#HRExcellenceAwards
HR Excellence Awards Key Dates (Philippines)
Celebrating 4 Years of HR Excellence!
Honouring the Philippines’ Finest HR Achievements
Welcome to the 4th Annual HR Excellence Awards Philippines 2025, where we shine a spotlight on the game-changing achievements and innovations that are redefining the future of human resources in the Philippines.
This year, we’re excited to showcase the transformative HR strategies, forward-thinking policies, and breakthrough initiatives that have made a lasting impact on employee engagement, organisational success, and business growth. The 2025 edition is set to celebrate the best of HR brilliance across the country.
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With 41 carefully curated categories, the HR Excellence Awards remains the ultimate gathering for HR leaders and visionaries to connect, learn, and honour the organisations shaping the future of HR.
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What’s new in 2025?
We are excited to announce the addition of a new category for 2025:
Excellence in
Addressing Urban Workforce Challenges
A journey through #HRExcellenceAwards
Honouring the best-in class HR teams, and individuals, for their spectacular work executed across the entire HR function, the awards show aims to bring together talented HR professionals as one force to champion the way forward.
This is also the region’s only HR awards that is peer-reviewed by a jury of esteemed HR practitioners.
This year we will dive deeper into the quality of work put forth to the esteemed jury and narrow down Philippines’ most commendable teams – so start preparing your entries early!
Add your name to HR Excellence Awards hall of fame:
Create buzz around your deserving work
Blowing your own trumpet as some might say, but this is about giving yourself a pat on the back and recognising a job well done. Boost your team morale and prove your worth to the business.
Pause from the hustle and bustle to look back at your milestones
Wow! You have weathered through all the storms – internal restructuring, getting buy-in from management for budget approval, or even COVID-19 – and you have never shrugged your responsibilities as a business partner.
As you prepare your entries, take this time to regroup as a team and look back on your journey and achievements over the past year.
Inspire and lead through change
Dare to be different. It begins with leading with the right mindset as this will be the best source of motivation that will help redefine your team’s purpose, acknowledge the contributions of your team members and pave the path for greater heights.
Build a legacy bigger than you can imagine
Nothing comes easy without hard work. Be recognised and credited for being the trailblazer that sets you apart from the rest.
Opening endless opportunities
A testament to your hard work, resilience, and grit, participating in the awards will open endless opportunities to further grow and nurture your team, for great employer branding. Be known as being part of an award-winning team (or individual) and add it to your list of achievements!
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2025 Panel of judges
The HR Excellence Awards’ judging panel comprises eminent senior HR practitioners from the corporate and public sector.
For judging opportunities, please contact Pang Sha Nee, Regional Assistant Awards Manager, on +65 6423 0329 (Ext 219) or email shanee@humanresourcesonline.net.
Kirk Alimaza
Country Head, People
Xandra Feliza B. Galang
Head of Strategic HR Talent Management
Sharon L. Binwag-Villalon
Director of Human Resources and People Support
Dole Philippines (Stanfilco)
Edalyn D. Hadjula-Legarde
People & Culture Country Head
Mir Awal Khademur Rahman
Head of People, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei & Pacific Islands
Ericsson Telecommunications
Manie Mendoza
Head of People, Southeast Asia & Guam
Fedex
Ericson A. Del Castillo
Senior General Manager / VP Human Resources, Philippines & ASEAN (special projects)
Mary Margaret Tan
Chief Human Resources Officer
Marco Angelo B. Padernal
HR Director
Emmanuel G. Salazar
Vice President - Human Resources
Alyssa A. Alillana
Cluster Director of Human Resources
2024 Finalist
Don’t take our word for it. Hear what PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR OTHER awardS have to say:
I think this is a very prestigious award and it is also a platform for us to share our best practices.
AXA Life Singapore
This year we are ready to share our practices and we’re very proud and excited to actually share what we have done.
SCOR Singapore
I think this is one of the most important at HR, to attract and retain talent. So that is why we want to project ourselves in the market and also to see where we are standing, compared to the leaders in the market
DKSH
The energy is fantastic! It is buzzing and happy to see we have more than 200 HR professionals with us here in this room
Cegos
The quality of submissions is very high standard, and has good innovations and initiatives.
Avery Dennison Indonesia
As an Indonesian I’m very proud to see my colleagues in Indonesia really step up into international standards.
GSK Indonesia
This is a prestigious event and we can also see the judges coming from different industries as wellas the participants are from local and global companies. It’s good for us to challenge each other.
Sinarmas Mining
It was an eye opener for me to know that there are companies that are doing so many good things and its very nice to see how they are employee-friendly and care for their people.
Goodhope Asia Holdings
You cannot buy into these awards, otherwise I would not participate. And this is nicely judged. A lot of attention to the detail is taken care of and that’s what I like.
HomeCredit Indonesia
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A call for celebration: Winners of the HR Excellence Awards 2024, Philippines
