Annual Excellence Awards

The Annual Excellence Awards is the longest-running, independent awards in the industry and is an evening that shines a spotlight on payroll and pay professionals who have demonstrated their hard work, passion, and commitment to the industry.

The awards are judged by a group of independent judges.

Shortlist now revealed.

🏆 CIPP Bright Beginnings Award

Dhaval Depala, BDO
Ellie Holmes ACIPP, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
George Spriggs, MHR
Isabel Cox, Cox & Co
Joanna Brown, Payescape
Krystal Richardson Quinn, Azets
Patrycja Greenwood, Nuvo Payroll
Sean Ryan, Mitie

🏆 CIPP Spotlight Award

Chanelle Webb MCIPPdip, Amesto payroll Services (UK) Ltd
Eleanor Partridge ACIPP, HiBob
Josh Donner FCIPP, Ascend Payroll
Kay Augustus MCIPPdip, Augustus Payroll Services
Liam Ridgill, Ascend Payroll
Matt Rabone MCIPPdip, Azets
Muneebah Pathan, PM+M
Nichola Stephenson MCIPPdip, MHR
Pete Goodall, Payescape
Rebecca McNeil ACIPP, PayCaptain
Shannon Henley, Mitie
Sophie Burchell MCIPPdip, BDO
Thomas Ieuan Wood MCIPP, Simply Business

🏆 CIPP Leadership Award

Christopher Verney, MHR
George Karofylis, HiBob
Kay Augustus MCIPPdip, Augustus Payroll Services
Linda Obertin, Hilton Hotels Worldwide
Nichola Beech MCIPP, British Transport Police
Paul Hammond MCIPPdip, BDO
Rachael Knight MCIPPdip, Vinci Construction Management Ltd
Robert Evans MCIPP, TMF Group
Simon Bocca ACIPP, PayCaptain
Simon Puryer, LACE Partners Ltd
Will Jackson MCIPP, The Leppington Group

🏆 In-house Payroll Team of The Year Award - Private Sector Award

Experian Global Payroll & Projects
Hays Specialist recruitment payroll team
Serco Payroll Team
Thorn Baker Payroll Team

🏆 In-house Payroll Team of The Year Award - Public Sector Award

British Transport Police - Payroll Team
Cardiff University - Payroll & Pensions
Kingdom Housing Association Pay & Benefits Team
North Yorkshire Council
TransPennine Trains

🏆 International Payroll Service Provider of The Year Award

Activpayroll
ADP
EY
PeoplePay Global
Vistra
Zalaris

🏆 Payroll Service Provider of The Year (up to 20,000 payslips per month)

Ascend Payroll Ltd
Augustus Payroll Services
HiBob UK Payroll Managed Services Team
PeoplePay Global
Pytronot Solutions

🏆 Payroll service provider of the year (20001 - 75,000 payslips per month)

North Yorkshire Council
PayCaptain
PayEscape Ltd
Phase 3
PM+M Payroll Team

🏆 Payroll service provider of the year (over 75,000 payslips per month)

Azets
BDO
Cintra HR & Payroll Services
EPM Ltd
MHR - Managed Services
Zellis for British Airways

🏆 Project of the year - In-house organisations

British Transport Police - Payroll Team
Centrica
Mitie - Pay Rate Project (Tatum Halley)
Serco Payroll Team - Payroll Harmonisation
Serco Payroll Team _ Payroll Reviewer & Compliance Dashboard Project
TransPennine Trains

🏆 Project of the year - Service Providers

Activpayroll
Ascend Payroll Ltd - Quality Framework Project
Ascend Payroll – Unitemps
PwC (in partnership with Digital Realty)
The Leppington Group
Zellis Ltd

🏆 Software Product of The Year Award

Aslan
Ciphr
Frontier Software Plc
MHR - People First
PayCaptain
PayEscape Payroll Software
Vistra
Workday
Zalaris PeopleHub
Zellis Ltd

🏆 Software Innovation Product of The Year

Applic8
Aslan
Ciphr
Experian
Fair Work Solutions
MHR - People First
Sync Savings
Workday