The inaugural Social Lending Awards is preparing to take place in London this coming January. A veritable who’s who in the crowdfunding and peer to peer lending space will be participating in the ceremony. The awards represent a major first for the social lending community with the intent to become the leading annual industry gathering for social lending professionals.
The event is designed not only to recognize those social lending professionals that are making a difference but it is created to empower, inspire and motivate others to join this growing innovative financial movement.
The Awards feature 12 categories which range from Law Firm of the Year to Lender of the Year to Crowdfunding Platform of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations can be made by any and all industry professionals. The entry deadline is Friday 3rd October 2014.
Entries will be judged by an independent and widely experienced judging panel consisting of influential, and respected senior professionals from within the UK, European and Global social lending finance sector. Shortlisted candidates will be announced in October with the winners revealed at the Gala dinner and Awards Ceremony on the 22nd January 2015 in London.
Even Crowdfund Insider will be represented as Senior Contributor Georgia Quinn is one of the many, vaunted judges aiding the awards and participating in the event.
The award ceremony will take place on January 22, 2015 in London at the Jumejrah Carlton Tower. If you would like to submit an individual, team or company to be a nominee please visit the Social Lending site now.
Members of the organizers are available for questions (or if you are interested in helping out) at SLAwards@c5-online.com.
