Women in Financial Advice Awards 2026: All the nominations!

More than 1,150 women from 450 firms were nominated for WIFA 2026

Professional Adviser
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Professional Adviser is delighted to unveil the long list of more than 1,150 women nominated across all the categories in the 2026 Women in Financial Advice Awards.

Now in their ninth year, the awards are designed to celebrate the achievements of women working within the financial advice community and across the UK financial services sector. This year, a total of 3,624 nominations were received for 1,164 women from more than 450 individual companies These awards are not about men versus women - they are simply about celebrating and recognising the achievements of women in a sector where they continue to be underrepresented. In total, we were thrilled to have received a record number of individual nominations and, once the multiple nominees ...

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