Employer’s Excellence Awards Judges

Deborah Arthurs is editor of Metro.co.uk, a global news website with over 300 million page visits per month. She started her career on the Daily Mail, where she worked on both the Femail and Lifestyle sections, before joining the launch team of the London Lite, going on to edit their features pages.

Best known for her role as Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, Baroness Newlove campaigned tirelessly to champion the cause of crime victims. Lobbying high-powered ministers, she published major reviews, shining a light on the failings of the criminal justice system. Holding ministers to account, she never wavered in her goal to deliver better treatment for victims. She was elevated to the House of Lords in 2010.

Prior to being appointed Group Leader for MobileX in 2023, Mohammed Malique was co-founder of Lycamobile and acted as their Group General Counsel for two decades, helping establish their mobile business in over 20 countries. As a Solicitor of the Senior Courts for England and Wales, he practiced Human Rights law before specialising in telecommunications law.

John Hannett OBE is a lifelong trade unionist having served as General Secretary of the shopworkers union, USDAW, for 14 years. He served on the Trade Union Congress General Council and Executive Committee, Low Pay Commission and the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee. He was given a peerage in the 2024 Special Honours.