Employer Brand Leader of the Year 2018 awards open

Employer Brand Leader of the Year 2017 (GLOBAL LEADER), Aradhna Maingi accepting her award from Larissa Hällefors, Head of the Employer Branding practice at KANTAR TNS.

The Employer Brand leader of the Year 2018 awards were launched today by World Employer Branding Day founder, Brett Minchington.

The 2018 winners will be announced at the International Employer Branding Summit on 26 April 2018 as part of World Employer Branding Day 25-27 April 2018 | Prague.

“The inaugural awards in 2017 showcased the depth of employer branding talent around the world, it is exceptional. 2018 will be a turning point for leaders seeking a career in employer branding as more companies are hiring specialists and an increasing number of leaders are undertaking formal training and certification through organisations such as the Employer Branding College,” Minchington said.

KANTAR TNS and HainesAttract will continue their partnership of the awards in support of the advancement of employer brand leadership practice around the world.

Larissa Hällefors, Head of the Employer Branding practice at KANTAR TNS said, ‘We are excited to support the achievements of leaders at the forefront of employer brand leadership excellence and look forward to unearthing more of the outstanding work being implement around the world to build stronger employer brands and environments where talent can shine.”

Paul Greenaway, CEO of HainesAttract said, “We are proud to be a partner of this industry award that inspires employer brand leaders to follow their passion for a career in employer branding and if the 2017 award nominees are any indication, the future of the industry looks bright with the wealth of rising stars around the world.”

The 2017 KANTAR TNS Employer Brand Leader of the Year (GLOBAL LEADER > 3 years’ experience) was awarded to Aradhna Maingi who was responsible for driving the transformational employer brand strategy at Airtel and is now leading the strategy at Flipkart.

The 2017 HainesAttract Employer Brand Leader of the Year (EMERGING LEADER < 3 years’ experience) was awarded to Zuzana Popjak, a rising star employer brand leader who led the employer brand strategy at Poštová banka and is now doing great things at adidas Group.

Nominations for the 2018 awards are now open and can be made at www.worldemployerbrandingday.community/awards

Employer Brand Leader of the Year 2017 (EMERGING LEADER), Zuzana Popjak, accepting her award from Paul Greenaway, CEO of HainesAttract