Judges 2023 Lutfur Ali Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD Valerie Anderson Professor of HRD and Education, University of Portsmouth Amanda Arrowsmith People & Transformation Director, CIPD Renu Assarpota Vice President, Workforce Analytics and Innovation, Mastercard Francisca Beloso-Garcia EMEA Senior Manager, Inclusive Diversity Office, Alvarez and Marsal Callum Bennett Apprenticeship and Employability Team Leader, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Baboucarr Badjan Head, HR, Standard Chartered Bank, Gambia Gemma Berrington L&D Early Careers Team Leader, Softcat Plc Raj Bhamber Director of People, NHS England David Blackburn Chief People Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme Shakil Butt Founder, HR Hero for Hire Janet Campbell HR Director, Restoration & Renewal Delivery Authority Lynn Carson Managing Director, DMS Ireland David Cooper Chief People Officer, Circle Health Group Sarah Corney Head of Digital Experience, CIPD Charles Cotton Senior Advisor, CIPD Lizzie Crowley Senior Skills Policy Adivsor, CIPD Debby Dean Head of HR, Henley Investment Management Ltd Garry Dickson HR Transformation Lead, Natwest Group Daphne Doody-Green Head of CIPD Northern England, CIPD Matt Elliott Chief People Officer, Bank of Ireland Louise Fischer Commissioner, Low Pay Commission UK, Civil Service Giorgia Gamba Quilliam Learning Content Manager , CIPD Steve George Learning Content Lead, CIPD Roujin Ghamsari Director of Professional Development - HR & OD, NHS England Jonny Gifford Senior Advisor for Organisational Behaviour, CIPD Ian Grant Head of People Insights Partnering, Standard Chartered Susannah Haan Senior Corporate Governance Adviser, CIPD David Hayden Learning Content Manager, CIPD Tim Haynes VP Organisational Development & People Analytics, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Jenny Hemmings Head of HR, Midland Heart Jenny Hinde Executive Director, Clear Company Emma Horne Strategy Director, Crosby Management Training Ltd Oli Howard Head of Membership, CIPD Ben Jackson Managing Director, Cogency Labs Ltd Katie Jacobs Senior Stakeholder Lead, CIPD Prianka Jaidka HR Business Partner, CPI Michael Kelly Emeritus Fellow, Leeds Business School Andy Lancaster Head of Learning , CIPD Dr Tracey Leghorn Chief Business Services Officer, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Jamila Lecky Group Reward Consultant, Mott MacDonald Claire Lish Chief Psychologist, Psynergy Consulting Limited Claire Mccartney Senior policy Adviser, Resourcing and Inclusion, CIPD Jenny Mcculloch Learning Experience and Product Manager, Sainsbury's Hayfa Mohdzaini Senior Research Adviser - Data, Technology & AI , CIPD Alison Moss Head of People Operations, Circle Health Group Caroline Nugent HR Director, NugenHR Michele Noble End Point Executive, CIPD Katie Obi Chief People Officer, Beamery Esther O'Halloran Director, EOH Business Solutions Jonathan Smith Director, Salmon Personal development Ltd. 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 Rebecca Peters Research adviser, CIPD Jo Pick People Director, Wincanton Adam Pitt Associate Director of HR, University Hospital Southampton NHSFT Tim Pointer Operating Partner & Portfolio Chief People Officer, Three Hills Capital Partners Jemeela Quraishi Programme and Systems Lead, CIPD Julie Rogers Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Workforce & OD, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) Anna Rasmussen Founder & CEO, OpenBlend Georgia Rothon Director, People Sphere Jabbar Sardar HR Director, BBCS Anne Schiettecatte Director, AMCS Performance Consulting Chris Schiller Managing Director/Lead consultant, Archway Management Training & development Ltd Natalie Smith Head of HR & Employee Relations, Further & Higher Education Corporation of Harlow College Caroline Stockmann Chief Executive, ACT Ruth Stuart Head of Strategy Development, CIPD Rachel Suff Senior policy adviser, CIPD Asha Taak Early Careers Partner, Jisc Paul Taylor-Pitt Director, Metamorphosish Ltd Gaelle D Watson Virtual Classroom Expert, SyncSkills Nicholas Williams CIPD Non-Executive Director & Trustee, CIPD Andrea Wareham NED/Advisor/Mentor, Self Employed (previously Pret A Manger CPO)