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

Abbee Hanlon

Asef Uddin

Femi Adigun

Georgina Gayles

Jack McEneaney

Natasha Costa

Natasha Overlaet

Samantha Simpson

Stephanie Mundt

Tori Watson