Ensuring excellence is rewarded

Our judging process is designed to be rigorous and thorough to ensure all entries receive full consideration and that excellence in each of the categories is truly rewarded. A diverse panel of leading hedge fund COOs, CFOs, CCOs, GCs and CTOs will make up the judging panel with judges split into groups depending on their specialist expertise.


The criteria the judges look for are:

  • Commercial success and business growth
  • Demonstration of product or service innovation
  • Description of future product or service development possibilities
  • Positive customer feedback via submitted testimonials

In-person judging

To add further scrutiny to the process there will be an in-person judging day where we will invite shortlisted firms from selected categories.

On this day, the judges will be split into groups with each group assigned three to four categories depending on their expertise.

The judges will base their scores off both the initial submission from each entrant, plus a 5 minute presentation and 5 minute Q and A with each selected shortlister.

2024 Judges

The 2025 judging panel will be announced shortly.


Alejandra Alemany
Chief Operating Officer
Infusive
Anatoly Crachilov
Chief Executive Office
Nickel Digital
Anna Colombatti
Investment COO
AXA Investment Managers
Anna Crompton
Group COO and General Counsel
Algebris (UK) Ltd.
Boura Kym Tomlinson Cann
Global Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
Polar Capital
Duncan Tiplady
Chief Operating Officer
Elan Capital Management
Duncan Lidgitt
General Counsel
Muzinich & Co.
Eddie Steel
Chief Operating Officer
Broad Reach Investment Management
Frances Chambers
Chief Operating Officer
Forada
Iain Colquhoun
Chief Financial Officer
Sona Asset Management
Jay Tanna
Chief Operating Officer
Rama Ventures
Lisa Conibear
UK and Group CEO
Laniakea Funds Manager LLC
Lizzie Ball
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Growth Credit Partners
Malcolm Goddard
Partner
Crooklets LLP
Melanie Davison
Chief Operating Officer
Polus Capital Management Limited
Mike Merritt-Holmes
Co-Founder, COO
Kvasir Technologies
Olga Romanova
Head of Operational Due Diligence
Aaro Capital
Olive Gibson
Chief Operating Officer
Salt Rock Captial Partners LLP
Paul Frost-Smith
Founder & CEO
Corinthian Digital Group
Phillip Chapple
Chief Operating Officer
Monterone Partners
Ray Haslam
Chief Executive Officer
Brummer & Partners Asset Management (UK)
Richard Mhende
Chief Executive Officer
ProMeritum Investment Management LLP
Russell Elam
Chief Operating Officer
SoftBank Group International
Sonia Malik
Head of Operations
Castellain Capital LLP
Stephen Foster
Chair
Qube Research & Technologies Limited
Stephen Stokes
Chief Compliance Officer
Amia Capital LLP
Troy Stanton
Head of Operations
36 South Captial Advisors
Umar Aziz
COO, GC, CCO
DG Partners LLP / BH-DG Systematic Trading LLP
Vipula Nawarathne
Chief Technology Officer
FM Partners