Business Culture Awards Judges are part of a growing community of professionals who are passionate about exceptional culture, and seeking to make the workplace a more engaging, collaborative and productive place.

Meet the Judges

Asif Sadiq

Senior Vice President, Head of Equity and Inclusion, International

WarnerMedia

Ceri Connolly

People Director

Lloyds Banking Group

Rakhee Patel

Global People & Culture Director

ISS A/S

Simon Youngs

Group Talent Director

Essentra

Lena Tailor

Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

GoCardless

Jo Franco-Wheeler

Director of Organisational Development and Diversity

Inmarsat

Chris Oglethorpe

HR Director

Gowling WLG

Fran Williams

Human Resources Director UK&I

DFDS

Ali Mohammed

Executive Director of HR and OD
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Nicola Robinson

VP Talent and Organisation Effectiveness

RS Group plc

John Shurmer

Director – Talent & Development Architecture

Barclays

Kate Griffiths-Lambeth

Chief People Officer

Gravita

Nadine Bainbridge

Vice President – HR and Global Talent & Learning

PlayStation

James Hartley

Managing Director, Global Head HR, Group Operations & Global Functions

Swiss Re

Karen Terry Weymouth

HR Strategy Director

University of Warwick

Bjorn Thonvold

VP People & Organization

Xellia Pharmaceuticals

Chris Jones

HR Director, Continental Europe & Commercial Capability

Kellogg Company

Sarah Hopkins

Chief People Officer

Financial Times

Karen Rooney

People Director

Boden

Aggie Mutuma

CEO

Mahogany Inclusion Partners

Sufia Hussain

Inclusion Equity & Diversity Director EMEA

Wunderman Thompson

Guy Nicholson

Group Print & Operations Director

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Jo Volk

Director, Resourcing, Engagement & Development

Balfour Beatty plc

Sunil Balakrishnan

Chief Values Officer

UST

Stephanie Atkinson

Head of HR

William Fry

Adam Lancaster

Director of Leadership Development

Meta

Sue Swanborough

Group HRD

Aquila Food Group Holdings

Bernadette Thompson

Associate Director of Inclusion

Barts Health NHS Trust

Liam McEntegart

Managing Director (Client Services)

REAL Fundraising

Hayley Kingdom

Group HR Director

Burton’s Biscuit Company

Kate Billyard

Global Director – Leadership, Talent & Inclusion

The Body Shop

Simon Clements

Talent Director

Drax Group

Carrie Westwell

Director of People & Culture

Peel L&P

Simon Gosney

Head of Learning & Development

Dimensions UK

Sasha Watson

People Director

Moonpig

Zsolt Boros

Global Director People & Culture

Dorchester Collection

Rachael Hanley-Browne

UK President

EMCC

Tim Pointer

Operating Partner & Portfolio Chief People Officer

Atypical Partner.

Lisa Robbins

Vice President Partner Resources EMEA

Starbucks

Jenny Lawrence

HR Director

Waterstones

Lisa Ravenscroft

Chief Marketing Officer

Mount Anvil

Lucy Hargreaves

Development & People Director

gunnercooke llp

Hamid Motraghi

NHS Deputy Director / Deputy Head of WRES

NHS England

Caroline Smith

Head of HR

The Football Association

Kate Everett

Managing Partner

The Write Impression LLP

Liz Pannaman

Organisational Development Manager

Transport for London

Pauline Geldard

Head of Business Partnering and Reward

Sovereign Housing

Andy Stoker

Change Director

Studio Banana