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Winners announced at the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026

Ireland’s HR community gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, on 15 October 2026 to celebrate the winners of the HR Leadership & Management Awards. Recognition spanned more than twenty categories, from talent acquisition to culture transformation. These results set a clear benchmark for the 2027 awards cycle, where organisations will be expected to show people strategies that deliver measurable business, inclusion, and wellbeing outcomes. Organisations preparing their 2027 entries can use this year’s winners as a reference point for the standard judges are looking for.

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Kathleen Linehan joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Kathleen Linehan, Strategic Director of Human Resources at Trigon Hotels, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing extensive hospitality and manufacturing sector experience in behavioural analysis, employee relations, and organisational development. With strong commercial and operational perspective, she brings expertise in aligning people strategy with business objectives while building inclusive, high-performing cultures that promote equity and long-term workforce success.

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Gillian McMahon joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Gillian McMahon, Director of HRIZN Business Advisory Services Ltd, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing senior advisory expertise in leadership, M&A, restructuring, and gender pay equity across complex organisational transformations. As Chartered Fellow CIPD with MBA in Employment Relations and background as Head of HR at BT Ireland overseeing critical infrastructure and emergency services, she brings commercial rigour and strategic HR perspective to evaluating how organisations navigate complexity and drive sustainable people outcomes.

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Janis Heather joins HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026 judging panel

Janis Heather, Director of HR and Head of Culture & Change at KPMG Ireland, joins the judging panel for the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2026, bringing almost 20 years of strategic and operational HR expertise in culture transformation and employee engagement. As a qualified Executive and Leadership Coach and member of the Association for Coaching, she brings coaching-informed perspective on evaluating how people initiatives drive business growth and organisational performance aligned to cultural priorities.

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