Personnel Today is calling on readers to tell us who you think should be included in the Top 40 Power Player list for 2008.
Later in the year, Personnel Today will be publishing its annual list of the most influential and powerful practitioners. The list marks the movers and shakers in the HR sector – individuals that have changed how people work within their own organisations and are visible and influential in the wider HR community.
To make sure we don’t miss out on any potential power players, we would like you to tell us who you think has had the most impact on people management over the past year. All you have to do is provide a name and organisation and one line on why they deserve to be on the list.
Last year, McDonald’s chief people officer David Fairhurst was crowned the top power player for his work at the fast-food giant.
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Top 40 Power Players 2007
- David Fairhurst, senior vice-president and chief people officer, McDonald’s
- Clare Chapman, workforce director general, Department of Health
- Neil Roden, group HR director, Royal Bank of Scotland
- Angela O’Connor, chief people officer, National Policing Improvement Agency
- Keith Cameron, HR director, Marks & Spencer
- Gill Rider, head of HR, Civil Service
- Martin Tiplady, HR director, Metropolitan Police
- Tony McCarthy, HR director, Royal Mail
- Tony Woodley, joint leader, Unite
- Dame Carol Black, national director for health and work
- Trevor Phillips, chairman, Commission for Equality & Human Rights (CEHR)
- Linda Holbeche, research and policy director, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Sir Digby Jones, government skills envoy
- 2012 Olympics team: Wendy Cartwright, head of HR, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Jean Tomlin, director of HR, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog)
- Caroline Waters, director of people and policy, BT
- Liane Hornsey, HR director, Google
- Susan Anderson, director of HR policy, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
- Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology, Lancaster University
- Paul Pagliari, director of change and corporate services, Scottish Executive
- David Smith, people director, Asda
- Duncan Brown, director, HR practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Jan Parkinson, managing director, Local Government Employers
- Dave Prentis, general secretary, Unison
- Vance Kearney, vice-president HR EMEA, Oracle
- Stephen Kelly, director, BBC People
- Mark Serwotka, general secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
- Martyn Phillips, HR director, B&Q
- Mike Cutt, HR director, Boots
- Stephen Moir, director of people and policy, Cambridgeshire County Council, and PPMA vice-president
- Martin Sawkins, HR director, The AA
- Philipa Hird, group HR director, ITV
- Alan Warner, director of people and property, Hertfordshire County Council
- David Yeandle, deputy director of employment policy, EEF (Engineering Employers Federation)
- Francesca Okosi, director, people and performance, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Sally Jacobson, HR director, London & Quadrant Housing Association (L&Q Group)
- Mary Canavan, HR director, British Library
- Stephen Sidebottom, HR director, Nomura International
- Tim Miller, director, people, property and assurance, Standard Chartered Bank
- Wendy Dean, HR director, ANC Express
- Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice, London Business School
