Celebrating HR Excellence
The cream of Wales’ HR professionals and teams have been recognized and celebrated at the inaugural Wales HR Awards held at Cardiff’s SSE SWALEC. The HR Awards were created and delivered by Acorn and law firm Darwin Gray. Alison Wright, of Calland Wright Consulting was one of the three judges for the awards.
Nominations for individuals and teams from organisations of all sizes and in all sectors across Wales were invited, with the finalists attending the black tie gala event at which the overall winners were announced.
Alison Wright of Calland Wright Consulting commented “I was extremely impressed by the calibre and commitment evident in the nominations for HR teams and individuals. This level of talent and business focused expertise should place the profession at the very forefront of an organisation’s decision making and strategic agenda.
Fflur Jones, Head of Darwin Gray’s Employment Law and HR Department, said: “Despite being at the core of every successful company, HR is very often an under-acknowledged profession. That’s why I think this event has generated such a positive response; it seems to have really struck a chord.”
Lord Price, Minister of State at the Department for International Trade and former Managing Director of Waitrose was guest speaker. Winners and guests were also entertained by Only Boys Aloud and Welsh National Opera’s Youth Opera.