The awards and gala dinner black tie event will be held on Saturday 2 November at the Royal Yacht Hotel.

Our guest speaker will be Tony Vickers-Byrne, Chief Advisor for HR Practice, CIPD, who will deliver a talk on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The event will also include a Master of Ceremonies, great food, dancing and music by a popular local band. The ticket price for the event is £75 per person. Tables will be made up in multiples of 12 and ticket numbers can be bought in any permutation.

The event will commence with a Champagne Reception at 7pm, sponsored by Itchy Feet Recruitment Agency, followed by dinner at 8pm.

We look forward to seeing you, and other guests, at the awards gala dinner where the Winners will be announced!

Tony Vickers-Byrne

Tony Vickers-Byrne has over 25 years’ experience as an HR director, primarily in the NHS. This included roles at the Health Protection Agency, the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust, where he also led on communications and facilities.

Tony joined CIPD in late 2018 from Public Health England where he was its first HR Director and latterly its Chief Adviser on Diversity and Inclusion and Staff Wellbeing.

Tony works with colleagues and CIPD branches to help embed proactive diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing and employee engagement activity across all employment sectors.

Tony, who is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD, is also a member of Professor Sir Cary Cooper’s National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work, a trustee at the Royal Society for Public Health, a member of the Council for Work and Health and is a regular speaker at employment conferences across the UK and Ireland.