Set to return to London on June 26, the GTR Charity Awards Dinner celebrates the achievements of the world’s leading trade transactions and trade finance service providers and highlights excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain, export finance and fintech markets. This black-tie event is an annual highlight for the trade finance community, providing ideal networking opportunities as well as the chance to catch up with old friends and acquaintances from the market.
Following hundreds of submissions from across the globe, the evening will reveal the winners of the GTR Leaders in Trade awards and celebrate the GTR Best Deals awards.
Those involved in the winning the GTR Best Deals have been notified, and a full write-up of these winners appear in the GTR Q2 2025: The Export Finance Issue.
A GTR Leaders in Trade shortlist has been announced and communicated to the market. The winners will be announced at GTR’s annual charity awards dinner and a full write-up of the winners will feature in the GTR Q3 2025: The Digital Trade Issue, set to launch in July 2025. To gain access or to receive a copy of the magazine, please contact GTR‘s subscriptions team.
Event host
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Mark Durden-Smith has worked in broadcasting for thirty years covering sport, entertainment, lifestyle, news and current affairs. His credits include presenting the Rugby World Cup for ITV, International and Club rugby for Sky Sports, ESPN, Channel 5 and Amazon Prime. He has also presented European golf tour, international cricket and rowing, and Spanish top flight football. He was the main anchor for Channel 4 Breakfast Show RISE, has hosted the National Lottery for the BBC, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now in Australia, This Morning, and many other programmes of the highest quality! Aside from his TV and radio work Mark is a writer, corporate speaker and facilitator, and is set to make his film debut in 2023 playing a sports presenter in an independent British film.
Supporting charity
GTR is delighted to support The Nick Kilhams Foundation. Proceeds from the GTR Charity Awards Dinner will go to supporting this charity and their incredible initiative.
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The Nick Kilhams Foundation
Nick Kilhams was a well-known Political Risk & Credit underwriter at Chaucer and Chair of the LMA’s Non-Marine Committee (2012-2020). Tragically, Nick died by suicide in May 2021. This was his second attempt in under 4 weeks. His family and friends knew nothing of the struggle he had wrestled with for many years prior. The Nick Kilhams Foundation (The NKF) was set up as a registered charity in 2021 with the aim of destigmatising mental health challenges amongst the London Insurance Market and raising funds to provide mental health support to those struggling. To date we have partnered with the following charities, James’ Place, The Listening Place, R;pple Suicide Prevention and Suicide & Co, providing counselling, advice, and support to those who are suicidal or who have been impacted by suicide. In 2022 we funded a professional mental wellbeing survey of the London Political Risk and Credit Insurance Market, which gave us sobering insights into the significant mental health issues faced by our community. As informed by the findings of the survey, we created some NKF social clubs, providing regular opportunities for members of our market to connect in an informal atmosphere and we have hosted a mental wellbeing workshop for members of the London Insurance Market.
