2026 Judges

Thank you to the many judges who have been involved in the process for deciding the Headlinemoney Awards category winners, carried out by senior financial journalists, editors, and PRs drawn from across the UK’s money media.

They are part of an extensive, two-stage judging process, kindly giving their time and expertise to review entries and participate in a round of scoring followed by comprehensive online panel discussions, overseen by the David Worsfold, Headlinemoney Chair of Judges.

David Worsfold

Headlinemoney Chair of Judges

David Worsfold is best known for his work as an award-winning financial journalist, in particular as a writer on the insurance industry and financial services. As well as editing a range of leading financial titles, David wrote for The Guardian for several years and has contributed to several major national newspapers. He has appeared on TV around the world, commenting on news stories affecting the insurance and financial services sectors.

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Full list of judges

Aaron Rogan
Business Post (Ireland)
Adele Cooke
The Sun
Alexa Murray
Vitality
Alina Khan
The i Paper
Amanda Newman-Smith
Money Marketing
Amy Austin
FT Adviser
Andrew Michael
Saga Publishing
Andy Webb
Be Clever With Your Cash
Angela Barritt
Freelance
Angharad Carrick
This is Money
Anna Sagar
InsuranceERM
Anthony Forchione
MoneySavingExpert.com
Beth Brearley
Freelance
Brian Donnelly
The Herald
Callum Conway-Shaw
Pensions Age
Callum Mason
The i Paper
Charlotte Gifford
The Telegraph
Cherry Reynard
Freelance
Chloe Cheung
FT Adviser
Chris Burn
The Yorkshire Post
Cristian Angeloni
Investment Week
Dan Cooper
Money Marketing
David Burrows
Mortgage Strategy
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck
Employee Benefits
Dominic Webb
Responsible Investor
Edmund Greaves
Mouthy Money
Ellie Duncan
Freelance
Elliot Gulliver-Needham
POLITICO
Emma Simon
Corporate Adviser
Emma Ann Hughes
Insurance Post
Emma Hilary Gould
WatersTechnology
Evy Williams
Capital Pioneer
Faye Lipson
Which? Money
Felicity Hannah
Freelance
Frances Ivens
The Sun
George McDade
Insurance Times
George Nixon
The Times
Georgie Frost
Freelance
Grace Witherden
Which?
Greg Wright
Yorkshire Post
Hannah Duncan
Freelance
Helen Crane
This is Money
Helen Knapman
MoneySavingExpert
Helen Morrissey
Hargreaves Lansdown
Hemma Visavadia
GB News
Holly Mead
Freelance
Ida Axling
Freelance
Indrabati Lahiri
Freelance
Isabel Baxter
Professional Adviser
Jack Simpson
The Times
James Baxter- Derrington
Telegraph Media Group
James Fitzgerald
POLITICO
Jen Frost
Professional Adviser
Jeremy Fawcett
Platforum
Jess Sharp
Sky News
Jessica Beard
The Daily Mail & The Mail on Sunday
Jessica O'connor
The Intermediary
Jessica Bird
The Intermediary
Jimmy Rice
Sky News
Joe Sledge
GB News
Joe McGrath
Rhotic Media
John Greenwood
Corporate Adviser
Jon Yarker
Freelance
Jonathan Guthrie
Financial Times
Jonathan Jones
Trustnet
Jonathan Stapleton
Professional Pensions and Workplace Savings & Benefits
Joseph Phelan
Money.co.uk
Josephine Moulds
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Joshua Wilson
Which? Money
Katie Elliott
Daily Express
Katie Scott
Insurance Times
Katie Royals
PAM Insight
Katrina Lloyd
Investment Week, Professional Adviser and Cover
Kimberley Dondo
Money Marketing
Laura Blows
Pensions Age
Laura Purkess
Freelance
Lauren Hardy
Portfolio Adviser
Laurence Fletcher
Financial Times
Leighann Forsythe
BIBA
Levi Winchester
Mirror Online
Linda Harper
Nucleus
Lindsey Rogerson
Compliance Corylated
Linus Uhlig
The Telegraph
Lizzie Murphy
The Yorkshire Post
Lori Campbell
Good with Money
Lucy Evans
Daily Mail
Luke Clancy
Risk.net
Lynn Beattie
Mrs MummyPenny
Madeleine Ross
The Telegraph
Madhu Kalia
Hargreaves Lansdown
Maria Ward-Brennan
City AM
Mariam Poursboushtari
Platforum
Martin George
Local Government Chronicle
Marvin Onumonu
The Intermediary
Mary Stretch
Calais Light
Matt Kenyon
City AM
Matthew Browning
RVU
Matthew Jenkin
Which? Money
Maurício Alencar
City AM
Megan Harwood-Baynes
The Times & Sunday Times
Megan McCabe
Rhotic Media
Melanie Ward
Yorkshire Building Society
Michael Brown
interactive investor
BOOK A TABLE
Michael Cleghorn
Investment IQ
Mick McAteer
Centre for Financial Exclusion
Miranda Holt
Expert Women Media Training
Moira O'Neill
Freelance
Momodou Musa-Toray
Money Marketing & Mortgage Strategy
Myra Butterworth
Freelance
Natalie Kenway
Freelance
Nathan Brooker
FT Money
Nick Reeve
Pensions Expert
Paige Perrin
Pensions Age
Pamela Kokoszka
IPE
Peter Ruddick
BBC / BBC Breakfast
Phil Hall
The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP)
Pieter Snepvangers
The Daily Telegraph
Pádraig Floyd
Freelance
Rachel Rickard Strauss
The Mail on Sunday
Rhiannon Byers
The Money Charity
Richard Wilcox
World Finance
Rob Langston
Environmental Finance
Rob White
The Telegraph
Rosemary Gallagher
The Scotsman
Rosie Hamilton
MoneySavingExpert.com
Rupert Hargreaves
City AM
Ruth Jackson-Kirby
Freelance
Sabuhi Gard
Freelance
Sahar Nazir
MRM
Sally Hamilton
Freelance
Sam Metcalf
TheBusinessDesk.com
Sam Partington
Freelance
Sam Richardson
Which? Money
Samantha Griffith
Standard Life
Sarah Davidson
Freelance
Scott Dixon
Candis Magazine
Selin Bucak
Freelance
Shekina Tuahene
Mortgage Solutions
Silvia Pavoni
The Banker
Simoney Kyriakou
FT Adviser
Sonia Rach
FT Adviser
Sophia Panayi
Professional Adviser
Sophie Downes
Citywire Wealth Manager
Stephanie Hawthorne
Freelance
Sue Anderson
Freelance
Tabitha Lambie
Money Marketing
Tara Evans
Freelance
Temi Laleye
GB News
Toby Walne
Freelance / The Daily Mail & The Mail on Sunday
Tom Browne
Money Marketing
Tony Hetherington
FT Adviser
Tynan Barton
Employee Benefits
Valentina Cipriani
Investors' Chronicle
Vicky McKeever
Yahoo