Recognising role models in finance

Congratulations to all winners and candidates of the 2013 FDs' Excellence Awards, in association with ICAEW, and supported by the CBI. What a night! Thanks to all our supporters: London Evening Standard, Ernst & Young, Lloyds Banking Group, Drax, Jaguar, MWB Business Exchange, Asset Match, Jordans, Institute of Credit Management.

See coverage of the 2013 awards in the Evening Standard, Wall Street Journal and Real Business.

Categories

FDs' Awards

These awards recognise role-model finance directors and finance leaders in UK-based businesses. 2013 nominations are now closed.

Young FD of the Year - high-performance finance directors under 40

Private Company FD of the Year - finance directors going above the call of duty in a non-quoted company

FD of the Future - high-potential financial controllers, finance managers and VPs who are tomorrow's CFOs and FDs

Inspirational FD - a new award for leading finance directors whose work goes beyond finance and inspires others in their business, market and community

Excellence Awards (for service providers)

The ultimate test of service excellence, these awards are determined by votes cast by FDs in our annual Satisfaction Survey, which was completed by 1,180 finance decision-makers in 2012.

These awards recognise banks, auditors, financial software suppliers and recruitment firms.

FTSE FDs' Awards

The FTSE FDs' Awards recognise: FTSE 100 FD of the Year, FTSE 250 FD of the Year, Small Quoted FD of the Year. The FTSE FDs' Awards are based on financial research conducted with information specialist Jordans and CEO testimonials. (No self-nominations in this section, though FTSE candidates can put themselves forward for relevant FDs' Awards.)

Sponsors

The FDs' Excellence Awards are proudly sponsored by:

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Winners 2013

  • FTSE 100 FD of the Year
    Ian Griffiths, ITV
  • FTSE 250 FD of the Year
    Rick Medlock, Inmarsat
  • Smaller Quoted FD of the Year
    Richard Logan, iomart
  • Young FD of the Year
    Marie Cooper, President Engineering Group
  • Private Company of the Year
    Mark Harrison, City & County Healthcare
  • FD of the Future
    Clare Needham, Wilkinson Hardware Stores
  • Inspirational FD of the Year
    Divinia Knowles, Mind Candy
  • Advisory Firm of the Year
    Acolyte Resource Group
  • Auditor of the Year: Large Firms
    Crowe Clark Whitehill
  • Auditor of the Year: SMEs
    Haines Watts
  • Business Bank of the Year
    Lloyds Bank
  • Financial Software Provider: Large Firms
    ADP
  • Financial Software Provider: SMEs
    Infor
  • Recruitment Firm of the Year
    Alexander Charles

Shortlist 2013

FTSE 100 FD of the Year

  • Tony Chanmugam, BT Group
  • Sean Christie, Croda International
  • Ian Griffiths, ITV
  • David Robbie, Rexam
  • William Seeger, GKN PLC
  • William Waggott, TUI Travel

FTSE 250 FD of the Year

  • Andrew Andrea, Marston's
  • Richard Amos, Anite
  • Paul Doughty, Moneysupermarket.com
  • Andrew King, Mondi
  • Rick Medlock, Inmarsat
  • Brian Taylorson, Elementis

Smaller Quoted FD of the Year

  • Robert Brooksbank, Carclo
  • Kevin Cameron, Tangent Communications
  • Tim Holden, Pendragon
  • Richard Logan, Iomart Group
  • Chris Smith, API Group
  • Graham Stevens, Plexus Holdings

Private Company FD of the Year

  • Jeanette Barrowcliffe, Meridian Business Support
  • Richard Gibson, Swiftkey
  • Mark Harrison, City and Country Healthcare Group
  • Arif Kamal, G L Hearn
  • Andrew Preece, UKRD Group Limited
  • David Stickland, LeasePlan

Young FD of the Year

  • Matthew Benham, GRITIT
  • Ruairidh Cameron, Medco Health Solutions
  • Marie Cooper, President Engineering Group
  • Pete Goodfellow, Japaninvest Group
  • Craig Lovelace, General Healthcare Group
  • Giles Webster, Benenden Healthcare

FD of the Future

  • Ben Ash, Shire
  • Marianne Holt, Ricardo
  • Al-Karim Kachra, Country Court Care Group
  • Jorge Lavin, Heathrow Airport Holdings
  • Clare Needham, Wilkinson Hardware Stores
  • Peter Swann, Liberata UK

Inspirational FD of the Year

  • Stephen Bareham MBA, Trinity Cheltenham Trust
  • Divinia Knowles, Mind Candy
  • Marcus Thorman, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Auditor of the Year: SMEs

  • Baker Tilly
  • Crowe Clark Whitehill
  • Deloitte
  • Haines Watts Group
  • RSM Tenon
  • Saffery Champness

Auditor of the Year: Large Firms

  • Baker Tilly
  • BDO
  • Crowe Clark Whitehill
  • Grant Thornton
  • KPMG
  • PwC

Financial Software Provider: SMEs

  • Access Group
  • Advanced Exchequer
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Pegasus
  • Sage
  • Infor SunSystems

Financial Software Provider: Large Firms

  • ADP
  • Access Group
  • Infor SunSystems
  • Sage
  • SAP
  • Pegasus

Recruitment Firm of the Year

  • Alexander Charles
  • Hays
  • Pure Resourcing
  • Reed
  • Robert Half
  • Robert Walters

Business Bank of the Year

  • Bank of Scotland
  • Barclays
  • HSBC
  • Lloyds Bank
  • RBS

Advisory Firm of the Year

  • Acolyte Resource Group
  • Haines Watts Group
  • Crowe Clark Whitehill
  • Saffery Champness
  • RSM Tenon
  • Mazars

Judges

Robin Fieth, Executive Director, Members & Operations, ICAEW

Rudy Lobo, CEO, Regus

James Ashton, Business Editor, Evening Standard

Kath Barrow, Partner, Ernst & Young

Stephen Bates, Chairman, ITRS Group

Philip King, CEO, ICM

Mark Freebairn, Partner, Odgers Berndtson

John Knowles, Chairman, NanoSight

Eddy Ankrett, Non Executive Director, TMW Media Agency

Sarah Hunt, Founder, Equity FD

Ensuring quality

We take the quality of our results seriously, we subject our results to a set of stringent rules to ensure the highest of quality.

  • More than 80% complete
  • De-duplication against email and domain
  • Must contain valid email address
  • (95th percentile) checked against anti-gaming algorithm

Testimonials

Greggs really wants to support the communities that it operates in, we genuinely want to be a sustainable business and it is great to see that that sort of behaviour is recognised

Richard Hutton, Greggs, Winner of the Sustainable Business Award

On the night

May 9, 2013 — London Marriott, Grosvenor Square

The FDs' Excellence Awards ceremony brings together CFOs and FDs from FTSE firms and private businesses, FDs of the future, and the UK's best service providers.

Regularly attended by senior government ministers and hosted by the superlative comedian-broadcaster Fred Macaulay, this is a memorable evening with Britain's best financial talent.