I am pleased to share that the 2023 HRO Today Association Awards were presented for the North America and EMEA regions during the Association’s annual Conference & Awards Program on December 1st, and on December 13th for the APAC region as part of the Association’s APAC board of advisors meeting. For more than 15 years, the Association has recognized company and individual accomplishments in human resources and leadership in North America, EMEA, and APAC.
Our awards program enables the sharing of best practices and recognizes great work and great people across the globe. I would like to congratulate the winners who were honored this year. The overall quality of the nominations received this year was exceptional – the list of accomplishments goes far beyond what we were able to quickly summarize during the awards presentation.
APAC Region – Winners
Team categories
- Best In Class Candidate Experience: TTEC
- Best in Class Employee Experience: N-able
- Best in Class Innovation (non-technical): NielsenIQ
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence: Kyndryl
- HR Team of the Year: SolarWinds
- Recruitment Team of the Year: Infosys
Individual categories
- HR Excellence: Priyanka Taikar, chief people officer, VTEST Software Pvt. Ltd.
- HR Leadership, Information Technology: Nahla Azmi, head of talent acquisition, Asia Pacific, Infosys
- HR Leadership, Financial Services: Ardhi Lufti Siregar, head of human resources, Manulife Business Processing Services, Inc.
- HR Leadership, Education: Dr. Nikhat M. Hamza, director, human resources, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU)
EMEA Region- Winners
Team categories
- Best in Class Candidate Experience: Direct Line Group
- Best in Class Employee Experience: Capgemini Portugal
- Best in Class Innovation (non-technical) Practitioner: NielsenIQ
- Best in Class Innovation (non-technical) Provider: Capgemini
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence: TTEC
- HR Team of the Year: Helmes AS
- Recruitment Team of the Year: Red Sea Global
Individual categories
- HR Excellence, Healthcare/Pharma: Hawanem Omara, compensation and benefits supervisor, Parkville Pharmaceuticals Egypt Limited
- HR Excellence, Research and Development: Besa Kapisha Muthuri, CHRO executive advisor: people operations, Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
- HR Leadership, Hospitality: Oli Fletcher, talent acquisition and onboarding executive director, Red Sea Global
- HR Leadership, Healthcare/Pharma: Mohamed Othman Zidan, talent acquisition manager, GMS – YMS
NORTH AMERICA Region – Winners
Team categories
- Best in Class Candidate Experience: RingCentral
- Best in Class Employee Experience, Financial Services: Seacoast Bank
- Best in Class Employee Experience, Healthcare: VITAS Healthcare
- Best in Class Innovation (non-technical): Magnit
- Best in Class HR Technology, Enterprise: Quest Diagnostics
- Best in Class HR Technology, Mid-Market: Rangam
- Business Partnership Excellence: Honeywell and Korn Ferry
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence, Practitioner: Memorial Healthcare System
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Excellence, Provider: Page Outsourcing
- HR Team of the Year, Enterprise: Siemens Energy
- HR Team of the Year, Mid-Market: GNC
- HR Team of the Year, Provider: Pontoon Solutions
- Recruitment Team of the Year, Healthcare: Cleveland Clinic
- Recruitment Team of the Year, Hospitality: Marriott Vacations Worldwide
- Recruitment Team of the Year, Provider: PeopleScout
Individual categories
- HR Excellence, Healthcare: Jaclyn Greenberg, team leader of talent acquisition, KenCrest
- HR Excellence, Higher Education: Mike Sorensen, chief collaborator experience officer, Nightingale Education Group
- HR Excellence, Media & Entertainment: Chris Alwell, employee well-being experience program manager, TikTok
- HR Excellence, Biotech: Lorenzo Claridy, vice president, HR business leader, GSK
- HR Excellence, Events and Hospitality: Tracey Jenkins, senior vice president, human resources, Sodexo Live!
- HR Leadership, Consumer Goods: Todd Miller, vice president, organizational capability, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
- HR Leadership, Healthcare/Pharma: Maggie Stavrianidis, vice president, compensation, benefits and HRIS, WCG Clinical
- HR Leadership, Financial Services: Donna Verdi, head of talent and development, America, APAC, India, Barclays
As always, thank you to our global community of members, whose contributions support our mission of advancing the practice of human resources. If you are not yet a member, I encourage you to join us to support your continuous learning and development. Association membership ensures your team is consistently honing the skills needed to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of their operations. Please contact me at Renee.Preston@SharedXpertise.com for more information.
