Judges 2022 Valerie Anderson Professor of HRD and Education, University of Portsmouth Francisca Beloso-Garcia EMEA Senior Manager, Inclusive Diversity Office, Alvarez and Marsal Callum Bennett Apprenticeship and Employability Team Leader, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Shakil Butt CEO and Founder, HR Hero for Hire Ltd Charles Cotton Senior Policy Adviser, Reward, CIPD Tim Craddock Regional HR Director, Network Rail Nebel Crowhurst Vice President People, INTO University Partnerships Lizzie Crowley Senior Skills Policy Adivsor, CIPD Katie Jacobs Senior Stakeholder Lead, CIPD Garry Dickson HR Transformation Lead, Natwest Group Andrew Ferguson CEO, Softworks Giorgia Gamba Quilliam Learning Content Manager , CIPD Roujin Ghamsari Founder, Principal Consultant, MappHR Jonny Gifford Senior Advisor for Organisational Behaviour, Interim Head of Research, CIPD Elaine Grell Global HR Director, Chief People Officer David Hayden Learning Content Manager, CIPD Oli Howard Head of Membership, CIPD Gerwyn House Education and Skills Director, ICS Learn Valerie Hughes-Daeth Chair of CIPD, and Director, VHD Consulting Ltd Steve George Learning Content Lead, CIPD Shokat Lal Executive Director, Barnsley Council Andy Lancaster Head of Learning , CIPD Tony Osude Commercial and Marketing Director, CIPD Jenny Mcculloch Learning Experience and Product Manager, Sainsbury's Julia Melvin HR Projects Manager, Ubisoft Reflections Caroline Nugent HR Director, NugenHR Esther O'Halloran Director, EOH Business Solutions Nick Pahl CEO, Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) Ray Parmenter Proprietor, Reward Evolution Michelle Parry-Slater L&D Director, Kairos Modern Learning, and Associate Consultant, CIPD Jo Pick Chief People Officer, Wincanton Tim Pointer Portfolio Chief People Officer & Operating Partner, Three Hills Capital Partners Jemeela Quraishi Social Impact Lead , CIPD Natasha Rice People Director, Group Reward & Pensions, Tesco Stores Limited Lesley Richards Head of CIPD Wales, CIPD Jabbar Sardar HR Director, BBC Studio Chris Schiller Managing Director/Lead consultant, Archway Management Training & development Ltd Paul Siniecki Strategic Labour Needs and Training (SLNT) Manager, MTR Elizabeth line Alex Stean Head of Reward, Sainsburys Rachel Suff Senior Policy Adviser, CIPD Ruth Stuart Head of Strategy Development, CIPD Brad Taylor Director of Consulting, AWA, Founder, Strategically People Perry Timms Chief Energy Officer, People and Transformational HR Ltd Sam Westwood Head of People, The White Company Heidi Winser Independent OD&D , Consultant Nicholas Williams CIPD Non-Executive Director & Trustee, CIPD