Business Finance Awards 2014: The Winners

Outstanding Industry Contribution Award
Winner: Andy Halford, group CFO, Vodafone

Annual Reports: Business
Winner: Genel Energy
Highly commended: Telecity Group
Shortlisted: Amlin; Go-Ahead Group; Laing O’Rourke; NLMK; Sage; Taylor Wimpey; Vedanta Resources

Annual Reports: Public Sector & Voluntary
Winner: Post Office
Highly commended: CIMA
Shortlisted: BBC; Nottingham Trent University – Estates and Resources

Finance Team of the Year: Blue Chip
Winner: Christie’s Finance Team
Highly commended: Standard Life UK Finance
Shortlisted: Capital One UK Finance Team; McDonald’s UK Finance Team; Specsavers

Finance Team of the Year: Large Business
Winner: ISS Food & Hospitality Finance Team
Shortlisted: Affiliate Window; National Accident Helpline; President Engineering Group

Finance Team of the Year: Public Sector & Voluntary
Winner: Post Office
Shortlisted: Financial Services Compensation Scheme; Nottingham Trent University; Riverside Home Ownership; Rochdale MBC – Finance; NHS Tameside & Glossop Skills for Health

New Accountant of the Year
Winner: Senthooran Ramachandran – American Express
Shortlisted: Julian Burrows – Kleinwort Benson; Jill Clarke – theprimegroup.co.uk; Gaitree Jhowry Cuppoor – Capitalix Consultancy; Craig Ivey – RBS; Monika Niemczyk – 3P Learning

Software Product of the Year
Winner: Talentia Software
Highly commended: Advanced Business Solutions
Shortlisted: Concur Travel and Expense; Fluency Solutions; m-hance Bank Management; Real Asset Management; Software Europe – Expenses

UK FD of the Year: Blue Chip
Winner: Michael Healy – Thomas Cook Group
Shortlisted: Andy Beaden – Luxfer; Tim Haywood – Interserve; Dilesh Magdani – Specsavers Shared Service Centre

UK FD of the Year: Large Business
Winner: Yvonne Sherry – Ceuta Healthcare
Shortlisted: Henry Birts – Pizza Hut Restaurants; Alex Hinchcliffe – ISS Food & Hospitality; Hedley Mayor – Anesco; Cecile Parker – JLA

UK FD of the Year: Growing Business
Winner: Peter Goodfellow – Japaninvest Group
Highly commended: Ivan Gunatilleke – thecarfinancecompany.co.uk
Shortlisted: Glyn Morris – Higgs & Sons Solicitors; Stuart Graham – Lansons; Harish Kumar – Milewood Holdings

UK FD of the Year: Public Sector & Voluntary
Winner: Mark Lumsdon-Taylor – Hadlow College
Highly commended: Stephen Flowitt-Hill – Saffron Housing Trust
Shortlisted: Chibuzo Okpala – London Training & Employment Network

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