Rising Star Awards 2025 Shortlist
Here they are. The finalists for this year's Professional Pensions Rising Star Awards...
A huge congratulations to all those who have made the shortlist for 2025.
This year, Professional Pensions has had an amazing response - with an extremely high volume of very high quality entries. All entries have now been assessed by our panel of eminent judges and we are thrilled to reveal this year's shortlist.
The winners will be announced at a awards ceremony on 12 November at The Brewery.
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2025 Shortlist
8
Administrator of the Year
Chloe Tinkler
James Turner
Jenny Smith
Katie Moore
Richard Empson
Richard Orford
Saleem Shadman
Shannon Ryan
13
Actuarial / Advisory Trainee of the Year
Abigail Thomas
Alex Kelly
Annabel Fredericks
Avinash Harkison
David John Jervis
Duncan Cameron
Hana McMath
Jack Johnson
Kate Wimbush
Keren Thomson
Lauren Branney
Lucy Mearns
Struan Paton
11
Trainee of the Year
Callum Duckmanton
Cara Gordon
Ceara Grey
Helen Chapelhow
Joshua Ved
Katie Hunter
Meg Kenny
Mia le Fleming
Rebecca Robson
Rebekah Hill
Zander Kasparian
14
Rising Star of the Year
Abigail Kwao
Amber Patel
Anisha Gill
Calum Edgar
Connor Mackay
Emma Louise Birch
Emma Roberts
Femi Adigun
Harriet Burchett
Jack Carmichael
Joel Curtis
Lauren Branney
Rohit Meena Rajesh
Wojciech Busz
12
Mentor of the Year
Alison Cribbs
Amy Gibbs
Edward Burns
Hayley Sherry Gibson
Hikmatali Shariff
Laura Sherry
Leanne Coomber
Mark Jenkins
Martin Coelho
Paul Tucknott
Priya Jassal
Priya Patel
12
Investment Trainee of the Year
Abby Larmour
Ali Asghar
Ben Phipps
Charlotte Watson
Daniel Morris
Eleanor Osborn
Finlay Grant
George Cooper
Jacob Smith
Jessica Lin
Lauren Davis
Neil Patience
9
Team of the Year
Aon's Risk Settlement Group
Aviva's Workplace Member Communications Team
Clara-Pensions
Continuous Improvement Team - Peoples Partnership
i-FLO (Isio)
Now:Pensions Client Team (Cardano)
PIC Origination Team
The Standard Life Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) team
XPS Group - Calculate Team
5
Organisational Award - Training Scheme of the Year
Deloitte
Independent Governance Group (IGG)
Legal & General
RSM
WTW
2
Investment Manager of the Year
George Vinod
Tom Brophy
13
Actuary / Consultant of the Year
Abhishek Singh
Adrian Loughlin
Andrew Murphy
Ben Bailey-Conlon
Emily Eskandari
George Christopher Ellis
Jack Carmichael
Lauren Branney
Saanvi Vasudevan
Shanu Ghai
Stephen Lee
Stephen McIlwraith
William Scott
9
Lawyer of the Year
Callum Duckmanton
Cindy Pereira Smith
Hayley Sherry Gibson
Jess Peart
Oliver Hunt
Santi Bicchieri
Sara
Thomas Bates
Yavor Georgiev
6
Trustee of the Year
Bang Hoang
Ben Salmons
Chris Tabersham
Joe Ireland
Kirsty Bain
Nikesh Patel
7
Organisational Award - Award for Supporting Development
CMS (Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang)
Deloitte
Independent Governance Group (IGG)
Legal & General
Mercer
Redington
WTW
10
Excellence in Customer Service and Communication Award