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Women in Credit Awards

 

 
09 October 2024 | #WiCAwards
Hilton Deansgate, Manchester 
 

Shortlist 2023

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Advocate of the Year

 

Jes Bautista, 4most 

Seeta Halder, PCF Bank 

Brenda Hamilton, PRA Group 

Hannah Kemp, Close Brothers Motor Finance 

Sinead McHale, Satago Financial Solutions 

Stevie McLaren, Newcastle Building Society 

Ian Plummer, Auto Trader 

Mandy Smith, Close Brothers Motor Finance 

 


 

Business Leader of the Year – Creditor

 

Fiona Anderson, Vanquis Banking Group 

Fiona Asuman, QuidMarket Loans 

Debbie McKay, MotoNovo Finance 

Julia Swain, Oodle Car Finance 

Kate Valdar, Allica Bank 

 


 

Business Leader of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Vikki Brownridge, StepChange Debt Charity 

Elizabeth Chapman, Equifax 

Sarah Murrow, Allianz Trade 

Sally Nolan, Marston Holdings 

Yara Owayyed, YouLend 

Nicola Richards, 4most 

Emma Steeley, Freedom Finance 

 


 

Colleague of the Year – Creditor

 

Katie Cleary, TSB Bank 

Lauren Coffey, 365 Business Finance 

Lorna Crayston, NewDay 

Simona Germanaviciute, JBR Capital 

Henni Hingston, Oodle Car Finance 

Tory Snowden, Novuna Consumer Finance 

Louise Swainston, Hodge 

 


 

Colleague of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Abbie Earls, Mortimer Clarke Solicitors (part of Cabot Credit Management Group) 

Hannah Hague, PRA Group 

Saima Hassan, The Estate Registry 

Alysha Hutchinson, 4most 

Mary Mileski, Equifax 

 


 

Employer of the Year – Creditor

 

365 Business Finance 

Bank of Ireland UK 

Novuna Consumer Finance 

 


 

Employer of the Year - Non-creditor

 

4most 

Auto Trader 

Flint Bishop 

Freedom Finance 

PRA Group 

TransUnion 

 


 

Entrepreneur of the Year

 

Elena Ionenko, TurnKey Lender 

Nicoleta Remmlinger, 4most 

Maria Ryan, Katch Investment Group 

 


 

Innovator of the Year – Creditor

 

Jennifer Jenneson, Nationwide Building Society 

Aimee Raseta, Novuna Business Cash Flow 

Amanda Robertshaw, NewDay 

Grace Walden, Oodle Car Finance 

 


 

Innovator of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Elaine Abdelmessih, PRA Group 

Veena Channagouda, Freedom Finance 

Charlotte Domjan, Cabot Credit Management 

Sonia Dorais, Chaser Technologies 

Katie Lacey, Auto Trader 

Anne Morley, Equifax 

Helen Paterson, Lowell 

Emma Peach, Connected Data 

Torgunn Ringsjo, 4most 

 


 

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Evelyn Campbell, Vanquis Banking Group 

Nicola Plessier, Bank of Ireland 

Nataly Rapoport, Ardent Credit Services, a Phillips & Cohen Associates company 

 


 

Mentor of the Year

 

Malika Alidina, 365 Business Finance 

Maria McAllister, Bank of Ireland UK 

Natalie Salunke, Zilch 

Laura Watson, Novuna Consumer Finance 

Jonathan Watts, Oodle Car Finance 

 


 

Outstanding Returner - Creditor

 

 

Vicci Loosemore, MotoNovo Finance 

Alessandra Pettipher, Oodle Car Finance 

Aimee Styles, Vanquis Banking Group 

Kirsty Varney, Vanquis Banking Group 


 

Outstanding Returner – Non-creditor

 

Shauna Buky, Experian 

Francesca Gazay, Freedom Finance 

Rachael Jones, Auto Trader 

Kerrie Keene, 4most 

Vicky McNab, Experian 

 


 

Rising Star of the Year – Car Finance

 

Wendy Godfrey, MotoNovo Finance 

Jemma Gosling, Oodle Car Finance 

Georgia Oakley, Oodle Car Finance 

Lana Poleon, JBR Capital 


 

Rising Star of the Year - Creditor

 

Jumoke Akinsola, Nationwide Building Society 

Imogen Bird, JPMorgan Chase 

Madison Hardcastle-Ward, Optimum Finance 

Amy Leadbeater, Novuna Consumer Finance 

Sian Samuel, Novuna Business Cash Flow 

Suwanja Srikantha, 365 Business Finance 

 


 

Rising Star of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Laura Bruce, Allianz Trade 

Maggie Gemmill, Currencycloud 

Rebecca Holmes, 4most 

Raman Johal, C&R Software 

Anisha Manani, Experian 

Becky McClory, Paylink Solutions

Laura Parkinson, Lowell 

Andrea Varga, Aryza 

 


 

Team Leader of the Year - Car Finance

 

Corinne Edwards, MotoNovo Finance 

Simona Germanaviciute, JBR Capital 

Emma Macfarlane, Northridge Finance 

Wendy O'Connor, V12 Vehicle Finance 

Caroline Peacock, Oodle Finance 

Leigh-Anne Wilson, Northridge Finance 

 


 

Team Leader of the Year - Creditor

 

Nina Babou, Novuna Business Finance 

Lauren Bentley, Novuna Consumer Finance 

Katie Cleary, TSB Bank 

Sherie Culley, Optimum Finance 

Tracey Harrop, Vanquis Banking Group 

Rose Morris, Vanquis Banking Group 

Jasmin Samra, 365 Business Finance 

Tracey Smith, E.ON Next 

Laura Spencer, Nationwide Building Society 

Sarah Tolfrey, Zilch 


 

Team Leader of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Claire Darcy, HMRC 

Laura Hodgson, PRA Group 

Susan Hughes, Freedom Finance 

Andrea Jackson, coeo UK 

Nic Kaye, StepChange Debt Charity 

Kerrie Keene, 4most 

Andrea Kenyon, Experian 

Susan MacGregor, C&R Software 

Emma Clarke, Allianz Trade 

Melanie Ronson, Experian 

 


 

Team Player of the Year - Car Finance 

 

Katie Carter, MotoNovo Finance 

Katherine Clark, Oodle Finance 

Angela Yip, Oodle Finance 

 


 

Team Player of the Year – Creditor

 

Vicky Baber, Optimum Finance 

Lauren Barry, Hodge 

Kim Elkington, Vanquis Banking Group 

Becky Hawes, Nationwide Building Society 

Louise Ho, 365 Business Finance 

Lauren Laing, Vanquis Banking Group 

Abbie Schofield, NewDay 

Jaimie-Leigh Watson, Novuna Consumer Finance 

 


 

Team Player of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Zoe Butcher, Allianz Trade 

Philippa Clarke, Experian 

Gloria Georgieva, PRA Group 

Sue Owen-Bailey, TDX Group 

Iveta Terefenkova, Allianz Trade 

 


 

Transformation of the Year - Creditor

 

Hope Bodle, NewDay 

Abhigya Chetna, Blue Motor Finance 

Danielle Duke, Utilita 

Lucy Marlow, Magnitude Finance 

Rebecca Roberts, Novuna Business Finance 

Jo Simms, Vanquis Banking Group

 


 

Transformation of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Karen Adam, C&R Software 

Clare Dalton, Experian 

Emma Le Bargy, 4most 

Jill Sparkes, Paylink 

Syreeta Thomas, FICO 

 


 

Vulnerability Leader of the Year

 

Jo Ellis, Tesco Bank 

Jo Pearson, NewDay 

Natalie Tate, Just 

Vikki Wilkins, PRA Group 

 


 

Woman of the Year – Creditor

 

Tamara Brown, V12 Vehicle Finance 

Amy Cox, Novuna Business Cash Flow 

April Drake, Oodle Car Finance 

Lindsay Gustafsson, Novuna Consumer Finance 

Sue Hall, Oodle Car Finance 

Claire Lewis, Optimum Finance 

Karen Rozier, MotoNovo Finance 

 


 

Woman of the Year - Non-creditor

 

Vikki Brownridge, StepChange Debt Charity 

Nataly Rapoport, Ardent Credit Services, a Phillips & Cohen Associates company 

Laura Anne Smith, Excel Civil Enforcement 

Selena Tye, Kind Consultancy 

Alice Webb, 4most 

 


 

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

 

Winner to be announced on the night

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