Wow, what an amazing year for our industry.

After opening up our nominations for #TheVerveAwards2023 on the 3rd July, the response we got was out of this world and the noise hasn’t stopped since.

If you saw our shortlist announcements on LinkedIn then you will have seen the response to celebrating excellence in finance isn’t a quiet one. We want to thank everyone who got involved and engaged with our announcements, the buzz was phenomenal and we’re so happy every single one of our finalists got their chance to shine like the stars they are.

So, without further ado… here they are! Our Verve Award shortlists:

The Thrive Award:

• Lee Robertson – Octo Members Group
• Lisa Conway-Hughes – Miss Lolly Money
• Phil Bray – The Yardstick Agency

The Attraction Award:

• Alice Lording – Saltus
• Sam Oakes – Financial Planner Life
• Sam Secomb – Women’s Wealth

The Innovation Award:

• Jon Dunckley – About Consulting
• Anthony Massie – Herbert & Webster
• Johnny Ridd – RQ

The Emerging Award:

• Helen Grieves – Lowes Financial Management
• Sioned James – Positive Wealth Creation
• Katja Oakley-Bell – Quilter

The Verve Award:

• Holly MacKay – Boring Money
• Ruth Handcock – Octopus Money
• Ben Hampton – Wealth Wizards

What an absolutely phenomenal bunch of professionals! If you want to have your say in who you think the winner of the awards should be, you can! Act as our fifth judge by voting here, this will be combined with the judge’s votes to decide who will take the award home on the night.

Happy voting and good luck to all of our amazing finalists!

Abbie King, Digital Marketing Specialist

–The Verve Group