The annual Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY, are the flagship industry-wide celebration to recognise the contribution that both firms and their people have made to the Scottish financial services sector and to wider society.

The 2024 Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY are returning on the 31st of October at the Hilton Glasgow.

Keep scrolling to find out everything you need to know about this year’s event.

We look forward to seeing everybody there on the night.

2024 Charity Partner

SFE are delighted to choose Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity as our charity partner for 2024. The charity fundraise to ensure that every baby, child and young person treated at Scotland's largest children's hospital receives the extra special care they deserve.

The charity’s work also includes funding the hospital’s financial inclusion services, which help families to manage the financial challenges linked to long-term illnesses and help them to access welfare support.

Our aim this year is to raise £20,000 for the charity which will go towards supporting this service, ensuring that families have access to financial support and advice when they need it most.

Find out more about the charity below and please donate whatever you can to support this important cause.

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Glasgow Hilton
1 William Street
Glasgow
G3 8HT

Located off the M8, the Glasgow Hilton sits on the edge of Glasgow’s City Centre. The West End, the SEC, and OVO Hydro are within a one-mile radius

The Glasgow Hilton is very conveniently placed for travel with Glasgow Airport only a 15 minute drive away and Glasgow’s two main train stations only a 15 and 20 minute walk from the hotel.

2024 award categories and shortlists

The award was open to any Scottish based project team, individual or collaboration working in financial services, or organisations providing services to the industry. The impact of the nomination should have had a positive impact on the sector here in Scotland and, where appropriate, a wider impact.
Nominees have been judged on their ability to demonstrate any, or all, of the following:
Delivering business growth, modernisation or job creation that has had a positive impact on Scotland’s economy
Investment in businesses, projects, or communities which has created demonstrable growth, financial resilience or financial wellbeing
Collaborating across financial services, with government, and with public sector to enable innovative financing models, economic transition and/ or sustainable economic growth across economic cycles
Policy advice or economic expertise that has helped policy makers to make good decisions that support an effective economic recovery
The finalists for the Business Growth Award are:
- Barclays
- Castle Community Bank
- Hymans Robertson
- JP Morgan Chase
- Scottish National Investment Bank

The award was open to any Scottish based project team, individual or collaboration working in financial services, or organisations providing services to the industry. The impact of the nomination should have had a positive impact on the sector here in Scotland and, where appropriate, a wider impact.
Nominees have been judged on their ability to demonstrate any, or all, of the following:
Role modelling behaviours that ensure financial services is leading by example and reflecting on its own impact
Inspiring leadership, innovation and expansion in green finance and ESG expertise
Supporting the Scottish economy to transition to net zero
Facilitating work with other sectors to enable decarbonisation and transition
Leading the way in transparent disclosure and commitments on industry standards
The finalists for the Net Zero Award are:
- Perigon Partners
- Royal Bank of Scotland (Agriculture initiative)
- Royal Bank of Scotland (Climate Springboard)
- Scottish Building Society and Snugg
- Scottish National Investment Bank

The award was open to any Scottish based project team, individual or collaboration working in financial services, or organisations providing services to the industry. The impact of the nomination should have had a positive impact on the sector here in Scotland and, where appropriate, a wider impact.
Nominees have been judged on their ability to demonstrate any, or all, of the following:
A continued focus on supporting vulnerable customers, especially through the use of technology or innovation to ensure greater inclusion and fairness
Supporting digital literacy, customer experience transformation and access to financial services
Enabling innovation through collecting and sharing data, analysis or technology on customer insights, demographics and demands
The finalists for the Changing Customer Needs Award are:
- Barclays
- Financial Inclusion for Scotland
- HSBC
- NatWest Group
- TSB

The award was open to any Scottish based project team, individual or collaboration working in financial services, or organisations providing services to the industry. The impact of the nomination should have had a positive impact on the sector here in Scotland and, where appropriate, a wider impact.
Nominees have been judged on their ability to demonstrate any, or all, of the following:
Effective upskilling/reskilling of their current talent base with fresh skills to keep up changing demands through their careers
Improving diversity and inclusion, through educating and supporting young people or excluded workforce demographics to access opportunities of working in financial services and broadening pathways into the sector
Supporting innovation in working models to enable flexible and hybrid working to attract new roles, appeal to a wider and more inclusive skills base, and/or support health and wellbeing
Taking a leading role in driving inflows of people and skills in Scotland’s financial services industry through
The finalists for the Skills & Inclusion Award are:
- Nicola Kirkham, BlackRock
- JP Morgan Chase
- KPMG
- Morgan Stanley
- Tesco Bank
- Royal Bank of Scotland

The award was open to any Scottish based project team, individual or collaboration working in financial services, or organisations providing services to the industry. The impact of the nomination should have had a positive impact on the sector here in Scotland and, where appropriate, a wider impact.
Nominees have been judged on their ability to demonstrate any, or all, of the following:
Supporting financial innovation through outstanding use of data, AI and emerging technologies
Use of data, AI and emerging technologies to drive digital transformation or operational resilience
Cutting-edge research, development or thought leadership on data science and artificial intelligence
Use of financial data as a force for social good
The finalists for the Innovation Award are:
- Barclays
- Citi
- Embark Group
- Tesco Bank
- Tom Wyllie, Capco

Looking for someone in the early stages of their career path in financial or professional services, who’s already having an impact. Nominations will be judged on:
Evidence of outstanding potential and development in the early stages of their career
Impact that goes beyond their own personal career to promote the industry and its role in wider society.
Evidence of context and having overcome barriers may be considered
The finalists for the Rising Star Award are:
- Craig Laughland, Barclays
- Shannan Patterson, Capco
- Cyril Ishabiyi, JP Morgan Chase
- Fatima Ceesay Lopez, JP Morgan Chase
- David McIntosh, KPMG

The Chair’s Awards will be presented to two nominations that the judging panel feels is most deserving across all categories and best demonstrates our positive impact on society. All nominations put forward for the other award categories will automatically be considered.
In addition to choosing from nominations put forward for other award categories, firms are also welcome to nominate a programme, organisation or individual as a contender within the Chair’s Award category instead - if they feel the achievements span a number of other award categories, don’t quite fit within the existing categories, or they believe it transcends the definitions/restrictions outlined in the other categories above. The two awards up for grabs are:
Chair’s Award for outstanding individual contribution
Chair’s Award for outstanding organisational contribution