Eastern Branch Regional Finance Awards

Eastern Branch Awards 2026 – Winners!

Winners were announced at the East of England Finance Conference in February. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated, our finalists, and winners!

Student of the Year

Winner: Lucy Page, Technical Accountant, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Outstanding Contribution

Winner: Marion Mullins, Head of Financial Control, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Champion of Diversity

Winner: Mayuri Patel, Management Accountant, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS FT

Finance Team of the Year

Winner: Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT

Team Player of the Year

Winner: Rochelle Bryan, Deputy Accounts Receivable Manager and Credit Controller, West Suffolk NHS FT

Innovation

Winner: David Paris, Deputy Director of Finance, East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Unsung Hero

Winner: Candice Reavley, Billing Team Leader, Royal Papworth Hospital

Deputy of the Year

Winner: Ricky Shah, Deputy Director of Finance. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT

Branch Member of the Year

Winner: Lorraine Bromley-Martin, Business Support Manager, NHS England

Eastern Branch Awards 2025 – Finalists and Winners!

Winners were announced at the East of England Finance Conference on 25 February in Wyboston. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and our finalists and winners!

Student of the Year

Winner: Jonny Miller, East Suffolk and North Essex FT Finalist: Oscar Roe, NHS England – East of England

Outstanding Contribution

Winner: Simon Oliver, East Suffolk and North Essex FT Finalists: Helen Mulhern-Wilson, Bedfordshire Hospitals, Martha Biza and Sam King, East of England Student Network, Sonya Carey, Bedfordshire Hospitals

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Winner: Henrietta Whitlock, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough FT Finalist: Jack Fellows, Royal Papworth

Finance Team of the Year

Winner: East and North Hertfordshire NHST Hospitals Finalists: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHSFT, Milton Keynes University Hospital, NHS Suffolk and North Essex ICB, The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Team Player of the Year

Joint Winners: Natasha Parkhill, Milton Keynes University Hospital & Phil Humphrey, Norfolk Community Health and Care. Finalists: David Haslam, James Paget University Hospital, Kevin Woodwards, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Stacey Jewitt, Mid and South Essex ICB

Innovation

Winner: Val Kostuik, Mid and South Essex FT Finalists: Andrew Bland, Beds, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, Richard Olufemi, Bedfordshire Hospitals

Unsung Hero (Bands 2-6)

Winner: Nabeeha Sajid, East and North Hertfordshire FT Finalists: Adelle Anderson, Milton Keynes University Hospital Alison Templemen, Milton Keynes University Hospital Jacyntha Ferguson, North West Anglia FT

Eastern Branch Awards 2024 – Finalists and Winners!

The 2024 Eastern awards were announced at the finance conference on 27 February. Sincere congratulations to everyone who was nominated. See below for the list of our finalists and the winners from each category. Finalists and winners pictured with Zoe Pietrzak (East of England Regional Director of Finance) and David Bacon (Chair of HFMA Eastern Branch)

Student of the Year (sponsored by TIAA)
Linda Goodey, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB (winner)
Amanda Reeve, Mid and South Essex ICB
Jonnie Miller, East Suffolk and North Essex FT

Outstanding Contribution (sponsored by Enable East)
David Chittenden, North West Anglia NHS FT (winner)
Lee Bushell, Mid and South Essex ICB
Neeraj Beeknoo, West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHST
Said Mehzer, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHSFT
Champion of Diversity (sponsored by the Sellick Partnership)
NHS England – East of England, Finance team (winner)
Megan Jakes, Essex Partnership University Trust
Royal Papworth Hospital, Finance team
Yasser Soliman. Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT

Finance Team of the Year (sponsored by One NHS Finance)
Royal Papworth Hospital (winner)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHSFT
Team Player of the Year (sponsored by the Skills Development Network)
Andrew Davies, Royal Papworth Hospital (winner)
Faye Kyprianou, Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust
Paula Carr, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (pictured)
Innovation award (sponsored by Liaison)
Jack McIntyre, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHSFT (winner)
East and North Herts Financial Reporting Team
East Suffolk and North Essex FT finance reporting and workforce automation team
Unsung Hero (Bands 2-6) (Sponsored by HFMA)
Alison Colling, Royal Papworth Hospital (joint winner – shown left in picture)
James Ransom, East Suffolk and North Essex FT (joint winner)
Becky Allen, West Suffolk NHS FT (pictured)
Louise Heath, East and North Hertfordshire NHST (pictured)

Eastern Branch Regional Awards 2023 – Finalists and Winners!

The winners were announced at the regional finance conference on 21 February 2023. We were pleased that so many of our shortlisted finalists were able to attend the conference and receive their coveted finalists badge from Dawn Scrafield, HFMA Eastern Branch Chair and Lee Bond, national HFMA president. The winner of each category is highlighted in bold.

Eastern Student of the Year – Kindly sponsored by First Intuition