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AWARDS
2017
Congratulations to
Tom McPhail,
head of policy
at Hargreaves Lansdown, for being crowned this
year’s expert of the year as nominated by the UK’s
financial journalist community – always a tough-
to-please crowd. Tom is Hargreaves Lansdown’s
lead commentator on pensions and retirement
planning, as well as being responsible for savings
and regulatory policy issues.
“Tom’s insight is without comparison and not
only that he is usually first off the mark with helpful
comments on every conceivable announcement
and development in the world of pensions,” one
magazine editor pointed out. “In a year when
pensions has been at the top of the agenda, Tom
has been there responding rapidly to events,
providing early guidance on the key elements of
a particular topic, and giving generously of his
time to explain even the most complicated of
retirement planning subjects,” a senior newspaper
personal finance correspondent added.
Expert of the Year
Winner
Tom McPhail, Hargreaves Lansdown
Highly Commended
Anna Bowes, Savings Champion
The Shortlist
Commiserations to Anna who just failed to land top slot in this category.
She had plenty of supporters, for example, the journalist who wrote
“Anna is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to savings and freely
rattles off what she knows at will. Best of all, she actually cares what she
is talking about.”
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Anna Bowes,
Savings Champion
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David Hollingworth,
London & Country Mortgages
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Adrian Lowcock,
Architas
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Tom McPhail,
Hargreaves Lansdown
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Mike Morrison,
AJ Bell
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