Judges 2026 Irene Adeyinka Executive Coach & Consultant, Coaching For The Future Lutfur Ali Senior Policy & Practice Advisor, CIPD Idris Arshad Head of People, Asthma + Lung UK Shane Ashby-Roche Head of Org Development and Culture, The White Company Sarah Aubrey Proposition Manager, CIPD Jamie Bald HR Coordinator, Torishima Europe David Bearfield HR Director, United Nations Development Programme Meera Bhalla HR Consultant, Former Civil Service Sharon Blyfield OBE Head of Early Careers & Apprenticeships, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Great Britain Ltd Jennifer Brown People and Culture Consultant, Evolutionise Consulting Dave Buglass Executive Director, Head of Operational Learning, JP Morgan Chase Charles Cotton Senior Policy & Practice Adviser, Reward, CIPD Lizzie Crowley Senior Skills Policy Advisor, CIPD Matt Davies CEO, Hapus People Toni Davies Programme Manager for Leadership and Succession (People Profession), HEIW Leah De Silva Senior Programme Manager, CIPD Trust Sarah Dewar Executive Director of People, Digital and Transformation, Everyturn Mental Health Daphne Doody-Green CEO, Bathroom Association Nicky Elford Head of Colleague Propositions and Policy, Lloyds Banking Group Tony Elliott Executive Director of People, Robertson Group Steph Evans-Hill Group People Director, William Jackson Food Group Sharon Fernandes Learning Consultant, CIPD Becky Flight Head of Operations, Wintle-Camp Coaching Beverley Flood Head of People Services, Welsh Ambulance Services University Trust Beatriz Fuentes People & Culture Director, DeterTech Kevin Green Unit Operations Training Specialist, Muller UK & Ireland Claire Haigh Employee Experience Lead, Office for National Statistics Elizabeth Hall HR Director, Leek Building Society Mila Haviv Lancova Global Talent Acquisition Lead, CIPD David Hayden People Consultant, Talent Delivers Susan Hayman Senior Engagement Manager, CIPD Julie Higgins Head of People Development, Planning Inspectorate Jenny Hinde Chief People Officer, Personal Group Arlene Hinds HR Director, Tide HR Alison Hodgson Country Director, The CIPD in Ireland Emma Horne Associate Director, Crosby Management Training Ltd Natalie Horsfall HR Manager, Thomas Johnstone Oli Howard Head of Membership, CIPD Andrew Jacobs Founder and CEO, Llarn Learning Emma Jayne CPO, KYN Bickley Victoria Keith Talent, Learning & Development Manager, DS Smith Kelly Kimber Head of Business Transformation, CIPD Andy Lancaster Chief Learning Office and Consultant, Reimagine People Development Emma Langford People Director, Busy Bees Nurseries Margaret-Ann Love Head of Human Resources, The City of Edinburgh Council Hannah Lowery Head of People and Culture, Far and Beyond Gail Maclean Head of Colleague Relations, NHS Property Services Ewen MacPherson Group Chief People Officer, Havas UK Kieran Mander Chief People Officer | Founder, RateARecruiter | Kieranmander.com Elsa Millansky People Consultant, EM People Consulting Daniel Moczynski Head of HR, NWH Group Hayfa Mohdzaini Senior Policy & Practice Adviser - Technology, CIPD Sonia Mooney Founder, Sonia Mooney Signature Solutions Sarah Murray Director - People & Operations, Harper James Asha Musoni Chief People & Transformation Officer, CBI Michele Noble End Point Assessment Executive, CIPD Esther O'Halloran Managing Director, EOH Business Solutions Katie Obi Chief People Officer, OneAdvanced Mark Mario Pavlika Chief Peloton & Purpose Officer, Bicycle London Lisa Pearl People and Change Director, CIPD Jo Pick Chief People Officer, MARCH Yvon Poland Director of Organisational Development & Inclusion, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Chloe Quinn Chief People Officer, Connells Group Jenny Roper Editor, Wonderly Georgia Rothon Director, People Sphere Debbie Ryan Managing Director, The People Equation UK Cheryl Samuels People & Culture Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust Paul Sealy Director, People Capability Consulting Saira Shah Chief People Officer, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Shohail Shaikh Head of Organisational Development and Talent Management, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Jade Sheppard Founder & HR Consultant, Petula People Solutions Ltd Krystle Siaw (FCIPD) Senior People Partner - Western Europe, The LEGO Group Miranda Simms Wellbeing & Inclusion Lead, TUI Montanna Stafford Propositions Manager, CIPD Adam Stanbury Director of Employer Solutions, CIPD Andrew Stephenson Former CHRO, Equiniti Katie Stickland Knowledge Exchange Manager, CIPD Rachel Suff Senior Policy Adviser, CIPD Victoria Winkler Director of Professional Development, CIPD Mehmet Sinan Yorulmaz HR Analytics and Employee Relations Manager, TEI-TUSAS Engine Industries Inc. Jake Young Senior Policy and Practice Adviser, CIPD
