Managing Partner of the Year

To recognise a Managing Partner whose institutional leadership materially strengthened strategy, governance, talent, culture, client position and sustainable performance.

Individual Leadership Competitive Award

Entry route

Self-submission, nomination or research-led inclusion; hybrid assessment

Status

Competitive Award

Eligibility snapshot

  • Managing Partner, chair, chief executive partner or equivalent, with firm-wide or substantial regional responsibility
  • At least four completed years in the qualifying role
  • Formal authority for institutional strategy or governance
  • Partner/senior-management reference plus client or external professional reference

Full requirements

  • Managing Partner, chair, chief executive partner or equivalent leader with firm-wide or substantial regional responsibility.
  • At least four completed years in the qualifying role by the end of the Eligibility Period, unless the Awards Oversight Committee approves an exception based on documented circumstances.
  • Formal authority for institutional strategy or governance.
  • Evidence of measurable institutional outcomes during the Eligibility Period.
  • Strategic initiatives and before-and-after outcomes.
  • Partner or senior-management reference.
  • Client or external professional reference.
  • Talent, succession, governance and institutional data.