Boris Johnson Wins Personality Of The Year

Online, October 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Boris Johnson won the award by a unanimous vote from the judges due to repeatedly speaking out as an advocate for London's financial services community, at a particularly tough time for the industry. The judges also recognised him as a "wild personality, larger than life, and an excellent speaker".

The awards, hosted by daily business newspaper CITY AM, were held at Grange St Paul's Hotel, London and have been launched to recognise those who have helped position The City of London at the centre of the world's financial markets.

Amongst the judges were City AM's editor Allister Heath and deputy editor David Hellier alongside Simon Dingemans, head of European M&A at Goldman Sachs, John Moulton, founder of Better Capital, Truett Tate, executive director Lloyds Banking Group and Alison Carnwath, chair, Land Securities and non-executive director of Barclays.

Other winners included Burberry for Company of the Year due to CEO Angela Ahrendts' impressive leadership and JP Morgan Cazenove which won Investment Bank of the Year due to the levels of extremely strong performance throughout the bank whose influence was felt across almost all of the major deals of the year.

Full list of winners:
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Burberry

INVESTMENT BANK OF THE YEAR
Winner: JP Morgan Cazenove

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ivan Gazidis, Arsenal

MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Winner: Aviva

TRADER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Crispin Odey, Odey Asset Management

FUND MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Neptune

ANALYST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Andrew Wood, Sanford Bernstein

RETAIL BANK OF THE YEAR
Winner: First Direct

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Slaughter & May

LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Edward Braham, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Roger Carr, chairman of Centrica

INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Admiral

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Deloitte

PROPERTY FIRM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Land Securities

RETAIL BROKER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Hargreaves Lansdown

ALTERNATIVE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Inflexion

The awards were sponsored by Saxo Bank, the global investment bank specialising in online trading and investment.