The WFPMA George Petitpas Award
The WFPMA Award "George Petitpas" (formerly Georges Petitpas Memorial Award) was established by the World Federation of People Management Associations in the mid-1980s to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advance of the HR profession at the international level and whose spirit and dedication have been inspirational to others. In particular it recognizes individuals who have made exemplary contributions to international level and whose spirit and dedication have been inspirational to others.
The award is named after George Petitpas, who was nominated as president of the WFPMA in 1983, but passed away before taking office.
The Award is presented as appropriate, at the WFPMA World Congress on People Management held every two years in different locations around the world. The award recipient is the guest of the World Federation of People Management Associations at that event.
2020 WFPMA ‘Georges Petitpas’ Award
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The 18th WFPMA Georges Petitpas Award was awarded to Mr. Nelson Savioli in July 2020. Mr. Savioli holds a Law Degree from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, and is one of the most respected Human Resources executives in Brazil. He has been an HR practitioner since 1967, and has served in several executive positions, such as Superintendent of the Roberto Marinho Foundation, President of the deliberative council of ABRH-RJ 2004-2006, Alcan, Bosch, Johnson & Johnson, Rhodia, Unilever and Jornal O Globo.
Mr. Savioli is also a well-known Author, and one of the pioneers in Brazil in publishing books on “Career Self-Management,” publishing his first book in 1991 “Carreira: Manual do Proprietário” (Career: Owner´s Manual), on how to learn with your mistakes. In 2003 he also published the book “Fracassos em RH–e como se transformaram em casos de sucessos” (HR Failures–and how they became success cases).
He is also a respected speaker at HR congresses throughout Brazil, and a member of the Brazilian Ministry of Labor’s National Apprenticeship Forum.
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