THe judging process

The judging process for this year’s Commercial Lender Awards combines the insight of an expert judging panel with votes from the NACFB broker community.

A panel of industry experts will review all submissions for this year’s awards to confirm a working shortlist.

After this, the shortlist will be announced on the week of Monday 16th October and the NACFB will then invite Member brokers to cast their votes for Patrons or Partners of choice. Voting will remain open for one week, from Tuesday 17th October until Tuesday 24th October.

The judging panel’s scores will be combined with the Members votes to confirm each winner and highly commended organisations.  

All winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony at the Westminster Park Plaza on Thursday 30th November 2023. You can secure your tickets here.


 The judging panel

The NACFB Commercial Lender Awards are delighted to announce our judging panel of industry experts.

  • Bob Lefroy - Business Money

  • Professor Trevor Williams - Professor of Economics

  • Lee Tillcock - Business Moneyfacts

  • Robin Skuse - Broker World

  • Martin McTague - FSB

  • Jennifer Tankard - UK Finance

  • Vic Jannels - ASTL

  • Edward Peck - Asset Finance Connect

  • Harry Madan - BVRLA

  • Nicola Headlam - Red Flag Alert

  • Todd Davison - Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance

  • Ray Cohen - Jackson Cohen Associates

  • Alex Waterman - UK Finance

  • Peter Udale - Responsible Finance

  • Theo Hadjimichael - Responsible Finance

  • Simon Jago - Allied Surveyors & Valuers Ltd


Key dates

Entry to the NACFB Commercial Lender Awards is completely free and is open to all NACFB lender Patrons and supplier Partners. This is not an awards for commercial brokers. The key dates for your diary are:

Submission deadline – Friday 15th September 2023

Judging day – Late September 2023

Shortlist announced – Week of 16th October 2023

Voting opens to NACFB Members – Tuesday 17th October 2023

Voting closes for NACFB Members – Tuesday 24th October 2023

Winners announced – Thursday 30th November 2023