Quantum Advisory, has today announced this years nominees in the Professional Pensions Women in Pensions Awards 2024 in the following categories.
- Pensions Woman of the Year
Amanda Burdge, Partner and Head of Investment
The nominee must have helped raise the profile of occupational pensions as a career for women either through education, training, leadership, mentoring or acting as a role model. The award is not specific to any particular role or job title. The nominee must also be able to demonstrate their influence in attracting and/or retaining women into pensions during 2023 and 2024
- Adviser of the Year
Leah Summers, Consultant
This accolade aims to recognise a woman who works as a pension scheme actuary, investment consultant, or in another advisory role. This recipient will be a successful pension scheme adviser and able to demonstrate a strong track record of achievements.
- Administrator of the Year
Felicity Duke, Pensions Administrator Team Leader
The recipient must administrate a UK pension scheme(s), either as part of an in-house team or at a third-party administration business. Recipients should be experienced within their field, and demonstrate high level of commitment to achieving above and beyond in their work.
- Young Achiever of the Year
Kate Marshall, Assistant Consultant
This new award is open to women in the UK occupational pensions sector at the beginning of their career. The recipient must have made a strong impact in a short space of time and impressed colleagues with their desire to succeed and strive to achieve excellence in the workplace, and are most likely to progress further. Nominees must be aged 30 or under on 30 April 2024.
- Newcomer of the Year
Felicia O’Brien, Marketing Manager
Nominees for this new award must have transferred from a different industry into the pensions sector and impressed colleagues and clients with their excellence and success in the workplace. There is no age limit for this category, but nominees must have transferred to the pensions sector from another industry in last three years, and are therefore not graduates or school leavers.
- Innovator of the Year
Suzy Lloyd, Head of Finance
This award is aimed at a woman designing, developing, researching, implementing or being exceptionally creative in pensions in an unconventional and innovative way. This could include running a personal business or be related to work within a pensions company or organisation.
- Mentor of the Year
Andrew Reid-Jones, Partner
This award is open to both men and women in the pensions sector who have supported and encouraged women to fulfil their potential within the workplace. Nominees must demonstrate a high level of mentorship work both within their role and in self-motivated projects.
- Team Leader of the Year Team Leader of the Year
Joanne Eynon, Partner Jemma Jurgenson, Head of Pensions Administration
This award is open to women in the pensions sector who head up a team and can demonstrate specific excellence in leadership, communication, and vision. The recipient must manage a team of three or more other workers and excel both in their own position as well as specifically as a team leader.
- Unsung Hero Award Year Unsung Hero Award Year
Deborah Wilson, Senior HR Officer Hayley Beynon, Office Manager
Aimed at women in support roles in the UK pensions industry who have gone above and beyond to contribute to their scheme or business, drive change, support a team or encourage diversity & inclusion in the workplace. In particular, the judges will consider their impact at a scheme, company, team or industry level over the 2023/24 year.
- Sustainability & ESG Woman of the Year
Jayna Bhullar, Senior Investment Consultant
Open to women working in the UK pensions industry who can demonstrate how they have championed sustainable & ESG investing at their own firm or scheme, across the wider industry and/or helped promote this area. They should be able to give examples of the impact they have made in sustainability & ESG, especially during the 2023/24 year. Entrants can come from any job role in the UK pensions industry.
To check out the nominees list, head to the Professional Pensions website here: