Women in Technology & Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding women within the data and technology industries serving the capital markets
Sell-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global sell-side community
Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards
Recognizing outstanding market, reference, and alternative data and data-related technologies across the capital markets
WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Recognizing excellence in the development and deployment of technology and data services across Asia's capital markets community
Waters Rankings
The longest-running of all WatersTechnology’s awards where the category winners are determined exclusively by the brand’s readers
Buy-Side Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party services catering to the global buy-side community
American Financial and Technology Awards
Recognizing the leading data, technologies and third-party vendors serving both sides of the financial services industry
About the WatersTechnology Awards
WatersTechnology runs seven awards programs annually, starting with the Women in Technology & Data Awards, held on or around International Women’s Day in March, and culminating with the American Financial Technology Awards, held in the first week of December. All awards are online only and are free to enter for all firms regardless of their location, although entrants should be aware that these awards focus on the data, technologies and services used by capital markets participants (investments banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges, etc.) and not the retail sector. Firms may enter as many categories as they wish, on the condition that the technology or service they are entering is appropriate for the category they have selected.
Awards winners
Witad Awards 2025: Legal/compliance professional of the year—Devi Shanmugham, Tradeweb
Devi Shanmugham, global head of compliance at Tradeweb, wins legal/compliance professional of the year in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Technology innovator of the year (end-user)—Ruchi Acharya Saraswat, RBC Capital Markets
Ruchi Acharya Saraswat, managing director, head of strategy and transformation, business and client services technology at RBC Capital Markets, wins technology innovator of the year (end-user) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Best company for diversity and inclusion (end-user)—BNP Paribas Portugal
BNP Paribas Portugal wins best company for diversity and inclusion (end-user) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Wellness/work-life balance award (end-user)—Sarah Mears, MUFG Investor Services
Sarah Mears, chief human resources officer at MUFG Investor Services, wins the wellness/work-life balance award (end-user) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Exchange professional of the year—Valerie Bannert-Thurner, Nasdaq
Valerie Bannert-Thurner, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of the financial technology division at Nasdaq, wins exchange professional of the year in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Rising star (vendor)—Hannah Sayson, S&P Global Marketplace
Hannah Sayson, lead product manager of the S&P Global Marketplace, wins rising star (vendor) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Data science professional of the year (vendor)—Kaja Zupanc, Duco
Kaja Zupanc, head of machine learning at Duco, wins data science professional of the year (vendor) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Vendor professional of the year (data and operations)—Pooja Padgavkar, SmartStream Technologies
Pooja Padgavkar, senior consultant at SmartStream Technologies, wins vendor professional of the year (data and operations) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2025: Vendor professional of the year (trading and risk)—Eva Sehic, Lime Trading Corp.
Eva Sehic, CEO of Lime Trading, wins vendor professional of the year (trading and risk) in the 2025 Women in Technology and Data Awards.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2025: All the winners and why they won
WatersTechnology honored the winners of the 36 categories in the 2025 Women in Technology & Data Awards, who were announced at a sit-down lunch in London on March 7.