HR Excellence Awards 2023 | Mark Allen Group | 31 July 2023 | The Brewery, 52 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SA, UK

Welcome to the HR Excellence Awards 2023. Open to UK-based organisations and HR professionals, the prestigious HR Excellence Awards shine a light on best practice and offer an unrivalled opportunity to celebrate the community’s greatest asset, its people.

Spanning 22 categories, the awards celebrate HR professionals who, despite coming from organisations of all shapes and sizes, are the powerhouses of change in people strategy.

We’ve switched things up a little for 2023 and decided to split four categories into SME and Large Organisation to make sure everyone gets their fair chance at taking home one of our prestigious trophies.

Categories 2023
• HR Team of the Year, SME
• HR Team of the Year, Large Organisation
• Best Recruitment and Workforce Planning Strategy
• Best Learning and Development Strategy, SME
• Best Learning and Development Strategy, Large Organisation
• Best HR Technology Strategy
• Best Talent Management Strategy
• Best Internal Communications Strategy
• Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy, SME
• Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Large Organisation
• Best Reward and Recognition Strategy
• New! Best ESG Strategy
• Best Transformation Strategy
• Best Employee Engagement Strategy
• Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, SME
• Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Large Organisation
• Best Flexible Working Strategy
• Best Early Careers Strategy
• HR Future Leader of the Year
• New! HR Consultancy of the Year
• HR Director of the Year
• Best People-focused CEO of the Year

2022 Winners

Best Learning and Development Strategy
• Webhelp

Best Talent Management Strategy sponsored by Morson Group
• PPD (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Best Transformation Strategy
• Vodafone M-Pesa Africa

Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy sponsored by Health and Wellbeing @ work
• NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU

Best Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
• Police Now

Best HR Strategy from Overseas
• WorkMotion

Best Early Careers Strategy
• Landor & Fitch

Best Internal Communications Strategy
• Reward Gateway

Best Employee Engagement Strategy sponsored by Investors in People
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK

Best Reward and Recognition Strategy
• Howdens Joinery

Best CSR Strategy
• Howdens Joinery

Best HR Technology Strategy
• Smith + Nephew

Best Recruitment and Workforce Planning Strategy
• BT

Best Flexible Working Strategy
• British Heart Foundation

HR Future Leader 2022
• Ben Wrigley, Wincanton

Best People-Focused CEO Of The Year 2022
• Tracy Garrad, AXA Health

Best Crisis Management Strategy
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

HR Team of the Year 2022
• Wincanton

HR Director of the Year 2022
• Carol-Ann White, Landor & Fitch