The Drawdown Awards 2021: Winners announced
Last night, we announced the winners of The 2021 Drawdown Awards, at a ceremony held at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London, hosted by comedian Lucy Porter.
Winners of the 32 categories were chosen by a panel of judges comprising private equity chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief commercial officers, general counsel and chief technology officers. The GP categories were judged by a panel of LPs. For more on the judges, click here.
Massive congratulations to all of the finalists, and of course the winners!
Service Provider Categories
Advisory/Consultancy: ESG
Finalists:
- ACA Group
- Global Counsel
- ITPEnergised
- MJ Hudson
- Sancroft International
Winner: MJ Hudson
Advisory/Consultancy: Legal, Compliance & Regulatory
Finalists:
- ACA Group
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Corvus Advisers
- Kroll
Winner: Kroll
Advisory/Consultancy: Marketing & Communications
Finalists:
- BackBay Communications
- Brackendale Consulting
- Hawthorn Advisors
- MJ Hudson
Winner: MJ Hudson
Advisory/Consultancy: Operations & Technology
Finalists:
- EY
- Holland Mountain
- Lionpoint
- RFA
Winner: Lionpoint
Advisory/Consultancy: Tax
Finalists:
- Hansuke Consulting
- Kroll
- Macfarlanes
Winner: Macfarlanes
Fund Financing: Advisory Services
Finalists:
- Avardi Partners
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
- Debevoise & Plimpton
Winner: Debevoise & Plimpton
Fund Financing: Provider
Finalists:
- 17Capital
- Crestline
- Investec Bank
- OakNorth Bank
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- RBS International
Winner: Investec Bank
Foreign Exchange Services
Finalists:
- Alpha FX
- Validus Risk Management
Winner: Validus Risk Management
IT Provider: Cyber Security
Finalists:
- ACA Aponix
- Drawbridge
- ECI
- RFA
Winner: ACA Aponix
IT Provider: Managed Service Provider
Finalists:
- Doherty Associates
- ECI
- Options Technology
- RFA
- Thrive
- Tribeca Technology Group
Winner: Doherty Associates
Legal: Fund Formation
Finalists:
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Ashurst
- Carey Olsen
- Goodwin Procter
- MJ Hudson
- Travers Smith
Winner: Travers Smith
Recruitment: Finance & Operations
Finalists:
- Altus Partners
- Carnegie Consulting
- Finatal
- March Consultants
- One Ten Associates
- PER
Winner: PER
Technology: Accounting & Reporting
Finalists:
- Allvue Systems
- AST Private Company Solutions
- AtomInvest Software
- FIS
- FundCount
- Hazeltree Fund Services
- LemonEdge
Winner: Allvue Systems
Technology: End to End
Finalists:
- Allvue Systems
- AtomInvest Software
- Mercatus
Winner: Allvue Systems
Technology: ESG
Finalists:
- AtomInvest Software
- MJ Hudson
- Nossa Data
- RepRisk
Winner: MJ Hudson
Technology: Investor Relations
Finalists:
- AtomInvest Software
- Bite Investments
- Delio
- Goji
- PEARonline
- VALK
Winner: AtomInvest Software
Technology: Portfolio Monitoring/Risk Management
Finalists:
- Allvue Systems
- AtomInvest Software
- DealCloud
- Validus Risk Management
Winner: Validus Risk Management
Technology: Regulatory & Compliance
Finalists:
- ACA Group
- Apperio
Winner: Apperio
Technology: Innovation
Finalists:
- Accelex Technology
- Canoe Intelligence
- Goji
- Maestro
- RFA
- Titanbay
Winner: Canoe Intelligence
Fund Administration: ESG
Finalists:
- Apex Group
- IQ-EQ
- JTC Group
Winner: JTC Group
Fund Administration: ManCo Services
Finalists:
- Alter Domus
- Apex Group
- Avega Capiral Management
- JTC Group
- Maples Group
- MJ Hudson
Winner: Maples Group
Fund Administration: Technology & Innovation
- Alter Domus
- Citco
- Highvern
- Linnovate Partners
- Maples Group
- MUFG Investor Services
Winner: Highvern
Fund Administration: Under $50bn (total AUM)
- Crestbridge
- Hawksford
- Highvern
- JTC Group
- Mainspring Fund Services
- Maitland Group
Winner: Mainspring Fund Services
Fund Administration: Over $50bn (total AUM)
- Alter Domus
- Apex Group
- Aztec Group
- Citco
- IQ-EQ
- Langham Hall
- Maples Group
- MUFG Investor Services
Winner: Aztec Group
GP Categories
Legal & Compliance Professional of the Year
Winner: Chris Bulger, Vitruvian Partners
HR & Talent Professional of the Year
Winner: Dorte Wigg, IK Investment Partners
Technology Professional of the Year
Winner: Kevin Muller, Coller Capital
Rising Star
Winner: Martina Sanow, Hg
ESG Professional of the Year
Winner: Shami Nissan, Actis
Chief Operating Officer of the Year
Winner: Karen Sands, Hermes GPE
Chief Financial Officer of the Year
Winner: Giovanni Pericolini, Medixci
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