In the two decades since its launch, The Financial Services Forum has supported the improvement of financial services marketing, through a better understanding of the consumer, the marketplace and marketing performance.

The importance of effective and genuinely customer-needs-focused marketing in financial services, and its vital role in engaging with and empowering customers in the future, has gained increasing momentum.

The focus in these awards reflects the evolving nature of financial services itself, as it changes to meet new or continuing customer needs in the most efficient and effective manner.

Shortlist Announced: Tuesday 16 September 2025

Awards Ceremony: Thursday 20 November 2025, De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London

Our host:

Hamilton-Born and Wangnui-raised farmer’s son, trained criminologist and stand up comedian…Matt Stellingwerf is a man of contradictions. He expertly brings these contradictions to the stage with his typical low-key style and confidence finding the humour in topics as diverse as love, politics and a crazy interview he once conducted with a serial killer in Death Row! Highly regarded by his peers, New Zealander Matt Stellingwerf has won four NZ Comedy Guild Awards, including Best Newcomer. He is now UK based and respected nationwide by promoters and comedy venues. A renowned MC and compere, Matt is a 3-time nominee for Best MC in New Zealand. Matt was a 2015 and 2016 nominee for the prestigious Billy T Award. When this erudite satire-superstar gets onto the stage, the acceleration from zero to a hundred jokes is measured in seconds. Matt Stellingwerf’s deftly crafted jokes display a man full of seriously good comedic talent.

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