Corporate & Financial Awards

Hannah joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2008 and has been part of the Investor Relations team since 2014, where she focuses on delivering and enhancing the Group’s corporate reporting, including the production of the Annual Report and Accounts.

Prior to joining Investor Relations, Hannah held a variety of roles across the Group including Finance Business Partner for Commercial Banking and Group Operations. Her experience has provided her with a well-developed financial background combined with valuable experience in establishing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Prior to joining the Group, Hannah worked at Sumitomo Mitsubishi and Aviva. Outside of work, Hannah enjoys spending time with her teenage twins and socialising with friends.

Angela Catlin is a seasoned Investor Relations and Communications professional with 15 years’ experience in Financial Services. Most recently Angela ran the investor relations and external communications programme at The Co-operative Bank in her role as Head of Investor Relations, Corporate Affairs and Brand, where she played a pivotal role in supporting on all communications related to the acquisition of the Bank by Coventry Building Society. Previous to joining The Co-operative Bank, Angela was an Associate Director within the Lloyds Banking Group investor relations team.

Sarah is head of strategic
communications at Thames
Water, shaping and amplifying
the company’s narrative to
debt investors, sustainability
stakeholders and wider audiences.
With around 20 years’ global
communications experience,
she brings expertise in corporate
storytelling, ESG reporting
and stakeholder engagement.
Before joining Thames Water,
she held senior communications
roles at BBC Worldwide and
Healios, strengthening corporate
reputation and positioning across
international markets.

Charlotte is the head of investor
relations – Listed at Octopus
Energy Generation, where she
leads the investor relations and
communications for their listed
company, Octopus Renewables
Infrastructure Trust plc. Before
joining Octopus, she spent seven
years at HarbourVest Partners,
latterly heading up the IR and
communications for HarbourVest
Global Private Equity. With over
20 years of experience, Charlotte
brings a deep understanding of
both public and private markets,
offering valuable perspective in
her role.

Claire works strategically as an executive mentor and board advisor across a variety of sectors and organisations, supporting them to improve their governance, sustainability and reporting practices to enhance reputational value.

With more than 25 years of capital markets, finance and management consulting experience, Claire has extensive skills in developing growth, sustainability and governance renewal programmes. She regularly provides board learning and development programmes to upskill in governance, sustainability and reporting. Claire is an Executive Fellow at Kings College Business School, London as well as being an associate lecturer and PGR board member for Nottingham Business School.

Claire has NED experience in the listed, entrepreneurial, youth, health, charity, local authority as well as the wider public sector and she currently serves as the Chair of TechPixies.com.

Simon’s role at Howdens combines
best practice corporate and
ESG reporting with accounting
technical reporting. He leads the
development of Howdens’ annual
report and sustainability report,
and the implementation of new
accounting standards. Simon
specialises in ESG, strategy and
business model reporting and
sat on the advisory group for the
Financial Reporting Council’s
(FRC) recent project, The Future
of Corporate Reporting. He is
also a member of the FRC
advisory panel

Jo is Director, Corporate Production at Standard Chartered, where she leads the delivery of the Group’s Annual and Half Year Reports, alongside key corporate communications initiatives. She joined the Bank in 2024, bringing a wealth of experience from previous roles at bp and Pennon.

With nearly 20 years in corporate communications, Jo brings a unique blend of agency and client-side experience and has a proven track record of delivering high-impact corporate reporting and strategic communications. Before moving in-house, she spent several years at some of the industry’s leading reporting and communications agencies, supporting a diverse portfolio of global clients. Her breadth of experience gives her a deep understanding of strategic storytelling, stakeholder engagement and best-in-class corporate reporting.

Sarah is a senior communications
leader with more than
20 years of experience in
corporate affairs, reputation
management and strategic
media relations. As director of
external communications at
The Crown Estate, she leads
media relations, digital strategy
and brand storytelling, placing
communications at the heart of
reputation and engagement. She
previously served as corporate
affairs director at NatWest Group.

Laure is a seasoned comms
professional with over twenty
years of financial and corporate PR
experience across in-house and
agency roles. As head of external
communications at RELX, she
leads integrated strategies that
enhance and protect the group’s
global reputation. She oversees
storytelling, media relations, social
media and agency management,
working closely with investor
relations, government affairs and
corporate responsibility teams. Her
work has helped position RELX as
the FTSE 100’s best-performing
stock in four decades

Michelle is an experienced
communications professional
with global and in-market
experience protecting and
promoting the reputations of
global businesses and householdname brands in issues-rich
environments. She is head of
corporate communications for
UK and Ireland at Deliveroo,
where she leads corporate and
financial communications for
the group and Deliveroo’s largest
home market. Prior to this,
she was global head of brand
communications at Diageo.

Sue is a client services director
and board member at Black Sun
Global, where she leads strategic
corporate communications
initiatives that drive stakeholder
engagement and elevate brand
reputation. She oversees the
development of integrated
communications strategies that
help organisations articulate
their purpose, performance and
sustainability commitments
with clarity and impact. Her
work covers stakeholder insight,
narrative development and digital
storytelling, with a focus on
corporate reporting and ESG.

Claire is a strategic
communications leader with
extensive experience across
consumer, B2B and corporate
sectors. Skilled in narrative
creation, campaigning and
reputation management, she
advocates for communication’s
impact on business growth.
Her diverse experience includes
Mitie’s business transformation,
designing its ambitious net zero
strategy, launching TSB back on
to the high street, and working for
Halifax during the financial crisis.

Clare is head of corporate
communications at Workspace
Group, where she leads external
and internal communications,
media and stakeholder relations,
strengthening the company’s
reputation in a competitive
property market. With a strategic
mindset, she translates business
goals on growth and sustainability
into clear, compelling narratives
across channels. Her role links
workspace innovation with
effective storytelling, helping
organisations thrive in dynamic
urban settings.

Lesley is a corporate
communications director with
extensive executive experience
at a range of major organisations
– most recently, Nottingham
Building Society and previously
Royal London Group. From
2016 to 2021, she was director
of communications at The Cooperative Bank, where she played
a key role in its turnaround, which
paved the way for its merger with
Coventry Building Society. She has
also held leadership roles at City of
Edinburgh Council, Aegon UK and
the Association of British Insurers.

Simon has more than 20 years
of experience in corporate
reporting, sustainability and ESG
communications, working with
global businesses across multiple
sectors. He’s held senior roles
both in-house and agency-side,
with a strong track record as a
consultant helping organisations
turn complex disclosure into clear,
credible storytelling. Currently
sustainability reporting lead at
Heathrow Airport, Simon supports
the group’s reporting strategy
and wider regulatory obligations,
balancing compliance with
communication that connects.

Jon has more than 15 years of
experience at agencies focused
on finance, including more than
a decade with Cognito in both
New York and London. At Cognito,
he has a particular expertise in
designing and executing content
strategies. These run across
marketing and communications,
from social media and short form
to reports and white papers.
His focus is on creating material
that drives sales and builds
relationships. Jon holds the CFA
Certificate in ESG investing.

Rory leads external
communications at London
Fire Brigade (LFB). He is a senior
communications leader with
almost 20 years of experience
spanning public sector, consumer
and financial services. He has led
high-impact campaigns and crisis
communications for organisations
including Tesco, TSB, Uswitch and
the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Rory oversees media, social and
digital strategy at LFB, where he
plays a key role in shaping the
organisation’s external voice and
managing the communications
response to major incidents.

Jessica is a strategic
communications leader with more
than two decades of experience
leading global narratives at some
of the world’s biggest companies,
including Philips, Unilever and
Cisco. She excels in reputation
management, crisis response
and brand storytelling, crafting
communications that engage
stakeholders and protect brand
equity. With a sharp instinct for
media dynamics and audience
insight, Jessica blends creativity
with strategy to drive campaigns
that deliver real business impact.