JUDGES
The process to decide the Headlinemoney Awards category winners is carried out by more than a hundred judges comprising senior financial journalists, editors and PRs drawn from around the UK’s money media. They are part of an extensive, two-stage judging process, kindly giving their time and expertise to review entries, and participate in a round of scoring followed by comprehensive online panel discussions, overseen by the Chair of Judges, David Worsfold.CHAIRMAN OF JUDGES
Winner of Business & Finance Writer at the 2021 Freelance Writing Awards. Five times a winner of awards at the BIBA Insurance Journalist of the Year Awards, most recently in 2015. Winner of Best General Insurance Journalist at the 1999 Financial Services Media Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Won the inaugural Chief Executive’s Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2007 Incisive Media Awards.
At Incisive Media he was Group Editorial Services Director for eight years with responsibility for editorial and production teams in London, New York and Hong Kong, including recruitment and training. He also set up two high-quality TV/video studios in London. Among his many achievements, David launched the British Insurance Awards – now in its 29th year as the most successful B2B awards scheme in the UK. He has also helped launch several other awards schemes including the hugely successful Women in Insurance Awards.
His first book, Fighting for the Empire, was published in September 2016 and his second historical book on Operation Aerial was published in June 2022. He has also written two books for Business Expert Press: Twitter for Financial Services (2017) and From Behind the Desk to the Front of the Stage: How to Enhance Your Presentation Skills (2018).
He has been a member of the Association of European Journalists–UK section for over ten years and Treasurer since 2019 and was President of the Presse Internationale des Assurances 2000-02.
FULL LIST OF JUDGES
Lucy Alderson The Times & The Sunday Times
Lauren Almeida The Times
Cristian Angeloni Investment Week
Guy Anker
Anne Ashworth Freelance
Amy Austin FT Adviser
Ida Axling Freelance
Sam Barker This is Money
Sam Barrett Freelance
Angela Barritt Freelance
Sian Barton Freelance
Mark Battersby Investment International
Dave Baxter Investors Chronicle
James Baxter- Derrington Investment Week
Jessica Beard Money Mail - The Daily Mail
Katie Binns Times Money Mentor
Nicola Blackburn Citywire New Model Adviser
Caroline Bloor Freelance
Laura Blows Pensions Age
Beth Brearley Freelance
David Brenchley The Times & The Sunday Times
Mattie Brignal The Telegraph
Tom Browne Money Marketing
Matt Browning Your Money
Chris Burn The Yorkshire Post
Chiara Cavaglieri Which Money
Nick Cheek Ion
Chloe Cheung FT Adviser
Augustine Chipungu Schroders
Luke Clancy Risk.net
Rebekah Commane Mortgage Strategy & Mortgage Finance Gazette
Dan Cooper Money Marketing
Hope Coumbe Professional Adviser
Sarah Davidson Freelance
Hannah Duncan Freelance
Damian Fantato FT Adviser
Jeremy Fawcett Platforum
Donna Ferguson Freelance
Pádraig Floyd Freelance
Allyson Foster Capital Group
Ryan Fowler The Intermediary
Jen Frost Freelance
Bethany Garner Forbes Advisor
Edmund Greaves Mouthy Money
Sally Hamilton Money Mail, The Daily Mail
Caroline Hancock Vanguard
Felicity Hannah Freelance
Linda Harper Nucleus
Stephanie Hawthorne Freelance
Ruby Hinchliffe Telegraph Media Group
Emma Ann Hughes Insurance Post
Millie Hyde-Smith Legal & General Retail
Amalia Illgner The Banker
Chris Irwin Yorkshire Building Society
Dan Jones FT Adviser
Madhu Kalia Rathbones
Alina Khan FT Adviser
Helen Knapman MoneySavingExpert
Paloma Kubiak Your Money
Simoney Kyriakou FT Adviser
Andy Lane Instinctif Partners
Joanne Leahy Moneybox
Faye Lipson Which? Money
Katrina Lloyd Investment Week, Professional Adviser & Cover
Taha Lokhandwala Investors' Chronicle
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck Employee Benefits
Stephen Maunder Which?
Pauline McCallion Freelance
Joe McGrath Rhotic Media
Michael McPartlin Scottish Widows
Darius McQuaid Money Marketing
Holly Mead The Times & Sunday Times
James Merrick Standard Life
Andrew Michael Forbes Advisor
Charlotte Moore Freelance
Jo Moulds The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Alexa Murray Vitality
Momodou Musa-Toray Money Marketing & Mortgage Strategy
Elliot Needham City A.M.
Emma Newlands The Scotsman
Moira O'Neill Freelance (FT Money)
Hilary Osborne The Guardian
Sam Partington Freelance
Katey Pigden the lang cat
Simon Read Freelance
Cherry Reynard Freelance
Danielle Richardson The Telegraph
Rachel Rickard Strauss The Mail on Sunday & Daily Mail
Cameron Roberts COVER
Ewan Robertson Direct Line Group
Jon Robinson City AM
Madeleine Ross The Telegraph
Katie Royals PAM Insight
Clare Ruel Insurance Times
Lily Russell-Jones The Times
Marc Shoffman Freelance
Kavitha Sivasubramaniam Freelance
Tim Skelton-Smith Quilter
Kit Sproson MSE
Jonathan Stapleton Professional Pensions & Workplace Savings & Benefits
Martyna Stepien Scottish Widows
Jonathan Swift Infopro Digital Insurance Division
Megan Thomas Which?
Lois Vallely Money Marketing
Mia Wallace Key Media
Sally Walton SEC Newgate
Rebecca Willey Skipton Group
Levi Winchester Mirror Online
Linda Winder Tink
Greg Wright The Yorkshire Post