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CMI Awards of excellence
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises the outstanding management and leadership of an individual throughout their career and is awarded only when a truly worthy candidate is identified. The Award is therefore given to an individual whose contribution has made an outstanding impact on Management and Leadership.
The Lifetime Achievement Award entrants are nominated by the Chartered Management Institute's Board of Companions, and represents the ultimate award for Managers and Leaders.
The Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock DBE CB became a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords in October 2021, she is an independent advisor for social welfare, crime, housing and homelessness, social cohesion, inclusion and diversity and a range of other topical issues.
Louise built her reputation by applying her strong voice to the social welfare sector. She was deputy director of Shelter, the homelessness charity, for seven years in the 1990s, before becoming a senior civil servant and ‘Tzar’ for five prime ministers across more than 2 decades.
In February 2025, she was named the UK Government’s Lead Non-Executive Director and, in January 2025, announced as chair of an independent commission to find long-term and sustainable solutions for adult social care in England.
Louise is involved in a number of charities including as a trustee of The King Charles’s Charitable Fund, co-founder of the Coronation Food Project and is also a Visiting Professor at King’s College London. She is also the author of the Casey Review into Culture and Standards at the Metropolitan Police, presenter of ‘Fixing Britain with Louise Casey' for BBC R4.
The Board felt that Louise has proven to be a brilliant driver of change at the highest levels. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises that tireless commitment, whether she was working to combat homelessness or advising the government on community cohesion in the face of extremism.
Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB CMgr CCMI
Anne Richards DBE joined Fidelity International as CEO in December 2018 and was appointed a Director of FIL Limited in September 2019.
She has worked in the asset management industry since 1992, collecting three decades of experience as an analyst, portfolio manager and Chief Investment Office. She is a strong proponent of sustainable investing.
Her career path spans many blue-chip global names in the financial sector, including Alliance Capital, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Aberdeen Asset Management and M&G Investments. She is a Chartered Engineer and began her career as a research fellow at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. She is a former chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Practitioner Panel and was appointed chair of TheCityUK in June 2022.
She was appointed a Dame Commander (DBE) in June 2021 for services to Financial Services, Women, Education and Science.
The CMI Board feel that Dame Anne’s outstanding track record over many years in engineering and financial services, addressing inequality and championing diversity in the workplace, combined with her services to the voluntary sector make her a truly worthy winner of this award.
Dame Anne Richards DBE CVO CMgr CCMI
Sir Trevor Phillips is a writer and television producer. He is the co-founder of the data analytics consultancy Webber Phillips, and Chairman of Green Park Interim and Executive Search. He is a Times columnist, shortlisted for Comment Writer of the Year in 2020.
He is the Chairman of the global freedom of expression campaign charity Index on Censorship; a Senior Fellow at the Policy Exchange think tank; and a Vice-President of the Royal Television Society.
Trevor is a non-executive director of the AIM-listed behavioural science consultancy Mind Gym; he was the President of the John Lewis Partnership Council until 2018, and founding chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Sir Trevor Phillips OBE CMgr CCMI
Pinky is an internationally acclaimed champion for women. She is the force behind the Women of the Future Programme, a portfolio of global events, projects and networks that support women, celebrate their talent and success and, in so, helping to burst open the female leadership pipeline.
Over the last 25 years, Pinky has moved the dial on gender equality and has also progressed on the Diversity & Inclusion agenda. She has focused on leadership in top firms in the UK with the inaugural, 50 Leading Lights List, changing the conversation on leadership and highlighting the value of kindness in business. Pinky has won several awards for her work and was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK.
Pinky Lilani CBE DL CMgr CCMI
Sherry Coutu is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who serves on the boards of companies, charities, and universities. She chairs or has chaired Founders4Schools, Workfinder, Raspberry Pi (Trading), Digital Boost and the Scaleup Institute. She also serves as a non-executive Director of Pearson plc, London Stock Exchange plc, DCMS and as Trustee of Raspberry Pi Foundation and sits on advisory boards of The National Gallery and The Royal Society.
With more than 60 angel investments, three IPO's, and numerous JV's and acquisitions behind her, Sherry has extensive experience in early and mid-stage companies having held senior positions in product management, research, finance, and operations.
Philanthropically, she supports Founders4Schools, The Prince's Trust and the Crick Institute.
Sherry has an MBA from Harvard, an MSc (with distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a BA (Hons with distinction) from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
She has been awarded honourary PHD's from The University of Bristol, Manchester University and the Open University for her work in Education and the Economy.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to entrepreneurship in the New Year's Honours List 2013.
Sherry Coutu CBE CMgr CCMI
