Revealed: All the winners at the Women in Financial Advice Awards 2018

A good night for Tilney

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Tilney Group Chartered financial planner Eliana Sydes was named Financial Adviser of the Year at the inaugural Women in Financial Advice Awards on Wednesday evening at a gala dinner attended by almost 500 finance professionals.

Sydes, who had topped the regional South West & Wales Adviser category, narrowly beat the highly commended Sonia Wheeler, managing director of Essential Wealth Management, who had won the South East Adviser award. In a good night for Tilney, Manchester office managing partner Ann-Marie Atkins won the North of England Adviser category while investment director Caroline Connell was named Woman of the Year - Investment. The full 2018 roll of honour can be seen below. The Women in Financial Advice awards have been created by Professional Adviser and its sister publications Cover and Retir...

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