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Neil Hughes joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Neil Hughes, Director of Human Capital Consulting at Grant Thornton Ireland, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing over 25 years of senior HR leadership and organisational transformation expertise across public and private sectors. With extensive background in HR operating model design, organisational restructuring, and large-scale transformation programmes, he brings strategic consulting perspective to evaluating how HR functions design and execute people strategies aligned with organisational priorities.

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Aminat Oluwabusola Farinmade joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Aminat Oluwabusola Farinmade, Director of Total Rewards EMEA at Equinix, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing expertise in fair and competitive reward strategies, HR transformation, and multi-jurisdictional organisational change. With extensive consulting background at KPMG combined with corporate leadership experience, she brings unique perspective on designing and implementing integrated reward practices that support both people experience and business performance across complex organisational transitions.

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Ross O'Neill joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Ross O'Neill, Founder and Managing Director of Workbly, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing evidence-based expertise in engagement and culture measurement developed through his unique methodology now widely adopted across industries. As creator of the Best Employer Mark certification, he brings rigorous standards and genuine passion for recognising organisations that achieve consistently high performance across every dimension of the employee experience.

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Miriam Manning to coordinate judging for HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026

Miriam Manning, Director of People and Culture at TELUS Digital Ireland, has been appointed Judging Coordinator for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing over 13 years of strategic HR leadership and transformational change management expertise. With Chartered Fellow CIPD membership and experience overseeing approximately 7,000 employees across Europe, she brings enterprise-scale people strategy capability and coaching culture development to support rigorous evaluation of award entries.

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