Building on the foundation of Markets Media’s established and very successful Markets Choice Awards franchise, as well as annual Women in Finance Awards events in New York and Hong Kong, the European Women in Finance programme was launched in 2020 to recognize the most talented and accomplished women across the business of finance: buy-side and sell-side trading desks, institutional investment firms, wealth managers, securities exchanges, technology providers, corporate finance, venture capital firms, start-ups — really, any area within the financial sector. In addition to the Awards, we also have an ongoing programme of raising awareness through a series on one-to-one interviews with women in finance in Europe which are hosted on here on BestExecution.net.
Nominees will be first put forward by readers of Markets Media’s London-based editorial platforms, Best Execution and The DESK. Shortlists and winners are determined by the editorial staff of the two platforms, in conjunction with the EWIF Advisory Board, which spans senior leaders and decision makers across multiple areas of financial services.
As with our other award programmes, the methodology for the European Women in Finance Awards is simple yet thorough, and keeps the focus on the important opinions: those of market participants, not ours. Award categories open for nominations will include Excellence in Leadership, Buy-Side Trader of the Year, Rising Star, Trailblazer, Disruptor of the Year, CEO of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, and the Instinet Positive Impact Award.
Stay tuned for further details regarding the nominations process, and we look forward to your participation and ongoing support.
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
Alyona Bulda, Head of the Global Exchange Division, Exactpro
Pegah Esmaeili, Director, Head of Nordic Business Development, Virtu Financial
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
Linda Middleditch, Chief Product Officer, Itiviti
EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNANCE
Michelle Rodrigues, MD & General Counsel for EMEA, Instinet Europe Limited
DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR
Nichola Hunter, Head or Rates, MarketAxess
INSTINET POSITIVE IMPACT
Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance
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
CRYSTAL LADDER
Victoria Stone, European General Counsel, Virtu Financial
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 – Reference Data Utility
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
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