The 2015 HR Focus Awards held last Friday recognized and rewarded organisations that have distinguished themselves in HR best practices.

Airtel Ghana and VRA received awards for Best Organization in Learning and Development Practice and Best Organization in Performance Management respectively.

Starlife Assurance also took home the Most Promising Organization in HR Practise award while Fidelity Bank won the awards for the Best Organization in Rewards Management Practice and Best Organization in Organizational Culture.

The two telco giants, MTN and Vodafone won multiple awards including the two most prestigious awards of the night with MTN winning the Overall Best Organization in HR Practice award and Vodafone’s HR Director – Mrs. Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng being crowned the HR Practitioner of the Year.

 This year’s edition of the HR Focus Conference and Awards was crowned on the evening of 9th October 2015 at the Banquet Hall, State House in a well-organized awards night spectacle that started at 6pm.

Guests were treated to delicious cuisine as well as music from Becky Bonney, Yaa-Yaa and the melodious sounds of the MIDO Live Band.

Dr. Mrs. Ellen Hagan, CEO of HR Focus Magazine (a subsidiary of L’AINE Services Ltd) noted that effective Human Resource Management is vital to the development of all institutions and all countries.

“HR Focus Magazine, as a stimulus for the growth of HR in Ghana, has made the HR Focus Conference and Awards possible so HR practitioners and other players in the industry can come together to promote the HR development agenda,” she said.

The Guest of Honour for the event was business magnate and former Chief Executive of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee, who delivered the keynote address for the awards event.

Rev. Dr. Aryee encouraged HR practitioners and business leaders to put their company’s most important assets -- employees -- at the forefront of strategy planning in order to develop homegrown talent that would, in the long run, contribute significantly to the economic growth and stability of Ghana.

The event was well-attended by HR practitioners and business leaders from all over Ghana and beyond including the former member of the Council of State, Hon. Mrs. Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie; CEO of Vodafone Ghana, Haris Broumidis; CEO of ACP, Carl Richards; Founder of Camelot Ghana Ltd., Mrs. Elizabeth Villars; President of Almond Institute, Bishop Titi Offei; CEO of MASLOC, Mrs. Sedina Attionu; Rev. Celia Apeagyei-Collins, Rehoboth Foundation, UK; Head of Corporate Communications – Ecobank Ghana, Rev. Patricia Sappor; Head of Retail Banking – Standard Chartered Bank, Henry Baye and the CEO of Edkins Training, UK – Stephen Edkins.