Australian HR Award winners revealed!

The cream of Australia's HR industry gathered at the Australian HR Awards in Sydney on Friday night. We're proud to announce the winners of an exciting, hotly contested battle of excellence involving the nation's leading HR professionals.

BY HRM 09 Sep 2014

Friday night proved to be an exciting and suspense-filled night at the Australian HR Awards. After weeks of anticipation, the awards were announced to a packed room of over 700 HR professionals at Sydney’s Doltone House, Darling Island.

Popular media personality Julia Morris had the room in stitches throughout the evening, while musical entertainment was provided by the exceptionally talented band, The Diamonds.

2014 saw a record number of nominations from some of the country’s largest and most innovative companies. The high calibre of entries received this year resulted in an impressive list of finalists – and an even finer list of winners.

Highlights included inspirational speechs by HR Rising Star, Matthew Francis of RSPCA Qld, and HR Hall of Fame winner Michaela Healey of National Australia Bank. While all categories were hotly contested, the results of the HR Director of the Year and the HR Team of the Year categories produced an audible buzz of excitment in the ballroom.

HC congratulates all winners and will follow up with more from the awards in coming days. A full list of winners is below.

Category	Company	Individual
Australian HR Champion (CEO)	Accenture Australia	Jack Percy
Australian HR Director of the Year	Diageo	Lucinda Gemmell
Australian HR Manager of the Year	Bankstown City Council	Simone Cook
Australian HR Rising Star of the Year	RSPCA Qld	Matthew Francis
HR Hall of Fame	National Australia Bank Limited	Michaela Healey
Australian HR Team of the Year	QBE Insurance Australia Limited
Best Change Management Strategy	Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Best Employee Value Proposition	Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy	Johnson & Johnson
Best HR Innovation and Corporate Creativity	Suncorp
Best HR Marketing & Communications Strategy	Telstra
Best HR Strategic Plan	Brisbane Airport Corporation
Best Learning & Development Strategy	Fitness First
Best Recruitment Strategy	Campbell Arnott's
Best Reward & Recognition Strategy	Schweppes Australia
Best Use of Technology	Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Strategy	Deloitte
Employer of Choice (<1000)	Heritage Bank
Employer of Choice (>1000)	Deloitte
Employer of Choice (Public Sector & NFP)	QSuper