The Small Cap Awards

The Small Cap Awards is a once-a-year opportunity to recognise outstanding achievement focused on smaller quoted companies.

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Thursday 11th June 2026

Merchant Taylors Hall, London

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The Small Cap Awards

Inaugurated in 2013, the Small Cap Awards is an annual event celebrating and rewarding the finest in the sub-£350m market cap quoted company sector.

The Awards celebrates those professionals and companies that work within the AIM and Aquis communities and is attended by listed companies, institutions, fund managers, brokers and advisors.

The 2026 Awards will be held on Thursday 11th June 2026 at Merchant Taylors Hall in London.

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The Small Cap Awards 2026 Host & Speakers

Peter Dickson

Awards Host

Peter Dickson is the UK’s most prolific voiceover artist. He has enjoyed a stellar career spanning almost 40 years. He has voiced thousands of TV and Radio commercials, anchored awards ceremonies for some of the world’s biggest brands, launched countless products, appeared in many BAFTA award-winning TV and radio productions and he’s worked with most of the biggest producers and stars of UK entertainment.

Gervais Williams

Keynote Speaker

Gervais has served as Chair Judge for the Small Cap Awards since 2022. He has been involved with the QCA for over 12 years, serving as a Board member, Chairman, and President from 2023–2024.

He brings over 30 years’ experience in fund management, including 17 years at Gartmore, and is currently at Premier Miton Group plc, where he has helped launch funds managing over £1 billion.

A respected industry voice, Gervais is a regular media commentator, a member of the AIM Advisory Panel at the London Stock Exchange, and a former member of the Patient Capital Review Panel. He is also the author of Slow Finance, The Future is Small, and The Retreat of Globalisation.

The Small Cap Awards 2026 Judges

Gervais Williams (Chair)

Head of Equities at Premier Miton Group plc.

www.mitongroup.com

Lucy Bloomfield

Deputy Fund Manager, Canaccord Genuity Fund Management

www.canaccordgenuity.com

Ms Alexandra Lindsay

Investment Director, Maven Capital Partners

www.mavencp.com

Judith Mackenzie

Partner & Head of Public Equity at Downing LLP

www.downing.co.uk

Miles Nolan

Director, MGN Advisory

www.mgnadvisory.co.uk

Dan Ridsdale

Global Head, Technology Media and Telecoms at Edison Investment Research

www.edisongroup.com

Dominic Weller

Fund Manager at Octopus Investments

www.octopusinvestments.com

Andrew Martin-Smith

Director, Guinness Ventures

www.guinnessgi.com

Alex Game

Fund Manager, Economic Advantage, Liontrust

www.liontrust.co.uk

Charles Goodfellow

Consultant at Peterhouse Capital

www.peterhousecap.com

2026 Awards Categories

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IPO of the Year

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Transaction of the Year

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Company of the Year

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Executive Director of the Year

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Dividend Hero of the Year

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AQSE Company of the Year

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Technology Company of the Year

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ESG Company of the Year

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Analyst of the Year

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Workplace Excellence Award

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Investor Relations Success Award

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Broker of the Year

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Small Cap Champion Award