trainee of the Year         

               Chloe Priestley

               Elena-Alina Puiu

               Felix Mantz

               Hannah Chapman

               John Ming Kwong Chung

               Kathryn Todd

               Rebecca Page

               Sian Pringle

 

Administrator of the Year            

               Abbie Elliott

               David Rix

               Katie Lambert

               Laura Turner

               Oliver Coe

               Rebecca Jaques

               Tamara Rimmer

 

Administration Trainee of the Year          

               Georgina Friend

               Jacob Smith

               James Farrell

               Katie Birch

               Shelley Forrester

 

Actuarial / Advisory Trainee of the Year

               Ankush Appadoo

               Iain Church

               Jacob Shah

               Joseph Hall

               Leanne Carpenter

               Lucy Smith

               Michael Flanagan

               Oliver Hook

               Radhika Ravi

 

Investment Manager of the Year             

               Deborah Wardle

               Jay Ions

               Matthew Rees

               Olivier Blin

               Paras Shah

               Rosalind Scott-Douglas

              

Excellence in Customer Service and Communication Award         

               Caroline Hopper

               Chris Hoffman

               Christopher Eyett

               John Harney

               Matthew King

               Russell Wright

               Sara Protheroe

 

Mentor of the Year        

               Andrew Marks

               Andrew Young

               David Weeks

               Guinevere Taylor

               Karina Klimaszewski

               Matthew Paton

               Shabana Kapasi Masavi

               Steve Delo

               Tiffany Tai-Yan Tsang

               Tony Ark

 

*** ORGANISATIONAL AWARD *** Award for Supporting Development

               Barnett Waddingham

               CMS

               Mercer

               Pension Protection Fund

               RSM

              

*** ORGANISATIONAL AWARD *** Training Scheme of the Year

               CMS

               Pension Protection Fund

               RSM

 

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