Orders of merit

Professional Level - December 2025

SUBJECT ORDER OF MERIT

Business Strategy and Technology

First place and the Railton prize

Lara Kay Noden, Southend-on-Sea (Goldman Sachs International)

Audit and Assurance

Joint first place and the Watts prize

Maria Papapetrou, London (FTI Consulting LLP)
George Piper, London (Interpath Ltd)
Molly Sankey, London (ZEDRA Corporate Reporting Services (UK) Limited)

Financial Management

Joint First place and the Howitt prize

Alastair Hughes, Amersham (BDO LLP)

Financial Accounting and Reporting

Joint first place and the Spicer and Pegler prize

Jamie Ewers, London (PKF Littlejohn LLP)
Smriti Mahamkali, London (Deloitte LLP)
Adam Maidment, Solihull (Grant Thornton UK LLP)
Harry Williams, West Malling (Forvis Mazars LLP)

Tax Compliance

First place and the Knox prize

Lucie Hawkes, Redditch (Pinfields Limited)

Business Planning: Taxation

First place and the Little prize

Emily Vaughan-Williams, Bristol (Grant Thornton UK LLP)

Business Planning: Insurance

First place

Baoji Lu, London (Deloitte LLP)

Business Planning: Banking

First place

Elizabeth Evans, Edinburgh (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group - Group Internal Audit)

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Professional Level - December 2025

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF MERIT

First place and the Plender prize

Joshua Mawhinney, Holmfirth (BUPA - Finance & Governance Graduate Scheme)

Second place and the Stephens prize

Lara Kay Noden, Southend-On-Sea (Goldman Sachs International)

Third place and the Hewitt prize

Marcus Warrington-Brown, Addlestone (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

Fourth place and the Northcott prize

Emily Vaughan-Williams, Bristol (Grant Thornton UK LLP)

Fifth place and the Cassleton Elliott prize

Daniel Coukham, Manchester (BDO LLP)

Sixth place and the Arthur Swinson place

Flora Doimi Frankopan Subic Zrinski, London (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

Joint seventh place

Casey Harrington, Leighton Buzzard (Forvis Mazars LLP)
George Virk, Hinckley (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

Joint ninth place

Angelica Melek, Manchester (Grant Thornton UK LLP)
Eleanor Latham, Burnley (BDO LLP)

Eleventh place

Morgan Squire, Par (Francis Clark LLP)

Joint twelfth place

Jack Dewhurst, London (RSM UK Audit LLP
Margaret Khoryati, Knutsford (PKF Littlejohn LLP)

Fourteenth place

Alexander Vernon, St. Albans (TC Citroen Wells Limited)

Fifteenth place

Aman Kataria, Illford (Ernst & Young LLP

Highest Non-Public Practice student and the Roger Lawson prize

Joshua Mawhinney, Holmfirth (BUPA - Finance & Governance Graduate Scheme)

Highest placed Non-Graduate and the Simon Morris Memorial prize

Casey Harrington, Leighton Buzzard (Forvis Mazars LLP)

View the Annual International Order of Merit.