Top 40 Power Players from the past

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	Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday Email(Required) OptOut From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box. Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ Maggi Bell

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