The Firm Awards 2023!

Peter has returned as Chair of the Judges for this year's Firm Awards, and is a talent acquisition SME for Genomics England. Peter has been a member of The FIRM from the beginning, a former member of the advisory board and chair of the Judging panel since the very first FIRM Awards. His career spans global head of talent acquisition roles in firms such as CEB/Gartner, XL (Now AXA), Capita, Link Group and he is also the author of some of the papers in the FIRM's expansive resource library.

Ben is joining us from the fintech Wise (TransferWise), where he is currently Head of Recruitment & Employer Brand in London. Over the last 3 years, Ben has built a recruitment team that has scaled the org from 1,000 to 3,000 employees across 16 international locations. Prior to Wise, Ben worked for Aristocrat (gaming) based in Sydney, where he led APAC and then global recruiting, across 8 international locations. On the weekends he's on his road bike or ocean swimming & surfing when the opportunity arises.

Emma is Director of Marketing Operations for Capita’s Recruiting Partnering Project with the British Army. Responsible for marketing engagement across all owned channels, taking those with awareness and interest and converting them to applicants by showing the breath of the Army offer in a fresh and exciting way. She was previously a Resourcing Partner and member of the Resourcing Leadership Team at LV= where she was responsible for Employer Brand, attract and social strategy, working to ensure the group brand and employer brand and strategy aligned.

I have gained over 10 years recruitment experience working in house across Financial Services, Public Sector Legal and Logistics organisations. I have had experience of volume and niche recruitment across all salary bands up to executive level. I now head up the Delivery Resourcing team at Hermes and I am passionate about developing processes and implementing innovations to support the recruitment of self-employed couriers nationally. Having previously been a winner and presented at the IHR awards, I am really excited to be judging this year and cant wait to see the entries!

Georgie is the Talent Acquisition Lead for Northern Europe at Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snacking companies with brands including Cadbury, Oreo and Philadelphia, with 2020 net revenues of $26billion, over 80,000 employees and operations across 150 countries globally. Georgie leads the Talent Acquisition strategy, which includes the Early Careers and Employer Branding agenda for her business unit.

Heather is all about people and talent, identifying what motivates teams and supporting them to deliver great results, develop their careers and be successful. Heather started her career in hotel management but swiftly moving to recruitment for slightly more social hours! Heather has experience in all aspects of the recruitment industry, having worked in external Agency recruitment, Managed Services, RPO, and latterly moving to an In-house role.

Jon Hull is a veteran of the Recruitment industry, spanning a wide range of industries including, Distribution, Professional services, Financial Services, and Construction. He has been named in the most Influential voices in the industry on several occasions. He is passionate about ensuring that Resourcing is at the forefront of the commercial discussion, solving business issues through people and recruitment. He has a background in developing teams, leading transformation and data led decision making and the power of telling stories through data.

Jennifer was formerly the Global Head of Talent Acquisition and Employer Brand for Mondelez International, one of the world's largest snacks companies with 2019 net revenues of $26billion, over 90,000 employees and operations across 165 countries globally. Jennifer set and led the global TA COE strategy, agenda and organization of close to 300 TA professionals across 14 Business Units in N. America, Latin America, Europe and AMEA. She brought the team to new heights winning awards for Global Onboarding, their Global Employer Brand launch and Global Exec TA. For

Mel Punch is the Head of Careers at Investec Plc an ‘out of the ordinary’ Bank and Wealth Manager with offices across the UK, US, Asia and Africa. Having joined the business 4 years ago to head up recruitment, Mel now looks after Recruitment, People and Talent Consulting and Employee Relations driving a smoother candidate and employee experience.

8 years plus experience in HR with expertise in Technology Talent Acquisition across industries; IT Consulting, Ecommerce, Business Process Outsourcing and manufacturing. As a strong advocate of diversity in IT, I am a part of the D&I Council and drive the D&I hiring strategy for the group. As a passionate speaker and panelist, I have spoken at 31 conferences in the past three years. I have been published in leading magazines like Business of Fashion, New York, HR Tech Outlook, and co-authored a book called The Builders Guide to the Tech Galaxy.

Nick has worked within the Recruitment and Talent Acquisition industry since 2007, having started his career with a boutique technology agency In London, where shortly after he moved to the Middle East to start a 14 year career, visiting multiple locations! Starting in Saudi Arabia and then spending 13 years in Dubai – Nick has worked for a global recruitment agency, focusing on Senior and Executive hires, Etihad Airways, where he managed several key business units and then 2 years with Siemens Abu Dhabi where he was the recruitment manager for Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Healthcare practice.

Salma is Global Talent Acquisition Leader for Corporate Functions, leading a team of Executive Search professionals focusing on the talent acquisition strategies for Johnson & Johnson’s Executive Committee and their direct reports, helping to identify & hire the future C-Suite leaders. Salma began her HR career as an HR Manager and worked in different industries including IT, Retail and Banking before moving on to work in various Resourcing roles for companies such as Citi & Tata Consultancy Services. She has been most recently recognized as one of 11 Most Influential In-House Recruiters 2021, by Recruiter magazine.