The GAIN Awards 2025
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of students and volunteers participating in our programmes
Thanks to our hosts…
Tilly Franklin
GAIN Founder.
CEO and Chief Investment Officer at University of Cambridge.
Rahul Moodgal
GAIN Trustee.
Director/ Partner - Parvus Asset Management.
Special thanks…
We’d like to extend our gratitude to GAIN Sponsor firm Apollo Global for hosting The GAIN Awards this year at their London offices.
Investment Challenge 2025:
Presented by: CISI
🏆 Winner: London Academy of Excellence🏆
Runners Up: Watford Grammar School for Girls
GIIP Student of the Year.
Presented by: FactSet
🏆 Winner: Georgia Beckley 🏆
Runner up: Begum Celebi
Nominees: Begum Celebi, Elisa Jourdan, Georgia Beckley
Intern of the Year.
Presented by: Troy Asset Management
🏆 Winner: Zainab Moallin – Charterhouse Capital Partners 🏆
Runner up: Izzy Rees – Business Growth Fund
Nominees: Izzy Rees – Business Growth Fund, Mingshan Sherry Lin – Stable Asset Management, and Zainab Moallin – Charterhouse Capital Partners
Society of the Year.
Presented by: Alta Advisors
🏆 Winner: Leeds University Women in Leadership and Leeds University Trading and Investment Club (LUUTIS) 🏆
Nominees: Edinburgh University Trading & Investment Club (EUTIC), Leeds University Women in Leadership and Leeds University Trading and Investment Club (LUUTIS), St Andrews - Women in Business, University College London - Women in Finance, and University of Exeter - Exeter Global Visionaries Society
Student of the Year .
Presented by: GIC
🏆 Winner: Janelle Kairat – King’s College London 🏆
Nominees: Ivanna Dueñas García – The University of Stirling, Janelle Kairat – King’s College London, Sara Hamid – Lancaster University
GAIN Alumni of the Year 2023.
Presented by: Apollo Global Management
Winner: Shivali Agarwal, Ardian 🏆
Nominees: Alice Grant, TROVIQ Private Markets, Georgina Witter, Brown Advisory, Shivali Agarwal, Ardian
Mentor of the Year (Investment Challenge).
Presented by: Mondrian
🏆 Winner: Stephen Jordan 🏆
Nominees: Alexa Shanks – Mercer, Isabella Galliers-Pratt – Rathbones, Jacob Rubin – Philosophy Capital, and Stephen Jordan – Morrison Global
Mentor of the year (GIIP).
Presented by: Findley Park
🏆 Winner: Simon Reid – VAR Capital 🏆
Nominees: Aimee Truesdale – Martin Currie, Eric Burl – Man Group, Rick Eling – MKC Invest, Simon Reid – VAR Capital
Mentor of the year (Internship Programme).
Presented by: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
🏆 Winner: Emma Potter – AllianceBernstein 🏆
Nominees: Bertille Pommier – BlackRock, Carly Moorhouse – Quilter Cheviot, Emma Potter – AllianceBernstein
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Volunteer of the Year 2023/24.
Presented by: GAIN Trustees Anita Tiessen and Lawrence Foley
🏆 Winner: Nneka Orji - Alvarez & Marsal Capital 🏆
Nominees: Emma Kangis – EK Coaching, Faye Bowden - Franklin Templeton, Kathryn Board - Capital Group, Nneka Orji - Alvarez & Marsal Capital, and Rebecca Harvey - Border to Coast
Special recognition - Volunteer team of the year.
🏆 Winners: Barnett Waddingham (Gemma Martins and Reena Tanna) and Mondrian Investment Partners (Jamie Shearer, Chloe Krepelka, Elcin Asuroglu and Laura Sprague) 🏆
Awards & Nominees
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