PEOPLE CATEGORIES

Learner of the Year – NEW for 2026

Bobbie Jo Caffrey
Barnett Waddingham

Conor Byrne
Broadstone

Donna Nebbett - Team Leader
Pension Protection Fund

Gary Huddless - Senior Pensions Administrator and Lauren Blinstone - Pensions Administrator
Brightwell Pensions

Lauren Taylor
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

Priya Kainth
Trustee Accelerator Program

Project Manager-Telecommunications
British Telecom India Pvt Ltd

Roksana Pudelek
EQ Retirement Solutions

Siobhan Rankine
M&G

Stefanie Ives
Bank of England

Thomas Miles
EQ Retirement Solutions

Pensions Tutor of the Year – NEW for 2026

Ana Newman
Isio

Lee Taylor - Head of Quality and Technical Competence
Brightwell Pensions

Nick Walker
Barnett Waddingham

Sukhjit Dhillon
First Bus

Toni Durrant
Local Government Association (LGA)

Frontline Hero of the Year

Adrian Marchant

Isio

Julie Karavis
Vidett

Star in the Making

Asef Uddin
Hymans Robertson LLP

Bang Hoang
Independent Governance Group

Chris Tabersham
Independent Governance Group

Emma Roberts
Dalriada Pensions Management

Frances Hogan
Vidett

Ieuan Solanki
Vidett

Imran Syed
EQ Retirement Solutions

Jake Churchill
Independent Governance Group

Joe Ireland
Independent Governance Group

Kat Scourfield
Vidett

Lewis Drew
Independent Governance Group

Sam Taylor
Dalriada Trustees Limited

Yatin Arora
Eversheds Sutherland

Leader of the Year

Clare Kember
Independent Governance Group

Dan Taylor
Trafalgar House Pensions Administration

Grant Suckling
Independent Governance Group

James Oakley
People’s Pension

Joshua Gerstler FPFS, Cert SMP, FCA
The Orchard Practice

Lisa Riordan
Pi Partnership

Michael Ingram
Deloitte

Pat Sharman - Driving Change in Workplace Culture and Moral Leadership
Everyone Matters and Authently Consulting

Richard Knight - Head of Pensions and Lifetime Savings Practice
Burges Salmon

Scott Finnie
Hymans Robertson TPA

Sue Doughty, Head of UK Administration
Aptia

Wojciech Busz
Brightwell

Team of the Year

Actuarial, Pensions and Reward (APR) team
Deloitte

Admin Strategy Team
Brightwell

Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) Team
EQ Retirement Solutions

Dalriada Pensions Management
Dalriada Pensions Management

Disputes Team
Arc Pensions Law

Governance and Scheme Management team
Hymans Robertson LLP

How People’s Pension's Operations Automation Team delivered faster, smarter operations
People’s Pension

NGUKPS Executive Team
LCP

Onboarding Team
Brightwell

ORA Team
Independent Governance Group

Pension Executive and Management Services (PEMS) Team
Barnett Waddingham, part of Howden

Pensions & Lifetime Savings Team
Burges Salmon

Pensions Dashboard Project Team - TPA
Hymans Robertson

Pensions Team
CMS (Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP)

Standard Life Corporate Investment Solutions
Standard Life CIS

Training Team
Vidett

UK Pensions Group
Mayer Brown International LLP

Lifetime Achievement Award

Alan Pickering CBE
Trustee Director, BESTrustees; former Chair of NAPF (now Pensions UK) and former Chair of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP)

Anna Rogers, Founder
Arc Pensions Law

Margaret Snowdon OBE
Independent Member, Phoenix Group With Profits Committees; Advisory Board Member, Moneyhub Financial Technology Ltd; Governor, Pensions Policy Institute; Fellow and former Vice President, PMI

Phil Wadsworth, Chief Actuary
Aptia

INNOVATION CATEGORIES

Innovation in Products, Services and Technology – NEW for 2026

Administration Resilience and Mobility (ARM) – A New Standard for Pension Operational Resilience
Cosan Consulting, part of the Intellica Group

Automating admin: Rewriting the rules of pensions administration
Heywood

Board Effectiveness x Innovation
Vidett

BW CORE
Barnett Waddingham, part of Howden

CMS Pensions Team
CMS (Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP)

Digital Mover
Capita Pension Solutions

ES Member Complaints Navigator
Eversheds Sutherland

Powering Pension Innovation at Scale
Standard Life CIS / Quai Digital

Raising the bar for superfunds
Clara-Pensions

Transforming DB Liability Settlement through a Secure Digital Proposition
Willis Towers Watson

Innovation in Trusteeship

HS Trustees
HS Trustees

Mandy Kaur-Sadler
Dalriada Trustees Limited

Updated Code of Practice for Professional Corporate Sole Trustees
Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT)

Innovation in Investment Initiatives

Diversified Alternative Strategies Long Term Asset Fund (DAS LTAF)
BlackRock

Invesco: Solving for challenges across Pre- and Post-retirement
Invesco

Isio
Isio

One Portfolio Approach
Brightwell

Standard Life launches the UK’s first truly sustainable default strategy
Standard Life

IMPACT CATEGORIES

Impact on Retirement Planning Excellence

AI-personalised App Tools and Retirement Report for 2026
Scottish Widows

Passport to Retirement
West Midlands Pension Fund

reimagining retirement
Standard Life

Retirement Reimagined
TPT Retirement Solutions

Impact on Customer Experience

Brightwell's member service to BTPS & MPS
Brightwell

LCP CARES
LCP

Quick Wins Customer Impact Programme
People's Pension

Impact on Learning and Professional Development – NEW for 2026

Barnett Waddingham Pension Administration Training and Qualifications (PATQ) Team
Barnett Waddingham

EQ Retirement Solutions’ (EQRS) journey as a PMI Accredited Training Partner
EQ Retirement Solutions

Invesco Educational Ecosystem: Masterclasses, Regulator Training & Peer Forums
Invesco

LCP's Pensions Administration Professional Qualifications Team
LCP

LGPS Training and Development Team
Local Government Association (LGA)

The Aptia Pensions Training Academy - creating a sustainable pipeline of pensions expertise
Aptia

Impact on the Profession

Bobby Riddaway
HS Trustees

Jess Williams
Standard Life CIS

Impact on Society

Brightwell's Pensions Academy
Brightwell Pensions supporting youth employment in Chesterfield through the Brightwell Pensions Academy

London Stock Exchange (LSE)
London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Impact on Climate

Burges Salmon

MIT Climate Pathways Project