Women in Pensions Awards 2020 - Shortlists published

The Women in Pensions Awards aim to shine a spotlight on the work of inspirational and ground-breaking women in the pensions sector as well as the organisations and mentors that support them.

Professional Pensions has had an exceptionally positive response to these awards. Organisations and individuals were nominated across 17 categories and we received a total of 350 completed entry forms - with some categories having more than 50 entries .

The entries were rigorously assessed by a panel of 15 eminent judges to come up with the below finalist lists - something that was no easy feat considering the exceptional quality of the entrants' submissions.

The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Marriott Grosvenor Square on Wednesday 25 November.

To find out more about this event and to sponsor it or book a table, contact Hannah Heath on 020 7484 9865.

Further information about the awards can be found at: https://event.professionalpensions.com/womeninpensionsawards

The finalist lists are as follows:

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Claire Ross (Mercer)
• Jane Curtis (Aon)
• Jenny Condron (Mercer)
• Julia Tyrrell (Pi Partnership)
• Karen Goldschmidt (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Tracy Blackwell (Pension Insurance Corporation)

Pensions Woman of the Year

• Diandra Soobiah (Nest)
• Emily Nichols (Willis Towers Watson)
• Georgia Stewart (Tumelo)
• Jackie Leiper (Scottish Widows)
• Jenny Condron (Mercer)
• Jo Myerson (Ross Trustees)
• Joanne Flynn (Fidelity International)
• Joanne Holden (Mercer)
• Michaela Rizzo (NatWest Markets)
• Patricia Sharman (Caceis)
• Sarah Keighley (XPS Pensions Group)
• Tracy Blackwell (Pension Insurance Corporation)

Pensions Manager of the Year

• Aimee Nguyen (Tesco)
• Elaine Wiscombe (Pension Protection Fund)
• Elizabeth Renshaw-Ames (HSBC Bank Pension Trust (UK))
• Jane Bland (Santander UK)
• Kate Yates (Plumbing Pensions UK Administration)
• Leanne Ferreira (XPS Pensions Group)
• Margaret Kaleher (Atos UK IT Services)
• Rachael Skuse (Leonardo MW)
• Sara Leacroft (Smiths Group)
• Simran Kaur (Delphi Technologies)

Trustee of the Year

• Alison Bostock (PTL Governance)
• Amanda Forsyth (The Wildlife Trusts)
• Councillor Nareser Osei (London Borough of Newham)
• Dianne Day (Independent Trustee Services)
• Jo Myerson (Ross Trustees)
• Joanne Segars (Now Pensions)
• Naomi L'Estrange (20-20 Trustees)
• Tova Docherty (Capital Cranfield Pension Trustees)

Adviser of the Year

• Alison Fleming (PwC)
• Angela Burns (Spence & Partners)
• Arabella Slinger (Penfida)
• Dweenisha Caleechurn (EY)
• Emily Nichols (Willis Towers Watson)
• Helen Hope (Mercer)
• Laura Andrikopoulos (Hymans Robertson)
• Lucy Cresswell (Barnett Waddingham)
• Michelle Doman (Mercer)
• Nikki Ayriss (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Rhian Littlewood (Aon)
• Shelly Beard (Willis Towers Watson)

Lawyer of the Year

• Amrit Mclean (DLA Piper)
• Anna Copestake (Arc Pensions Law)
• Claire Bell (DLA Piper)
• Emma Louise Jones (Universities Superannuation Scheme)
• Jacqui Reid (Sacker & Partners)
• Jennifer Murphy (Co-op)
• Tamara Calvert (DLA Piper)
• Victoria Jeacock (Squire Patton Boggs)

Saleswoman/Marketer of the Year

• Amanda Burden (Pi Partnership Group)
• Cleo Taylor (Rothesay Life)
• Dana Day (Cardano)
• Govinder Heer (Lincoln Pensions)
• Helen Sparke (Civica)
• Jennie Connelly (Capita )
• Jill Henderson (Scottish Widows)
• Karen Perumal (Barnett Waddingham)
• Karen Scott (Mercer)
• Mary McGrath (XPS Pensions Group)
• Nathalie Sims (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Rebecca Peche (Smart Pension)
• Susan McFarlane (3173 Group)
• Uzma Nazir (Pension Insurance Corporation)

Administrator of the Year

• Andrea Finley (Mercer)
• Charlotte Taylor (XPS Administration)
• Gillian Bell  (Hymans Robertson)
• Jo Darbyshire (Local Pensions Partnership)
• Laura Briggs (Pension Protection Fund)
• Lauren Williams (Barnett Waddingham)
• Michele Slazyk  (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Rosie Williams (Independent Transition Management)
• Tracey Meeke  (XPS Administration)
• Victoria Sykes (Willis Towers Watson)
• Wilma Cook (Plumbing Pensions Administration)

Investment Manager of the Year

• Eimear Walsh (Mercer)
• Frances Deakin (Local Pensions Partnership)
• Helen Hope (Mercer)
• Kathryn Koch (Goldman Sachs)
• Paris Jordan (Sanlam UK)

Rising Star Award

• Arfah Jawid (XPS Pensions Group)
• Ashleigh Harwood (Mercer)
• Elaine He (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang)
• Fern Lai (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Georgia Stewart (Tumelo)
• Hannah Sankannawar (Workers Pension Trust)
• Holly Nardi (Redington)
• Kelly Moohan (Pension Protection Fund)
• Mary Cahani  (Russell Investments)
• Naznin Chowdhury (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Rachel D'Agostino (Isio)
• Rachel Walsh (Barnett Waddingham)

Innovator of the Year *** NEW FOR 2020 ***

• Amrit Mclean (DLA Piper)
• Anne Jones (Willis Towers Watson)
• Georgia Stewart (Tumelo)
• Katharine Photiou (Legal & General Investment Management)
• Lauretta Akwule (Smart Pension)
• Nikki Roche (Siemens)
• Ruth Ward (Mercer)
• Shriti Jadav (Willis Towers Watson)
• Vanessa Jaeger (Aon)
• Vicki Ellis (Fideity International)

Change Excellence of the Year

• Amy Hemmett (PwC)
• Amy Sutherland (Hymans Robertson)
• Charlotte Griffiths (Nest)
• Dana Day (Cardano)
• Jane Bland (Santander UK)
• Joanne Flynn (Fidelity International)
• Karina Resko Kajelova (Smart Pension)
• Katharine Photiou (Legal & General Investment Management)
• Lara Desay (Scottish Widows)
• Lucy Ogan (Pension Protection Fund)

Mentor of the Year

• Beth Brown (Mayer Brown International)
• Claire Bell (DLA Piper)
• Claire Ross (Mercer)
• Clive Graham (Willis Towers Watson)
• Gemma Woodall (Isio)
• Isa Jalloh (Russell Investments)
• Katie Berridge (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Michelle Lee (Mercer)
• Richard Black (Gowling WLG)
• Rona Train (Hymans Robertson)
• Sarah Keighley (XPS Pensions Group)
• Shirley Jackson (Barnett Waddingham)

Role Model of the Year

• Beth Brown (Mayer Brown International)
• Emily Nichols (Willis Towers Watson)
• Emma Done (Mercer)
• Francesca Bailey (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Hilary Wilcox (Smart Pension)
• Jen Norris (Isio)
• Kate Ross (Smart Pension)
• Lauren Awoyinka (Baker McKenzie)
• Michelle Lee (Mercer)
• Naomi L'Estrange (20-20 Trustees)
• Nazish Choudhury (Hymans Robertson)
• Rona Train (Hymans Robertson)
• Sarah Seear (The Pension Protection Fund)
• Tessa Page (Mercer)
• Tracey Meeke (XPS Pensions Group)

Team Leader of the Year

• Caryl Embleton-Thirsk (River & Mercantile Solutions)
• Claire Whittaker (Isio)
• Emily Nichols (Willis Towers Watson)
• Francesca Bailey (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Helen Hope (Mercer)
• Imogen Richards (Pantheon)
• Jane Bland (Santander UK)
• Joanne Arch (Capita)
• Kate Ross (Smart Pension)
• Katie Berridge (Lane Clark & Peacock)
• Michelle Lee (Mercer)
• Sarah Seear (The Pension Protection Fund)
• Stephanie Cobb (PwC)

Most Inspiring Returner

• Aimee Denham (20-20 Trustees)
• Amanda Chammings (CMS)
• Amrit Mclean (DLA Piper)
• Claire Kelly (Willis Towers Watson)
• Eleanor Levy (Now Pensions)
• Hannah Evans (Russell Investments)
• Jane Alexandra Smith  (DLA Piper)
• Julie Gray (Isio)
• Katie Stone (Trafalgar House)
• Lee Georgs (Redington)
• Lynne Schofield (PwC)
• Shona Davies (Mercer)

***ORGANISATIONAL AWARD*** Award for Supporting Diversity

• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Lane Clark & Peacock
• Leonardo MW
• Now Pensions
• PwC
• Redington
• Scottish Widows
• Siemens
• T. Rowe Price
• Willis Towers Watson
• XPS Pensions Group