Expert of the Year 2026
Winner
Alice Haine, Bestinvest
Jason Hollands, Evelyn Partners & Bestinvest
Votes from the financial journalist community determine the winners of all the PR and communications categories. In a first for these awards, the duo from Evelyn Partners and Bestinvest received an identical number of votes, leading to a joint win.
Both recipients impressed the judges in the first round, with praise for Alice’s delivery of “consistently strong, high impact personal finance analysis, with clear evidence of authority, reach and responsiveness”. There was also recognition for her “strong newsroom utility and clear benefit to consumers navigating personal finance”.
Equal tribute was given to Jason’s entry for being “clearly built on long standing trust with journalists”. Judges referenced his exceptionally high media footprint and “real breadth across markets, tax and investing”, highlighting Jason’s ability to explain global events quickly and clearly for UK audiences”.
Shortlist:
Alice Haine, Bestinvest
Jason Hollands, Evelyn Partners & Bestinvest
Martyn James, Martyn James Media
Lindsay James, Quilter
Rajan Lakhani, Plum
Sean McCann, NFU Mutual
Molly Mileham-Chappell, TopCashback
Russ Mould, AJ Bell
George Sweeney, Finder
Andrew Tully, Nucleus