Women in Technology & Data Awards 2024: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology honored the winners of the 36 categories in the 2024 Women in Technology & Data Awards, who were announced at a sit-down lunch in London on International Women's Day on March 8.
The highest-profile category of this year’s awards—the trailblazer (lifetime achievement) award—was won by Stella Yeung (Scotiabank), while Microsoft’s Poornima Muthukumar won the Sandra Villena unsung heroine award.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2024 winners:
Above and beyond award (end-user): Rachel Dickinson (Lloyds Banking Group)
Above and beyond award (vendor): Susan Bennett (Tradeweb)
Best company for diversity & inclusion: Qomply
Consultant of the year: Kirti Katiyar (CJC)
Data science professional of the year (end-user): Sahana Athreya (Millennium Management)
Data science professional of the year (vendor): Sreeja Ashok (Tata Consultancy Services)
EDM professional of the year: Neslihan Yegul (S&P Global Market Intelligence)
Engineer/programmer of the year: Hannah Morris (RBC Capital Markets)
Exchange professional of the year: Anya van den Berg (Deutsche Börse)
Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (end-user): Smita Gupta (HSBC)
Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (vendor): Fiona McGilly (First Derivative)
Legal/compliance professional of the year: Naomi Jung (Quantile, an LSEG Business)
Market data professional of the year: Michelle Tran (TMX Group)
Reference data professional of the year (end-user): Ludmila Morgunova (BNP Paribas)
Reference data professional of the year (vendor): Emma Kalliomaki (ANNA and the Derivatives Service Bureau)
Rising star (end-user): Bhawana Haritwal (T. Rowe Price)
Rising star (vendor): Marianna Rayetskyy (Liquidnet)
Rising star – data, engineering & product development: Roberta Bill (SmartStream Technologies)
Rising star – sales, marketing & UX: Lauren Manchester (Ridgeline)
Risk professional of the year: Dara Sosulski (HSBC)
Startup professional of the year: Kristina Fan (7 Chord)
Support professional of the year: Vicky Sanders (OpenFin)
Technology innovator of the year (end-user): Laura Hamilton (Bank of America)
Technology innovator of the year (vendor): Christy Bremner (SS&C Technologies)
Technology leader of the year (end-user): Sejal Shah (BNP Paribas)
Technology leader of the year (vendor): Bernadette Kogler (RiskSpan)
Trade execution professional of the year: Lakshmi Wildman (Bank of America)
Trailblazer (lifetime achievement) award: Stella Yeung (Scotiabank)
Vendor partnership/alliance professional of the year: Philippa Christian (Moody’s)
Vendor professional of the year – business development: Julie Barthés (Finastra)
Vendor professional of the year – data & operations: Joanna Davies (OSTTRA)
Vendor professional of the year – trading & risk: Mina Wallace (SS&C Algorithmics)
Wellness/work-life balance award (end-user): Rocelle Domingo (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)
Wellness/work-life balance award (vendor): Amanda Keleher (Consensys)
Services to the industry award: Czarina Reinante (Substantive Research)
The Sandra Villena unsung heroine award: Poornima Muthukumar (Microsoft)
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