Making the grade no easy task
Welcome to the inauguralMoney ManagementTop 10 Most Influential People lists for 2001.
The two lists as they appear in the following pages detail those people in the industry who were voted by their peers to have had, or still have, influence over elements of the financial services industry.
This meant considering what influence is, whether those in the list possessed it and how it was used. Fortunately this task was made easier through the use of polling industry professionals as well as the use of a round-table panel to debate the final outcome (see story: How we found the Most Influential).
In putting together such a list many names were considered and while some of these were of note it was impossible to include them all and as such not all the names on the list will meet with agreement from all readers. As such please feel free to contactMoney Managementon this point.
For the first time in compiling these lists two have been created reflecting those people who have ongoing influence, The All Time Influential, as well as those who were considered to be influential at this stage of the industry, The Currently Influential. The lists have also been presented alphabetically and do not seek to rank any person above another.
Money Managementhopes again to address the issue of influence, and who holds it in 2002, with the publication of the most influential people in financial services this time next year.
How that list changes and who the new entrants will be, and who will fall off the list is likely to generate as much discussion then as the inclusions on this list is set to do in the coming weeks. It will also provide a valuable yardstick to the development, growth and change that now faces the industry. As such we look forward to seeing who will claim their place in the sun in the coming year and congratulate those who have made it onto this first list.
— Jason Spits, Editor
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