Panel included 27 prominent leaders and experts in the HR industry
HRD would like to thank the advisory panel of judges who generously contributed their time going through the nominations and casting their votes for the recent Australian HR Awards 2024, held on Friday 13 September in Sydney.
The panel consisted of 27 experts and leaders in the human resources space, whose expertise and insight were instrumental in recognising outstanding individuals and firms in the industry.
“These awards establish benchmarks for industry standards,” said Dr Connie Zheng, a judge on the panel and associate professor in human resource management at the University of South Australia.
“I am all the more convinced of HR’s power to drive organisational excellence, sustainability, promote employee wellbeing and safeguard societal and community welfare.”
The full panel for the Australian HR Awards included:
- Simon Brown-Greaves, Strategic Director, Humbli
- Veronica Carroll, Director, Royse HR Solutions
- Rachael Cook, CEO, Inclusee
- Gillian Davie, Head of HR, AMP Australia
- Victoria Doherty, Chief Human Resources Officer, Export Finance
- Vesna Garnett, Chief People Officer, SunRice Group
- Jim Grant, Partner, Jim Grant & Associates
- Peter Hartnett, General Manager People & Culture, Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing
- Daniel Hernandez, Managing Director, APAC, WOBI
- Leigh Hillier, Head of People Operations, BAE Systems
- Kiersten Hocking, Head of Learning and Talent Development, Transdev Australasia
- Melissa Irwin, General Manager People, Culture & Transformation, Endeavour Energy
- Dr Selvi Kannan, Senior Academic & Head External Engagement & Industry Partnerships School of ICT, College of Sciences Technology and Engineering, University of Tasmania
- Loretta McGeachin, Director, Workforce Advisory, Vincents
- Patrick Medd, Director Global Learning – Consulting, EY
- Natalie Nicholson, Chief People Officer, Optiver
- Todd Reynolds, Executive General Manager, People, Property and Safety, Energy Queensland
- Simone Robards, Director People and Performance, City of Canterbury Bankstown
- Sarah Sammut, Global Director People and Culture, Willow
- Sabina Schlegel, Director of Organisational Change and Culture, Queensland Department of Health
- Lyndsey Scott, Area Director of Human Resources – State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman & State of Kuwait, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- Lisa Skofic, Head of Talent, World Vision Australia
- Dean Summlar, Vice President Talent Management & Learning, Schneider Electric
- Robert Tanti, Chief People Officer, Opal
- Kellie Tomney, Future of Work Speaker and Executive Coach, KellieTomney.com
- Jane Wright, Director and Principal, Workdynamic Australia
- Dr. Connie Zheng, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, University of South Australia
The Australia HR Awards 2024 team would like to extend its appreciation to all the attendees, sponsors and everyone who supported the online event. Congratulations once again to this year’s winners.
