HR professionals gathered to enjoy a glittering awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane last night, and to celebrate those leading the way in the HR profession.
They were treated to comedy from compère and BBC New Comedy Award nominee and BBC Radio 4 regular Sindhu Vee, and music from band The New Few.
Here are the winners in full:
HR director of the year
Fiona Deal, Network Homes
Best HR team
Network Homes
HR future leader of the year
Grace Rogers, Network Rail
Most people-focused CEO of the year
Helen McHale, Stockport Homes Group
Outstanding employee engagement strategy
Network Homes
Best talent management strategy
British Heart Foundation and MacMillan Cancer Support
Most effective recruitment strategy
Siemens
Diversity and inclusion award
BBC
Best youth employment strategy
Capgemini
Best learning and development strategy
Network Homes
Highly Commended: VHR
Health and wellbeing award
Three UK
People-focused workplace design award
Joint winner: British Heart Foundation
Joint winner: Financial Conduct Authority
Reward and recognition award
Everton Football Club
Best CSR strategy
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London
Highly commended: Connect Group
Most innovative deployment of HR technology
JPI Media
Leading transformation award
BBC
Most effective use of internal communications
British Heart Foundation
Best HR strategy from overseas
Visible Alpha Solutions India
HR Excellence Gold award
Network Homes
HR magazine would like to congratulate the winners of each award and thank our sponsors Dorchester Collection, ENEI and Rees Draper Wright. We look forward to welcoming you to the HR Excellence Awards 2020 next Summer, when we'll be commemorating 25 years of the awards.