Investment Week reveals finalists for Women in Investment Awards 2021

Awards ceremony on 25 November

Katrina Lloyd
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Investment Week is delighted to announce the finalists for the Women in Investment Awards 2021, in association with HSBC Asset Management.

Team Leader of the Year (Large firms)

  • Tracy Bain, Royal London Asset Management
  • Gita Bal, Fidelity International
  • Louise Barnard, Capital Group
  • Tania Cruickshank, Man Group
  • Sarah de Lagarde, Janus Henderson Investors
  • Amy D'Eugenio, Federated Hermes
  • Vivienne Halo, Capital Group
  • Lynne Lamont, Brewin Dolphin
  • Jennifer Marques, Oaktree Capital Management
  • Chiara Pannozzo-McBryde, Baillie Gifford

 

Team Leader of the Year (Small to medium firms)

  • Jess de Alwis, Hawksmoor Investment Management
  • Senan Kiran, Muzinich & Co.
  • Lia Licietis, LCP
  • Jane Mackett, James Hambro & Partners
  • Charlotte Taylor-St Ruth, Francis Clark Financial Planning
  • Claire van den Houten, PortfolioMetrix
  • Priti Verma, Brooks Macdonald

 

Most Inspiring Returner

  • Gea Blumberg, WisdomTree Europe
  • Fiona Chan, HSBC
  • Jacqueline Chao Healy, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)
  • Colette Corveste, Franklin Templeton Investments
  • Karolina Hunt, UBS Asset Management
  • Rongrong Huo, Ninety One
  • Rosy Lowe, Isio
  • Louise Walewska, HBSC Asset Management
  • Laura Wheeler, Capital Group

 

Unsung Hero of the Year

  • Lucy Bowyer, Invesco
  • Rosie Curtis, Invesco
  • Ngozi Fasan, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
  • Elena Koycheva, BlueBay Asset Management
  • Claire MacLennan, Baillie Gifford
  • Sarah Roberts, Chelsea Financial Services
  • Vicky Ryan, Embark Investments
  • Simone White, BlackRock

 

Fund Saleswoman of the Year

  • Smera Ashraf, HSBC Asset Management
  • Candida de Silva, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
  • Marie Lawrence, Charles Stanley
  • Naomi Morris, Rathbones
  • Sophia Papi, TwentyFour Asset Management
  • Sophia Sednaoui, Carmignac
  • Charley Smith, Janus Henderson Investors
  • Catherine Streeter, BlackRock  

 

Distribution Woman of the Year

  • Smera Ashraf, HSBC Asset Management
  • Sonia Bainbridge, Invesco
  • Tara Denley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
  • Monica Fan, UBS Asset Management
  • Rosie Rankin, Baillie Gifford
  • Catriona Reed, 7IM
  • Catherine Streeter, BlackRock
  • Guinevere Taylor, RBC Global Asset Management

 

Marketing Influencer of the Year

  • Claire Barker, Brooks Macdonald
  • Minty Brown, Fiera Real Estate UK
  • Georgina (Twink) Field, White Marble Marketing
  • Laura Janes, Uniquity
  • Alex Leay, HSBC Asset Management
  • Holly Nardi, Redington
  • Linda Russheim, HT Financial Marketing
  • Staci West, FundCalibre

 

International Investment Woman of the Year

  • Jane Ambachtsheer, BNP Paribas Asset Management
  • Fiona Frick, Unigestion
  • Robyn Grew, Man Group
  • Laurence Raby, HSBC Asset Management
  • Jian Shi Cortesi, GAM Investment Management
  • Shreemati Varadarajan, AAM Advisory
  • Marilyn Watson, BlackRock

 

Investment Industry Leader of the Year

  • Alexandra Altinger, J O Hambro Capital Management
  • Stephanie Butcher, Invesco
  • Georgina Fogo, Janus Henderson Investors
  • Alexandra Haggard, Capital Group
  • Verona Kenny, 7IM
  • Barbara-Ann King, Investec Wealth & Investment
  • Jennifer Mathias, Rathbone Investment Management
  • Sarah Soar, Hawksmoor Investment Management
  • Subitha Subramaniam, Sarasin & Partners
  • Carol Ward, Man GLG

 

Sustainable and ESG Investment Woman of the Year

  • Marte Borhaug, Aviva Investors
  • Anne Foster, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • Jill Jackson, The Big Exchange
  • Claire Jones, LCP
  • Natasha Landell-Mills, Sarasin & Partners
  • Erin Leonard, HSBC Asset Management
  • Meaghan Muldoon, BlackRock
  • Sonali Siriwardena, Morgan Stanley Investment Manegement
  • Helen Wildsmith, CCLA Investment Management
  • Maxine Wille, Regnan
  • Amanda Young, abrdn

 

Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion

  • abrdn
  • Affinity Private Wealth
  • Border to Coast Pension Partnership
  • Brooks Macdonald
  • Fidelity International
  • GIB Asset Management
  • LCP
  • Northern Trust
  • RBC Global Asset Management
  • Redington

 

Contribution to Gender Diversity & Inclusion

  • Border to Coast Pension Partnership
  • Fidelity International
  • HSBC Asset Management
  • Janus Henderson Investors
  • LCP
  • Man Group
  • Ninety One

 

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

To be announced on the night.

 

*Please note that men could be nominated in the Mentor of the Year category as strong mentors for women.  

Please note that finalists' details and company names are correct at the time of entry and are taken from the entry forms. To amend any details, please contact [email protected] ASAP. 

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