2023 Winners
Board Member of the Year
Winner: Stewart Desson
Best Business Psychology Practitioner
Winner: Louisa Scanlan
Best Business Psychology Supplier
Winner: CAJA Ltd
Best Business Psychology Team (In House)
Winner: Natwest Group
Highly Commended: Civil Service Fast Stream and Emerging Talent
Best Business Psychology Consultancy
Winner: Affinity Health at Work
Highly Commended: Tailored Thinking
Bespoke and Customized Assessment
Winner: Vinted and Sten10
Highly Commended: Talogy
Specialist Assessment & Selection
Winner: Amberjack and Virgin Atlantic
Highly Commended: LHH
Early Career Assessment and Selection
Winner: Saville Assessment
Highly Commended: SHL
Innovation
Winner: MindGym and Citi
Highly Commended: HireVue
Digital Technology
Winner: Talogy & the Cabinet Office
Highly Commended: Amberjack and Virgin Atlantic
Change Management: Public Sector
Winner: Caja Ltd
Highly Commended: Affinity Health at Work
Change Management: Private Sector
Winner: Psychology Works
Highly Commended: The Work Psychologists
Talent Management
Winner: ETS (Expert Training Systems PLC)
Highly Commended: Lumina
L&D Techniques and Tools
Winner: SHL
Highly Commended: Affinity Health at Work
L&D Strategies for Operational Excellence
Winner: MindGym and Citi
Highly Commended: Rebekah Giffney Consulting
Bespoke L&D for Leadership and Management
Winner: Arup
Highly Commended: ETS & Gatehouse Bank
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Public Sector
Winner: Work Psychology Group and College of Policing
Highly Commended: Amberjack and Police Now
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion: Private Sector
Winner: HireVue
Highly Commended: Vinted and Sten10
Social Impact
Winner: Lumina Learning
Highly Commended: Perform and Grow Ltd
Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)
Winner: Arup
Highly Commended: Lumina
Health and Wellbeing
Winner: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board / NHS Wales
Highly Commended: Hogrefe
Employee Engagement
Winner: ETS (Expert Training Systems PLC)
Highly Commended: MindGym and Citi
Coaching
Winner: The Work Psychologists
Highly Commended: Café Coach
Peter Saville Rising Star
Winner: Chris Lovell
Chair’s Choice
Winner: MindGym and Citi
2022 Winners
Excellence in Learning & Development
Winner: Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult supported by Lumina Learning
Runner Up: Arup & Autoridad para la Reconstrucción con Cambios
Excellence in Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
Winner: Lantern Training, Inemmo & Lumina Learning
Runner Up: Equiida & Adevinta
Excellence in Strategy & Organisational Effectiveness
Winner: Aneurin Bevan NHS Health Board
Runner Up: Peoplewise
Business Psychology for Social Impact
Winner: Work Psychology Group
Runner Up: Arup & HS2
Excellence in Assessment & Selection
Winner: Work Psychology Group Assessment & Selection
Runner Up: SHL
Excellence in Innovation
Winner: Mindset Practice Ltd
Runner Up: Network Rail
Excellence in Health & Wellbeing
Winner: University of Leicester
Runner Up: Arup
Outstanding Student Achievement
Winner: Zircon
Runner Up: Hanover
Chair’s Award
Winner: Lucy Brewster – Lantern Training
2021 Winners
Excellence in Customised Assessment
Winner: Amberjack
Runner Up: Sten10
Excellence in Advancing Assessment Experiences
Winner: Vima
Runner Up: Goldsmiths, University of London
Excellence in Inclusive Assessment Experiences
Winner: NatWest Group
Runner Up: PSI
Excellence in Change Management
Winner: Arup
Runner Up: North Highland
Excellence in Learning Interventions
Winner: Athena Professional
Runner Up: Gooding & Wood Ltd
Excellence in Development Interventions
Winner: Leader Conversations
Runner Up: SRS Recruitment and Employability Experts
Excellence in Embracing Diversity
Winner: Dave Houchin
Runner Up: Amberjack
Excellence in Improving Inclusion
Winner: The People Deal
Runner Up: Athinka Ltd and Alumni Global
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing
Winner: Arup
Runner Up: PeopleWise
Excellence in Technical Innovation
Winner: ALiGN by Otec, Ryerson Magnet and Lumina Learning
Runner Up: Here2there.me Ltd
Excellence in Using Business Psychology for Social Impact
Winner: Inemmo / Lumina Learning
Runner Up: Project Leap
Chair’s Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Project Leap
2020 Winners
Excellence in Using Innovative Technology
Winner: Schroders AON
Excellence in Assessment
Winner: Maya Mistry, Saville Assessment with Willis Towers Watson
Excellence in Change Management
Winner: Belinda Board, Natural England with PeopleWise
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Winner: Phil Wilson, Civil Service Fast Stream and Talent Team
Excellence in Engagement and Employee Experience
Winner: Emma Smith and Nicole Rossiter, ARUP
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing
Winner: Mandy Flanagan, NatWest
Excellence in Using Psychology for Social Impact
Winner: Victoria Roe, Work Psychology Group
Excellence in Learning and Development
Winner: Nicole Rossiter/Arup in conjunction with London Underground
Chair’s Choice for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Mandy Flanagan, NatWest
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing
Honorary Memberships
Recipient: Professor Stephen Benton, formerly of University of Westminster
Introduced the first Business Psychology MSc programme in 1998. Proposed by Dr. Stewart Desson
Recipient: Clodagh O’Reilly
A previous ABP chair who introduced the first awards ceremony in 2013
Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Emma Jennings
Board Member of the Year
Winner: Gonzalo Lopez
Judge’s Award for Innovation
Winner: Claire Lish
2019 Winners
Excellence in Using Psychology for Social Impact
Winner: Emma Morley, Work Psychology Group
Excellence in Assessment
Winner: Kate Bradley & Dean Kempton, TMP Worldwide (A PeopleScout Company)
Excellence in Change Management
Winner: Dr Antonio Zarola, Zeal Solutions Ltd
Excellence in Learning and Development
Winner: Rachael Lewis, Envision
Excellence in Engagement and Employee Experience
Winner: Sarah Clarke, the Occupational Mind Group
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Winner: Alexia Delfino, London School of Economics and Political Science
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing
Winner: James Pollard, Nudge Global
Excellence in Using Innovative Technology
Winner: Sara Azimzadeh, Amberjack
Chair’s Choice Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Sarah Clarke, the Occupational Mind Group
Judges’ Award for Innovation
Winner: Sara Azimzadeh, Amberjack
Board Member of the Year
Winner: Nicky Thompson
Volunteer of the Year
Winner: Gonzalo Lopez
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Association for Business Psychology
Winner: Helen Judson
2018 Winners
Excellence in Assessment
Winner: Ali Shalfrooshan, PSI & Paul Weldon, Government Recruitment Service
Excellence in Change Management
Winner: Ruth Patel & Ben Vernazza, OPP – part of CPP – the Myers-Briggs Company
Excellence in Coaching and/or Training
Winner: Nicola Adcock, PeopleWise
Excellence in Innovation in Assessment
Winner: Sophie Meaney, Amberjack
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Winner: Antonia Dietmann, HM Courts & Tribunals Service & Susan Dodds, PwC
Excellence in Performance Improvement
Winner: Clare Davey, Kier Ltd
Excellence in Wellbeing, Health & Inclusiveness
Winner: Charlotte Flaxman, Work Psychology Group
Excellence in Innovation in Business Psychology
Winner: Lauren Jepson, Vodafone & Dean Callaghan, cut-e – an Aon company
Chair’s Choice Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Nicola Adcock, PeopleWise
2017 Winners
Excellence in Assessment
Winner: Ali Shalfrooshan, a&dc with Gillian Goss, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Excellence in Change Management
Winner: Rose Padfield & Emily Sun, The Padfield Partnership
Excellence in Coaching and/or Training
Winner: Nicola Jones & Jane Armytage, Athena Professional
Excellence in Innovation in Assessment
Winner: Capp & Co for Barclays
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Winner: Claire Jordan, Cummins
Excellence in Performance Improvement
Winner: Antony Roscoe, Kier Group
Excellence in Wellbeing, Health & Inclusiveness
Winner: Harriet Western-Williams & Rebecca Milner, Arup
Excellence in Innovation in Business Psychology
Winner: Diana Barea, Accenture
Chair’s Choice Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Harriet Western-Williams & Rebecca Milner, Arup
2016 Winners
Excellence in Assessment
Excellence in Candidate Assessment: Stuart Martin, Work Psychology Group’s entry.
Excellence in Employee Assessment: Rebecca Stevens, Greater Manchester Police & Work Brighter Ltd’s entry.
Excellence in Change Management
Excellence in Leadership Change Management: Liz Staniforth, John Langford, Dr Phil Alcock, Odyssey Learning and Development and Cofac’s entry.
Excellence in Team Change Management: Brooke Ward, Gier Dugstad’s entry.
Excellence in Coaching and/or Training
Excellence in Coaching and/or Training: Nicola Jones, Jane Green-Armytage, Athena Professional, supported by Lumina Learning and City & Country’s entry.
Excellence in Talent Development: Maggie Mosley, PMSL’s entry.
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Excellence in Employee Engagement: Paul Teuton, Ketchum Change’s entry.
Excellence in Employee Experience: Helena Fernandes, Jane Eccles and Katie Baker.
Excellence in Innovation in Business Psychology
Winner: Ian McLaren Wallace, Archegyral’s entry entitled:
Excellence in Performance Improvement
Winner: Maggie Mosley, PMSL’s entry.
Chair’s Choice Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Maggie Mosley, PMSL’s entry.
2015 Winners
Excellence in Change Management
Winner:Allison Brooks of Capita Health Partners for Supporting Learning Culture Change in Healthcare
Excellence in Coaching Interventions
Winner:Jonathan Passmore of Embrion Ltd for Developing High Performance Cultures – Development Programme for Leaders in Safety Critical Environments
Excellence in Employee Assessment
Winner:Jessica Pryce-Jones of iOpener Institute for People and Performance for Assessing and Evaluating Senior Leadership Teams
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Winner:Tasmin Parker and Alan Williams of LifeSearch and SERVICEBRAND GLOBAL for Awaken… Connect… Action
Excellence in Inclusivity
Winner:Philip Wilson of Civil Service Fast Stream for Developing and Delivering a Social Mobility Strategy
Excellence in Performance Improvement
Winner:Guy Bloom of Blue Sky Performance Improvement for Empower: Excellence Through People
Excellence in Recruitment Assessment
Winner:Louise Faulkes of Cubiks Ltd for Using an Online Assessment Tool to Engage and Develop the Boots UK pipeline of future pharmacists
Excellence in Training & Development
Winner: Steve Apps of Persona Partnership for Impact equals Success
Excellence in Wellbeing Interventions
Winner: Joy Maitland and Colleen Amos of Inemmo and CA Amos Associates for The Progression Programme
Excellent Innovation in Business Psychology
Winner: Kam Somal of RSA Group for Culture Health Assessments Following a Business Crisis
Outstanding Student Achievement
Winner: Matthew Atkinson of YSC Ltd for Assessors’ Beliefs and Attitudes towards their Role; an Innovative Investigation into Assessor Severity-leniency
2014 Winners
Excellence in Coaching and Training of Specialists
Winner: Hugo Poundr.d.i
Excellence in Developmental Interventions
Winner: Steve Apps, Persona Partnership & Kate Hodges, Zurich Community Trust
Excellence in Employee Assessment
Winner: Sally Bibb, Engaging Minds & Katherine Fenton, Shelford Group
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Winner: Stefan Cantore, Converse7 Ltd
Excellence in Health and Wellbeing
Winner: Dave Pickles & Maddy Petzer, Siemens Building Technologies
Excellence in Inclusiveness
Winner: Colleen Amos & Joy Maitland
Excellence in Leadership Assessment
Winner: Richard Ogden, Quest Partnership, Anne Hamill, Talent & Potential Ltd & Francoise Woodward, EDF Energy plc
Excellence in Leadership Change Management
Winner: Steve Carter, Marie Shelton & Maggi Evans, Apter Development
Excellence in Leadership Coaching
Winner: Fiona Parashar, Leadership Coaching Limited
Excellence in Organisational Change Management
Winner: Natalie Holt, Nigel Guest, Sarah Atkinson, Tim Gardener, Scott McCullum & Jan Vyjidak
Excellence in Performance Improvement
Winner: Bryan McCrae, Sales-Motivations working with Merial
Excellence in Recruitment Assessment
Winner: Nicky Ivory-Chapman, Reputation & Resourcing Department, McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd
Excellence in Sustaining Engagement during Change
Winner: PLANTRONICS
Excellence in Team-based Change Management
Winner: Joy Maitland & Colleen Amos
Excellence in Training
Winner: Dr Itiel Dror
Outstanding Student Achievement
Winner: Maddy Petzer, Southampton Solent University supervision of Dr Graham Benmore
Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Business Psychology
Winner: Dr Itiel Dror