Rising Star Awards 2024: Shortlists revealed!

Judges have carefully selected the most impressive nominees for this year’s accolades

Professional Pensions
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This year's PP Rising Star Awards will be presented on 14 November at a ceremony in London
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This year's PP Rising Star Awards will be presented on 14 November at a ceremony in London

Here they are. The finalists for this year’s Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards…

A huge congratulations to all those who have made the shortlist for 2024.

This year, Professional Pensions has had an amazing response - with an extremely high volume of very high quality entries. All entries have now been assessed by our panel of eminent judges and we are thrilled to reveal this year's shortlist.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 14 November at the Hilton London Bankside. For further information about how to book at table at these awards, visit our website here.

Our 2024 shortlists are as follows:

Rising Star of the Year

  • Adrian Marchant (Isio)
  • Aidan Quinn (Russell Investments)
  • Alex Beecraft (Aon)
  • Andre Ranchin (Hymans Robertson)
  • Femi Adigun (Standard Life)
  • Heather Boucher (WTW)
  • Kelly Hurren (Aon)
  • Kim Nash (Zedra)
  • Lewis Drew (Independent Governance Group)
  • Rebecca Peake (Aon)
  • Rhian Littlewood (Standard Life)
  • Shay Owode (Vidett)
  • Tannaz Rastegar (Capita Pension Solutions)
  • Thomas Caron (Hymans Robertson)


Trainee of the Year

  • Aditya Yanamandra (Mercer)
  • Alice Allen (Mercer)
  • Alina Cipco (BTPS)
  • Andrew John Cox (Pension Protection Fund)
  • Benjamin Phipps (Mercer)
  • Emma Coleman (XPS Group)
  • Fiona Wood (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Jay Malkani (Isio)
  • Leah Magee (XPS Group)
  • Lesley Smith (Isio)
  • Megan Facey (Hymans Robertson)
  • Rossella Carletti (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Stephanos Isodiou (Isio)
  • Sterling O'Donohue (Mercer)
  • Thomas Caron (Hymans Robertson)


Trustee of the Year

  • Alan Greenlees (Zedra)            
  • Ben Salmons (Vidett) 
  • Clare Caswell (Dalriada Trustees)       
  • Curtis Mitchell (Vidett)
  • Edward Beavis (Dalriada Trustees)     
  • Kim Nash (Zedra)         


Actuary / Consultant of the Year

  • Ali Corris (Mercer)
  • Beau Forbes Flanaghan (Broadstone)
  • Caroline Cavanagh (XPS Group)
  • Edd Collins (WTW)
  • Emma Moore (Aon)
  • Jamie Kimber (WTW)
  • Jessica Clayson (Lane Clark & Peacock)
  • Katie Walker (Lane Clark & Peacock)
  • Marc Barnett (Cushon)
  • Rachel Pegrum (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Rachika Cooray (Lane Clark & Peacock)
  • Sarban Hoonjan (Isio)
  • Stephen McIlwraith (Hymans Robertson)
  • Teri Viney (Isio)
  • Tom Williams (Aon)


Actuarial / Advisory Trainee of the Year

  • Avinash Harkison (Isio)
  • Celine Adams (EY)
  • Charlotte McCrone (Capita Pension Solutions)
  • Fiona Wood (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Hannah Smithson (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Isla Gamble (Hymans Robertson)
  • Jasmine Lau (Aon)
  • Laura Maginn (XPS Group)
  • Laura Tuffnell (Broadstone Corporate Benefits)
  • Mostafa Abu Nasim (Hymans Robertson)
  • Olivia Padfield (PwC)
  • Priya Patel (Lane Clark & Peacock)
  • Sam Atherton (Buck, A Gallagher Company)
  • Sean Alexander Campbell (Spence & Partners)


Administrator of the Year

  • Edward Mackenzie (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Elliott Wright (Broadstone)
  • Eloise Mountford (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Emily Webster (Capita Plc)
  • Joe Paul Swindlehurst (Pension Protection Fund)
  • Julian Chiu (Broadstone)
  • Kaithlin Jones (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Katie MacKinnon (TWM Financial Planning)
  • Matthew Smith (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Nicole Elsom (Brightwell)
  • Stella King (XPS Group)


Lawyer of the Year

  • Abigail Cohen (Standard Life)
  • Alex Lane (Eversheds Sutherland)
  • Alexandra Tomlinson (CMS)
  • Charlotte Moss (Pinsent Masons)
  • Daniella Farsiani (Eversheds Sutherland)
  • Emily Rowley (Sackers)
  • Harriet Burchett (Eversheds Sutherland)
  • Jade Rigby (Hogan Lovells)
  • Santi Bicchieri (CMS)
  • Simon Evans (CMS)
  • Stewart Murphy (Pinsent Masons)
  • Thomas Bates (CMS)


Investment Manager of the Year

  • Georgina Elizabeth Cooper (Newton Investment Management)
  • Nancy Christina Last (Newton Investment Management)
  • Sarban Hoonjan (Isio)


Investment Trainee of the Year 

  • Aditya Yanamandra (Mercer)
  • Benjamin Phipps (Mercer)
  • Edwin Wilson (Isio)
  • Eleanor Osborn (Mercer)
  • Gary Gallacher (Isio)
  • Hugh Carrington (XPS Group)
  • Jack Maile (Mercer)
  • James Kidd (XPS Group)
  • Jay Malkani (Isio)
  • Koko Lotharukpong (Lane Clark & Peacock)
  • Morgan Edwards (Barnett Waddingham)
  • Oliver Liddington (Mercer)
  • Shelly Sandhu (Isio)


Excellence in Customer Service and Communication Award

  • Bethany Ann Goss (Surrey Pension Team)
  • Ian Loring (Legal & General)
  • Jay Malkani (Isio)
  • Jodie-Lauren Saunders (Pension Protection Fund)
  • Krystie Waterhouse (Wiltshire Pension Fund)
  • Lianna Spalding (Penny Technology Limited)
  • Mark Fenlon (Standard Life)
  • Naina Gajjar (Smart Pension)
  • Richard Goldring (Smart Pension)
  • Tori Watson (XPS Group)


Mentor of the Year

  • David Fargie (RSM)
  • Emily Nichols (WTW)
  • Emma King (Eversheds Sutherland)
  • Hayley Sherry Gibson (Hymans Robertson)
  • James Allinson (EY)
  • Jasbinder Sidhu (Peoples Partnership)
  • Kim Nash (Zedra)
  • Laura Johnson (XPS Group)
  • Leanne Coomber (Dalriada Trustees)
  • Martin Coelho (Hymans Robertson)
  • Priya Jassal (EY)
  • Rebecca Stirling (RSM UK)
  • Sally Crudge (Aon)
  • Shay Owode (Vidett)
  • Victoria Panormo (Aviva)


Team of the Year

  • Aon's Member Options and Support Team   
  • Dalriada Pensions Management         
  • East Sussex Pension Fund's Pensions Administration Team 
  • EY's Investment Team
  • Hymans Robertson's Legal Team
  • Isio's DC Investment Team
  • LCP's Pensions Management Consulting Department            
  • Pension Protection Fund's Vulnerable Members Working Group    
  • Peoples Partnership's Transfer Guidance Team         
  • Scottish Widows' Engage Relationship Team
  • Standard Life's BPA Deal Team           
  • Surrey Pension Fund's Future Benefits Team


Organisational Award: Award for Supporting Development

  • Barnett Waddingham
  • Heywood
  • Hymans Robertson
  • Independent Governance Group (IGG)
  • RSM
  • Spence & Partners
  • Surrey Pension Team
  • Wiltshire Pension Fund
  • WTW
  • XPS Group


Organisational Award: Training Scheme of the Year

  • RSM
  • TPT Retirement Solutions
  • WTW
  • XPS Group

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