Powerwomen Awards 2023 - Shortlist

Powerwomen Awards 2023 - SHORTLIST

Voting Closes on 20th January 2023

The online voting counts for ten percent of the vote, the judges vote counts for ninety percent of the final outcome. All winners will be announced on the night at the awards. The online vote is open for peers and clients, only one vote per category is permitted, you can't vote for your organisation or your colleagues (all internal votes will be removed).

Individual Categories

These categories are split by jurisdiction (International, IFCs and US)

International - Individual Categories

Champion of the Year

Adam Grant, Wedlake Bell

Andrea McIlroy-Rose, Pinsent Masons

Andrew Smith, BDB Pitmans

Fiona Fleming, Farrer & Co

James Bateman, Charles Russell Speechlys

Liz Cope, Stephenson Harwood

Career Initiative

Laura Knight, Andersen

Melanie Goodman, Trevisan

Melissa Solly, Payne Hicks Beach

Patricia Woo, Squire Patton Boggs

Mentor of the Year

Marina Zevedeou, Aspen Trust Group

Martin A. Schwartz, Bilzin Sumberg

Michelle A. Cooke, ArentFox Schiff

Sheila C. George, George Henry Partners LP

Inspirational Woman of the Year

Alison Ozanne, Walkers

Anna Worwood, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Jo Gorrod, Oak Group

Nic Arnold, JTC

Paula Myers, Irwin Mitchell

Ziva Robertson, McDermott Will & Emery

Inspirational Woman of the Year - International

Kai Yun Wong, Chia Wong Chambers

Line-Alexa Glotin, UGGC Avocats

Marina Vassiliou, Elias Neocleous

Saskia Lust, Loyens & Loeff

Sibilla G. Cretti, SGC Avocat

Simone Nudelholc, Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year

Alicea Castellanos, Global Taxes

Camilla Baldwin, Camilla Baldwin

Kirsten Burt, K Burt Consulting

Marina Zevedeou, Aspen Trust Group

Rosalyn Breedy, Breedy Henderson

Woman of the Year - Rising Star

Chloe Cannon, Camilla Baldwin

Chloe Hubert, IQ-EQ

Chloe Leung, Zhong Lun Law Firm

Rose Chamberlayne, Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove

Woman of the Year - Professional Services

Catherine Thompson, Rawlinson & Hunter

Gillian Christian, Keystone Law Isle of Man

Helen Bunker, Blake Morgan

Laura O'Sullivan Spiers, Deloitte

Lisa Cornwell, PwC

Pauline Fowler, Hughes Fowler Carruthers

Sara Hall, Walkers

Sarah Farrow, EY

Woman of the Year - Professional Services - International

Cora S. Miller, Conyers

Elena Gogh, Bedell Cristin

Kai Yun Wong, Chia Wong Chambers

Woman of the Year - FinTech/Crypto Innovation - UK

Anne Rose, Mishcon de Reya

Charlotte Hill, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Erika Federis, CMS UK

Jemma Fleetwood, JMW Solicitors

Jill Kaur, Joseph Hage Aaronson

Sarah Williams, BDB Pitmans

Woman of the Year - Government, Regulatory and Not-for-profit Organisations

Amanda Wick, U.S. House of Representatives

Jessica Elizabeth Roland, Guernsey Royal Court

Leticia Frederick, Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Rosie Allsopp, Guernsey Finance LBG

Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Boutique)

Alex Gardner, Affinity Group

Charlotte Thorne, Capital Generation Partners

Clare Nicolle, Preston Legal

Sheila George, George Henry Partners LP

Woman of the Year - Business Growth - Fiduciary Services

Ava Fairclough, Praxis

Gail McCourt, RBC Wealth Management

Jane Pearce, Butterfield Group

Kelly Regnard, Intertrust Group

Marina Cristiani, JTC

Monika Czarkowski, Millennium Trust Company

Rachel Iles, Kleinwort Hambros Trust

Woman of the Year - Business Growth (Large/Institutional)

Andrea Santos-Morales, UBS Wealth Management

Francesca Boschini, Deutsche Bank

Jessica Crane, London and Capital

Maria Tyler, Bessemer Trust

Alia Haskouri, JTC

Shelly Meerovitch, AllianceBernstein

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Director)

Fatmire Bekiri, Sygnum Bank

Jodi Hill, JTC

Julie Coutu, IQ-EQ

Kitty Bhaman, Stanhope Capital

Liz Nursey, Praxis

Michelle Le Herissier, Apex

Mildred Gomez, Bilzin Sumberg

Mokshda Beeharry, Standard Bank Trust Company (Mauritius) Limited

Samantha Symons, Ocorian

Sarah Woolfenden, Barclays Private Bank

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (Managing Director)

Beatrice Fok Chow, Standard Bank Trust Company (Mauritius) Limited

Heather Flanagan, Wealthspire Advisors

Jo Gorrod, Oak Group

Julie Zingiloglu, JTC

Min Lan Tan, UBS Singapore

Woman of the Year - Leadership - Financial Organisation (CEO/Board Member)

Ariane Slinger, ACE International

Kim Koopersmith, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Marina Zevedeou, Aspen Trust Group

Nannette Hechler-Fayd'herbe, Credit Suisse

Penelope Warne, CMS UK

Sarah Soar, Hawksmoor

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Associate (Boutique)

Drusilla Bridges, Farrer & Co

Helen Ashcroft, Dixon Wilson

Jasmin Ash-Briggs, Payne Hicks Beach

Molly Snowe, Camilla Baldwin

Sheila Dines, Macfarlanes

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Associate (Mid-size)

Briony Byrne, Stephenson Harwood

Diva Shah, Kingsley Napley

Melina Bheekhun, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Tonicia Williams, Conyers

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Senior Associate/SVP

Amandeep Khasriya, Moore Barlow

Katrina Walsingham, Orrick

Nicolette Bostock, Laura Devine Immigration

Olivia Lewis, Barclays Private Bank

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Partner

Caroline Prosser, Hill Dickinson

Catherine Moore, Ogier

Catherine Richardson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Jemma Pollock, Russell-Cooke

Kathryn Hacking, Gateley

Krista Woodman, Ballards

Kristina Volodeva, Rawlinson & Hunter

Luned Rees Williams, Camilla Baldwin

Chloe Leung, Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP

IFC - Individual Categories

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Senior Associate/SVP - IFC

Carly McIver, Mourant

Catie Wang, Harneys

Gwenllian Le Blond, IQ-EQ

Khiyara Krige, Appleby (Bermuda)

Tiffany Tolliss, Ogier

Woman of the year - Bermuda

Fozeia Rana-Fahy, MJM Barristers & Attorneys

Helen E. Cooper, Conyers

Linda Longworth, Moore Global

Michelle Wolfe, Meritus Trust

Vanessa Schrum, Appleby

Woman of the Year - BVI

Arabella di Iorio, Agon Litigation

Sharon Mungall, Little Bay Consulting

Vanessa King, O'Neal Webster

Woman of the year - Bahamas

Judith Whitehead, Graham Thompson Attorneys

Kimberly E. Strachan, Rhone Services

Pamela L. Klonaris, Delaney Partners

Yolanda Coakley, Trident Trust

Woman of the year - Cayman

Alexandra Woodcock, Mourant

Louise Groom, Carne Group

Monique Bhullar, Walkers

Sheena Thompson, Intertrust Group

Tamara Corbin, Rawlinson & Hunter

Woman of the year - Cayman - Fiduciary

Jacqueline E. Stirling, Bessemer Trust

Julianne Yacyshyn, Genesis Trust & Corporate Services

Katy Stopford, Suntera

Marlene St-Jean, ZEDRA

Woman of the year - Cyprus

Amalia Erotokritos, TP Law

Liza Loucaides–Theophanous, L. Loucaides - Theophanous LLC

Marina Zevedeou, Aspen Trust Group

Woman of the Year - Guernsey

Alison Ozanne, Walkers

Andréa Daley Taylor, Trust Corporation of the Channel Islands

Angela Calnan, Collas Crill

Helen Green, Saffery Champness

Kerrie Le Tissier, HIGHVERN

Mandy Langmead, Butterfield Trust

Natasha Kapp, Carey Olsen

Rhona Humphreys, Imperium Trust

Woman of the Year - Jersey

Farah Ballands, Equiom

Fiona Whitehead, UBS Trustees

Heather Tibbo, Crestbridge

Helen Ollivro, UBS Wealth Management

Helen Ruelle, Ogier

Karen Grieve, VG

Kathryn Tully, Rawlinson & Hunter

Sarajane Kempster, RBC Wealth Management

Woman of the Year - Switzerland

Anna Steward, Sequent Group

Dr. Natalie Peter, Blum&Grob Attorneys at Law

Olga Boltenko, Boltenko Law

Petra Hanselmann, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Tanja Luginbühl, Lenz & Staehelin

Tina Wüstemann, Bär & Karrer

US - Individual Categories

Champion of the Year - New York

Champion of the year - USA

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Partner/Special Counsel - USA

Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Associate - USA

Woman of the Year - Professional Services - New York (Large)

Woman of the Year - Professional Services - New York (Mid-size)

Woman of the Year - Professional Services - USA

Woman of the Year - Professional Services - West Coast

Woman of the Year - FinTech/Crypto Innovation - New York

Woman of the Year - FinTech/Crypto Innovation - USA/Caribbean

Woman of the Year - Crypto Native - USA

Organisation categories

These categories are split by jurisdiction (International and US)

International - Organisation Categories

Best Employer - Career Progression

Affinity Group

Blick Rothenberg

Capital Generation Partners

JTC

Kobre & Kim

UBS Wealth Management

Best Employer - Career Progression - International

BDO USA

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Goldman Sachs

Harrison & Held

JPMorgan Chase

McDermott Will & Emery

Walkers

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion) - Accounting Advisory

CBIZ

EY

RSM US

KPMG

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion)

Barclays Private Bank

Deloitte

RBC Wealth Management

Standard Chartered

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion) - Law

Baker McKenzie

Clifford Chance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Irwin Mitchell

Firm of the Year - Creating Change for Women

Holland & Knight

Orrick

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

WilmerHale

Firm of the Year - Creating Change for Women - Stakeholder

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Duane Morris

Morgan Lewis

Firm of the Year - Female Leadership

Cripps Pemberton Greenish

Michelmores

Penningtons Manches Cooper

Wedlake Bell

Firm of the Year - Female Leadership - Stakeholder

ArentFox Schiff

BakerHostetler

Kirkland & Ellis

Reed Smith

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Boutique)

Affinity Group

Altum Group

Breedy Henderson

Global Taxes

Laura Devine Immigration

ACE International

Sopher + Co

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Large/Institutional)

Butterfield Group

EY

Evelyn Partners

KPMG

Morgan Stanley

RBC Wealth Management

Company Diversity Leadership Dream Team

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

ArentFox Schiff

BDO USA

Baker McKenzie

Berdon

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Deutsche Bank

Harrison & Held

Jenner & Block

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin Rosenman

McDermott Will & Emery

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

RBC Wealth Management

UBS Wealth Management

Diversity Communication Campaign of the Year

Barclays - Stand with Pride

Berdon - Berdon Cares

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner - Amplify

Deutsche Bank - Accomplished Top Leaders Advancement Strategy (ATLAS)

Freshfields - Edge Commitment to gender equality

Kennedys - Global D&I strategy

Morgan Stanley - Global D&I strategy

Best DEI Initiative

ArentFox Schiff

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

CBIZ

Debevoise & Plimpton

EY

Katten Muchin Rosenman

KPMG

McDermott Rise Program

Milbank

Morgan Stanley

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

RBC Wealth Management

Womble Bond Dickinson

US - Organisation Categories

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion) - Banks - USA

Best Employer - Career Progression (LGBT+/Inclusion) - Law - USA

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Boutique) - USA

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Large/Institutional) - USA

Company of the Year - Female Leadership (Large/Institutional) - USA - Stakeholder

Firm of the Year - Female Leadership - USA