Awards & Rankings
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Leader of the Year (Vendor)—Bethany Baer, IHS Markit
An interesting fact about IHS Markit Digital’s CTO, Bethany Baer, is that she’s relatively new to finance. Before joining the industry on the insurance side in 2011, her most significant stint was as a vice president in various roles at travel specialist…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Trade Execution Professional of the Year—Mariya Kurchuk, Pragma Securities
Mariya Kurchuk spent a decade studying and conducting research in the field of electrical engineering, ultimately earning a PhD in the subject from Columbia University in New York. It’s natural to think, therefore, that she’d end up at Boeing, Lockheed…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Vendor Partnership or Alliance Professional of the Year—Wendy Collins, UnaVista (LSEG)
Wendy Collins, managing director, global strategic partnerships at UnaVista, an operating unit of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), wins this year’s vendor partnership or alliance professional category, thanks to her contribution to establishing…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Trailblazer (Lifetime Achievement)—Debra Walton, Thomson Reuters
Debra Walton, global managing director, customer proposition, financial and risk at Thomson Reuters, is the first recipient of one of the two highest-profile awards of the Women in Technology and Data Awards, the other being WatersTechnology’s woman of…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: WatersTechnology’s Woman of the Year—Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg
Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg’s head of strategic alliances in the firm’s global data group, wins this year’s highest-profile award due in no small part to her astonishing 30-year career at the firm. She currently manages Bloomberg’s strategic…
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Jennifer Peve, DTCC
The DTCC's Jennifer Peve, co-head of the firm's Office of Fintech Strategy, won the technology innovator of the year (vendor) category at this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Wendy Collins, UnaVista
UnaVista's Wendy Collins, managing director of global strategic partnerships, is the first recipient of the vendor partnership or alliance professional category at the Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Hella Hoffmann, Thomson Reuters
Hella Hoffmann, a data scientist at Thomson Reuters Labs, won the rising star (vendor) category at this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards held on the afternoon of March 9 in London.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Aouda Bellout, Schroders
Schroders' Aouda Bellout won the reference data professional of the year category at this year's London-hosted Women in Technology and Data Awards held on March 9.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Jennifer Keser, Tradeweb Markets
Tradeweb's Jennifer Keser won the legal/compliance professional of the year category at this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards held in London.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg
Bloomberg's Sallianne Taylor won the final category of this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards in London - the woman of the year award.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Georgia Prothero, Schroders
Schroders' Georgia Prothero won the EDM professional of the year category at this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards held in London.
Witad Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – Debra Walton, Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters' Debra Walton won the Traiblazer (lifetime achievement) category at the inaugural Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Women in Technology and Data Awards 2018 – All the Winners
The winners of the 24 categories making up this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on Friday March 9 at a luncheon in London.
Shortlisted Entries for the Women in Technology and Data Awards 2018
Below are the shortlisted entries to the 23 categories making up this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards, to be held in London on March 9.
AFTAs 2017 Winner's Interview: Imagine Software
Imagine Software wins the Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor—Risk, Compliance and Reporting category at AFTAs 2017.
AFTAs 2017 Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream nabbed the Best Back-Office Initiative category at the 2017 AFTAs.
AFTAs 2017 Interview: State Street Global Markets
State Street Global Markets won the Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative category at the AFTAs 2017.
AFTAs 2017 Interview: State Street Global Exchange
State Street Global Exchange won the Best Front-Office Initiative at the 2017 AFTAs.
AFTAs 2017 Interview: Thomson Reuters
Mike Naughton discusses how the partnership came together and its results.
AFTAs 2017: Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months: Risk/Compliance and Reporting—AQMetrics
AQMetrics, headquartered just west of Dublin, Ireland, wins its first AFTA, beating 11 other outstanding entries in this category, thanks to the work it has done over the course of the last 12 months in enhancing the functionality of its approved…
AFTAs 2017: Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months: Middle and Back Office—AdvantageData
AdvantageData Inc. (ADI) wins its first category at the AFTAs thanks to its Middle Market Loan Advantage offering, which saw off a handful of entries in this new category. The Boston-based firm, founded back in 1997, initially focused on providing cross…
AFTAs 2017: Best Analytics Initiative—Credit Suisse
The platform has over 100 models representing over 90 percent of Credit Suisse’s revenue within the Intermediate Holding Company (IHC).
AFTAs 2017: Best Mobile Strategy—Janus Henderson
Janus Henderson, the merged entity comprising Janus Capital and London-based Henderson Group, wins its first AFTA thanks to its Quantum Global offering, the firm’s risk management, research, and portfolio analysis tool, which has been used by the…