AAT announces shortlist for Professional Member Awards 2019

17 May 2019

2018 Professional Member award winners

The shortlist has been announced for this year’s AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Professional Member Awards 2019, winners of which will be announced at a gala dinner as part of the AAT Annual Conference.

The six awards recognise and celebrates individual and collective success at all levels of AAT membership. The awards ceremony, in its third year, will take place on Thursday 13 June at the Crowne Plaza in Stratford-Upon-Avon, with some 400 delegates expected to attend.

The full shortlist is as follows:

Licenced Member of the Year

  • Andrew Smith
  • Farid Gasanov
  • Susan Bramley
  • Tamsyn Jefferson-Harvey

Professional Member of the Year (AATQB)

  • Jay Wilson
  • Sophie Thomas

Professional Member of the Year (MAAT)

  • Gina Gardner
  • Tamas Stanchak

Professional Member of the Year (FMAAT)

  • Andrew Sullivan
  • James Borrill
  • Rahela Begum

Rising Star of the Year

  • Carrie-Anne Dailly
  • Gemma Close
  • Jay Wilson
  • Sophie Thomas

Branch of the Year

  • Exeter 
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • London
  • Swindon

Jay Wilson, who is shortlisted for two awards, said:

I am incredibly proud of achieving AAT Associate Bookkeeping (AATQB) status and thankful for the opportunity AAT has provided. I am hoping to win an award so that I can demonstrate how enthusiastic I am about accountancy and how passionate I am about AAT, and the impact it has had on my very short career.

Full information about this year’s award ceremony can be found on our awards page. The AAT Annual Conference has attracted a huge number of attendees already, but spaces are still available.

The full list of winners from last year's ceremony, along with a round-up of the AAT Annual Conference 2018 as seen on social media, are both available via the AAT website.