Adam Smith Awards

Adam Smith Awards 2026

2026 Overall Winners and Highly Commended Winners

Many congratulations to all our 2026 Adam Smith Awards winners. Watch this space to watch winner interviews and read their case studies!

Overall Winners 2026

Top Treasury Team
The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. (TMICC) – Anna Elphick
Best Cash Management Solution
AstraZeneca – Cristiane Candeloro
Best Cash Pooling Solution
Solventum Corp. – Elvira D’Amore, Rebecca Hirshboeck, Alan Butler, David Ash, Mathieu Jublot, Kevin Jennings, Guillermo Bermeo and Candice Lian
Best Foreign Exchange Solution
Colgate-Palmolive – Gina Grant
Best Funding Solution
Siemens Energy – Dr Robert McAnally
Best in Class Treasury Solution in Europe, Middle East & Africa
BHP Group Limited – Marlon Singh, Priyesh Patel, Claire MacKenzie and Lin Lam
Best In Class Treasury Solution in The Americas
PayPal Holdings Inc. – Can Balcioglu and Kammy Tsang
Best Investing Solution
Roche – Aramis Buscemi and Inigo de la Maza
Best Payments Solution
Technip Energies – Agnes Brault, Sheree Shumei Lim and Lahcen Mouzoun
Best Risk Management Solution
Gedeon Richter Plc – Gabor Szucs
Best SME/MME Solution
Armacell – Alexander Mishchenkov
Best Supply Chain Solution
Walmart – Brandy Newhof
Best Sustainable Treasury Solution
Unilever PLC – Subhodeep Chakraborty
Best Treasury Transformation Project
eBay – Susana Aristizabal, Raluca Costea-Vlasin and Thierry Payot
Best use of AI in Corporate Treasury
Microsoft – Kathy Brustad
Harnessing the Power of Technology
ServiceNow – Tim Muindi
A Rising Star
Sofia Calvo – Grupo Bimbo
Corporate Treasurer of the Year
Tony Masone – Amazon
Judges’ Choice
Strategic Treasurers Alliance – Royston Da Costa, Carol Thurnheer and Martin Hoad

Highly Commended Winners 2026

Top Treasury Team
Rohit Group – Sonam Donkar
KENT Group DMCC – Jefri Jacob Thomas
DSV A/S – Theis Jensen
Best Cash Management Solution
Siemens – Heiko Nix
Expedia Group – Jim Scurlock
Canary Wharf Group – Nagam Al-Kadhi
Best Cash Pooling Solution
Medtronic – Paul Misere
Exponential Technology Group, Inc. (XTG) – Ben Skipper and Hollie Scott
Tech Mahindra Ltd – ANIRUDDHA GADRE
Best Foreign Exchange Solution
Bristol Myers Squibb – Ravi Patel
Stripe – Krishna Ghosh
Breitling – Olivier Smekens
Best Funding Solution
WPP Plc – Mr Alexander Ashby
Play – Marek Chruściel
Bristol Myers Squibb – Keith Gaub
Best in Class Treasury Solution in Europe, Middle East & Africa
Solstice Advanced Materials – Ashish Saraogi, Peter Bartok, Georgios Vasilikas and Tosca Simpelo
Al Mulla Group Holding Company KSCC – Rajendra Prasad Nidamarthi
Shamal – Sleiman El Homsi
Best In Class Treasury Solution in The Americas
American Honda – Kim Kelly-Lippert
Alubar Metals Missouri LLC – Filipe Moreira de Souza
L’Oréal Brazil – Raphael Falconi and Michel Vasconcelos
Best Investing Solution
OPEC Fund – Letian Lin
PLUXEE – Eoin James Hugh Edwards
Best Payments Solution
Jotun – Hamish Waddell
Merck KGaA – Joerg Bermueller, Milan Janjanin and Andreas Monsport
Massmart Wholesale (Pty) Ltd which includes Makro and Masscash and Masstores t-a Walmart (Pty) Ltd – Amanda Veeraragaloo, Keneilwe Mokaleng, Petalyn Baird-Whiteside, Hameeda Abader, Rasaleka James and Tendani Sikhwivhilu
Best Risk Management Solution
SOCAR TURKEY ENERJİ A.Ş – VEHBİ KEREM BİRGÜL
ASML Netherlands BV – Mark van Eersel
Zalando Payments GmbH – Anika Williams
Best SME/MME Solution
Northern Data Group – Dominik Scheitz
Eyewa Ltd – Ilheon Park
Best Supply Chain Solution
Aramco – Abdullah Husaiki and Mohammed Badugahish
Topsoe A/S – Loke Blohm
Asahi Group Holdings – Anthony Buchanan
Best Sustainable Treasury Solution
SSE plc – George Duncan and Andrew Binnie
A2A S.p.A. – Patricia Gentile and Paolo Alessio Viganò
São Martinho – Felipe Vicchiato
Best Treasury Transformation Project
Eaton Corporation – Kieran Buckley
Siemens Healthineers AG – Caroline Dehm and Burcu Yildirim
Galadari Brothers – Muhammad Tauseef Ur Rehman
Best use of AI in Corporate Treasury
SiriusXM – Michael Bianco
Save the Children International – Saira Maniar
Microsoft – Davide Musillo
Harnessing the Power of Technology
Palo Alto Networks – Catherine Portman and Julie Chiu
Diamondback Energy – Conner Williams
Bolt Technology OÜ – Freek van den Engel
A Rising Star
Anika Williams – Zalando Payments GmbH
Corporate Treasurer of the Year
Marianna Polykrati – Avramar Aquaculture SA
Judges’ Choice
Bacardi Limited – Albert Latour
Valentino SpA – Antonio Deluca

Overall Winners

Highly Commended Winners