Shortlist 2022
FTAdviser's Diversity in Finance Award 2022 shortlists are here.
This year – the fourth year FTAdviser has run the DIFAs – saw a record number of entries across all the categories, both individual and corporate.
The DIFA 2022 awards showcase the best work done across the past 12 months, by individuals and companies, to embed diversity, equality and inclusion into a firm's culture, to improve policies, processes and products for customers and colleagues alike.
The quality of entries has been exceptional, highlighting the breadth of creativity and determination in UK financial services to improving DE&I, despite the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The shortlisted candidates can be seen in the table below, apart from categories where the winner is selected by the judges.
The winners will be announced at the Diversity in Finance Awards in June.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Diversity Champion of the Year (small companies)
Grace Le, fund manager at Artemis
Lindsey McMurray, managing partner at Pollen Street Capital
Mohammed Ahmed, non-executive director at the British Business Bank
Diversity Champion of the Year (large companies)
Fabio Peyer, director of indexes marketing at Morningstar
Imran Khan, business development manager at Phoenix Group
Laura Rodgers, head of performance insights centre of excellence for NatWest
Sam Gould, head of PR and campaigns at Now: Pensions
COMPANY AWARDS
Championing Disability Inclusion:
Mazars
UBS
Zurich
Championing Gender Diversity:
Legal & General Investment Management
Natwest
Schroders
Championing LGBTQ+ Inclusion:
Citi Group
Fidelity International
Legal & General Investment Management
PIMCO
Championing Race Diversity:
Fidelity International
Morningstar
Zurich
Championing Social Mobility:
EQ Investors
HSBC Asset Management
Man Group
One Family
Championing Women’s Equality:
GAIN
Pollen Street Capital
SVB UK
Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year:
Natixis
NextGen Planners
Now: Pensions
Openwork
Diversity Marketing & Recruitment Initiative of the Year:
Bank of England
Exante
Fidelity International
Employer of the Year (Small Firm and Large Firm sub-categories):
AIG
Celtic Financial Planning
PensionBee
Phoenix
Schroders
Product of the Year:
To be unveiled at the awards ceremony in June.
Trailblazing Company of the Year:
First Wealth
Redington
PensionBee
Sesame Bankhall Group
Zurich
Provider of the year:
To be unveiled at the awards ceremony in June.