PEOPLE CATEGORIES

Frontline Hero of the Year

Barinder Randhawa

Dalriada. Pensions Management

George Hetherington
People's Partnership

Mary Cahani
Invesco

Nicolene Ascenso
People's Partnership

Suzi Lowther
Vidett

Maryam Wright

Dalriada. Pensions Management

Star in the Making

Asef Uddin
Hymans Robertson LLP

Clare Thorogood
John Lewis Partnership Pensions Trust

Dennis Ricci-McElhone
London Borough of Enfield Pension Fund

Dominic Charles William Latarche - Resolution Specialist
Aptia

Emily Rowley, Associate Director
Sackers

Helen Tabiner
LawDeb Pensions

James Robert Fitzsimmons
Dalriada Trustees Limited, Smart Pensions, Hymans Robertson & Gowling WLG

Jess Peart
Eversheds Sutherland

Nareser Osei
LawDeb Pensions

Rachel Marston
Vidett

Ross Apted
People's Partnership

Leader of the Year

Anish Rav, Director of Global Pensions Policy & Propositions
Capita Pension Solutions

Duncan Watson, CEO Retirement Solutions
Equiniti

James Barham, Executive Chairman
Schroders Solutions

Leanne Coomber
Dalriada. Pensions Management

Malcolm Reynolds, President, UK & Portugal
Aptia

Maria Rodia
CMS

Paul Kitson
EY-Parthenon

Sachin Bhatia
Invesco

Team of the Year

Behavioural Analytics team
NEST

Burges Salmon
Burges Salmon

CMS Pensions Team
CMS

Dalriada. Pensions Management
Dalriada. Pensions Management

EY Pensions Strategy Team
EY-Parthenon

First Bus Pensions
First Bus

Mineworkers Pension Scheme transition team at Brightwell
Brightwell

Pinsent Masons - Team of the Year
Pinsent Masons

Team of the Year: Vidett's Endgame Solutions team
Vidett

Teamwork makes the dream work
Smart Pension

The LawDeb Pensions Team
LawDeb

TotalEnergies UK Pension Plan in partnership with Gallagher
TotalEnergies UK Pension Plan in partnership with Gallagher

UK Pensions Group
Mayer Brown International LLP

Vulnerable Member Prioritization
Aptia

Lifetime Achievement Award

Bob Scott, Senior Partner
LCP

Charles Goddard, Managing Partner
PAN Trustees UK LLP

David Fairs, Partner
LCP

Gill Howard, Operations Leader
Dalriada. Pensions Management

Jennifer Dowling-Woods
People's Partnership

Sarah Smart, Chair
TPR

INNOVATION CATEGORIES

Innovation in Investment Initiatives - NEW for 2025

A methodical approach to the generation of social value through their respective initiatives
Nest Pensions

Cambridge Innovation Cluster: Pioneering Investment Strategies for Sustainable Growth
Railpen

Cartwright Pension Trusts – transforming bitcoin into an institutional asset
Cartwright Pension Trusts

Innovation in DC - ESG Integration and Private Markets
BlackRock

Managed Income for Life
TPT Retirement Solutions / Phoenix CIS / AllianceBernstein

Mary Cahani
Invesco

Nick Groom
Natixis Investment Managers

Private Markets Access Fund
L&G

Innovation in Systems and Technology

Auquan
Auquan

BW CORE
Barnett Waddingham

Improving Pension Tracing Accuracy
Penny Technology Limited

Insight
Barnett Waddingham

Intellica’s Constellation Platform – Powering Pensions Transformation
Intellica

Pension Mirror
Scottish Widows

Quietroom's AI Testing and Automation Suite
Quietroom

Third Party Administrator Automated Pension Work Management Platform - DataChain®
Aim (Data Solutions) Ltd

Innovation in Learning, Development and Talent Retention

Aptia Pensions Training Academy
Aptia Group

CMS "What's On" Programme
CMS

Skill Based Organization
Aptia Group

Trustee Accelerator Programme (TAP)
Standard Life

Innovation in Trusteeship

Bobby Riddaway founding the Trustee Sustainability Working Group
HS Trustees LTD

Tim Sansom
Pi Partnership

Innovation in New Product or Service

Auquan
Auquan

Bereavement process project
Pension Protection Fund

cio investment club
cio investment club

Clara Pensions - Connected Covenant
Clara Pensions

Collegia Pension
Collegia Pension

Cyber Security Package
Burges Salmon

Dalriada. Pensions Management
Dalriada. Pensions Management

General Code Compliance Tracker
Mayer Brown International LLP

Hymans' AVC ‘With Profits’ modeller
Hymans Robertson

Mary Cahani
Invesco

Navro: Transforming payments in the pensions sector
Navro

Pension dashboard with ESG preferences, consolidation, and member-driven design
PensionBee

Quietroom's AI Testing and Adaptation Services
Quietroom

IMPACT CATEGORIES

Impact on Retirement Planning Excellence - New for 2025

Engage, educate, empower: The next generation of pension communication
Heywood and Money Alive

Georgina Taylor & Mary Cahani
Invesco

like minds & ICI Pension Fund: Reconnecting with Members
like minds & ICI Pension Fund

My Time Pension
Retirewell Technology Limited

Online retirements
Brightwell

Planning for to:morrow
Barnett Waddingham

Impact on Climate

AXA Biodiversity & Climate Fund
AXA Investment Managers

Burges Salmon
Burges Salmon

End of Renewable Asset Life Decisions (ERALD) research partnership
Bluefield

Pete Smith and Jordan Griffiths / Thinking systems wide about climate
Barnett Waddingham

Trustee Sustainability Working Group
HS Trustees LTD

Impact on Customer Experience

Behavioural Analytics team
NEST

Customers at the heart of everything
Smart Pension

Katy May
LCP

My Future Self Campaign
Royal London

Impact on the Profession

Adrian Marchant
Isio

Dalriada.DCC
Dalriada Trustees Limited, Smart Pension, Hymans Robertson & Gowling WLG

Pallavi Aston / From Reform to Action: Redefining DB Endgame Strategy
Barnett Waddingham

Thomas Joy for Quietroom's work in AI
Quietroom

Trustee Accelerator Programme (TAP)
Standard Life

Impact on Society

A methodical approach to the generation of social value through their respective initiatives
Nest Pensions

Investing in Affordable Housing to Deliver Social Value
Wiltshire Pension Fund

Launching a workplace culture advocacy group
Everyone Matters

Our journey to better support people impacted by Dementia - Rothesay and Alzheimer's Society
Rothesay and Alzheimer's Society

Securing 10,600 Debenhams Scheme Member Benefits After Years of Uncertainty
Clara Pensions

Women & Retirement Report
Scottish Widows