2019 West Midlands Finance Awards Winners
Businesses and professionals from across West Midlands celebrated at a black-tie awards gala dinner hosted by Dave Bryon on Thursday 5th December 2019 at the ICC in Birmingham as the winners were announced across 11 categories.
The evening successfully raised over £2,900 for the Birmingham Children's Hospital.
All applications for the 2019 awards were judged by the following judges and scored 70% or above:
- Guest judge - A senior finance professional, find out more here.
- ICAEW
- Robert Walters RSM
Apply/nominate for the 2022 West Midlands Finance Awards here.
FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (£100M + TURNOVER)
Awarded to a finance director with a demonstrable legacy of delivery in financial performance, leadership and management. The winner is from a business turning over more than £100m annually and will have provided examples of providing strategic direction to their company.

Winner
Andrew Edginton
Gowling WLG
FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (UP TO £100M TURNOVER)
Awarded to a finance director with a demonstrable legacy of delivery in financial performance, leadership and management. The winner is from a business turning over up to £100m annually and will have provided examples of providing strategic direction to their company.

Winner
Jenny Young
Castleton
FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (NOT FOR PROFIT)
Awarded to a finance director with a demonstrable legacy of delivery in financial performance, leadership and management. The winner will be from a not-for-profit business and will have provided examples of providing strategic direction to their company.

Winner
Martin Penny
BMET
BUSINESS INNOVATION
Sponsored by West Midlands Trains
The winner of Business Innovation will have demonstrated the successful delivery and/or implementation of activities that have led to the betterment of the Business. This can be anything from a Transformation Project or ERP upgrade, through to the enhancement of people or the improvement of overall customer experience.

Winner
Glenn Collins
Britvic

Winner
Gowling WLG Finance Team
Gowling WLG
FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR (OVER 20 PEOPLE)
Awarded to a finance team with over 20 members that has demonstrated excellence in its field, with proven examples of collective successes within the last 12 months. The winning team may have positively impacted the wider business through outstanding achievements in the delivery of projects and encompass an infectious team spirit.

Winner
Gowling WLG Finance Team
Gowling WLG
FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR (20 PEOPLE OR LESS)
Awarded to a finance team with 20 members or less that has demonstrated excellence in its field, with proven examples of collective successes within the last 12 months. The winning team may have positively impacted the wider business through outstanding achievements in the delivery of projects and encompass an infectious team spirit.

Winner
Kiranpal Thakar
CrossCountry Trains

Highly Commended
Narinder Johal
Severn Trent
FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR (NOT-FOR-PROFIT)
The not-for-profit finance team of the year will have demonstrated excellence in its field, with proven examples of collective successes within the last 12 months. The winning team may have positively impacted the wider business through outstanding achievements in the delivery of projects and encompass an infectious team spirit.

Winner
Orbit Finance Team
Orbit Group
SHARED SERVICE CENTRE OF THE YEAR
This award will go to a West Midlands based shared service centre and will be measured against strength of processes and people. Throughout the judging process we looked for examples of key achievements around delivery and exemplary customer service.

Winner
Britvic
EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY
The business to be awarded Excellence in Diversity reinforced their commitment to strengthening and promoting a diverse workforce, embedding equality and inclusion within their value system.

Winner
Gowling WLG Finance Team
Gowling WLG
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (QUALIFIED)
Sponsored by Birmingham Airport
Presented to the most passionate, driven and delivery focused person in the market. The winner of the qualified award will be a finance professional with under 8 years of post qualified experience. They will have provided examples of high achievement and outperforming their peer group.

Winner
Liam Butler
Dudley Building Society

Highly Commended
Andrew Shaw
Housing 21
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (NON/PART QUALIFIED)
Sponsored by Millenium Point
Presented to the most passionate, driven and delivery focused person in the market. The winner of the non/part qualified award will be a finance professional with under 8 years of experience. They will have provided examples of high achievement and out-performing their peer group.

Winner
Clair Allen
Halfords Group plc

Highly Commended
Tom Swainson
Tarmac
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