Judging Fairly

Ensuring excellence is rewarded

For any awards, carrying out fair, consistent, and accurate judging is key to ensuring the true winners are recognized. The judging process is designed to be rigorous and thorough to ensure all entries receive full consideration and that excellence in each of the categories is truly rewarded. A diverse panel of leading fund COOs, CFOs, CCOs, GCs, and CTOs made up the judging panel. The judges are split into groups depending on their specialist expertise.

This year's judges

Alex Monte
Director
Alpha FMC
Avi Nachmany
Fund Industry Consultant and Independent Director
Consultant
Charles Ragauss
Portfolio Manager and Head of Trading
Toroso Asset Management
George Wilbanks
Managing Partner
Wilbanks Partners
Jim Fitzpatrick
President & CEO
NICSA
Jonathan Kanterman
Managing Partner
Institutional Asset Advisors
Marty Griffin
Principal
Lanes End Consulting
Michael Patanella
Managing Partner - Asset Management
Grant Thornton
Ori Porat
Owner and Founder
Fiducia Optime
Sam Iles
Director
Alpha FMC
Sonia Mata
Consultant
Stephen Cohen
Partner
Dechert
William Karkar
Director & Management Committee Member
Alpha FMC

2022 Judges

Avi Nachmany
Fund Industry Consultant and Independent Director
Consultant
Charles Ragauss
Portfolio Manager and Head of Trading
Toroso Asset Management
George Wilbanks
Managing Partner
Wilbanks Partners
James Budd
Director of Research Sales
ETFGlobal
Jim Fitzpatrick
President & CEO
NICSA
Jonathan Kanterman
Managing Partner
Institutional Asset Advisors
Michael Patanella
Managing Partner - Asset Management
Grant Thornton
Ori Porat
Owner and Founder
Fiducia Optime
Sonia Mata
Consultant
Stephen Cohen
Partner
Dechert
Steven Yadegari
EVP, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, LLC