Orders of merit

Professional Level - March 2026

SUBJECT ORDERS OF MERIT

Assurance, Risk and Reporting

First place and the Spicer & Pegler Prize

Rebecca Warner, Bournemouth (Ernst & Young LLP)

Business and Digital Strategy

Joint first place and the Railton Prize

Esme Chappell, Harrogate (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)
Jemma Phillips, Christchurch (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)
Sahil Shah, Harrow (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)
Lauren Smith, Wymondham (Lovewell Blake LLP)

Corporate Financial Strategy

Joint first place and the Howitt Prize

Andreas Krug, Leeds (Forvis Mazars LLP)
Lea Stern, London (RCP Newmans LLP)

Fundamental Case Study

Joint first place and the Little & Walton prize

Hannah Whitworth-Debney, Leeds (Saffery LLP)
Anonymous, London (PKF Littlejohn LLP)
Anonymous, Sale

Tax Compliance and Planning

First place and the Knox prize

Benjamin Low, Bristol (Corrigan Accountants Limited)

Business Strategy and Technology

First place and the Railton prize

Anonymous, Guernsey (KPMG Audit Limited)

Audit and Assurance

Joint first place and the Watts prize

Christopher Apps, St. Albans (RELX (UK) Limited)
Panagiota Zlatani, Greece (Eurobank Ergasias SA)

Financial Management

First place and the Howitt prize

Louie Charlton, Thames Ditton (Ernst & Young LLP)

Financial Accounting and Reporting

First place and the Spicer and Pegler prize

Natalia Kennerley, Bromley (KPMG LLP)

Tax Compliance

First place and the Knox prize

Idrees Nadeem, Birmingham

Business Planning: Taxation

First place and the Little prize

Ben Storan, Stockport (Cooper Parry Group Limited)

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