The Personnel
Today Top 40 Power Players is now in its fifth year. In this time, many
high-flying senior HR professionals have charted, shown promise and risen
through the ranks. Others have been one-hit wonders, causing a stir and then
rapidly fading away. Here we list the chart of charts: the Top 40 Power Players
from 1999 to 2003
|
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1 |
Patricia Hewitt |
David Smith |
Nick Starritt |
Stephen Buyers |
Stephen Byers |
2 |
Steve Harvey |
Steve Harvey |
James Madden |
James Madden |
John Monks |
3 |
Denise Kingsmill |
Jim McKenna |
Vaughan Young |
Nick Starrit |
John Cridland |
4 |
Jim McKenna |
Francesca Okosi |
Will Hutton |
Stephen Cronin |
David Blunkett |
5 |
David Smith |
Patricia Hewitt |
Geoff Armstrong |
John Monks |
Padraig Flyn |
6 |
Clare Chapman |
Colin Povey |
Elizabeth France |
Cherie Booth |
Sir Herman Ouseley |
7 |
John Sunderland, |
Denise Kingsmill |
Rita Donaghy |
Geoff Armstrong |
Julie Mellor |
8 |
Duncan Brown |
Anna Diamantopoulou |
Michael Porter |
John Cridland |
Geoff Armstrong |
9 |
Mary Mallett |
Clare Chapman |
Gurbux Singh |
Richard Scase |
John McMullen |
10 |
Andrew Smith |
Will Hutton |
Anna Diamantopoulou |
Anna Diamantopoulo |
Chris Humphries |
11 |
Alan Johnson |
John Sunderland |
Bryan Sanderson |
Lynda Gratton |
Hugh Taylor |
12 |
Will Hutton |
Vance Kearney |
Susan Anderson |
David Ulrich |
Bob Mason |
13 |
Fernando Pereira |
Andy Smith |
David Ulrich |
Linda Holbeche |
Stephanie Monk |
14 |
Julie Mellor |
André van Heemstra |
Michael Moore |
Ruth Spellman |
Clive Morton |
15 |
Derek Higgs |
Geoff Armstrong |
Maggi Bell |
Mike Judge |
Rhiannon Chapman |
16 |
Colin Povey |
Chris Goscomb |
Peter Drucker |
Vaughan Young |
Mike Judge |
17 |
Elaine Way |
Neil Roden |
Helen Wilkinson |
Simon Brocket |
Mike Kinski |
18 |
Martin Tiplady |
Julie Mellor |
John Monks |
Clara Freeman |
Clara Freeman |
19 |
Neil Roden |
John Monks |
David Guest |
Sir Michael Burton |
Cherie Booth |
20 |
Geoff Armstrong |
Denise Keating |
Vance Kearney |
Maggi Bell |
Roger Bennett |
21 |
Mike Cutt |
Lynda Gratton |
John Hofmeister |
John Welch |
John Welch Jr |
22 |
Vance Kearney |
Paul Turner |
Julie Mellor |
Sir Ken Jackson |
Ian McCartney |
23 |
Brendan Barber |
Tracy Myhill |
Cary Cooper |
Duncan Brown |
Carey Cooper |
24 |
Francesca Okosi |
Lynn Rutter |
John Welch |
Jon Sparkes |
Rodney Bickerstaffe |
25 |
Jean Tomlin |
Ian McCartney |
Keith Handley |
Peter Drucker |
Lesley James |
26 |
Bob Crow |
Maria Antoniou |
Clive Newton |
Cary Cooper |
Mervyn Walker |
27 |
Ruth Spellman |
Maggi Bell |
David Bell |
Terry Gorman |
Peter Drucker |
28 |
Tracy Myhill |
Bob Crow |
Stuart Crainer |
David Guest |
Ken Jackson |
29 |
Stan Fraser |
Beverly Shears |
Susan Bowick |
Nigel Connolly |
John Hougham |
30 |
Allan Leighton |
Imelda Walsh |
Stephen Byers |
Alex Burnip |
Alex Burnip |
31 |
Trevor Phillips |
Richard Houghton |
David Murphy |
Bert Massie |
Dirk Hudig |
32 |
John Connolly |
Clive Grundy |
Ruth Spellman |
Surinder Sharma |
Julian Richer |
33 |
Paul Pagliari |
Linda Holbeche |
Francesca Okosi |
John Prophet |
Jan Peelen |
34 |
Michael Porter |
John Sullivan |
Kathleen Barclay |
John McMullen |
Anne Watts |
35 |
Andy Gilchrist |
David Ulrich |
Linda Holbeche |
Julie Mellor |
Dave Ulrich |
36 |
Susan Anderson |
Rita Donaghy |
Federico Castellanos |
Clive Morton |
Anne Minto |
37 |
Imelda Walsh |
Susan Anderson |
André van Heemstra |
Gurbrux Singh |
Andrew Wilkinson |
38 |
Rita Donaghy |
James Madden |
Hallstein Mork |
Will Hutton |
Paul Wallace |
39 |
Guru |
Ruth Spellman |
Paul McKinley |
David Blunkett |
Bruce Warman |
40 |
Richard Houghton |
Bryan Sanderson |
Heinz Fischer |
Rhiannon Chapman |
Maggi Bell |