Celebrating Global Excellence: Think Global People & Relocate Awards 2025
On Wednesday 4 June, we were thrilled to welcome guests from around the world to Glaziers Hall, London, for the 16th annual Think Global People & Relocate Awards – global mobility’s most prestigious celebration of innovation, purpose-driven leadership, and people-centred solutions.
Discover the full story in the 2025 Awards supplement.
With this year’s theme of Creative Connections, the awards highlighted individuals and organisations that are pushing boundaries and reimagining global mobility, leadership, and talent development for a complex and rapidly changing world.
A night to remember
From cutting-edge technologies to inspiring ESG and DEI initiatives, every award entry reflected the passion and resilience driving our sector forward. The atmosphere at the awards ceremony was electric, filled with shared joy, professional pride, and a sense of global community.
As one winner put it: “It is a true honour to be recognised. We are thrilled!”
Discover the full story in the 2025 Awards supplement
Our Hosts for the Evening
We were delighted to be joined once again by BBC broadcaster and BAFTA-nominated journalist Jayne Constantinis, who brought warmth and insight to the evening as co-host alongside Fiona Murchie, Managing Editor of Relocate Global.
Jayne Constantinis
Fiona Murchie
Inspiring Keynote
by Professor Dame Vlatka Hlupic
Professor Dame Vlatka Hlupic
CEO of Management Shift Solutions
Her internationally recognised framework, The Management Shift®, demonstrated how leaders can transform organisations by moving beyond hierarchical models and embracing purpose, empathy and innovation to drive sustainable success.
Her message was a call to action, a timely reminder that leadership today must be “human, connected and bold”.
Celebrating global excellence
This year’s winners and highly commended entries were selected by an expert panel of judges who praised the high standard of submissions, particularly in the areas of:
- Technology and data-driven transformation
- International education
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Talent management, employee wellbeing and family support
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership
- Agile, tailored solutions in global mobility
- New research contribution and book
“It’s inspiring to see so many businesses leading with purpose, creativity, and care,” Fiona Murchie.
Huge congratulations to the 2025 Relocate and Think Global People Award winners
Excellence in global mobility, global policy design or implementation
A Y & J Solicitors (Adia PR) - WINNER
Excellence in education – schools
International School of London – WINNER SCHOOLS
Chatsworth International School – HIGHLY COMMENDED SCHOOLS
Excellence in education – education consultancy
Quintessentially Education – WINNER EDUCATION CONSULTANTS
Enjoy Education – HIGHLY COMMENDED EDUCATION CONSULTANTS
Excellence in family support
BiCortex Languages & Translations - WINNER
ESG excellence – environmental, social and governance
Eres Relocation Europe - WINNER
Synergy – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Thank you to our Judges
Dr Sue Shortland, PhD earned her doctorate in gender diversity in expatriation at the University of Westminster where she lectures in International HRM. She holds the title of Professor Emerita, London Metropolitan University. Sue is an active researcher and has published in a wide range of peer-reviewed academic journals including: Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Global Mobility, Career Development International, Gender in Management, Personnel Review, Employee Relations, Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, and European Journal of International Management. Her specialist research areas lie in diversity and gender in expatriation and in corporate governance with a focus on executive remuneration. Her previous roles include being a manager in international HRM consultancy at KPMG, heading up the CBI’s Employee Relocation Council, and working in various editorial and research capacities for industrial relations and HRM journals.
Paul Williamson heads up learning and development at The Ambassadors Theatre Group (ATG), a global live entertainment business. ATG owns and operates close to 50 venues worldwide, is an internationally recognised and award-winning producer, and operates a market leading theatre ticketing business.He has worked in the theatre industry for over 20 years, enjoying leadership roles in sales and ticketing prior to moving into Human Resources.
Paul has developed a number of in-house development programmes for ATG, including ‘Leading Lights’ – a residential leadership development programme for senior leaders, and ‘Rising Stars’ – a two-year development programme for emerging leaders. He is also an internal coach and has worked closely with The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), developing in-house coaching capability within the organisation to support the various programmes ATG run.
Paul is a chartered member of the CIPD, an AoEC qualified executive coach and a Hogan personality assessor.
Tosin Adenrele has worked as a Global Mobility Professional for over ten years with worldwide companies across multiple industry sectors such as FMCG, Non-Profit, Financial services, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical and Technology. Since Tosin began her career as a Global Mobility Analyst, focusing on the EMEA Region, she has become known throughout the Global Mobility Industry as a “problem solver” who ensures operational excellence to Global Mobility Programs.Tosin subsequently undertook contractual roles as a Global Mobility Specialist and Lead Consultant before launching her own Expat Consultancy providing a wide range of Expertise and Project Delivery. Tosin’s specialism is the centralisation of the Change Management, Compensation Analysis, Global Mobility Function, HR Transformation, Stakeholder Engagement and Talent Management.
This focus on delivery has seen Tosin awarded with a Recognition Award for Operational Excellence whilst at BP alongside working with the runner ups for FEM EMEA EMMA Of The Year in 2014. Tosin’s outstanding reputation has seen her share her insights as an industry expert at numerous industry events and in 2019 Tosin was elected to be one of the Next Gen GM Steering Committee Members and also appointed a Global Mobility Ambassador and Contributor to Global Mobility Journeys.
Siobhan Cummins is a seasoned global mobility professional with 30 years’ experience as a consultant and in-house practitioner with specialist expertise in global mobility programme transformation and optimisation, talent mobility, policy design and development, international payroll and global benefit plans. She was Head of Global Mobility at Naspers and Executive Director, Mobility Performance Improvement at EY as well as holding senior roles at Deloitte and Thomson Reuters, Mercer and ORC Worldwide.
Selina Jones-May is the Senior Director – Global Benefits, Global Mobility and Wellness. Embarking on the first decade of her career in global tax and HR consulting at PwC, Selina undertook several client secondments which ignited her passion for global specialist HR work in the corporate world.
Selina subsequently undertook Global Mobility leadership positions at PepsiCo and Lloyd’s Register before progressing into broader Senior Group Director roles at Worley with global ownership for Benefits, Global Mobility, Expatriate Tax / Compliance and Strategic HR projects. Following a fascinating period operating as a self-employed consultant Selina is currently the Senior Director for Global Benefits, Global Mobility and Wellness at Lumentum, including responsibility for leading strategic global HR programs and projects.
A law graduate with a Masters in Business Economics, Selina holds professional qualifications in Tax, International HR, Global Benefits and Global Mobility. Selina is also a proud recipient of multiple team and individual industry awards and passionate about her voluntary roles, contributing her time as a speaker, author of thought leadership and judge on several global industry award panels.
Pam Mundy is the executive director of Pam Mundy Associates Ltd. She is a highly experienced K12 international education professional with renowned expertise in early childhood education and care.
Pam provides consultancy to many of the world’s leading school and education groups, independent and international schools, UK multi-academy trusts and international Ministries of Education on strategic planning, leadership, development and expansion. She also provides advice and guidance to ‘start-up’ schools on brokering and securing investment, selecting partnerships, school design and development and is involved in a wide variety of high net worth education development projects worldwide.Her most recent publication, the co-authored book, ‘International Schools:Navigating Leadership, Context and Culture’ (Fulton Press), was released in January 2024.
A law graduate with a Masters in Business Economics, Selina holds professional qualifications in Tax, International HR, Global Benefits and Global Mobility. Selina is also a proud recipient of multiple team and individual industry awards and passionate about her voluntary roles, contributing her time as a speaker, author of thought leadership and judge on several global industry award panels.
Olu Euba is Associate Director Global Talent Mobility at WPP plc. He is a global mobility expert with an extensive background in cross border talent mobility, having worked in both inhouse and on supplier side for moves across all regions of the world. He has lived and worked in 4 different countries. He has experience in working across different cultures and also business sectors which includes Advertising, Consulting, Banking, FMCG and IT.
He is very passionate about what he does. Some of his strengths include Talent Mobility Strategy, Culture, Immigration Strategy, Career Coaching, DEI etc
Fiona Murchie has over 25 years’ experience in management and HR publishing and global mobility. From this unique perspective, she combines understanding of the HR and global mobility market with knowledge of business drivers and an appreciation of management thinking and the wider influences on company and regional growth brought about by changing global markets, demographics, economics and geo-political factors.
She launched Relocate magazine in 2004, to promote creativity and best practice in mobility, explore new topics, and stimulate debate on relocation-related subjects. Relocate Global has become the leading multimedia for international managers, HR, global mobility and relocation professionals, with a growing international reputation for thought leadership, innovation and people support.
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