Pimfa reveals winner of D&I awards
The financial industry came together last night to celebrate the best diversity & inclusion initiatives at the third Pimfa D&I Awards in London.
LGT Wealth Management picked up a trio of gongs at the ceremony, while HSBC, Legal & General Investment Management and Lloyds were also recognised for shining a light on “excellent, often untold stories that exist across organisations and among individuals in the wealth management and advice industry,” said Pimfa (Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association).
Liz Field, chief executive of Pimfa, commented: “I am delighted, as ever, to congratulate both the winners and highly commended from this year’s D&I Awards, but also all those who entered the awards this year.
“The business, moral and social case for diversity and inclusion has not dimmed, nor shall it for some time to come, and the firms and individuals that entered this year’s awards are all excellent examples of how our members recognise the talents of individuals from all backgrounds and ensure that all people feel involved, valued, respected, treated fairly, and embedded within the cultures of the organisations they work for.”
The winners of the awards, for which MA Financial Media titles ESG Clarity, International Adviser and Portfolio Adviser are the exclusive media partners, in each category are as follows:
Inclusive Talent Management Award
Winner: LGT Wealth Management
Best D&I Initiative Award (1-50 Employees)
Winner: The Verve Foundation
Best D&I Initiative Award (51-350 Employees) – sponsored by Royal London
Winner: 7IM
Best D&I Initiative Award (351+ Employees) – sponsored by SEI
Highly Commended: Legal and General Investment Management
Winner: Lloyds Banking Group
Best Industry Partner Award
Highly Commended: Women Returners
Winner: EY Foundation
Rising Talent Award – Sponsored by Raymond James
Winner: Nalini Solanki, Legal and General Investment Management
Best Approach to Wellbeing Award – sponsored by Charles Schwab
Winner: FIS
The Overall DE&I Champion Award – sponsored by Morningstar
Highly Commended: David Coombs, Rathbones
Winner: Fiona Wallace, HSBC
The DE&I Executive Sponsor Award – sponsored by Clearstream
Winner: Phoebe Stone, LGT Wealth Management
Best Organisational Outreach Initiative Award – sponsored by FIS
Highly Commended: Future Frontiers
Winner: LGT Wealth Management
Pimfa chief executive Field added while there is still work to be done “it is heartening to see just how much effort is going into making our industry as diverse and inclusive as it can be”.
“As the voice of our industry, Pimfa will continue to make D&I a priority and look to collaborate across the sector to provide resources, support and co-ordination of efforts in the years to come,” she added.
The winners were chosen by an independent group of industry peers alongside experts in diversity and inclusion from charities that Pimfa partner with. These included Roopalee Dave, partner at EY; Peter Moores, chief executive of Raymond James; Matt Cameron, global managing director at LGBT Great; Bev Shah, co-chief executive & founder, City Hive; Jennifer Mathias, group chief finance officer at Rathbones; Sean Taylor, director at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management; Richard Wilson, chief executive officer at abrdn Personal Wealth and interactive investor among others.
Huge congratulations to all the winners!