2026 Winners

Please see below the winners and finalists from the 2026 Women in Finance Awards.

The winners were announced on Thursday, January 22nd, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

Legacy Award

recipient:

Overall Winner

WINNER:

Carrie Hanley

Best Female Led Team

WINNER:

BNP Paribas - Transfer Agency/Investor Services Operations

FINALISTS:

  • BaxterStorey Ireland Finance Team
  • BNP Paribas - Transfer Agency/Investor Services Operations
  • CR Payroll Solutions - CR Payroll Operations Team
  • Danske Bank Large Corporates & Institutions Legal Ireland
  • Mediolanum International Funds - Product and Marketing Department
  • Mortgage Navigators

Excellence in Senior Leadership

WINNER:

Fidelis Insurance Group - Aoife Woulfe

FINALISTS:

  • CR Payroll Solutions - Sinead Comerford
  • Fidelis Insurance Group - Aoife Woulfe
  • Fideuram Asset Management Ireland - Mary Ellen Harnedy
  • Irish League of Credit Unions - Karen Mulligan

Excellence in Senior Leadership - Large

WINNER:

Block - Niamh Cunningham

FINALISTS:

  • ACCA - Sarah Lane
  • BaxterStorey Ireland - Dee Mahon
  • Block - Niamh Cunningham
  • BNP Paribas - Joy Kiely
  • Carne Group - Ciara Heslin
  • Fintua - Catherine Quirke

Excellence in Accounting

WINNER:

KPMG - Naazneen Moosa

FINALISTS:

  • Fuchsia Bell Chartered Accountants - Ger O'Connor
  • KPMG - Naazneen Moosa

Excellence in Fintech

WINNER:

Sprintax - Joanna Murphy

FINALISTS:

  • Block - Niamh Cunningham
  • Citco Technology Management Ireland - Ann Howard
  • Sprintax - Joanna Murphy

Best Operations Leadership

WINNER:

Equifax Commercial Services - Susan Bainbridge

FINALISTS:

  • CR Payroll Solutions - Isla Mosse
  • Equifax Commercial Services - Susan Bainbridge
  • SYS Financial - Aileen Delaney

Best HR & People Leadership

WINNER:

Carne Group - Ciara Heslin

FINALISTS:

  • Carne Group - Ciara Heslin
  • Equifax Commercial Services - Kav Sangha
  • Fideuram Asset Management Ireland - May Ismail

Best Client & Customer Service Leadership

WINNER:

Citco Fund Services Ireland - Michelle Farrell

FINALISTS:

  • BNP Paribas - Siobhan Doohan
  • Citco Fund Services Ireland - Michelle Farrell
  • Citco Fund Services Ireland - Noreen Boland
  • Davy - Aoife Quinn
  • Davy - Gillian Griffin

Best Sales and Commercial Leadership

WINNER:

Loanitt - Carrie Hanley

FINALISTS:

  • Davy - Caroline Kelly
  • Davy - Louise O'Connor
  • Loanitt - Carrie Hanley

Best ESG Leadership

WINNER:

Mediolanum International Funds - Inma Conde

FINALISTS:

  • Fideuram Asset Management Ireland - Emer Devlin
  • Mediolanum International Funds - Inma Conde

Rising Star of the Year

WINNER:

Fenergo - Nifemi Ogunbiyi

FINALISTS:

  • Castle Capital - Leah McMahon
  • Fenergo - Nifemi Ogunbiyi
  • Fineco Asset Management - Irina Bevza

Workplace of the Year

WINNER:

BNP Paribas

FINALISTS:

  • BNP Paribas
  • CubeMatch
  • Fidelis Insurance Ireland

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Strategy of the Year

WINNER:

CubeMatch

FINALISTS:

  • CubeMatch
  • Equifax