Two panels of industry experts have been chosen to select winners from 18 different categories ahead of the awards ceremony on 7th June at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham.

On 26th April, judges will select the top nominees from a longlist of the top 10 polled in each category, with the shortlist then announced by B&C.

Voting for the longlist opened last week.

The two panels – one of brokers and another comprising lenders – will then gather in London on 18th May to decide the fate of all shortlisted nominees, with brokers judging the lender categories and lenders judging the broker categories.

Adam Tyler, chairman of the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) and Nicola Firth, CEO of Knowledge Bank will chair the broker and lender judging panels respectively.

Winners will be selected using the panels’ expertise and supporting documentation, such as references.

A full explanation of the awards process can be found on the dedicated B&C Awards 2018 page.

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The full list of judges are as follows:

Broker panel

Chair: Adam Tyler, chairman of FIBA

Stephen Burns – Adapt Finance
Julian Ingall – Coreco
Rob Jupp – Brightstar
Ben Lloyd – Pure Commercial Finance
Phil Gray – Watts Commercial Finance
Lucy Hodge – Vantage Finance
Kris Corns – Crystal Specialist Finance
Andrea Juniper – Only Bridging
Chris Whitney – Enness 
Miranda Khadr – BCFC
Chris Oatway – LDNfinance 

Lender panel

Chair: Nicola Firth, CEO of Knowledge Bank

Sundeep Patel – Precise Mortgages
James Bloom – Masthaven 
Gavin Diamond – United Trust Bank
D’mitri Zaprzala – Octopus Property 
Paresh Raja – Market Financial Solutions
Matthew Tooth – LendInvest
Nick Jones – Together 
Damien Druce – Assetz Capital
Michael Dean – Avamore Capital
Richard Beenstock – Ortus Secured Finance
Simon Chapman – Amicus 
Scott Marshall – Roma Finance 
Jonathan Sealey - Hope Capital

If you are interested in attending the awards ceremony, please contact Caron Schreuder, managing director at Medianett, on 0203 818 0162 or email her at caron@medianett.co.uk.