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