2025 Nominees

Here it is… The list of all the individuals, teams and organisations that have been nominated for the PP Rising Star Awards 2025. 

Organisational categories

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 Limited

Redington

RSM

WTW

XPS Group


Team of the Year

Aon - Risk Settlement Group

Aon's - 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

Deloitte - APR

Cardano - Client Reporting Team

Eversheds Sutherland Pensions Insurance Team

Isio - i-FLO Team

Now pensions - Client Team

Pensions Insurance Corporation - Origination 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

Individual Nominees (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 LLP

Adrian Loughlin - Hymans Robertson

Ailsa Duthie - Barnett Waddingham

Alana Parks - TWM Financial Planning

Alasdair Riley - PwC

Alex Kelly - Hymans Robertson

Alex Price - Barnett Waddingham LLP

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

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 LLP

Amy Gibbs - Capita

Amy Taylor - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Andre Clarke - Redington

Andrea Bryan - Isio

Andrea Stravrinou - Rothesay

Andreas (Andy) Koshionis - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Andrew Murphy - Mercer

Andrew Black - Eversheds Sutherland

Aneta Maccoll - Hymans Robertson LLP

Anisha Gill - Aon

Anna Huo - PwC

Anna Rice - XPS Group

Anna Rice - XPS

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 LLP

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 LLP

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 LLP

Ciara Stenton - Isio

Ciaran Gallagher - Barnett Waddingham LLP

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 LLP

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 LLP

Dan Guest - Hymans Roberson LLP

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 LGPS

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 Limited

Eleanor Insley - XPS Group

elisabeth Storey - RSM

Elizabeth Hamilton - XPS Pensions Group

Ellie Legg - Eversheds Sutherland

Ellie Taylor - WTW

Ellie Bridgeman - Rothesay

Emei Hong - Cardano

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 LLP

Emma Roberts - Dalriada Trustees

Emma Collins - LCP

Emma Coleman - XPS Group

Emma Foster - Hymans Robertson

Ethan Brown - WTW

Eva Copello - EY

Individual Nominees (F - M)

Femi Adigun - Standard Life

fern vass - EY

Ffion Davies - Barnett Waddingham

Filipa Eastham - WTW

Finlay Grant - XPS Group

Finlay Whitehead Whitehead - XPS group

Fiona Wood - Barnett Waddingham

Fiona Smith - Smart Pension

Florrie Igoe - Hymans Robertson

Frasat Shah - Payden & Rygel Global Limited

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 LLP

Heather Brown - Aviva Investors

Heather Macri - LCP

Heather Lucas - Pinsent Masons

Helen Hord - RSM UK Audit LLP

Helen Nguyen - Law Debenture

Helen Chapelhow - Surrey Pension Team

Helen Tabiner - Law Debenture

Henry Corrigan - Mayer Brown International LLP

Henry Parker - WTW

Hikmatali Shariff - Mercer

Holly Painter - Hymans Robertson

Hristina Vaceva - Payden & Rygel Global Limited

Hristina Vaceva - Payden & Rygel

Hugo Harrison - Rothesay

Hugo Anderson - Hymans

Humphrey Galbraith - WTW

Iain Campbell - Hymans Robertson LLP

Ibrahim Naizam - Aon

Imogen Barrow-Starkey - Smart Pension

India Reeves - TWM Financial Planning

Ish Nakagawa - Hymans Roberson LLP

Isla Gamble - Hymans Robertson

Isla Reid - Rothesay

Jack Johnson - Hymans Robertson

Jack McKenna - Aon

Jack Stanley - Barnett Waddingham

Jack McEneaney - People

Jack Ashurst - Mercer Limited

Jack Maile - Mercer Limited

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 LLP

James Shepherd - Aon

James Turner - Quantum Advisory

James Reynard - Aon

James Thurgood - Mercer Limited

James Allinson - EY

James Nicholson - Barnett Waddingham

James Hampson - Mercer

James Kidd - XPS group

James Milan - Trafalgar House

James Fitzsimmons - Dalriada Trustees Limited

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 - Lane Clark & Peacock 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 LLP

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

Joe Snell – People’s Partnership

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 Limited

Katie Lodge - Pinsent Masons LLP

Katie Hunter - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Katy Little - Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

Katy Dennington - XPS

Kayla Charnock - Marsh

Kayleigh McKenna - Dalriada Trustees Limited

Kelly McAfee - PwC UK

Kelsey Cox - RSM UK Audit LLP

Keren Thomson - Hymans Robertson

Kirsty Steven - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Kirsty Bain - Dalriada Trustees Limited

Koko Lotharukpong - LCP

Krista D'Alessandro - The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

Lambros Georgiades - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Lara Finbow - PwC Pension Fund

Lara Badgery - Aon

Laura Sherry - XPS Group

Laura Baird - Deloitte

Lauren Davis - Payden & Rygel Global Limited

Lauren Davis - Payden & Rygel

Lauren Branton - ZEDRA Inside Pensions

Lauren Branney - Hymans Robertson LLP

Lauren Branney - Hymans Robertson

Lauren Hobbis - Hymans Robertson LLP

Lauren Spencer - Barnett Waddingham

Leah Butt - Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan

Leanne Coomber - Dalriada Trustees Limited

Leigh McLevy - CMS

Lesley Dean - Capita Pensions Solutions Limited

Lewis McDonald - MJF Pension Trustees

Lizzie Hunt - Barnett Waddingham LLP

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 LLP

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 LLP

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 LLP

Megan Facey - Hymans Robertson LLP

Mia le Fleming - Aon

Michael Ingram - Deloitte

Michael Johanides - Aon

Mike Hayes - Mercer Limited

Miranda Bond - CMS

Moheera Ghouri - People's Partnership

Molly Handley - People's Partnership

Morgan McCartney - Deloitte

Morgan Edwards - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Morgan McCartney - Deloitte LLP

Morgan McCartney - Deloitte Actuarial Pensions & Reward

Mushota Chibulu - Payden & Rygel Global Limited

Mushota Chibulu - Payden & Rygel

Individual Nominees (N - Z)

Nabil Rahhal - Deloitte

Nabil Rahhal - Deloitte LLP

Nabil Rahhal - Deloitte Actuarial Pensions & Reward

Nadia Begum - EY

Naina Gajjar - Smart Pension

Naomi Beattie - XPS Group

Naomi Rees - Barnett Waddingham LLP

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

Neha Narvekar - Deloitte Actuarial Pensions & Reward

Neha Narvekar - Deloitte LLP

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 LLP

Oliver Liddington - Mercer Limited

Oliver Hunt - Eversheds Sutherland

Oliver Leggett - Deloitte

Oliver Leggett - Deloitte LLP

Oliver Ashworth - XPS

Oliver (Ollie) Leggett - Deloitte

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 Limited

Rebekah Hill - Mercer Limited

Rekha Owen - Law Debenture

Remi Warren - WTW

Richard Orford - Barnett Waddingham

Richard Brown - Barnett Waddingham LLP

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 LLP

Robert Armstrong - Aon

Robert Phillips - EY

Robert Kotlar - Hymans Robertson

Robert Shaw - Hymans Robertson LLP

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 LLP

Samuel Perez-Ugarte - Smart Pension

Sanam Mehta - Redington

Santi Bicchieri - CMS

Sara Summerscales - Pinsent Masons LLP

Sarah Yeboah-Smith - Deloitte

Sarah Hughes - People's Partnership

Sarah Irving - Pinsent Masons

Sarah Yeboah-Smith - Deloitte LLP

Sarah Smith-Yeboah - 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

Sophia Cosgrove - XPS

Sophie Caldwell - Barnett Waddingham

Sophie Culliford - Barnett Waddingham LLP

Sophie Cooper - Barnett Waddingham

Sophie Morgan - Mercer

Sophie Culliford - Barnett Waddingham

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 LLP

Stephen McIlwraith - Hymans Robertson

Stephen Ronald - Cardano a business of Marsh McLennan

Stephen Lee - PwC

Steven Ingle - Mercer Limited

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 LLP

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 LLP

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 LLP

William Fox - Barnett Waddingham

Wojciech Busz - Brightwell

Yavor Georgiev - People's Partnership

Yavor Georgiev - Peoples Partnership

Yavor Georgiev - Peoples Pension

Yavor Georgiev - People Partnership

Yavor Georgiev - The People's Pension

Zander Kasparian - Hymans Robertson LLP