Judges 2024 Lutfur Ali Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD Amanda Arrowsmith People & Transformation Director, CIPD Renu Assarpota Vice President, People Analytics and Insights, Mastercard Kristina Bachtler HR & Operations Manager, Coffee Break Languages Baboucarr Badjan Head of HR, EcoBank Gambia Alison Bell People and Communications Director, Project Leaders Francisca Beloso EMEA Senior Project Manager, HR, Alvarez and Marsal Callum Bennett Workforce & OD Practitioner, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Raj Bhamber Director of People, NHS England Jessica Brannigan Lead People Scientist, Culture Amp Shakil Butt CEO and Founder, HR Hero for Hire Janet Campbell HR Director, Restoration & Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd Lynn Carson Managing Director, DMS Ireland Charles Cotton Senior Policy Adviser, Reward, CIPD Chris Cox Head of HR Operations, Northrop Grumman UK Lizzie Crowley Senior Advisor, CIPD Debby Dean HR Director, Roc Technologies Daphne Doody-Green Interim UK Market Director, CIPD Evelina Dzimanaviciute CEO, Elite Mind Ltd Matt Elliott Chief People Officer, Bank of Ireland Giorgia Gamba Quilliam Samantha Gerson Senior Product Manager, CIPD Roujin Ghamsari Founder, Principal Consultant, MappHR Jonny Gifford Alastair Gilchrist CTO, NRLA Ian Grant Head, People Insights, Standard Chartered Gemma Greenfield L&D Team Leader, Softcat Dr Sunil Gupta CEO, IDEAS Susannah Haan Senior Corporate Governance Adviser, CIPD Elizabeth Hall Head of HR, Leek Building Society David Hayden Owner, Talent Delivers Tim Haynes VP People & Culture, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Laura Herbert Chief People Officer, Apadmi Emma Horne Director, Crosby Management Training Ltd Oli Howard Head of Membership, CIPD Esther O'Halloran Director, EOH Business Solutions Rita Isaac Victoria Keith Talent, Learning & Development Manager, TMS Global Sarah King Director of HR, Gower College Swansea Emma Klosson Learning Evangelist, SweetRush Kelly Knight Founder, Opportunity Rocks HR Paul Joseph-Richard Senior Lecturer in HRM, Ulster University Jamila Lecky Change Planning Manager, GroupM Claire Lish Chief Psychologist, Psynergy Consulting Limited Dr. Mahmoud Mansi Chairperson, HR Revolution Middle East Claire McCartney Senior Policy Adviser, Resourcing and Inclusion, CIPD Corinne Mills Director of People, Alzheimer's Society Hayfa Mohdzaini Senior Research Adviser - Data, Tech & AI, CIPD Rebecca Monk Chief People Officer, Softcat Michele Noble End Point Assessment Executive, CIPD Ray Parmenter Proprietor, Reward Evolution Michelle Parry-Slater L&D Director, Kairos Modern Learning Rebecca Peters Research Adviser, CIPD Jo Pick Chief People Officer, Wincanton Adam Pitt Associate Director of HR, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT Tim Pointer Portfolio Chief People Officer & Operating Partner, Three Hills Capital Partners Georgia Rothon Director, People Sphere Anne Schiettecatte Performance Consultant & Coach, AMCS Performance Consulting Chris Schiller Learning & Development Facilitator, Coach and Consultant, Archway Management Training & Development Ltd Iain Scott-Bainbridge CEO, TMSDI Jade Sheppard Regional HRBP, Steer Natalie Smith Head of HR & Employee Relations, Harlow College Adam Stanbury Global Head of Employer Solutions, CIPD Katie Stickland Knowledge Exchange Manager, CIPD Thomas Stroppel Head of Learning and Development, Dishoom Rachel Suff Senior Policy Adviser, CIPD Asha Taak Early Careers Specialist, National Grid Paul Taylor-Pitt Director & OD Consultant, Metamorphosish Ltd Charlotte Wakeham Head of Future Talent, Royal Mail Group Gaelle D Watson Digital Learning Strategist, SyncSkills Molly Wysocki-Douglas Organisation Development Advisor, NHS Resolution