Christine Henly, of Allianz, emerged at the head of a strong field to carry off the IIBA^®UK Chapter's 'Business Analyst of the Year' award for 2011, sponsored by AssistKD. The award was presented by Ivar Jacobson at this year's Business Analysis Conference Europe in London on 27th September.

The judging panel reported great difficulty in choosing between the finalists who also included Davis Avis, of Barclays Bank, Julie Morley and Katerina Petroulaki, of Lloyds Banking Group, and Andrew Perkins, of Post Office Ltd. In the end, and by a slight margin, Christine was felt to have most effectively matched this year's themes of 'working with stakeholders' and 'organisational contribution'.

Our congratulations to Christine, and our thanks to the other finalists and entrants for making this year's competition the closest yet.

In the photograph, Christine is flanked by Ivar Jacobson (left) and AssistKD director Paul Turner (right).

To find out more about the finalists, click here.