2024 HRO Today Association Awards

Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners in the APAC, EMEA, and North America Regions

The awards are presented in three regions: APAC, EMEA, and North America. Read on to see who was honored in 2024.

The HRO Today Association Awards is an annual recognition program that exemplifies the essential work that HR professionals do every day and provides people, teams, partners, and companies an opportunity to share best practices and successes so colleagues, and the industry, can benefit from their experience.

2024 Association Awards Winner Spotlight

2024 Association Award Winners & Finalists

APAC Region- Winners

The 2024 HRO Today Association Awards for the APAC region were presented at the Q4 APAC Board of Advisors Meeting on December 18th. Congratulations to our winners!

Team Categories
  • Best in Class: Employee Experience – Capgemini
  • Best in Class: HR Technology – ReachLX
  • Best in Class: Innovation (non-technical)Small Market – AIPL
  • Best in Class: Innovation (non-technical) Mid Market – FINEOS Corporation
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence – Kyndryl
  • HR Team of the Year – Centrient Pharmaceuticals
  • Recruitment Team of the Year – Infosys
Individual Categories
  • HR ExcellencePractitioner – Rekha Weerasooriya (Vice President, HR Transformation, Dialog Axiata)
  • HR ExcellenceProvider – Shweta Dhall (Senior Associate Lead – Talent Acquisition, Infosys)
  • HR Leadership – Priyanka Taikar (Chief People Officer, VTEST)

EMEA Region- Winners

The 2024 HRO Today Association Awards for the EMEA region were presented at the HRO Today Association Conference on December 6. Congratulations to our winners!

Team Categories
  • Best in Class: Employee Experience – Capgemini
  • Best in Class: HR Technology – Centrient Pharmaceuticals
  • Best in Class: Innovation (non-technical) – FINEOS Corporation
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence – Kyndryl
  • HR Team of the Year – N-able
  • Recruitment Team of the Year – Small Market – Homelink Healthcare
  • Recruitment Team of the Year – Mid Market – Centrient Pharmaceuticals 
Individual Category
  • HR Leadership – Filipa Gamanho Esteves (CHRO, Capgemini Portugal)

NORTH AMERICA Region – Winners

The 2024 HRO Today Association Awards for the North America region were presented at the HRO Today Association Conference on December 6. Congratulations to our winners!

Team Categories
  • Best in Class: Employee Experience – Healthcare – Quest Diagnostics
  • Best in Class: Employee ExperienceSmall Market – Clayton County Water Authority
  • Best in Class: Employee Experience – Large Market – Unifi Aviation
  • Best in Class: Employee ExperienceProvider – AgileOne
  • Best in Class: HR TechnologySmall Market – Plum
  • Best in Class: HR TechnologyLarge Market – PeopleScout
  • Best in Class: Innovation – KenCrest
  • Business Partnership Excellence – External Partnerships – Sevenstep & Optum
  • Business Partnership ExcellenceInternal Partnerships – Kyndryl
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ExcellenceMid Market – Amplify Education
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ExcellenceLarge Market – Blackbaud
  • HR Team of the Year – Texas Health Resources
  • Recruitment Team of the Year – Small Market – RS&H
  • Recruitment Team of the Year Large Market – CVS Health
  • Recruitment Team of the Year Provider – PeopleScout
Individual Categories
  • HR Excellence: Education – Angela Montemarano (CHRO, The School District of Lee County, Florida)
  • HR Excellence: Healthcare – Megan Williams (Director, Total Rewards, MedVet)
  • HR Excellence: Hospitality – Rachel McHugh (Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Sonesta International Hotels)
  • HR Leadership: Healthcare – Adaora Otiji (Chief Learning Officer, DC Health)
  • HR Leadership: Mid Market – Kathy George (President, Sepherion Staffing & Recruiting)
  • HR Leadership: Large Market – Amy Cappellanti-Wolf (EVP, Chief People Officer, Dayforce)
  • Member Leadership – Steve Antonoff

2024 HRO Today Association Awards Finalists

Congratulations to all 2024 HRO Today Association Awards finalists and Leaders of Distinction:

Team Category Awards:

AgileOne • AIPL • Amplify Education • Arka HR, Inc. • Banc of California • Blackbaud • Bloom • BrightPlan • Cambium Learning Group • Capgemini • Centrient Pharmaceuticals • Chanel • Clayton County Water Authority • Cleark of Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County • Cleveland Clinic • Current Lighting • CVS Health • DC Health• DEI Directive • Dialog Axiata PLC • DZConneX, a Day & Zimmermann Company • Exos • FINEOS Corporation Ltd. • HomeLink Healthcare • HRXconnect • Infosys Limited • KenCrest • Kyndryl • Metrolinx • N-able • O.C. Tanner • Omega Healthcare Management Services Pvt. Ltd. • Optum • Ovo Energy • PeopleScout • Plum • Quest Diagnostics • REACH LX • Red Sea Global • Resource Solutions • RS&H, Inc. • School District of Lee County, Florida • Sevenstep • SpotHero • SPS Vietnam Company Ltd. • Studio 5 – Learning and Development, Inc. • SucceedSmart • Texas Health Resources • TTEC • UCLA Health • Unifi Aviation, LLC • University Health • Unreco USA • Venture Global LNG

Individual Category Awards:

Andrea Barre (AgileOne) • Hollie Castro (HC Advice) • Maggie Driscoll (Blackbaud) • Neela Persaud (Adler & Stachenfeld LLP) • Cristina Valentin (KenCrest) • Megan Williams (MedVet) • Kristina Coon (Novant Health) • Rachel McHugh (Sonesta International Hotels) • Shibu Varghese (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) • Michael Rogers (Alight Solutions) • Melissa Yates May (Cambium Learning Group) • Amy Cappellanti-Wolf (Dayforce) • Adaora Otiji, Ed.D. (DC Health) • Elizabeth Clement (G2 Software Systems) • Karen Feeney (KenCrest) • Rosemarie Estrada (Kyndryl) • Kathy George (Spherion Staffing and Recruiting) • Angela Montemarano (The School District of Lee County, Florida) • Oli Fletcher (Red Sea Global) • Maiysa Ali Salim Al-Matroushi (Sohar Operation Services) • Craig Morgans (Direct Line Group) • Filipa Gamanho Esteves (Capgemini) • Hawanem Omara (Parkville Pharmaceuticals) • Rekha Weerasooriya (Dialog Axiata PLC) • Sathya Srinivasan (Infosys Limited) • Ronnika Khanna (Infosys Limited) • Priyanka Taikar (VTEST Software Pvt. Ltd.) • Dakshdeep Singh (PoepleStrong Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) • Priyanka Taikar (VTEST Software Pvt. Ltd.) • Shweta Dhall (Infosys Limited)

Questions?

For questions about the award process and/or assistance needed in completing an awards nomination, please contact Connor Feeney, Director of Membership Services at Connor.Feeney@SharedXpertise.com.