Business Finance Awards 2014: The Winners
A packed house at the Royal Garden Hotel saw Vodafone's Andy Halford, the finance teams of the Post Office and Christie's, and Thomas Cook's Michael Healy, among the winners on the night
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
Resources & Whitepapers
Accounting Software The power of customisation in accounting systems
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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