Judges 2026 Shane Ashby-Roche Head of Org Development and Culture, The White Company Sarah Aubrey Proposition Manager, CIPD Jamie Bald HR Coordinator, Torishima Europe Charles Cotton Senior Policy & Practice Adviser, Reward, CIPD Matt Davies CEO, Hapus People 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 Steph Evans-Hill Group People Director, William Jackson Food Group Sharon Fernandes Commercial Learning Consultant, CIPD Becky Flight Head of Operations, Wintle-Camp Coaching Beverley Flood Head of People Services, Welsh Ambulance Services University Trust 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 David Hayden People Consultant, Talent Delivers Julie Higgins Head of People Development, Planning Inspectorate Arlene Hinds HR Director, Tide HR Oli Howard Head of Membership, CIPD Andrew Jacobs Founder and CEO, Llarn Learning Emma Jayne CPO, KYN Bickley 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 Gail Maclean Head of Colleague Relations, NHS Property Services Ewen MacPherson Group Chief People Officer, Havas UK Daniel Moczynski Head of HR, NWH Group Hayfa Mohdzaini Senior Policy & Practice Adviser - Technology, CIPD Sonia Mooney Founder, Sonia Mooney Signature Solutions Asha Musoni Chief People & Transformation Officer, CBI Katie Obi Chief People Officer, OneAdvanced Jo Pick Chief People Officer, MARCH Yvon Poland Director of Organisational Development & Inclusion, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Jenny Roper Editor, Wonderly 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 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 Mehmet Sinan Yorulmaz HR Analytics and Employee Relations Manager, TEI-TUSAS Engine Industries Inc.
