Discover who took home the trophy from yesterday’s UK Employee Experience Awards, held at the beautiful 116 Pall Mall, London!
Awards Finals
The UKEXA™️ ’24 Award Finals, held on May 22, marked a day of joy and celebration. Before the Finals kicked off, participants indulged in the EX Coffee warm-up hosted by Kerry Sudale, Founder at Sudale Search & Select, who was joined by a wonderful guest Danny Wareham, Founder & Director at Firgun. Their valuable insights not only set the stage but also added a touch of inspiration to the Awards Finals kick-off.
Thank you to all the judges and finalists for giving your best and setting a high standard among industry leaders.
Build-up to the Awards, featuring ‘The State of EX’ conference
To start off the celebration on May 23, the highly anticipated UKEXA™️ ’24 Awards Ceremony began with a captivating The State of EX conference organised to engage and inspire participants in the field of change management and fantastic success stories from UKEXA™️ 23.
Hosted by Christina Dolding CCXP, CEO and Founder of the Colleague Customer Experience Company, The State of EX started with a warm welcome, paving the way for an inspiring day. The event featured impactful speeches from industry leaders:
- Emma Bridger, Managing Director at People Lab and Co-Founder at The EX Space, who gave inspiring speech on “Embracing the era of employee experience – transforming workplaces for success” and
- Beverley Kee, Senior Change Manager Lead EU at Amazon, who delved into “Change Management: Identifying Hidden Opportunities for Employee Experience”.
A lively UKEXA™️ 23 Winners Stories followed. During this engaging session, the speakers delved into their success stories, shared with the audience what brought them a gold award trophy and what challenges they faced on the path to success:
- Riffat Ahmed, Head of People Technology and Digital at Bupa
- Andrew Webb, Senior Digital Project Manager at Bupa
- Jane Austin, HR Director at Wave Utilities
Representing Bupa, who won in Best Digital Transformation category last year at UKEXA, Riffat and Ahmed took us through their winner’s story “Our Journey Towards Consumer Grade Experience”. Jane led us through Wave’s winning story on the topic ‘Wellbeing at Wave: Fostering an Exemplary Health and Wellbeing Culture’.
But that was not all! The 40-minute panel discussion on “The Future of Work” brought together the esteemed panellists to talk about the importance of purpose and meaningful work, the impact of technology and automation on the employee experience and trends that will dictate the future of work.
In essence, The State of EX set the stage for a day of enlightenment and entertainment, creating a buzz of excitement as participants eagerly awaited the main event—the UKEXA™️ ’24 Awards Ceremony.
Awards Ceremony
Our charismatic host, Emma Dark, opened the gates to the Awards Ceremony by welcoming Awards International CEO, Neil Skehel to the stage! Neil did not fail to deliver inspiring messages that we deeply value.
During the Awards Ceremony, the attendees raised over £6,000 for our charity partner Barnardo’s.
The highlight of the day was naming Market Harborough Building Society in partnership with Elev-8 Performance as the Overall Winner, marking the grand finale of an unforgettable day of triumph and celebration!
Once again, kudos to all the winners, finalists, and the judges!