VENUE: THE PAN PACIFIC LONDON
SEPT 25TH 2024
Submission Deadline is Aug 23rd 2024
Recognising women across the industry, the inaugural European Women in Finance Awards were held virtually in October 2020, and this year we are
delighted to announce that our fifth European Women in Finance Awards will be held at the Pan Pacific London, located in Bishopsgate in the heart of
the City of London, moments from Liverpool Street Station, on Wednesday, 25th September. Nominations are now open.
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WINNERS
2024
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| The Instinet Positive Impact Award for Diversity & Inclusion | Kimiya Minoukadeh | ING |
| Excellence in Asset Management | Fabiana Fedeli | M&G Investments |
| Excellence in Banking | Briana O'Hare | Nomura |
| Excellence in Hedge Funds | Ellie Sharkey | Citadel |
| Excellence in Compliance & Legal | Trish McMenamin | Virtu Financial |
| Excellence in Regulation | Kate Finlayson | J.P. Morgan |
| Excellence in HR & Talent Management | Sheila Butterly | Ninety One |
| Excellence in Operations | Anna Neumann-Regan | Citadel Securities |
| Excellence in Sales & Trading | Lu Fu | Mizuho |
| Excellence in Buy-Side Fixed Income Trading | Sabina Awan | Fidelity International |
| Excellence in Buy-Side Equities Trading | Marie Geekie | BlackRock |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | Alessandra Stagliano | Tradeweb |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Tina Hasenpusch | CME Group |
| Excellence in Leadership | Pauline Bernard | BNP Paribas |
| Trailblazer | Gemma Lloyd | R.J. O'Brien |
| Rising Stars 1 | Reesha Radia | LSEG |
| Rising Stars 2 | Simona Composto | Goldman Sachs |
| Rising Stars 3 | Cristina Velloso | PIMCO |
| Rising Stars 4 | Leah Goldsberry | Virtu Financial |
| Rising Stars 5 | Emily Facchina Fluet | Jain Global |
| Crystal Ladder | Anna Dragesic | PIMCO |
| Individual Achievement | Valerie Noel | Syz Group |
| The Instinet Positive Impact Award for Sustainability | Stephanie Niven | Ninety One |
| Lifetime Achievement | Sharon Ruffles | State Street Global Advisors |
| Excellence in Fintech | Kate Karimson | R3 |
| CEO of the Year | Delphine d'Amarzit | Euronext Paris |
2023
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| The Instinet Positive Impact Award for Sustainability | Alexandra Dimitrijevic | S&P Global Ratings |
| The Instinet Positive Impact Award for furthering Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Services | Alison Hollingshead | Jupiter Asset Management |
| Crystal Ladder | Nidhi Sharma | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Excellence in Asset Management | Kate Fox | Baillie Gifford |
| Excellence in Banking | Camille Papillard | BNP Paribas |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Claire Dorrian | London Stock Exchange Group |
| Excellence in Fintech | Kate Bohn | Macquarie Group |
| Excellence in HR and Talent Management | Sue Flood | Virtu Financial |
| Excellence in Leadership | Maria Dwyer | DTCC |
| Excellence in Legal and Compliance | Diane Bouwmeester | London Stock Exchange Group |
| Excellence in Operations | Claire Bridel | Liquidnet |
| Excellence in Regulation | Virginie Saade | Citadel |
| Excellence in RegTech | Valerie Bannert-Thurner | Nasdaq |
| Trailblazer | Mangala Ananthanarayanan | PIMCO |
| Excellence in Trading (Equities) | Valérie Noël | Syz Group |
| Excellence in Trading (Fixed income) | Stephanie Fraser | Baillie Gifford |
| Excellence in Trading (Fixed income) | Valerie Miles | Loomis Sayles & Co. |
| Excellence in Trading (Derivatives) | Charlotte Alliot | Euronext |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | Mélanie Hazan | Tradeweb |
| Rising Stars | Jessie Li | Instinet |
| Rising Stars | Tania Bachmann | PIMCO |
| Rising Stars | Oriane Cochard | T. Rowe Price |
| Rising Stars | Louise McCormack | Fidelity International |
| Rising Stars | Emma Saunders | Rathbones |
| Individual Achievement | Eleni Sifakis | PIMCO |
| Individual Achievement | Elodie Cany | Tradeweb |
| Individual Achievement | Jo Tamworth | Baillie Gifford |
| Lifetime Achievement | Louise Drummond | abrdn |
2022
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Instinet’s Positive Impact Award for Sustainability | Julie Moret | Northern Trust Asset Management |
| Instinet’s Positive Impact Award for Diversity | Rakhi Taylor | BGC Partners |
| Crystal Ladder | Amber Wright | RJ O’Brien |
| Trailblazer | Farzana Nanji/td> | HSBC |
| CEO of the Year | Nandini Sukumar | World Federation of Exchanges |
| Excellence in Banking | Karine Litou | BNP Paribas Securities Services |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Elena Patimova | Cboe Europe |
| Excellence in Fintech | Marina Goche | Sentifi AG |
| Excellence in Leadership | Paula Fry | Bloomberg LP |
| Excellence in Legal | Lauri Kapper | Cboe Europe |
| Excellence in Trading | Fixed Income | Christie Goncalves, Vanguard |
| Excellence in Trading – Equities | Caoimhe O’Driscoll | Liquidnet |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | Melissa Ellis | Virtu Financial |
| Excellence in Innovation | Serene Murphy | Tradeweb |
| Rising Star | Anya van den Berg | Eurex / Deutsche Börse |
| Rising Star | Katharine Furber | Bloomberg LP |
| Rising Star | Oxana Young | Tradeweb |
| Rising Star | Alpita Maheshwari | PIMCO |
| Rising Star | Kisa Mwakasala | FactSet |
| Excellence in Human Resources | Magali Linossier | Instinet |
| Country Award – Germany | Manishe Sina | Allianz Global Investors |
| Country Award – Italy | Carla Tretto | MTS |
| Community Leadership | Cathy Gibson | Ninety One |
| Excellence in Operations | Tracey Jordal | PIMCO |
| Excellence in Asset Management | Johanna Kyrklund | Schroders |
| Individual Achievement | Nicola Jolley | NAB Europe SA |
| Outstanding Career Achievement | Kirstie MacGillivray | Aegon AM |
| Lifetime Achievement | Geraldine Sundstrom | PIMCO |
2021
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Asset Management | Wei Li | Global Chief Investment Strategist, BlackRock |
| Excellence in Banking | Allegra Berman | Global Head of Institutional Sales & Co-Head of Securities Services, HSBC |
| Excellence in Leadership | Corinna Mitchell | General Counsel, Symphony |
| Excellence in Exchanges | Jennifer Hlad | Head Equity Sales for the UK and Ireland, SIX Swiss Exchange |
| Excellence in Fintech | Else Braathen | Risk Domain Manager, SimCorp |
| Excellence in Hedge Funds | Charlotte Nutting | Senior Trader, Millennium Capital Partners |
| Excellence in Legal and Compliance | Donna Rix | General Counsel Europe, Citadel |
| Excellence in Operations | Tanith Johnson | European Head of Operations, Instinet Europe |
| Excellence in Regulation | Eleanor Beasley | Head of EMEA Equity Market Structure and Strategic Partnerships, Goldman Sachs |
| Individual Achievement | Alison Hollingshead | Chief of Staff, Trading Platform and Core Technology, Man Group |
| Rising Stars | Erika Bianco | Senior Marketing Manager, EMEA & APAC, MarketAxess |
| Santa Dudica | VP Corporate Development | Tradeweb Catriona Lawlor, FX Trader, Baillie Gifford |
| Charlotte Monk | Sales Trader | Winterflood Securities |
| Milly Porter | Deputy Head of Compliance | Liontrust |
| Georgina Laird | Senior Responsible Investment Associate | Aegon Asset Management |
| Aparajita Bose-Mullick | Global Product Manager | SmartStream Technologies |
| Excellence in Trading | Sharon Ruffles | Head of Fixed Income Dealing, State Street Global Advisors |
| Excellence in Trading Platforms | Jennifer Keser | Head of Market Structure & Regulation, Tradeweb |
| Trailblazer | Camille McKelvey, Head of Business Development for Post-Trade and Straight-Through-Processing, MarketAxess | FactSet |
| Lifetime Achievement | Claire Woodman | Head of EMEA and CEO, Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc |
| Instinet Positive Impact Award for Sustainability | Jane Ambachtsteer | Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management |
| Instinet Positive Impact Award for Furthering Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Services | Samantha Bussey | Global Head of NDF & FX Reset Risk Mitigation, Capitalab / BGC Partners |
2020
| Award | Recipient | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| TRADING | Stephanie Suriyanon | Senior Trader, Baillie Gifford |
| TRADING PLATFORMS | Chioma Okoye | Director, European Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb |
| ASSET MANAGEMENT | Joanna Munro | Global Chief Investment Officer, HSBC Global Asset Management |
| BANKING | Sarah Hay | EMEA Head of Global Markets Client Office and APAC/EMEA Head of Commission Management, UBS |
| CRYSTAL LADDER | Louise Drummond | Global Head Investment Execution, Aberdeen Standard |
| EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP | Catherine Read | Chief Operating Officer, Royal London Asset Management |
| EXCHANGES | Stephanie Renner | Chief Financial Officer, Cboe Europe |
| INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT 2019 | Laura Barrowman | Group Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse |
| LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT | Mandy Pike, retired former executive and global head of investment execution | Aberdeen Standard Investments |
| RISING STARS | Alexandra Simpson | Trader, Baillie Gifford |
| Exactpro | Alyona Bulda | Head of the Global Exchange Division |
| Virtu Financial | Pegah Esmaeili | Director, Head of Nordic Business Development |
| TRAILBLAZER | Lucy Baldwin | Global Head of Equity Sales, Credit Suisse |
| FINTECH | Valerie Bannert-Thurner | SVP, Global Head of Buy and Sell Side Solutions Business, Nasdaq |
| Itiviti | Chief Product Officer | Linda Middleditch |
| EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNANCE | Michelle Rodrigues | MD & General Counsel for EMEA, Instinet Europe Limited |
| DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR | Nichola Hunter | Head or Rates, MarketAxess |
| POSITIVE IMPACT | Charlotte Crosswell | CEO, Innovate Finance |
ADVISORY BOARD
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Ninety One
Circe Invest
BlackRock
TP ICAP
HSBC
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