Value Maker Awards 2025: Winners, Shortlist and Nominees Announced! 🏆

Value Maker 2025 Awards 🏆

Thank you to everyone for submitting such fantastic nominations for this year’s annual Value Maker Awards. The awards recognise the hard work of our Value Makers in their organisations and wider health communities and offer an excellent opportunity to recognise achievements within NHS finance nationally. A massive thank you as well to our regional Value Maker leads who helped us to shortlist these. We’d like to say congratulations to all the winners, nominees and those shortlisted.

Champion of Change:

1. Wendy Harrowell, Head of Financial Strategy and Transformation, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust – WINNER
2. Yazury Goodrham, Accounts Receivable Manager, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
3. Anna Bialik-al-Haboubi, Finance Manager, NECS (North of England CSU)
4. Nelly Kenmonge, Finance Manager, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust

EDI:

1. Trishna Rathod, Finance Manager, NHS England – North East & Yorkshire
2. Basit Attah, Senior Finance Manager, Croydon Heath Services NHS Trust – WINNER
3. Ben Underwood & Laura Hill, Educational Outreach Programme Lead; Skills Development Manager, Skills Development Network (Yorkshire & Humber)
4. Tahira Butt, Finance Business Partner, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Finance Education:

1. Sarah Skelhorn, Deputy Contracting and Development Accountant, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
2. Kyle Baldomaro, Assistant Finance Manager, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
3. Piete Letson-Gamble, Assistant Divisional Finance Manager, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
4. Rebecca Jolley, Senior Finance Manager: Acute & Integrated Community Care Services, East Cheshire NHS Trust – WINNER

Finance Excellence:

1. Ella Tarbuck, Acting Finance Business Partner – Pennie Locality, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
2. Norfolk & Waveney ICS Talent Management Workstream, Norfolk & Waveney ICS – WINNER
3. Laurence Wong, Head of Finance, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
4. Laura Simon, Senior Finance Business Partner, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Rising Star:

1. Rochelle Bryan, Deputy Accounts Receivable Manager and Credit Controller, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
2. Bradley Mills, Assistant Management Accountant (Development Role), Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
3. Abdi Ali, Capital Accountant, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
4. Emily Owen, Income & Costing Assistant, Countess of Chester Hospital – WINNER

Team Player:

1. Jo Pilling, Regional One NHS Finance Programme Lead – North East & North Cumbria, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
2. Carl Moore, Senior Income & Costing Analyst, The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – WINNER 
3. Cheryl Watson, Finance Manager, NECS (North of England CSU)
4. Pru Patel, Head of Finance Improvement, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Innovation:

1. Vikki Richmond, Senior Finance Manager, NECS (North of England CSU)
2. Andrew Bowdler, Principal Data Analyst, MIAA
3. Anna Bialik-al-Haboubi, Finance Manager, NECS (North of England CSU) – WINNER
4. Matt Tarby, Financial Analyst, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Many congratulations to all the winners and those who made the shortlist and received a nomination. Please find all nominees below –

• Agnes Hayes, Treasury Team Leader, Shared Financial Services – George Eliot Hospital, South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust & Wye Valley Hospital
• Alice Sunderland, Senior Finance Manager, NHS England – North East & Yorkshire Region
• Amanda Reeve, Management Accountant, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
• Angela Parkinson, Capital Manager, Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust
• Bradley Jones, Assistant Cost Accountant, LSCFT
• Charity Mabika, Contracts Manager, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
• Chris McNally, Head of Costing, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust
• Clare Hunter, Finance Manager, NHS England – North East & Yorkshire finance team
• Deanne Morris, Financial Reporting Manager, East Cheshire NHS Trust
• Debora Tinsley, Assistant Director – Adding Value Programme, Greater Manchester Mental Health FT
• Donna O’Leary, Senior Finance Business Partner, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Ellie Berryman, Assistant Director of Finance – Financial Management, The Christie NHS FT
• Elliot Doyle, Management Accountant, Liverpool Women’s University Hospital
• Emily Owen, Income and Costing Assistant, Countess of Chester Hospital
• Emily Binks, Senior Clinical Procurement Specialist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Fliss Mason, Management Accountant, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Gemma Winders, Senior Finance Manager, NHS England – North East and Yorkshire
• Hannah Leung, Senior Financial Management Assistant – Clinical Support, Specialist Surgery & Drugs, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
• Hiten Soneji, Head of Finance – Transformation & Major Projects, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
• James Cook, Head of Locality Finance, NHS England
• Jessica (Jess) Ciocan, Senior Management Accountant, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
• Julia Chilton, Deputy Director of Finance, Northern Care Alliance
• Julie French, Head of Locality Finance, NHS England – North East & Yorkshire Region
• Karen Davis, CHC Finance Officer, NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
• Kath Stocks, Senior Management Accountant, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Laura Harris, Interim Capital Accountant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
• Lewis Schofield, Management Accounts Assistant, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• Louise Etherington, Senior Finance Manager, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust
• Luke Whaley, Category Manager, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Mandy Griffiths, Accounts Receivable Team Leader, Shared Financial Services – George Eliot Hospital, South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust & Wye Valley Hospital
• Mark Seddon, Systems Accountant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
• Mark Durham, Senior Commercial Activity Analyst, Mid & South Essex ICB
• Megan Jakes, Deputy Finance Manager, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
• Michael Beatham, AP Clerk, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
• Michelle Barnett, Financial Services Team Leader, NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
• Mijanur Rashid, Finance Business Partner, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
• Natascha Blesing, Finance Business Partner – Costing, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Nick Kane, Assistant Director of Finance (Capital and Productivity), NHS England – North East & Yorkshire Region
• Nicki Blakeway, Senior Finance Manager, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Oliver Jones, Senior CSU Accountant, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• Paula Jones Calkin, Costing and Performance Accountant, Countess of Chester Hospital Trust
• Paulina Kotarska, Business Services Co-ordinator, MIAA
• Phoebe Wharmby, Senior Finance Analyst, East Cheshire NHS Trust
• Priya Jayaraman, System Costing Manager, NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
• Rajeev Kaushal, OSV Credit Controller, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
• Rakib Alam, Head of Financial Planning, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Ranjana Manivannan, Finance Transformation Lead, Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
• Ruth Marsden, Head of Finance, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Sarah Blackwell, Deputy Regional Assurance Director, MIAA
• Sunita Gohil, Senior Finance Business Partner, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
• Thomas Bates, Treasury Manager, Shared Financial Services – George Eliot Hospital, South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust & Wye Valley Hospital
• Vasanti Bhudia, Deputy Finance Manager, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
• Zayd Jogee, Catalogue Assistant, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust