The second edition of the Ghana HR innovation Awards, an initiative of Instinct Wave has been held in Accra with public and private sector organizations taking home various awards from a wide range of categories.
Human Resource Managers, their team, as well as organizations as a whole were honored with plaques to celebrate their hard-work in the execution of human resource tasks in their various organizations.
The awards ceremony was under the theme: Celebrating excellence in the HR industry, and is aimed at celebrating leading human resource practitioners and organizations with topnotch HR models who have made sterling contributions to the corporate sector over the years.
MTN Ghana bagged the highest number of awards being seven including HR Innovation of the year Telecom, Outstanding Employee Retention Policy, Excellence in Employee engagement, employer of the year, HR team of the year Gold, and the HR personality of the year and top 20 HR leaders in Ghana going to its Human resource executive Amma Benneh-Amposah.
Goldfields Ghana and Barclays Bank Ghana took home four awards each including HR innovation of the year – mining, excellence in leadership development award, HR team of the year – silver, and one of the top 20 HR leaders for the vice president and head of human resource of west Africa Mr Francis Eduku, Barclays bagged HR innovation of the year – Bankig, HR team of the year – bronze, and HR professional of the year and one of the top 20 HR leaders awards going to its human resource director Mr William Easmon.
Guinness Ghana took away three awards which is the third highest including the excellence in Women Empowerment Strategy and HR Innovation of the Year: Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic Beverage (Manufacturing) and the Woman HR Professional of the year going to its Human Resources Director Dr Hazel P. Berrard Amuah.
Other entities including the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, the Electricity company of Ghana, enterprise life, Ghana Exim Bank, Melcom Group, Goldfields Ghana and a host of others.
The Ghana Human Resources Innovation Awards is an annual celebration of leading human resource practitioners and organizations with topnotch HR models who have made sterling contributions to the corporate sector over the years.
Here is the full list of winners:
ORGANIZATIONAL AWARDS
HR Innovation of the Year: Retail – Melcom Group
HR Innovation of the Year: Mining – Goldfields Ghana
HR Innovation of the Year: Professional Services – PricewaterhouseCoopers
HR Innovation of the Year Award: Real Estate – Broll Ghana
HR Innovation of the Year: Alcoholic & Non-alcoholic Manufacturing – Guinness Ghana
HR Innovation of the Year: Telecom – MTN Ghana
HR Innovation of the Year Banking: – Barclays Bank
Excellence in Leadership Development Award – Goldfields Ghana
HR Innovation of the Year: Insurance – Enterprise Group
Outstanding Employee Retention Policy – MTN Ghana
Excellence in Women Empowerment Strategy – Guinness Ghana
Excellence in Employee Engagement – MTN Ghana
Excellence in Graduate Recruitment & Development Award – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Employer of the Year – MTN Ghana
HR Team of the Year: Bronze – Barclays Bank
HR Team of the Year: Silver – Goldfields Ghana
MTN Ghana – HR Team of the Year: Gold
Public Sector Winners –
Emerging HR Innovation of the Year Award (Public Sector) – DVLA
HR Innovation of the Year: Public Sector – Ghana Exim Bank
HR Team of the Year (Public Sector): Bronze – VRA
HR Team of the Year Public Sector: Silver – Ghana Exim Bank
HR Team of the Year: Gold – ECG
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
HR Professional of the Year (Private Sector) – Mr. William Easmon
Human Resource Director, Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd
HR Woman Professional of The Year (Private sector) – Dr. Hazel P Berrard Amuah,
Human Resource Director, Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited
HR Professional of the Year (Public Sector) – Mr. Lawrence Osei Kuffuor
Director/Human Resource, ECG
HR Woman Professional of the Year (Public Sector) – Mrs. Joyce Wereko-Ampim Opoku
General Manager, Admin & Human Resource, SSNIT
Bronze Most people focused CEO of the Year (Public Sector): Mr. Kwasi Agyemang Busia – CEO, DVLA
Silver Most people focused CEO of the Year (Public Sector): Mr. Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa
Gold Most people focused CEO of the year (Public Sector): Mr. Lawrence Agyinsam CEO, Ghana Exim Bank
Most people focused CEO of the Year (Private Sector): Mr. Keli Gadzekpo
HR Personality of the Year Award: Amma Benneh- Amponsah – Human Resource Executive, MTN Ghana
Ghana Top 20 HR Leaders Award: Prince Kyei Bafour Head, Human Resource Manager, Melcom Group, Amma Benneh- Amponsah Human Resources Executive, MTN Ghana, Theodora Nti-Appiah Senior Manager, Human Capital PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana, Mr. Francis Eduku Vice President & Head of Human Resources of West Africa Gold Fields Ghana, Doreen Akorfa Gagakuma Head of HR / Administration Division, Broll Ghana Ltd, Mr. William Easmon Human Resource Director, Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd, Dr. Hazel P Berrard Amuah, Human Resource Director, Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited, Mr. Lawrence Osei Kuffuor Director, Human Resource, ECG, Mrs. Joyce Wereko-Ampim Opoku General Manager, Admin & Human Resource, SSNIT, Amma Korantema Ansah General Manager, Group Human Resources, Enterprise Group.
Others are Mr.Michael Tetteh-Voetagbe General Manager, Human Resource & Administration
Ghana EXIM Bank, Dr. (Mrs). Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng HR Director, VRA, Naa Bortei-Doku, Director of HR, GNPC, Daphne Oppong, HR Director, Ecobank, Angela Abraham MBA, HR Director, The Coca-Cola Bottling COY, Peter Duplan, HR Manager, GLICO GROUP LTD, Akwelley Bulley Director, HR Universal Merchant Bank, Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, HR, Director Vodafone Ghana, Ann Obeng-Ababio Head, HR Access Bank Ghana, Vivian Tetteh, Head, HR Cadbury Ghana Limited.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Senanu Damilola Wemakor
