Our 2018 awards – the details

Jane Karczewski recently joined HSBC with global responsibility for the management and development of the global custody franchise. Prior to HSBC, she was a Managing Director within Citi Global Markets, Strategic Risk Solutions. Jane started at Citi in 2010 as EMEA Head of Sales and Business Development for Equity Financing and Delta One and held similar roles at Deutsche and Morgan Stanley.

Jane is on the Board of London Women’s Forum and is the former Co-Chair of Citi Women. While at Deutsche, Jane was a member of its Senior Women’s Advisory Board and the Women in European Banking (WEB) committee.

Marian is a partner in the Employment Team and Financial Services group at Kemp Little, advising commercial clients, on a range of employment law issues, using her extensive experience of complex and high value litigation, as well as the employment law implications and challenges of regulatory regime requirements.

Described by Chambers UK as “an excellent lawyer with very sound judgements and good tactical acumen” and by Legal 500 as “unflappable”, Marian is a Who’s Who Legal Recognised Practitioner for Labour and Employment 2017 and Co-Chair of the CityHR Consultation, Legislation, Advice and Policy Committee. She also leads the national Employment Lawyers’ Association (ELA) Training Committee and sits on the ELA Management Committee. Marian was appointed to the WIBF Advisory Board in 2017 and has been involved with WIBF since 2009.

Responsible for establishing the BlackRock presence and building out the footprint in Hungary, Melanie has over 30 years’ experience in finance and banking, holding senior roles in technology, operations and change management, as well as running her own mortgage distribution business.

She is Co-Chair of the EMEA chapter of BlackRock internal women’s committee (WIN) where she leads a programme of events to support women (and men) in their career journey through the firm. She is passionate about education and developing the next generation of leaders, mentoring a number of men and women both internally and externally.

Nick is a highly respected executive with extensive experience in leading transformative change in complex organisations, across the public and private sectors.

As Managing Director of the Commercial Transformation at Lloyds Banking Group, he is responsible for technology, business change and digital channels to transform the banks capability in the corporate bank. Prior to this role, Nick ran the consumer and commercial digital businesses across the group spanning across the 13m online and 9m mobile users for Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Scottish Widows.

Sarah’s role as a global relationship manager for large-cap multinational corporations positions her as a key intermediary between MUFG and the finance function of her clients and responsible for the origination of a wide range of transactions in conjunction with product partners. Sarah also is the head of industrial clients within Western Europe.

Prior to joining MUFG in 2015, Sarah worked at Deutsche Bank, following five years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Sarah also spent many years at JP Morgan Chase & Co, where she set up the corporate banking function following the merger of JP Morgan with Chase Manhattan in 2000.

Following a successful 25-year career in the financial services, Vanessa launched WeAreTheCity.com in 2008 to help corporate women connect and grow professionally and personally. Vanessa is the also the founder of UK wide diversity forum Gender Networks (formerly The Network of Networks), which brings together diversity leaders from over 120 firms to share best practice.

The author of the book “Heels of Steel: Surviving and Thriving in the Corporate World” which tracks her career and shares 13 chapters of tips to succeed in the workplace, Vanessa has one numerous awards, is a regular guest on TV and radio and also sits on the Government's Digital Services Advisory Board.