A raft of winners were announced at the IFP awards ceremony last night.

Andrew Page CFPCM, of Ashcourt Rowan and chair of the IFP Bath branch, was the winner of the 2014 Branch Chairman of the Year Award

This award is made each year to the IFP branch chairman whose contribution has been judged by the IFP as being particularly outstanding over the past year. In 2013, the award was won by Gini Bolton CFPCM chairman of IFP's East Midlands Branch.

Mr Page said: "I was delighted to find out that I had been awarded IFP's branch chairman of the year award. It has been a really good year at the Bath branch and credit is really due to the excellent speakers, a good host in Novia, and most importantly a great bunch of attendees who are always very engaged in the meetings. I am looking forward to the branch growing even more in 2015."

Steve Gazzard CFPCM, CEO of the IFP said: "Our congratulations go to Andy for winning this award which is well deserved. He's done a great job at Bath branch since 2010 and we're really grateful for everything he does for our profession. On behalf of everyone at the IFP in particular our members, I'd like to thank all our branch chairmen for the fantastic job they do in providing the key links between the membership and the IFP.

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"As well as providing an excellent means of gaining relevant yet practical CPD, these meetings are the ideal way for Financial Planners and Paraplanners to share best practice and learn from peers and other experts from across the Financial Planning community."

Joanna Hague CFPCM, a Paraplanner with Investment for Life based in Doncaster is the winner of the 2014 Tony Sellon "Good Egg" Award.

Jo became the 1000th UK CFP Professional earlier this year and has been " a leading light in the development of the Paraplanning profession in the UK", the IFP said.

Steve Gazzard CFPCM, CEO of IFP said: "Again this year we had many worthy nominations for this award. It reflects the fantastic contribution that so many members make to the development of the financial planning community here in UK.
"It's great that for the very first time we see a Paraplanner winning this award which just shows the tremendous contribution that this dynamic community plays in the Financial Planning profession."

Rebecca Taylor FIFP, CFPCM, President of IFP said: "This was a tough decision for me to make with many deserving nominees.
"However, Jo's tremendous enthusiasm and energy never fails to impress me. "She's a credit to her firm Investment for Life, to Paraplanning, the IFP and the whole Financial Planning profession. She really is a good egg."

Round up of other award winners

Financial Planning Student of the year

This is awarded to the student who obtained highest marks in the Financial Planning module containing the CFPCM certification case study, as part of their Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) degree course. This year's winner is Rebecca Ellis, who was presented with her award by Trevor Williamson CFPCM of MMU and Steve Gazzard CFPCM.

Conference Exhibitor Awards

These are decided by the conference delegates and voted via the conference App. They are based on the quality of the exhibition stands demonstrated here at the conference. There are two categories for the exhibition awards:

Most Innovative Stand: Three Sixty

Stand with most educational value: Oasis Crescent (UK) Ltd.