The process to decide the Headlinemoney Awards category winners is carried out by more than a hundred judges comprising senior financial journalists, editors and PRs drawn from around the UK’s money media. 

The judges 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 Chair of Judges, David Worsfold with help from Headlinemoney's Head of Content & Strategy, Claire Beard.

It is a great privilege to be able to lead such a fantastic team of judges. My thanks to every one of them.
The judging process is rigorous, involving several stages and plenty of lively debate. We are lucky to have so many experienced, respected journalists devote time to these awards: without them, it is no exaggeration to say the awards would not happen.
The quality of the entries makes our job very hard but also demonstrates the enormous talent among the UK’s financial journalists. Their determination to do the very best for their readers and audiences shines through time and time again.

- David Worsfold, Headlinemoney Chair of Judges

There was a strong shortlist of talented journalists, speaking to how high the standard is across the sector. 

- 2025 judges

A huge thank you to all the 2025 judges!

Lauren Almeida, The Guardian	Elizabeth Anderson, Freelance	Sue Anderson, StepChange Debt Charity
Lucy Andrews, The Sun	Cristian Angeloni, Investment Week	Ida Axling, Freelance
Carol Baker, Credit Control Journal	Charlotte Banks, Schroders	Sam Barrett, Freelance
Claer Barrett, Financial Times	Angela Barritt, Freelance	Sian Barton, Freelance
Mark Battersby	Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle	James Baxter- Derrington, Telegraph Media Group
Lynn Beattie, Mrs MummyPenny	Katie Binns, Times Money Mentor	Jessica Bird, The Intermediary
Laura Blows, Pensions Age	Lee Boyce, This is Money	Emily Braeger, The i Paper
Beth Brearley,  Freelance	Jaskeet Briah,  COVER Magazine	Michael Brown, Times Money Mentor
Jenna Brown, Professional Adviser	Tom Browne, Money Marketing	Matt Browning,  Your Money
Chris Burn, The Yorkshire Post	David Burrows, Mortgage Strategy	Myra Butterworth, Freelance
Rhiannon Byers, The Money Charity	Sarah Calkin, Local Government Chronicle	Angharad Carrick, This is Money
Chloe Cheung, FT Adviser	Valentina Cipriani, Investors' Chronicle	Luke Clancy, Risk.net
Rebekah Commane, Mortgage Strategy & Mortgage Finance Gazette	Adele Cooke, The Sun	Dan Cooper, Money Marketing
Helen Crane, This is Money	Harry Curtis, Insurance Post	Sarah Davidson, Freelance
Aramide Debo-Aina, Capital Group	Katherine Denham, The Times	Scott Dixon, Candis Magazine
Kimberly Dondo, Money Marketing	Harvey Dorset, This is Money	Liz Edwards, Freelance
Marie Ellis, Freelance	Ruth Emery, Freelance	Simon English, The Standard
Damian Fantato, FT Adviser	Jeremy Fawcett, Platforum	Pádraig Floyd, Freelance
Anthony Forchione, MoneySavingExpert	Ruth Jackson-Kirby, Freelance	Jen Frost, Professional Adviser
Georgie Frost, Freelance	Rosemary Gallagher The Scotsman	Martin George, Local Government Chronicle
Lucas Germanos, Zopa Bank	Marina Gerner, Freelance	Charlotte Gifford, The Telegraph
Edmund Greaves, Mouthy Money	John Greenwood, Corporate Adviser	Elliot Gulliver-Needham, City AM
Sally Hamilton, Freelance	Rosie Hamilton, MoneySavingExpert	Felicity Hannah, Freelance
Linda Harper, Nucleus	Stephanie Hawthorne, Freelance	Geoff Ho, Freelance
Katie Hope, BBC	Emma Ann Hughes, Insurance Post	Frances Ivens, The Telegraph
Lindsay James, Quilter	Matthew Jenkin, Which?	Madhu Kalia, Rathbones
Farah Khalique, Banking Risk & Regulation	Helen Knapman, MoneySavingExpert	Pamela Kokoszka, IPE
Simoney Kyriakou, FTAdviser	Rob Langston, Environmental Finance	Callum Lawson-Gallagher, Platforum
Katrina Lloyd, Incisive Media	Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, Employee Benefits	Eve Maddock-Jones, Investment Week
Callum Mason, The i paper	Mick McAteer, Centre for Financial Exclusion	Scott McGee, Insurance Post
Joe McGrath, Rhotic Media	Darius McQuaid, Money Marketing	James Merrick, Standard Life
Andrew Michael, Freelance	Charlotte Moore, Freelance	Jo Moulds, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Momodou Musa-Toray, Money Marketing	Emma Newlands, Freelance	Amanda Newman-Smith, Money Marketing
Jessica O'Connor, The Intermediary	Sam Partington, Freelance	Alexa Philllips, The i Paper
Aileen Prendergast,  Zoopla	Laura Purkess, Freelance	Jimmy Rice, Sky News
Sam Richardson, Which? Money	Rachel Rickard Strauss, The Mail on Sunday	Cameron Roberts, COVER
Jon Robinson, City AM	Lindsey Rogerson, Compliance Corylated	Madeleine Ross, The Telegraph
Katie Royals, PAM Insight	Peter Ruddick, BBC	Anna Sagar, Mortgage Solutions
Marc Shoffman, Freelance	Emma Simon, Corporate Adviser	Graham Simons, Health & Protection
Kavitha Sivasubramaniam, Birketts LLP	Chris Sloley, Citywire	Pieter Snepvangers, The Telegraph
Dean Sobers, Which? Money	Jonathan Stapleton, Professional Pensions & Workplace Savings & Benefits	David Thorpe, FT Adviser
Lois Vallely, Hoxton Wealth	Ayesha Venkataraman, Insurance Insider	Harry Walker, Yorkshire Building Society
Dominic Webb, Responsible Investor	Rob White, The Telegraph	Katie Williams, MoneyWeek
Grace Witherden, Which?	Greg Wright, Yorkshire Post