PP Rising Star Awards 2025: Nominees revealed!

Congratulations to all the individuals and organisations that were nominated.

Nominees will be contacted shortly with details of the categories they have been nominated in, as well as the next steps in the process, which will involve completing an entry form for each category you have been nominated in.

Please note, the criteria for categories barring those recognising trainees and organisations has changed this year. These awards now recognise individuals who have worked in the pensions industry for 10 years or less on 31 March 2025 (rather than those under a particular age). View the criteria for each category here.

The deadline for the questionnaire to be submitted is 13 June at 5pm.

An expert panel of judges will decide the winners in each category taking into account achievements in the workplace/role, challenges faced, evidence of contributions to support and inspire those beginning their career in pensions, and the overall quality of the submission.

To find out more about the awards, criteria and categories, visit the PP Rising Star Awards website.

The individual category nominees are as follows:

A-E

Abraham Halim (WTW), Aar Chand (Broadstone Pensions), Abbee Hanlon (Nest), Abbie Rice (Barnett Waddingham), Abby Larmour (Barnett Waddingham), Abhishek Singh (Deloitte), Abigail Kwao (BlackRock), Abigail Thomas (Barnett Waddingham), Adam Palaszkiewicz (EY), Adrian Loughlin (Hymans Robertson), Ailsa Duthie (Barnett Waddingham), Alana Parks (TWM Financial Planning), Alasdair Riley (PwC), Alex Kelly (Hymans Robertson), Alex Price (Barnett Waddingham), Alex Lane (Eversheds Sutherland), Alex Oakley (Standard Life), Alex Giles (Barnett Waddingham), Alex Rolin (Van Lanschot Kempem), Alexandra Westley (LGIM), Alfie Jinks (Trafalgar House), Ali Asghar (LCP), Alice Hopper (Hymans Robertson), Alice Lane (RSM), Alice Makinson (Barnett Waddingham), Alice Etteridge (Barnett Waddingham), Alison Cribbs (Eversheds Sutherland), Allen Thacheril (Deloitte), Allie Jenkin (People's Partnership), Aman Ruparelia (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Amanda Seal (Law Debenture), Amber Patel (LCP), Amelia Crossley (CMS), Amie Govett (LCP), Amy Noble (Aon), Amy Shooter (RSM UK Audit), Amy Gibbs (Capita), Amy Taylor (Barnett Waddingham), Andre Clarke (Redington), Andrea Bryan (Isio), Andrea Stravrinou (Rothesay), Andreas (Andy) Koshionis (Barnett Waddingham), Andrew Murphy (Mercer), Andrew Black (Eversheds Sutherland), Aneta Maccoll (Hymans Robertson), Anisha Gill (Aon), Anna Huo (PwC), Anna Rice (XPS Group), Anna Bujok-Stone (Willis Towers Watson), Anna Kersey (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Anna Hicks (LCP), Anna Campbell (Mercer), Annabel Dodd (XPS Group), Annabel Fredericks (Barnett Waddingham), Antony Wilson (LCP), Anya Millington (XPS), Anya Millington (XPS Administration), Anya Edyvean (Whitehall Trustees Limited), Arnav Jhanji (Russell Investments), Asef Uddin (Hymans Robertson), Asha Suresh (Mercer Limited), Ashleigh Harwood (Mercer), Avinash Harkison (Isio), Bang Hoang (Independent Governance Group), Becca Nicholson (Aviva), Ben Fox (Hymans Robertson), Ben Phipps (Mercer Limited), Ben Hughes (Aon), Ben Collins (Barnett Waddingham), Ben Millar (Gallagher), Ben Thompson (Hymans Robertson), Ben Bailey Conlon (Isio), Ben Hitchen (Barnett Waddingham), Ben Salmons (Vidett), Beth Healy (Dalriada Trustees Limited LONDON), Callum Duckmanton (Burges Salmon), Callum Brown (PwC), Calum Edgar (Van Lanschot Kempen), Cameron Davies (Barnett Waddingham), Cara Gordon (Mercer Limited), Carly Thornton (Ocaris Wealth Management Ltd), Carmel Williams (Travers Smith), Catherine Palarca (Law Debenture), Catherine McWilliams (Aon), Cathy Malden (Smart Pension), Ceara Grey (EY), Cerys Cherry (XPS Group), Charlotte Watson (Barnett Waddingham), Charlotte David (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Charlotte Hausdoerfer (The People's Pension), Charotte Jones (XPS Group), Chelsie Jones (Aviva), Chevonne Boxer (Hymans Robertson), Chiara Beaton (Hymans Robertson), Chloe Archer (Barnett Waddingham), Chloe Tinkler (Trafalgar House Pensions Adminsitration), Chloe Horne (Nest), Chloe Crow (People's Partnership), Chris Alden (WTW), Chris Horton (Legal & General), Chris Harrison (Isio), Chris Tabersham (Independent Governance Group), Christina Williams (Hymans Robertson), Ciara Stenton (Isio), Ciaran Gallagher (Barnett Waddingham), Cindy Smith (Travers Smith), Cindy Lo (XPS Group), Claire Barron (Smart Pension), Claire Cairney (Hymans Robertson), Clodagh Howe (LCP), Connie Walker (Aon), Connor Mackay (XPS), Constantine Sanford (Equiniti), Craig Alexander (Hymans Robertson), Craig Mitchell (Nest), Daisy Stickings (Pinsent Masons Pensions Solutions), Dan Guest (Hymans Robertson), Dan Elliot (Barnett Waddingham), Dan Farquhar (Mercer Limited), Dan Guest (Hymans Robertson), Dan Guest (Hymans Roberson), Daniel Maweu (Mercer), Daniel McLaughlin (WTW), Daniel Morris (Aon), David Jervis (Quantum Advisory), David Hale (Barnett Waddingham), David Thompson (Aon), Declan McCaffrey (XPS Group), Dennis Adjapong (Pension Protection Fund), Dennis Ricci-McElhone (London Borough of Enfield Pension Fund), Dev Aggarwal (WTW), Dianthi Edirisooriya (LCP), Dominic Cordara (Aon), Dominic Latarche (Aptia UK Ltd), Doyin Roberts (Eversheds Sutherland), Duncan Cameron (WTW), Dweenisha Caleechurn (PwC), Edd Collins (WTW), Edward Burns (Aon), Edward Siddeley (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Eilidh Watson (WTW), Eimear Kelly (EY), Eleanor Osborn (Mercer), Eleanor Insley (XPS Group), Elisabeth Storey (RSM), Elizabeth Hamilton (XPS Pensions Group), Ellie Legg (Eversheds Sutherland), Ellie Taylor (WTW), Ellie Bridgeman (Rothesay), Emilie Howard-Lawrence (People's Partnership), Emily Webster (Capita Pensions Solutions Limited), Emily Eskandari (Pacific), Emma Black (Deloitte), Emma Birch (LCP), Emma McAteer (XPS Group), Emma Black (Deloitte), Emma Roberts (Dalriada Trustees), Emma Collins (LCP), Emma Coleman (XPS Group), Emma Foster (Hymans Robertson), Ethan Brown (WTW), Eva Copello (EY)

F-M

Femi Adigun (Standard Life), Fern Vass (EY), Ffion Davies (Barnett Waddingham), Filipa Eastham (WTW), Finlay Grant (XPS Group), Finlay Whitehead (XPS Group), Fiona Wood (Barnett Waddingham), Fiona Smith (Smart Pension), Florrie Igoe (Hymans Robertson), Frasat Shah (Payden & Rygel), Fraser Weir (XPS), Freya Nobbs (WTW), Freya Wiggin (Willis Towers Watson), Gargi Tendulkar (WTW), George Vinod (Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management), George Cooper (XPS Group), George Dollner (The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), George Ellis (WTW), Georgina Gayles (Aon), Georgina Barker (RSM), Gill Howard (Dalriada Trustees), Grace Reynolds (Barnett Waddingham), Gurleen Virdi (Redington), Gursharan Gill (Aptia), Hana McMath (Aon), Hannah Crisp (XPS Pensions Group), Hannah Street (TWM Financial Planning), Hannah Clifford (Hymans Robertson), Harriet Dammone (CMS), Harriet Burchett (Eversheds Sutherland), Harriet Sayer (Travers Smith), Harry Rumble (Aon), Harry Rabjohn (Aon), Hayley Gibson (Hymans Robertson), Heather Brown (Aviva Investors), Heather Macri (LCP), Heather Lucas (Pinsent Masons), Helen Hord (RSM UK Audit), Helen Nguyen (Law Debenture), Helen Chapelhow (Surrey Pension Team), Helen Tabiner (Law Debenture), Henry Corrigan (Mayer Brown International), Henry Parker (WTW), Hikmatali Shariff (Mercer), Holly Painter (Hymans Robertson), Hristina Vaceva (Payden & Rygel), Hugo Harrison (Rothesay), Hugo Anderson (Hymans), Humphrey Galbraith (WTW), Iain Campbell (Hymans Robertson), Ibrahim Naizam (Aon), Imogen Barrow-Starkey (Smart Pension), India Reeves (TWM Financial Planning), Ish Nakagawa (Hymans Roberson), Isla Gamble (Hymans Robertson), Isla Reid (Rothesay), Jack Johnson (Hymans Robertson), Jack McKenna (Aon), Jack Stanley (Barnett Waddingham), Jack McEneaney (People), Jack Ashurst (Mercer), Jack Maile (Mercer), Jack Crawley (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Jack Brammar (XPS), Jack Carmichael (Barnett Waddingham), Jack Holloway (Isio), Jackie Hall (People's Partnership), Jacob Smith (Aon), Jake Bedford (Barnett Waddingham), James Shepherd (Aon), James Turner (Quantum Advisory), James Reynard (Aon), James Thurgood (Mercer), James Allinson (EY), James Nicholson (Barnett Waddingham), James Hampson (Mercer), James Kidd (XPS group), James Milan (Trafalgar House), James Fitzsimmons (Dalriada Trustees), Jamie Neath (The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), Jamie Smith (Capita), Jan Garcia (People's Partnership), Jarod Snade (Broadstone), Jasbinder Sidhu (Peoples Partnership), Jay Holley (LCP), Jayne Meadows (Surrey Pension Fund), Jed Newham (WTW), Jen Green (Eversheds Sutherland), Jenna Hull (Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management), Jenna Hull (Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N V), Jennifer Austin-Smith (Aviva), Jennifer Davidson (AJG Gallagher), Jenny Williams (Barnett Waddingham), Jenny Smith (Quantum Advisory), Jess Benyon (Barnett Waddingham), Jess Horner (LCP), Jess Peart (Eversheds Sutherland), Jessica Lin (Aon), Jessica Wilkes (Aon), Jessica Clayson (Lane Clark & Peacock), Jessica Clayson (LCP), Jim Rogers (PwC), Joe Cooke (XPS Group), Joe Reid (EY), Joe Ireland (Independent Governance Group), Joe Hixon (PwC), Joel Curtis (XPS Group), Joel Curtis (XPS), Joel Bateson (Rothesay), John Harney (Aon), Jonathan Boardley (Aon), Jonathan Rawnsley (XPS), Josh Andrew (WTW), Josh Pickard (Aon), Josh Madden (Dunhill Financial), Joshua Ved (Isio), Jun Nakamaru-Pinder (WTW), Karen Tasker (RSM), Karenpreet Sandhu (Aon), Karim Uddin (PLSA), Karina Klimaszewski (Aon), Kashish Gupta (Deloitte), Kate Wimbush (LCP), Katharina Lindmeier (Nest), Katie Moore (XPS Pensions Group), Katie Walker (LCP), Katie Kingham (Isio Group), Katie Lodge (Pinsent Masons), Katie Hunter (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang), Katy Little (Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), Katy Dennington (XPS), Kayla Charnock (Marsh), Kayleigh McKenna (Dalriada Trustees), Kelly McAfee (PwC UK), Kelsey Cox (RSM UK Audit), Keren Thomson (Hymans Robertson), Kirsty Steven (Barnett Waddingham), Kirsty Bain (Dalriada Trustees), Koko Lotharukpong (LCP), Krista D'Alessandro (The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), Lambros Georgiades (Barnett Waddingham), Lara Finbow (PwC Pension Fund), Lara Badgery (Aon), Laura Sherry (XPS Group), Laura Baird (Deloitte), Lauren Davis (Payden & Rygel), Lauren Branton (ZEDRA Inside Pensions), Lauren Branney (Hymans Robertson), Lauren Hobbis (Hymans Robertson), Lauren Spencer (Barnett Waddingham), Leah Butt (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Leanne Coomber (Dalriada Trustees LONDON), Leanne Coomber (Dalriada Trustees), Leigh McLevy (CMS), Lesley Dean (Capita Pensions Solutions), Lewis McDonald (MJF Pension Trustees), Lizzie Hunt (Barnett Waddingham), Louis Baker (Barnett Waddingham), Louisa Raby (Rothesay), Lucy Mearns (Aon), Luke Tandy (Aviva), Luke Isaac (Redington), Luke Stoker (Barnett Waddingham), Luke Burrows (Aviva), Lynne Rawcliffe (Law Debenture), Mair Bunyan (WTW), Mallika Takhar (WTW), Malwina Strugala (Hymans Robertson), Mamoun Usman (Redington), Marc Jones (Eversheds Sutherland), Maria Espadinha (The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), Marisa Fish (XPS Group), Mark Jenkins (CMS), Mark Ng (Redington), Marlena Downer (Pension Protection Fund), Martin Gudgeon (XPS), Martin Coelho (Hymans Robertson), Martina Vatrtova (Law Debenture), Matt Raymond (Barnett Waddingham), Matthew Chadaway (Barnett Waddingham), Matthew Hardman-Brown (Pension Protection Fund), Matthew Skillander (Barnett Waddingham), Meg Kenny (Barnett Waddingham), Meg Kenny (Barnett), Megan Harper (Barnett Waddingham), Megan Facey (Hymans Robertson), Mia le Fleming (Aon), Michael Ingram (Deloitte), Michael Johanides (Aon), Mike Hayes (Mercer), Miranda Bond (CMS), Moheera Ghouri (People's Partnership), Molly Handley (People's Partnership), Morgan McCartney (Deloitte), Morgan Edwards (Barnett Waddingham), Mushota Chibulu (Payden & Rygel),

N-Z

Nabil Rahhal (Deloitte), Nadia Begum (EY), Naina Gajjar (Smart Pension), Naomi Beattie (XPS Group), Naomi Rees (Barnett Waddingham), Naomi Mitchell (XPS Group), Nareser Osei (Law Debenture), Natalie Bryce (Mercer), Natalie Eriksson (Lane Clark & Peacock), Natasha Jago (Broadstone), Natasha Costa (Legal & General), Natasha Overlaet (Smart Pension), Nathan Tozer (Barnett Waddingham), Neha Narvekar (Deloitte), Neil Ritchie (XPS Group), Neil Maines (XPS), Neil Patience (Aviva), Nicci Wyborn (Pinsent Masons Pensions Solutions), Nicholas Wickman (Mercer), Nick Cousins (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Nicola Hurd (Gallagher), Nihal Ozdemir (LGIM), Nikesh Patel (Independent), Nikki Browning (Barnett Waddingham), Nirojana Shanthakumar (WTW), Nk Ezepue (XPS Group), Oakley Westcott (XPS Group), Oli Ainsworth (Broadstone), Oliver Hook (Hymans Robertson), Oliver Liddington (Mercer), Oliver Hunt (Eversheds Sutherland), Oliver Leggett (Deloitte), Oliver Ashworth (XPS), Olivia Sizeland (The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association), Olivia Westwood (Barnett Waddingham), Ollie Waterfall (Barnett Waddingham), Ollie Leggett (Deloitte), Oonagh OHagan (Deloitte), Orla MacLeod (Deloitte), Paige Stacey (Isio), Paul Tucknott (People's Partnership), Paul Whelan (WTW), Pauline McConville (XPS Group), Peter Duvall (Quantum Advisory), Phuong Nguyen (LCP), Polly Cripps (Aon), Prashan Vicneswaran (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Priya Patel (LCP), Priya Jassal (EY), Rachel Tee (Barnett Waddingham), Rashida Rahim (PwC), Rashree Chhatrisha (SAGA Plc), Ravi Bakrania (WTW), Rebecca Dodd (WTW), Rebecca Helme (XPS Group), Rebecca Levin (XPS), Rebecca Jain (Aon), Rebecca Robson (Capita Pensions Solutions), Rebekah Hill (Mercer), Rekha Owen (Law Debenture), Remi Warren (WTW), Richard Orford (Barnett Waddingham), Richard Brown (Barnett Waddingham), Richard Goldring (Smart Pension), Richard Empson (Surrey Pension Fund), Rishi Mistry (WTW), Rizwan Sharif (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Robbie Taylor (Aon), Robert Kotlar (Hymans Robertson), Robert Armstrong (Aon), Robert Phillips (EY), Robert Kotlar (Hymans Robertson), Robert Shaw (Hymans Robertson), Robin La (Broadstone Pensions), Rohit Rajesh (PwC), Rory Clark (CMS), Ryan Hampton (XPS), Ryan Lane (XPS Group), Ryan Parsons (Deloitte), Ryan McKenna (WTW), Ryan Patel (Barnett Waddingham), Saanvi Vasudevan (LCP), Sadie Stewart (Aviva), Saleem Shadman (NHS Business Services Authority), Sally Crudge (Aon), Sam Lunt (Rothesay), Sam Panagrosso (Rothesay), Samantha Simpson (Aviva), Samuel Hampton (Hymans Robertson), Samuel Perez-Ugarte (Smart Pension), Sanam Mehta (Redington), Santi Bicchieri (CMS), Sara Summerscales (Pinsent Masons), Sarah Yeboah-Smith (Deloitte), Sarah Hughes (People's Partnership), Sarah Irving (Pinsent Masons), Sarah Yeboah-Smith (Deloitte), Sarban Singh Hoonjan (Isio), Saskia Reilly (Mercer), Sean Bottomley (EY), Shannon Ryan (Cartwright Pension Trusts), Shanu Ghai (PwC), Shay Owode (Vidett), Shelly Sandhu (Isio), Sherie Loan (Isio), Sheryll Bingham (XPS), Shubhankar Thorat (Surrey Pension Fund), Shuja Zaidi (XPS), Siddhi Gupta (Deloitte), Simran Kaur (Isio), Sonia Nayyar (LCP), Sophia Cosgrove (XPS Group), Sophie Caldwell (Barnett Waddingham), Sophie Culliford (Barnett Waddingham), Sophie Cooper (Barnett Waddingham), Sophie Morgan (Mercer),Sophie Rhodes (Trafalgar House Pensions Administration), Sophie Hodgson (Hymans Robertson), Sophie McCulloch (Mercer), Sophie Cameron (EY), Stefano Carnevale (Quantum Advisory), Stephanie Mundt (Peoples Partnership), Stephen McIlwraith (Hymans Robertson), Stephen Ronald (Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan), Stephen Lee (PwC), Steven Ingle (Mercer), Struan Paton (Hymans Robertson), Sukhveer Bhamra (Payden & Rygel), Suraj Patel (Redington), Taliah Kite (Peoples Partnership), Tamzin Bentley (XPS Group), Ted Burnham (Barnett Waddingham), Thomas Bates (CMS), Thomas Greeves (EY), Thomas Sheat (PwC), Tianna Patel (Hymans Robertson), Tom McKenzie (Barnett Waddingham), Tom Croft (XPS), Tom Muir (WTW), Tom Holroyd (WTW), Tom Hill (Barnett Waddingham), Tom France-Larmour (Barnett Waddingham), Tom Honey (Hymans Robertson), Tom Prince (Hymans Robertson), Tom Henderson (PwC), Tom Brophy (Aon), Tom Warburton (Capita), Tom Cunningham (WTW), Tom Newton-Price (EY), Tori Watson (XPS Group), Umar Yaqoob (Aviva), Usman Sheikh (ZEDRA Inside Pensions), Vanessa Wells (Eversheds Sutherland), Vasiliki Tasouri (Aon), Victoria Roberts (Zedra), Viran Patel (Hymans Robertson), Vivienne Wang (WTW), Wei Chin (WTW), Will Scott (Clara Pensions), Will Harris (WTW), Will Rickard (WTW), Will Gateley (Hymans Robertson), William Fox (Barnett Waddingham), Wojciech Busz (Brightwell), Yavor Georgiev (People's Pension), Zander Kasparian (Hymans Robertson)

The Team of the Year category nominees are as follows:

Aon - Risk Settlement Group, Aon - Member Options and Support Team, Aviva - Workplace Go-To-Market B2C (Customer and Marketing Team), Barnett Waddingham part of Howden - StudyHelp Team, Dalriada - PMO team, Dalriada Trustees Limited - LONDON, Deloitte - APR, Eversheds Sutherland Pensions Insurance Team, Isio - i-FLO Team, Now pensions - Client Team, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association - Policy & Advocacy Team, Peoples Partnership - The Continuous Improvements Team, People's Pension - Brand Team, Redington - Investment Consulting Team, RSM - Pensions Audit team, Standard Life - Defined Benefit Solutions team, XPS - Member Connect Team, XPS - Pension Administration Team, XPS Group - Calculate Team, XPS Group - Digital Team

The nominees for the organisational categories are as follows:

Brightwell; Broadstone Consultants & Actuaries; CMS (Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang); Deloitte; Eversheds Sutherland Pensions Training Programme; Independent Governance Group; Legal & General - Pension Risk Transfer Team; Legal & General - Pension Risk Transfer Training Team; Mercer; Redington; RSM; WTW; XPS Group