A big thank you to judges of Australian HR Awards 2024

Panel included 27 prominent leaders and experts in the HR industry

BY Jeremy Chunn 03 Oct 2024

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, Chief People Officer, Bravura Solutions
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.