Our 2020 awards – who won, etc.

Kate is a journalist and television and radio presenter, who has hosted some of television’s biggest shows, including the X Factor, The Royal Variety Performance, Loose Women and This Morning. Kate currently hosts the hit podcast White Wine Question Time, which sees her asking famous guests three thought provoking questions, over three glasses of wine.

At 21, Kate became the youngest ever and first female editor of pop magazine Smash Hits, before working as a Contributing Editor at the Sunday Times and Marie Claire magazine. In 1997, Kate began her second career in television on the ITV current affairs’ programme Straight Up, and has also hosted talk shows and documentaries on Radio 2.

Kate is conscious of the need for women to take control of their financial futures and is also involved in The Wisdom Council’s Yes She Can programme. 

Anna is CEO and President of Women in Banking & Finance and passionate about gender equality. She is also the founder and CEO of The Wisdom Council (TWC), where she focuses on delivering strategic, innovative and actionable strategies to improve consumer engagement and financial awareness. TWC is a partner with the London School of Economics to support WIBF’s Accelerating Change Together research programme.

Anna recently sat on the Money and Pensions Service – Gender and Financial Wellbeing Challenge, bringing a gender lens to the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing. In 2019, Anna launched the cross-industry Yes She Can initiative, focusing on closing the gender gap

in pensions and investments. Prior to launching TWC, Anna ran a specialist consultancy and has worked in the City for over 20 years in senior roles at JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley.

Andrew is the Chief Economist at the Bank of England. He is a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee and Chair of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Council. Among other positions, he is Honorary Professor at University of Nottingham, a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Among other positions, he is Honorary Professor at the Universities of Nottingham and Manchester, Visiting Professor at King’s College, London, a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. He has authored around 200 articles and 4 books. Andrew is the founder and trustee of ‘Pro Bono Economics’, a charity which brokers economists into charitable projects and Vice-Chair of National Numeracy.

As Head of Europe, Kristine is responsible for leading Citi’s businesses on the Continent.  She is also CEO of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG (CGME), Citi’s European  investment firm headquartered in Frankfurt.

She has enjoyed a 23 year career with Citi working across the US, EMEA, Asia and Latin  America. She was most recently Chief of Staff to CEO Mike Corbat, having served as Citi  Country Officer and Corporate and Investment Banking Head for Switzerland, Monaco and  Liechtenstein. She relocated to London in 2012 after 14 years in Asia to assume the role as EMEA Head of Global Subsidiaries Group.  

A keen advocate of advancing women's diversity, Kristine has served as the President of Advance Women, a  non-profit organisation promoting gender equality in Switzerland, and currently serves as the Families Matter Affinity Co-Lead at Citi.