Veteran Financial Planner Francis Klonowski has won the prestigious Certified Financial Planner of the Year Award in the CISI Annual Awards.

The awards were presented last night at the CISI’s in-person 2021 Annual Conference and Awards event in Milton Keynes.

Among the other top awards were: Sarah Lees of Mazars who won Paraplanner of the Year; Oak Four - winner of the David Norton Building Excellence Award and Wells Gibson - winner of the Accredited Financial Planning Firm of the Year.

The full list of awards:

The CFP Professional of the Year Award 2021

Winner: Francis Klonowski CFP Chartered FCSI, Owner/sole proprietor Klonowski & Co

Highly Commended: Josh Butten CFP Chartered FCSI, director, boosst

Paraplanner of the Year Award 2021 

Winner: Sarah Lees, Senior Paraplanner, Mazars Financial Planning Ltd

The David Norton Building Excellence Award 2021 

Winner: Oak Four

The AFPF (Firm) of the Year Award 2021 

Winner:  Wells Gibson

Highly commended: Wealth Matters

The Tony Sellon ‘Good Egg’ Award 2021 

Winner: Sandy Robertson CFP Chartered FCSI - Acumen Financial Planning  

Sally Plant, CISI head of Financial Planning said: “Congratulations to all of our winners and to those who have been highly commended. Their dedication to the ethos of Financial Planning shows them as consummate professionals, passionate to deliver life changing guidance to consumers throughout the UK.”

The CISI has 43,000 members around the world and is the awarding body for the CFP qualification in the UK.