Professional Paraplanner is delighted to announce our individual Awards shortlists for our 10-year anniversary celebration.
Our thanks to Standard Life who are Headline Sponsor of the Professional Paraplanner Awards.
We were delighted with the response to this year’s Awards and received an exceptionally high number of entries. Many of the entries were of a really high standard – so much so, the shortlisting process was inspiring but also incredibly difficult.
To enter the 2026 Awards, each entrant had to submit a 500 word essay on a set topic. The essays were then reviewed by our panel of judges who looked at roles, knowledge, skills, attitudes and outlooks within the profession.
The judging process of the entrants shortlisted is now underway and the winners of the awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on Wednesday 15 July.
If you’d like to join us for an afternoon celebration, please do send an email to Richard Ley about taking a table at the awards: [email protected]
We are so looking forward to our biggest celebration yet, marking our tenth year recognising the talent, support and unwavering hard work that happens within paraplanning.
A huge well done to everyone that entered this year, with extended congratulations to those shortlisted. Here are our confirmed 2026 shortlists for the seven individual Awards:
Paraplanner of the Year (in-house)
Helen Johnson, Beckett Financial Services
Katie Burgess, Crowe Financial Planning
Kyle Kennedy, Trinity Bridge
Damian Zhang, Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning
Outsourced Paraplanner of the Year
Alan Gow, Argonaut
Kate Hall, Verve
Stephanie Tennant, Accelerate Adviser Solutions Ltd
Jawaad Tanwir, ParaplanX
Paraplanner Team of the Year
Quilter Cheviot
Acumen
Jacksons
Argonaut
Paraplanner Team Leader of the Year
Poonam Patel, Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning
Devon Cragie, Fairstone
Hannah Wynick, Core Financial
Rebecca Montandon, Barclays
Investment Paraplanner of the Year
Kate Richardson, Blithe House Financial Management
Michael Cooke, Verve
Lynsey Gillanders, Westward Financial Management
Jack Wade, Financial Affairs
New Paraplanner of the Year
Alex Woodcock, Verve
Jack Walker, Fairstone
Lynette Baskett, St Barts Finance
Administrator of the Year
Kaycey Robinson, GSI Wealth Management
Micaela Tadmor, Core Financial Planning
Drew Lewis, Simpson Wood
Antoinette Elgar, Argentis Wealth Management
Main image: Photograph taken at the Professional Paraplanner Awards 2025
