Photos and roundup: HR Innovation Awards 2016, Hong Kong

New World Development Company Limited was the biggest winner at last night’s HR Innovation Awards hosted by Human Resources Magazine, picking up twelve trophies in total, including the HR Grand Winner 2016 award and the gold for Excellence in Talent Management and Excellence in Employee Development,

After its inauguration in Hong Kong last year, the awards is back with almost double the number of entries.  All entries were judged solely by a panel of the most respected HR directors in Asia. The judges acknowledged they awarded those winners who had created new HR benchmarks while navigating through rapid changes in the business environment.

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The award drew more than 250 HR professionals to celebrate the hard work and dedication that they have put in over past year to create a better workplace.

The night saw companies take home awards from 27 categories.  In the 2016 edition of the awards, a number of new categories were introduced: Excellence in Employee Healthcare, Excellence in Organisation development, Excellence in Workforce Mobility and Excellence in Team Training.

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Vinci Construction Grands Projets (SCL 1103) which took home eight awards was the biggest winner of individual awards of the night.  Brandy Lee was awarded HR Head of the Year and her colleague Ruby Hsieh was named the HR Rising Star.

Manulife (International) Limited's Elaine Kwok was awarded HR Manager of the Year.

Other top performers included DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited who bagged four awards including the HR Team of the Year Award and the Employer of the Year Award.

Check out the highlight video of the event here.

The event was supported by CXA Group, YEECHOO, Golden Gate Wine, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Studio One Event,  Centre for Executive Education, International Professional Managers Association, Senior HR Forum.

Hotel ICON was the venue partner.

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