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Awards

2024 Winners

The AICPA & CIMA UK & Ireland Finance Awards at the Hilton London Tower Bridge, celebrated members exceptional hard work and achievements. The room buzzed with excitement as CIMA president, Simon Bittlestone presented specially commissioned bespoke trophies to the winners in each category.

Axl Lopez accepting the Digital Innovation Project of the Year award on behalf of Balfour Beatty

Julie Bickerdyke, Managing Director at Moonstone FD won the award for Mentor of the Year

Gavin Simpson, Finance Business Partner - Senior Analyst at Jaguar Land Rover collected the award for Student of the Year — Gavin Simpson, Finance Business Partner – Senior Analyst at Jaguar Land Rover collected the award for Student of the Year

Donal Murphy, Group Financial Controller at MCS Group was Rising Star of the Year

Huiming Chen, Chief Financial Officer - Europe Commercial at Illumina won Finance Business Leader of the Year — Huiming Chen, Chief Financial Officer – Europe Commercial at Illumina won Finance Business Leader of the Year

Louise Wilson collected the trophy for SME of the Year as Financial Director at The Rare Tea Company

Responsible Finance Team of the Year went to The Finance and Systems Team at Ramboll UK & Ireland

All winners Finance Awards 2024

All winners and finalists

Host, Ben Hanlin, wowed the audience with an unforgettable evening of mind-bending magic

Ben Hanlin achieves the impossible by perfectly replicating all sides of Rubik's cube shuffled randomly by the audience in a matter of seconds — Ben Hanlin achieves the impossible by perfectly replicating all sides of Rubik’s cube shuffled randomly by the audience in a matter of seconds