Powerwomen Awards 2023 | Citywealth | TBA

Citywealth is delighted to open its twelfth year awards programme to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow. The awards spotlight individuals and companies who support caregiving responsibilities, female leadership, and celebrate diversity.

Women are ascending to the real seat of corporate power - the Fortune 500 boardroom - at a record rate, according to CNN, last year, of the 462 newly appointed Fortune 500 board members, 183 of them or 40% were women, according to a report from executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles in 2019. That's more than double the rate from a decade ago and the highest on record. Whilst we must celebrate this change, as one lawyer at a leading UK law firm said, "if you don't keep your foot on the peddle, things go backwards quickly." Let’s continue to keep the pressure on and keep #payingitforward for future generations.

The Powerwomen Awards 2023 will both recognise individuals and companies who maximise the potential of women in wealth, and will also create a platform for best practice to collectively exercise positive social influence on the sector.

Individuals categories
• Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (CEO/Board Member)
• Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Managing Director)
• Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Director)
• Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Large/Institutional)
• Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Mid-size)
• Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Boutique)
• Woman of the Year - Government, Regulatory and Not-for-profit Organisations
• Woman of the Year - Business Services (Large/Institutional)
• Woman of the Year - Business Services (SME)
• Woman of the year - Professional Services
• Woman of the Year - Rising Star
• Mentor of the Year
• Career Initiative
• Champion of the year
• Inspirational Woman of the Year
• Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Partner
• Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Senior Associate/SVP
• Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Associate

Organisations categories
• Best Employer - career progression
• Best Employer - career progression (LGBT+/Inclusion)
• Company of the Year - Creating Change for Women
• Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Mid-size)
• Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Large/Institutional)
• Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Boutique)
• Government, Regulatory and Not-for-profit organisations - Female Leadership
• Wellbeing Advocate of the Year
• Diversity Communication Campaign of the Year

2022 Winners

Editor's Choice Award
• Suzi Sendama, Mishcon de Reya

Career Achievement Award
• Gail McCourt, RBC Wealth Management

Outstanding Individual of the Year
• Zoe Wyatt, Andersen

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion)

Bronze: RBC Wealth Management
Silver: Stephenson Harwood
Gold: Barclays Private Bank

Best Employer - Career Progression
Bronze: RSM UK
Silver: Katten Muchin Rosenman
Gold: Baker McKenzie

Career Initiative
Bronze: Samantha Woodham, The Divorce Surgery
Silver: Juliette Peters, Peters May
Gold: Davina Katz, Katz Partners

Champion of the year
Bronze: Louise Hartley, Citi Private Bank
Silver: Sonya Rees, Blick Rothenberg
Gold: Zena Couppey, LGL Group

Company of the Year - Creating Change for Women
Bronze: McDermott Will & Emery
Silver: Schellenberg Wittmer
Gold: Collas Crill

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Boutique)
Bronze: Camilla Baldwin
Silver: ACE INTERNATIONAL S.A.
Gold: New Quadrant Partners Limited

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Large/Institutional)
Bronze: PwC
Silver: Hawksford
Gold: RSM UK

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Mid-size)
Bronze: Wedlake Bell
Silver: Mishcon de Reya
Gold: Druces

Inspirational Woman of the Year
Bronze: Kecia Barkawi, VALUEworks AG
Silver: Zena Hanks, Saffery Champness
Gold: Alison Regan, Russell-Cooke

Mentor of the Year
Bronze: Ronni Davidowitz, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Silver: Donna Shorto, PraxisIFM
Gold: Camilla Wallace, Wedlake Bell

Wellbeing Advocate of the Year
Bronze: Kingsley Napley
Silver: RBC Wealth Management
Gold: ZEDRA

Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Boutique)
Bronze: Alex Gardner, Affinity Group
Silver: Alicea Castellanos, Global Taxes
Gold: Ariane Slinger, ACE International S.A

Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Large/Institutional)
Bronze: Jennifer Jordan McCall, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Silver: Michele Lazzara, Marks Paneth
Gold: Jennifer Le Chevalier, IQ-EQ

Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Mid-size)
Bronze: Marina Cristiani, JTC
Silver: Kristin Konschnik, Butler Snow
Gold: Claudia Suter, Homburger

Woman of the Year - Business Services (Large/Institutional)
Bronze: Aliki Varsamides, Barclays Private Bank
Silver: Estelle Spiers, ZEDRA
Gold: Victoria Carroll, London & Capital

Woman of the Year - Business Services (SME)
Bronze: Katie Deacon, JM Finn
Silver: Gillian Wilson, Strabens Hall
Gold: Jane Parry, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Associate
Bronze: Sasha Grinberg, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Silver: Flora Nelmes, Hunters Law
Gold: Naomi Reay, Dixon Wilson

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Partner
Bronze: Lorraine Jeffery, Michelmores
Silver: Alice Killingbeck, KPMG
Gold: Megan Jenkins, Saltus Partners

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Senior Associate/SVP
Bronze: Charlie Maydon Grace, Macfarlanes
Silver: Ellen Hibbs, Highvern
Gold: Zahra Kanani, Thackray Williams

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (CEO/Board Member)
Bronze: Elizabeth Zabludoff, Berdon
Silver: Claire Machin, Suntera Global
Gold: Marina Zevedeou, Aspen Trust Group

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Director)
Bronze: Debbie Lumsden, VG
Silver: Heather Tibbo, Crestbridge
Gold: Gillian Ralston Jordan, JTC

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Managing Director)
Bronze: Nancy Shavel Gabel, Evercore
Silver: Joanna Caen, PraxisIFM
Gold: Anne Baggesen, Suntera Global

Woman of the year - Professional Services
Bronze: Lucy Ritchie, LGT Vestra
Silver: Jennifer Wioncek, Bilzin Sumberg
Gold: Sarah Bartram-Lora Reina, Ocorian

Woman of the Year - Rising Star
Bronze: Petra Posnikova, VAR Capital
Silver: Alia Haskouri, JTC
Gold: Danielle Cottignies, Crestbridge