A diverse group of business experts will adjudicate Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2012.

The blue-chip panel includes specialists who have previously judged the Awards and newcomers alike. “Each year we aim to involve forward-thinking specialists in recruitment, resourcing and other business areas who will offer particular expertise in and enthusiasm for outstanding recruitment practices and enterprises,” said Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke.

“Our judges reflect a breadth of world-class professionalism in a variety of disciplines, sectors and geographies,” Doke said. “For instance, international expertise, experience and insight is very much on our agenda, as it is for much of our recruitment/resourcing community.”

Doke will chair the 2012 panel, which includes:

• Steve Ball, finance director, SEMTA (employer-led skills council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies in the UK)
• Matthew Chester, former director of Digby Morgan and resourcing consultant
• Christopher Clark, corporate finance partner, BDO
• Tim Evans, managing director, Boxington Corporate Finance
• Lynne Hardman, managing director, Robinson Keane Group and Quantica Search and Selection
• Paul Harrison, managing partner/online reputation expert, Carve Consulting
• Felix Hebblethwaite, global diversity partner, Linklaters
• Isabelle Hung, global head of internal resourcing, Alexander Mann Solutions
• Miles Hunt, CEO, Empresaria
• Matthew Jeffery, EMEA head of talent acquisition and global talent brand, Autodesk
• Lindsey Tasker, resourcing director, Lloyds Banking Group
• Alan MacKinnon, head of recruitment delivery, Transport for London
• Mark Manaton, divisional MD, Blue Arrow Group
• Kean Marden, head of support services equity research, RBS
• Emma Mirrington, head of talent, Mars UK Chocolate
• Roopesh Panchasra, head of resourcing, Expedia (EAN, Egencia, Hotels & Venere)
• James Oliver, director, corporate finance, Deloitte
• Jean-Noel Thiollier, director of employment, compensation and benefits, Disneyland Paris
• Adrian Thomas, head of resourcing, Network Rail
• Dorian Webb, leading recruitment/resourcing interim manager
• Gail Williams, international trade adviser, London International Trade Team, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).

Entrants can begin submitting their entries this week on the 2012 Awards website, www.recruiterawards.co.uk.

The 2012 categories were announced in the 5 October issue of Recruiter.