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Our Judges

The best of the best

MEET our judges

Our 2025 judging line-up

Our Accounting Excellence judges are a carefully-selected selection of experts, influencers, veterans, leaders and newvoices.

This year, we’ve refreshed our judging line-up to better reflect the increasingly diverse nature of the profession and help us judge our categories with the rigour they deserve.

Our judges for 2025

Ami Copeland

CEO, ICB

Chris Argent

Founder & Managing Director, GenCFO

Bhimal Hira

Industry Expert, Ex-JH, Consultant

Della Hudson

Author, Speaker and Business Coach

Emma Rawson

Director of Public Policy at ATT 

Blaire Palmer

Future of Leadership Expert, That People Thing

Glenn Collins

Head of Technical and Strategic Engagement, ACCA UK

Jeremy Clarke

Assistant Director, ICAS

Jeremy Coker

Partner, Oury Clark

Zoe Whitman

Co-Founder, 6 Figure Bookkeeper

Jo Wood

Director, Jo Wood Virtual FD Ltd

Katie Sharpe

Partner – UK HR & Payroll Services, Forvis Mazars LLP

Paul Aplin

Tax Expert, 2022 Outstanding Achivement Award Winner

Kayleigh Graham

Head of Partnerships & Growth, Telleroo

Lucy Cohen

Co-Founder, Mazuma

Peter Ellington

CEO and Founder, Triple Bottom Line Accounting

Robert Collings

Head of Finance, Flux

Simon Heppner

Founder, Net Zero Now

Phillip Turnbull

Chief Executive, AIA

Steve Collings

Partner, Leavitt Walmsley Associates Limited

Tom Herbert

Technology Editor, AccountingWEB

Wesley Rashid

CEO & Co-Founder, Accountancy Cloud

Zoe Lacey Cooper

The Alternative Accountancy Audit

James Hickey

Chief Cat Herder, Herding Cats

Gino Zabeo

Commercial Director at VISTRA

Claire Bennison

Executive Director Customer, Partnerships and Innovation, AAT

Sharon Baker

, Kinder Accountants

Alastair Barlow

Co-founder, Flinder

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