Women in Technology & Data Awards 2022: All the winners and why they won
Here are the 34 category winners from the 2022 Women in Technology & Data Awards, announced at a sit-down lunch in London on March 4.

The two highest-profile categories of this year’s awards—WatersTechnology’s woman of the year and trailblazer (lifetime achievement) award—went to Roben Dunkin (PGIM) and Mona Eldam (Morgan Stanley), respectively. Another notable performance this year is Sarah Gosler’s win in the support professional of the year (end-user) category, her second win in succession.
- Above and beyond award (end-user) – Mary Yun (Brown Brothers Harriman)
- Above and beyond award (vendor) – Lisa Conner (RIMES)
- Best company for diversity and inclusion (vendor) – RiskSpan
- Consultant of the year – Sara Baker (CJC Ltd)
- Data science professional of the year – Yimei Fan (Moody’s Analytics)
- EDM professional of the year (end-user) – Yinghua Zhou (BNY Mellon)
- EDM professional of the year (vendor) – Natalia Isajenko (S&P Global Market Intelligence)
- Engineer/programmer of the year – Ania Musial (Bloomberg)
- Exchange professional of the year – Brandis DeSimone (Nasdaq)
- Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (end-user) – Sholthana Begum (Bank of England)
- Gender equality/diversity professional of the year (vendor) – Amy Kadomatsu (ComplySci)
- Legal/compliance professional of the year – Tanuja Sharma (Citadel Asset Management)
- Market data professional of the year – Manisha Kimmel (MayStreet)
- Reference data professional of the year – Maureen Gallagher (Bloomberg)
- Rising star (end-user) – Fengzi Li (BNY Mellon)
- Rising star (vendor) – data, engineering & product development – Apoorva Singh (Numerix)
- Rising star (vendor) – sales, marketing & UX – Manasi Bhagwat (Pragma)
- Risk professional of the year – Hazal Kurtcu (Citadel Securities)
- Startup professional of the year – Michelle Zak (Qomply)
- Support professional of the year (end-user) – Sarah Gosler (BNY Mellon)
- Support professional of the year (vendor) – Alena Ilteris (SS&C Technologies)
- Technology innovator of the year (end-user) – Olga Czabaj-Shetty (Bank of America)
- Technology innovator of the year (vendor) – Samantha Duncan (Net Purpose)
- Technology leader of the year (end-user) – Jo-Anne Moran (BNY Mellon)
- Technology leader of the year (vendor) – Meredith Moss (SEI)
- Trade execution professional of the year – Jennifer James (BGC Partners [Fenics])
- Trailblazer (lifetime achievement) award – Mona Eldam (Morgan Stanley)
- Vendor partnership or alliance professional of the year – Mitra Roknabadi (OpenFin)
- Vendor professional of the year (business development) – Olga Orekhvo (CompatibL)
- Vendor professional of the year (data and operations) – Subi Sethi (Clearwater Analytics)
- Vendor professional of the year (trading and risk) – Ming Yang (Tradeweb)
- Wellness/work-life balance award (end-user) – Martina Satherlund (Fidelity International)
- Wellness/work-life balance award (vendor) – Mila Kelly (Cosaic)
- WatersTechnology woman of the year – Roben Dunkin (PGIM)
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