Finalists for 2018's AssistKD and IIBA sponsored Business Analyst of the Year Award have just been announced. This year's competition attracted a high number of entries from BAs working on a variety of projects and in a wide range of industry sectors. As a result, the judging process to decide on the finalists has proved extremely challenging. However, we are pleased to announce that eight finalists have been selected and they are named below.

• William GALL (Nationwide Building Society)
• Danielle HARLEY (Allianz Insurance)
• Sarah OTTERY (Scottish and Southern Energy)
• Linda PARKER (Registers of Scotland)
• Ian PHILLIPS (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Kei POON (Bank of England)
• Guido MARCUCCILLI (Renfrewshire Council)
• Jason WOOD (Nationwide Building Society)

To view all the finalists and read their biographies click here.

Each of the finalists will be asked to participate in a 30 minute interview in London on 7th September 2018 and the winner will be announced at the BA Conference Europe on 25th September. Full details here.