Congratulations to the 2025 FINOS EMEA/APAC Community Award Winners

Written by FINOS Team | 6/30/25 7:56 AM

During our recent Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in London, we had the honor of recognizing some of the outstanding individuals making meaningful contributions and driving positive impact across the open source in financial services ecosystem.

We’re incredibly grateful for their efforts—and for the many others who continue to support and strengthen this growing community. We’re pleased to highlight the recipients of the 2025 FINOS EMEA/APAC Community Award Winners.

The FINOS Newcomer Award is awarded to new individuals in the FINOS Community who demonstrate a commitment to open source by actively contributing to project meetings, code commits, pull requests, & closing GitHub issues.

Winner: David Kelly, MKM Research Labs

The FINOS Breaking the Status Quo Award recognizes an individual who has challenged conventions and reimagined the possibilities of open source contribution through FINOS, making a significant impact by rewriting the rule book and forging new paths.

Winner: Sam Moorhouse, turntabl

The FINOS Champion Award is awarded to those who accelerate engineering in financial services by integrating FINOS projects and solutions into their digital transformation strategies and businesses initiatives.

Winner: Georgina Tarrés Madrid, TradeHeader

The FINOS Coaching Award is awarded to those who mentor, coach, train, or otherwise provide leadership on initiatives which facilitate more meaningful open source contributions from the FINOS community.

Winner: Matthew Bain, Morgan Stanley

The FINOS Adoption Achiever Award is presented to an individual in the FINOS Community who has actively championed and publicly surfaced adoption of FINOS projects.

Winner: Nicholas Moger, J.P. Morgan

The FINOS Outstanding Leadership Award is awarded to those who push the boundaries of their open source leadership to increase the impact and value of their FINOS project.

Winner: Colin Eberhardt, Scott Logic

The FINOS Most Active Individual Award is awarded to the person who has demonstrated a commitment to open source in FINOS through continuous contribution, project leadership and moving the open source needle.

Winner: Kris West, NatWest

The FINOS Trailblazer Award recognizes an individual who made a remarkable impact in the strategic impact of open source in new areas of the industry through years of continued contributions to our projects and the growth of our community.

Winner: Madeleine Dassule

Once again, a huge thank you to our community!

~FINOS Team

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