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Winners and photos: HR Excellence 2017 Awards, Singapore

Organised by Human Resources, last night saw senior regional producer Nikita Erpini producing one of Asia’s largest award shows - the HR Excellence 2017 Awards, Singapore. Held at Mandarin Orchard, the awards saw more than 450 HR leaders and industry players celebrating the achievements within the HR profession.

Since it’s inauguration in 2013, the HR Excellence Awards has applauded organisations in Asia which has strived for excellence and outstanding human capital strategy and execution.

Featuring 24 highly relevant and significant categories, the jury has named Mundipharma as Employer of the Year, with its very own Linda Downs as HR Leader of The Year; as well as Lotte Scheffer from Lazada Group as the Young HR Talent of the Year.

Kick starting the award, Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources magazine, greeted esteemed guests with: “In the war to attract top talent, it’s always helpful to dive into the minds of industry front runners, to identify just what pushes them to improve their HR practices constantly - what are the drivers?"

"We are so fortunate to have a room full of such innovative HR practitioners." 

Check out photos from the event here.

In one of its newly-added category, Excellence in HR Change Management; AXA Insurance won gold, followed by PepsiCo India with silver, and SMRT taking home the bronze award. In fact, SMRT also won other wins including Excellence in Compensation & Benefits Strategy with silver (and Dow Chemical Singapore with bronze), as well as Excellence in Talent Management with a gold (where Mundipharma won bronze, and Manulife Business Processing Services won silver).

As for Excellence in HR Innovation, the bronze award goes to Schneider Electric India, with DHL Supply Chain Singapore winning a silver, and SAP taking the big gold. Other gold wins for SAP included Excellence in Compensation & Benefits Strategy, and Excellence in Effective use of Social Media - where bronze was given to Manulife Business Processing Services, and silver to Dell Technologies. Additionally, the firm’s Excellence in Innovative use of HR Tech was recognised with a silver win.

Talk about Excellence in Innovative use of HR Tech, the award was also given to Schneider Electric (bronze) and Cycle & Carriage Singapore (gold).

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