More than 600 HR professionals gathered in the London Hilton Park Lane to celebrate the very best in the professionals.
The winners were:
Best learning and development strategy – Sponsored by ?School for CEOs
Winner: Virgin Atlantic Airways
Best HR team: private sector – Sponsored by Development Beyond Learning
Winner: River Island
Highly Commended: British Gas
Best HR team: public and not-for-profit sector – Sponsored by EES for Schools
Winner: Cornwall Council
Highly Commended: Wiltshire Council
Best HR strategy overseas – Sponsored by World at Work
Winner: National Environment Agency (Singapore)
Highly Commended: Kimberly-Clark
Best talent management strategy – Sponsored by The SmartList
Winner: Dorchester Collection
Highly Commended: Hilton Worldwide
Most successful change management strategy - Sponsored by Chameleon People Solutions
Winner: Gala Bingo
Most effective internal communications strategy – Sponsored by Investors in People
Winner: Northumbrian Water Group
Outstanding employee engagement strategy – Sponsored by the Global Growth Institute
Winner: PageGroup
Highly Commended: VINCI Construction UK
Most effective recruitment strategy – Sponsored by CV Library
Winner: River Island
Health and wellbeing award – Sponsored by HRjobs.co.uk
Winner: Vaultex UK
Best CSHR strategy – Sponsored by Enei
Winner: DFS
Most innovative deployment of HR technology – Sponsored by Halogen Software
Winner: Gower College Swansea
Most effective rewards and benefits strategy – Sponsored by HR Legal Services
Winner: Nottingham City Council
Diversity and inclusion award – Sponsored by Boost Marketing
Winner: University of Birmingham
HR young talent of the year – Sponsored by 10Eighty
Winner: Rakhee Patel, people and talent lead, Dorchester Collection
HR practitioner of the year – Sponsored by HR in the Boardroom
Winner: Lindsay Batchford, head of HR/deputy director of people, United Learning
Highly Commended: Kessar Kalim, HR business partner, Cafcass
Most people-focused CEO: Public and not-for-profit sector – Sponsored by Best Companies
Winner: Karen Armitage, chief executive, Stafford and Rural Homes
Most people-focused CEO: Private sector – Sponsored by Penna
Winner: Graham Beale, chief executive, Nationwide Building Society
HR director of the year – Sponsored by HireRight
Winner: Karen Beaven, HR director, River Island
HR Excellence Gold award – Sponsored by The Global Growth Institute
River Island
HR magazine would like to congratulate the winners of each award, and we look forward to welcoming you to the 2016 HR Excellence Awards next summer.
