Women in Pensions Awards 2023 Shortlist


The wait is over...this year's Women in Pensions shortlist is here! 

Congratulations to all of our finalists.

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Our 2023 finalists are as follows:


Lifetime Achievement Award

Debbie Fielder 

Delia Nicholson 

Fiona Matthews 

Geraldine Brassett

Jacquelyn Thompson

Jane Curtis

Jo Holden

Julia Tyrrell

Karen Goldschmidt

Karen Tasker

Rita Butler-Jones

Susan Andrews


Pensions Woman of the Year

Cath Williams (Legal and General)

Claire Kennedy (Mercer)

Dweenisha Caleechurn (PwC)

Emma Douglas (Aviva)

Jane Murray (WTW)

Jill Henderson (Scottish Widows)

Kim Brown (Legal & General)

Lynda Whitney (Aon)

Melanie Cusack (Zedra)

Rita Butler-Jones (Legal & General)

Uzma Nazir (Pension insurance Corporation)


Pensions Manager of the Year

Alyson Collingwood (Teachers Pensions)

Corinne Barnaby (Premier Wealth Planning)

Danielle Barker (Mercer)

Dawn Thorne (Sainsbury’s)

Elaine Wiscombe (Pension Protection Fund)

Helen McEwan (Universities Superannuation Scheme)

Jo Udall (Siemens)

Melissa Libberton-Turner (Capita Pensions Solutions)

Rochelle Baker (People’s Partnership)

Rosie Lacey (Kier Group)


Trustee of the Year

Aimee Denham (Vidett)

Elizabeth Renshaw-Ames (Aviva Master Trust)

Jane Beverley (Law Debenture)

Kate Leigh (Vidett)

Meera Venu (Legal & General)

Melanie Cusack (Zedra)

Natalie Winterfrost (Law Debenture)

Pin-Nee Tang (ndapt)

Sally Minchella (Law Debenture)


Adviser of the Year

Bina Mistry (WTW)

Carolyn Schuster-Woldan (Redington)

Charlotte Cartwright (Eversheds Sutherland)

Emma Adair (Lane Clark & Peacock)

Katy Hayes (Barnett Waddingham)

Katy Taylor (Isio)

Lucy Barron (Aon)

Rosie Fantom (Barnett Waddingham)

Tina Kripps (WTW)

Vicki Hayter (XPS Pensions Group)


Lawyer of the Year

Faye Jarvis (Macfarlanes)

Gillian Haselden (Brightwell)

Isabel Nurse-Marsh (Pinsent Masons)

Jacqui Reid (Sackers)

Jenny Nanalal (CMS)

Johanna Clarke (CMS)

Katharine Howe (Pension Insurance Corporation)

Miriam Kimber (Pension Protection Fund)

Pippa Read (Pinsent Masons)

Tanya Bagley (Brightwell)


Sales/Marketing/Communications Professional of the Year

Adele Ray (Legal & General)

Heather Brown (Aviva Investors)

Joanne Arch (Capita)

Karen Bolan (Gallagher Benefit Services)

Laura Stewart-Smith (Aviva)

Natalie Leaver (Northern Trust)

Nathalie Simms (Lane Clark & Peacock)

Navisha Smith (Aviva)

Olasumbo Biobaku-Mason (Legal & General)

Susan Hope (Scottish Widows)


Administrator of the Year

Emma Davey (Isio)

Gillian Bell (Hymans Robertson)

Glenda Robinson (Isio)

Jeanne Palmer (Nationwide Building Society)

Julia van der Mortel (XPS Pensions Group)

Lynn Irvine (British Steel Pension Scheme)

Marie Mulligan (XPS Pensions Group)

Michelle Tape (Hymans Robertson)

Miriam Brown (Universities Superannuation Scheme)

Terri-May Williams (iPensions Group)


Investment Manager of the Year

Bhavana Maherchand (Legal & General Investment Management)

Elizabeth Cain (Pension Insurance Corporation)

Inge West (Mercer)

Jenny Doyle (Universities Superannuation Scheme)

Joanna Sharples (Aon)

Nachu Chockalingham (Federated Hermes)

Olivia Kennedy (State Street Global Advisors)

Sandra Holdsworth (Aegon Asset Management)

Young Achiever of the Year

Anisha Gill (Aon)

Caitlin Kickham (Aon)

Caroline Hopper (Quietroom)

Daisy Dixon (PwC)

Emily Wilson (MyCSP)

Harriet Burchett (Eversheds Sutherland)

Hettie Scriven-Seager (Legal & General Investment Management)

Jade Rigby (Hogan Lovells)

Pamjit Virdi (Muse Advisory)

Rumaanah Fada (Scottish Widows)


Newcomer of the Year

Amina Mimi (Pension Protection Fund)

Ceilidh Gray (Standard Life)

Elizabeth Hamilton (XPS Pensions Group)

Emily Eccles (MyCSP)

Isobel McCreath (WTW)

Jacqueline Jackson (London CIV)

Katie Porter (People's Partnership)

Rachel Barrack (Hymans Robertson)

Rumaanah Fada (Scottish Widows)

Viktoria Spittler (Capita Pensions Solutions)


Innovator of the Year

Alexandra Miles (Legal & General Investment Management)

Charlotte Gibson (Isio)

Danielle Higgins (The Tracing Group)

Hetty Hughes (Association of British Insurers)

Lorna Doggett (Eversheds Sutherland)

Manjit Basi (WTW)

Sam Marshall (Mercer)

Shelley Morris (Aviva / Citizens UK)

Tracey Smith (Capita Pension Solutions)

Uzma Nazir (Pension Insurance Corporation)


Sustainability/ESG Woman of the Year

Abigail Herron (Aviva Investors)

Agneta Bamania (Aviva Investors)

Cadi Thomas (Isio)

Debbie Fielder (Clwyd Pension Fund)

Kate Brett (Mercer)

Leah Worrall (Isio)

Maria Nazarova Doyle (IFM Investors)

Natalie Winterfrost (Law Debenture)

Vanessa Hodge (Mercer)


Mentor of the Year

Aimee Hunter (Isio)

Bea Patel (XPS Pensions Group)

Emma Adair (Lane Clark & Peacock)

Helen Gilchrist (WTW)

Hristina Vaceva (Payden & Rygel)

Isobel Carruthers (Slaughter and May)

Jennifer Davidson (Lane Clark & Peacock)

Joanne Coan (Legal & General)

Kate Leigh (Vidett)

Kevin Howard (WTW)


Team Leader of the Year

Alison Johnston (Cardano Risk Management)

Asha Suresh (Mercer)

Carolyn Schuster-Woldan (Redington)

Jen Norris (Isio)

Jess Williams (Phoenix Group)

Joanne Coan (Legal & General)

Joanne Powell (XPS Pensions Group)

Kelly Hurren (Aon)

Rona Dattani (Aon)

Sarah Leslie (ndapt)

Stephanie McDowell (WTW)


LGBTQI+ Trailblazer Award

Brenda Kite (Hymans Robertson)

Claire Kennedy (Mercer)

Karina Lee (Lane Clark & Peacock)

Leanne Taylor (Gallagher Benefit Services)

Molly Handley (Legal & General)

Rosy Lowe (Isio)

Sarah French (Barnett Waddingham)


Unsung Hero Award

Alexandra Miles (Legal & General Investment Management)

Carly Norris (Aegon Asset Management)

Daisy Dixon (PwC)

Fatema Dewji (Aon)

Fran Bainbridge (XPS Pensions Group)

Lisa Beckett (Trafalgar House)

Nalini Solanki (Legal & General)

Shelley Morris (Aviva / Citizens UK)

Sonia Chagger (Brightwell)

Vikki Sutcliffe (WTW)


Organisational Award for Supporting Diversity

Aviva

Hymans Robertson

Law Debenture

Lane Clark & Peacock

Pension Protection Fund

Railpen

Sackers

WTW

XPS Pensions Group