Winners of CIPP Annual Excellence Awards 2018 announced

12 October 2018

Winners of the CIPP Excellence Awards 2018 celebrated at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Thursday night.

The awards were established to recognise individuals and organisations in the industry who demonstrate payroll and/or pensions excellence, and their positive impact on the UK economy.

The 2018 winners are:

Newcomer of the year – sponsored by Portfolio Payroll
Winner – Adam Ellison, Cintra HR and Payroll Services Ltd

Manager of the year – sponsored by Cintra HR and Payroll Services
Winner – Sharon Tayfield MCIPP, BDO LLP

In-house payroll team of the year – sponsored by iRealise
Winner – Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust – Payroll and Benefit

Project of the year – sponsored by NGA
Winner – Armstrong Watson LLP – project Bostick

Well being and employer engagement award – sponsored by Workday
Winner – Ceridian Europe Ltd

My biggest influencer – sponsored by SD Worx
Winner – Michele Whitehead ACIPP, Adecco UK & Ireland
Highly Commended – Kay Followell MCIPP, Sopra Steria Ltd

Software product of the year – sponsored by Cloudpay
Winner – Edupay by Orovia Ltd

International payroll service provider of the year – sponsored by Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward
Winner – Neeyamo Inc
Highly commended – Activpayroll

Payroll service provider of the year – sponsored by Learn Payroll/Payroll Alliance
Winner – Intelligo Software
Highly commended – SD Worx

Working partnership award – gifted by the CIPP policy team
Winner – Neil Tonks ChMCIPPdip, MHR

Honorary Fellowship for pensions – Shaun Tetley FCIPP

Honorary Fellowship for payroll – Carsten Staehr FCIPP

Lifetime achievement for pension – gifted by the CIPP board of directors
Baroness Ros Altmann

Lifetime achievement for payroll – gifted by the CIPP board of directors
Will Lovegrove, SystemSync Solutions

Special award for services to payroll – gifted by the CIPP board of directors
Martyn Faulkner

Congratulations to all of last nights winners!

Full details following the awards, including photos and comments from the winners, will be provided in the November issue of Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward.