Broadband firm Ogi was among the top Welsh employers celebrated at this year’s Wales HR Awards.
Wales’ own fast-expanding internet provider was named HR Team of the Year in the 2022 awards.
Ogi’s HR director Lisa Hand also took the title of HR Director of the Year at the event at Cardiff’s Parkgate Hotel.
The firm was among many companies and HR professionals in Wales recognised at the fifth annual awards which are held to shine a spotlight on HR employees who work hard behind the scenes in businesses of all sizes across Wales.
The 2022 Wales HR award winners were:
Best Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Gower College Swansea
Best HR Initiative
Gower College Swansea
Best Response - Covid 19
Freshwater
Best Staff Wellbeing Strategy
Adra
Best Use of the Welsh Language in HR
Adra / Grŵp Cynefin
Employer of Choice
Freshwater
HR Assistant/Apprentice/Trainee of the Year
Sophie Evans Crunch Digital Media
HR Consultancy of the Year
Choose To Grow
HR Director of the Year
Lisa Hand, Ogi
HR Team of the Year
Ogi
Outstanding HR Professional of the Year
Angela Overment (Cwmpas)
HR Star
Sarah King, Gower College Swansea
The awards were launched by UK recruiter Acorn and law firm Darwin Gray in partnership with the Wales HR Network.
Bernard Ward, managing director at Acorn said: "HR continues to have played a crucial role in the continuing development of businesses across Wales who, as employers, have been tasked with ensuring the ongoing wellbeing of their employees whilst also making the most of the opportunities available to them in the post-pandemic world."
Mr Ward added: "Once again, the standard of entries has been extremely high and they are proof, collectively, that the commitment from Welsh employers in supporting their employees to achieve their greatest potential remains higher than ever. All of this year’s winners and all those shortlisted at the HR Wales Awards have our heartiest congratulations for all they have done, and continue to do, for the profession regionally."
Darwin Gray’s managing partner Fflur Jones said: “It is fantastic to see the achievements of HR professionals in Wales be recognised in this manner at the Wales HR Awards. We are proud to have established the Wales HR Network and awards alongside Acorn. We work very closely with HR professionals on a daily basis, and understand how unsung their achievements generally are. They often have to perform difficult and sensitive tasks in challenging circumstances, and we truly hope that the prestige of the Wales HR Awards adequately reflects their hard work and commitment to their roles. Huge congratulations to each finalist in each category, and of course to the ultimate winners.”
