Media Release

London, United Kingdom:

The International Corporate Governance Network’s (ICGN) is pleased to announce the shortlisted nominations for 2025 ICGN awards.

Anne-Marie Jourdan, Chair of the ICGN Awards Committee, said:

“As we celebrate ICGN’s 30th year, it’s inspiring to see the depth and diversity of talent recognised across both the Achievement and Global Stewardship Disclosure Awards. Each nominee reflects a real commitment to improving governance and stewardship standards around the world. I would like to thank my fellow Awards Committee members and judges for their thoughtful deliberations and for helping to honour excellence in our field.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted nominees on this well-deserved recognition.”

Jen Sisson, ICGN CEO, said:

“These awards celebrate the people and organisations that who embody the best of global governance and stewardship, showing us how ‘G is Key’ to long-term success.

Congratulations to all our shortlisted nominees you all represent excellence in practice and purpose.”

The shortlists are:

ICGN Achievement Awards:

• Excellence in Corporate Governance Award – Individuals
  • Traore Bakari, Cabinet d’Avocats, Côte d’Ivoire
  • Dr. Niraj Gupta, Indian Institute for Corporate Governance, India
  • Amaka Ibeji, DPO Africa Network, US
  • Domenica Lista, Leonardo SpA, Italy
  • Susana Siera, BH Compliance, US
  • Marta Viegas, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), US/Brazil

• Excellence in Corporate Governance Award – organisation or team
  • Assogestioni, the Italian Investment Management Association’s Corporate Governance Team, Italy
  • Axis Bank Limited, IndiaMarco Becht and Research Team, Solvay Brussels School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), BelgiumEOS at Federated Hermes Limited, UK
  • Railpen, UK

• Excellence in Stewardship Award: Individuals
  • Nana Li, Impax Asset Management, Hong Kong
  • Vaishnavi Ravishankar, Brunel Pension Partnership, UK

• Excellence in Stewardship Award: Organisation, team or collaboration
  • Church Commissioners of England, Responsible Investment Team, UK
  • Collective Impact Coalition, Ethical Artificial Intelligence, World Benchmarking Alliance, registered in The Netherlands
  • The FAIRR Initiative, UKNordea Asset Management- Methane collaborative engagement, Sweden
  • People’s Pension, provided by People’s Partnership, UK

• Rising Star Award
  • Will Ferrell, EOS at Federated Hermes Limited, UK
  • Lucy Larner, Schroders, UK
  • Shilpi Nanda, Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway
  • Landon Shea, Alliance Bernstein, UK
  • Enobong Shittu, DLA Piper Africa, Nigeria
  • Georgia Stewart, Tumelo, UK

Global Stewardship Disclosure Awards:

• Asset Owners- £60 billion and above AUM
  • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), Canada
  • Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Canada
  • LGPS Central Limited, UK
  • The Phoenix Group, UK
  • Scottish Widows, UK

• Asset Owners- under £60 billion AUM
  • Etica Sgr, Italy
  • Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Malaysia

• Asset Managers- £60 billion and above AUM
  • Columbia Threadneedle Management LTD, UK
  • Eurizon Capital SGR SpA, Italy
  • Federated Hermes, UK
  • Irish Life Investment Managers, Ireland
  • Legal & General Investment Management, UK
  • Manulife Investment Management, Canada
  • Nordea Asset Management, Sweden
  • Robeco Institutional Asset Management BV, The Netherlands
  • Royal London Asset Management, UK
  • Walter Scott & Partners Limited, UK

• Asset Managers- under £60 billion AUM
  • Berenberg Asset Management, Germany
  • Boston Common Asset Management, US
  • LBP AM, France
  • Quantum Asset Management Pvt Ltd., India
  • Sands Capital Management, LLC, US