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Carly Stanley

JCDecaux Chief People Officer

Carly Stanley is Chief People Officer at JCDecaux UK, where she leads people strategy, employee experience and organisational culture across the business.

She joined JCDecaux in 2017 and, before her current role, held senior HR leadership positions including People Director and Head of People – Business Partnering & Operations.

Carly studied Sociology at University of Surrey, and brings extensive people‑operations experience across retail, banking, and corporate sectors, combining strategic insight with hands‑on HR leadership.

Under her leadership, JCDecaux has advanced innovative people programmes focussed on wellbeing,

Katie Klimaytys

Visa Director, Global Internal Communications, Commercial and Money Movement Solutions

Katie serves as the Global Director of Internal Communications for Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (CMS) at Visa, based in London. A seasoned senior leader, she boasts a proven track record of developing and executing comprehensive communication strategies for global corporations and household names.

Katie has worked across diverse industries, including automotive, telecommunications, transport, and energy, excelling in multichannel strategies that engage and inform tens of thousands of employees globally.

Noted for her innovative and forward-thinking approach, Katie provides strategic counsel to executives and senior leadership teams, ensuring alignment and effective communication at all organizational levels.

Most recently, Katie spearheaded Visa's internal communications campaign for the firm's 2025 Product Drop, successfully launching industry-first AI and stablecoin products.

Sami Maiden

Monzo Chief of Staff

Sami is the Chief of Staff for Growth & Marketing at Monzo, where she spends her days connecting the dots between ambitious strategy and execution. A builder at heart, Sami didn’t follow a typical career path. She started in internal People teams before consulting on talent and people projects for high-growth startups like TrueLayer and Trouva. However, it was her role at FitXR that led her to realise the best way to shape a company’s culture is to be right in the engine room of its operations working alongside its leaders. There, she ‘squigglied’ from People to her first Chief of Staff role, sitting at the intersection of People, Product and Tech Ops. Now, she’s helping Monzo scale its teams as fast and successfully as it scales its product - focusing on how teams work and grow, and how to prevent process from getting in the way of progress. She’s passionate about building high-autonomy teams, coaching human-first leaders and proving that designing systems for high performers is the ultimate cheat code for business success.

Joyce Idoniboye

Oxfam Chief People Officer

Joyce Idoniboye is a seasoned HR professional with a diverse industry background in the field. She has held leadership roles in a variety of organisations including Oxfam where she is currently Chief People Officer, DDB part of the Omnicom Group, CBRE, HarperCollins Publishers, Pearson International, News UK, and Charles Russell LLP. In these roles, Joyce has been responsible for driving the people and culture agenda, employee engagement, talent management and organisational design and development.

Outside of work Joyce enjoys time spent with friends and family, travel, keeping fit especially Spin, watching basketball and roller skating.

Jacqueline McLeod

Imperial Brands Global Head of Transformation Comms

Jacqueline is a highly experienced senior strategic Communications professional consultant who has experience in leading teams. She has over 20 years experience in Communications and Stakeholder engagement, Strategic communications, Change management & communications, Project Management, Management Consultancy and Behavioural change.

She has worked in senior global roles across big business in a variety of sectors and is an expert in influencing and translating business strategies into effective communications and engagement plans, that drive increased business performance and desired outcomes that are purpose filled and culture centric.

Passionate about working with businesses and organisations to enable them to deliver projects and programmes, Jacqueline is highly skilled in developing effective Communication & Stakeholder Engagement strategies, that underpin change programmes and have the purpose of the business front and centre.

A strong writer Jacqueline loves to tell stories developing content to grab attention, engage and drive momentum. She is a calm, focused and results-driven project manager who has worked with the leadership teams of large businesses and organisations including Diageo plc, BAT, Transport for London, London 2012 Olympics and the NHS.

Other projects include working in both the Public and Private sectors, project managing work for Private Developers, Local Authorities and County Councils. Jacqueline was focused on winning business, providing specialist advice and implementing a range of Communication Plans tailored to the needs of clients, large organisations, and local communities.

Specialities & Skills :Corporate Communications; Project Management; Stakeholder & Engagement; Internal Communications; PMO; Change Management; Stakeholder Engagement methods; Public consultation; Business Development; Organisational change; Behavioural change, Social Media, Event Planning & Management; Content Strategy; Storytelling"

Janina Norton

AXA Global Head of Culture

Janina Norton is the Global Head of Culture at AXA, where she leads the strategy for organisational culture, employee experience, hybrid working, and global employee listening. With extensive HR leadership experience across financial services, mining, arts and film, and water management services, Janina focuses on building purpose-driven, high-performance cultures that enable people to thrive. She brings a practical, evidence-based approach, helping organisations connect culture with business outcomes.

Matt Hudson

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken UK Chief People Officer

People leader with extensive experience in large and growing companies across the hospitality, utility, and defense sectors, including both Private Equity and PLC environments. Commercially savvy with a strong track record in delivering results and managing projects successfully. Skilled at building strong relationships at all levels. CIPD qualified and a chartered Fellow (FCIPD), with a broad background in HR best practices, initiatives, systems, and projects.

Expertise includes: Generalist HR, Change Management, Organizational Design, Business Transformation, Discipline & Grievance Management, Employment Law, Policy Formulation, Performance Management, Trade Union Partnership, Recruitment & Selection, Resourcing, Psychometrics, Reward, SAP HR, and Strategy.

Melanie Dickinson

Hollywood Bowl Group Chief People Officer

Melanie Dickinson is Chief People Officer at Hollywood Bowl Group Plc. She joined the organisation in 2012 and has held a number of senior people leadership roles during her time with the Group, contributing to the development and delivery of its people strategy.

Melanie has over two decades of experience in human resources, having worked across a range of sectors including leisure, hospitality and retail. Prior to joining Hollywood Bowl Group, she held senior HR roles at organisations such as Zizzi Restaurants, Virgin Active Health Clubs Ltd and Azzurri Restaurants Ltd.

Her experience spans core areas of people management, including organisational development, employee relations, leadership capability and workforce planning. As a speaker, Melanie draws on her practical experience of leading HR functions within growing, customer-focused businesses and navigating change in complex operational environments.

Suzy Jearum

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Global Digital Employee Experience Lead - Talent Management

Suzy Jearum is the Global DEX Lead – Talent at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies and the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler. CCEP operates across 29 countries, serving millions of customers and consumers every day, with a strong focus on creating a great working environment where people can grow, develop, and thrive. In her role, Suzy shapes how CCEP’s people experience career growth and development through thoughtful, intuitive, and values-aligned digital talent experiences. She ensures that the digital tools and processes used across Talent Acquisition, Learning, Performance, and Talent Management not only enable the company’s talent strategy but also contribute to a simple, meaningful, and connected experience for colleagues. Working closely with teams across People & Culture, Business Process Technology, and the wider business, Suzy brings CCEP’s vision for talent to life by introducing and optimising platforms, embedding new ways of working, and helping teams adopt smarter, more human-centred digital practices. She keeps a strong focus on external trends and emerging innovations to ensure CCEP remains ahead of the curve while staying true to what makes its culture distinctive. Since 2018, Suzy has played a key role in CCEP’s People & Culture digital transformation, leading the introduction of P&C tools and supporting the rollout of global Hire to Retire processes. With a background in project and change management and as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, she brings deep analytical and problem-solving expertise to delivering scalable improvements that support strategic business goals. Suzy is known for driving results with precision and consistency in a demanding environment, and for her ability to influence, inspire, and build strong partnerships that enable collaborative, people-centred transformation.

Miriam Warren

Yelp Chief Culture Officer

Miriam Warren is the Chief Culture Officer at Yelp and Board Chair of the Yelp Foundation. Miriam joined Yelp in 2007, serving in a variety of marketing and operational roles, including leading the company’s expansion efforts internationally as Vice President of New Markets. As Chief Culture Officer at Yelp, Miriam fosters employee connection to the company's mission and values. She leads Yelp’s Culture team and oversees internal communications, the company’s commitment to sustainability and social impact, and the design and execution of employee experiences that have helped Yelp cultivate an inclusive culture where every employee feels a sense of belonging.

Miriam is a frequent speaker and moderator. She has appeared on CNN, Yahoo! Finance, the BBC, CBS News and spoken at Columbia Business School, Yale School of Management, and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Miriam has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and Good Morning America online, among others. She's previously been published in Stanford Social Innovation Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Fortune.

Nadia Strone

Euromonitor International Chief People & Impact Officer

For me, leading the People agenda is not about ticking the box… it’s about showing up in a meaningful way in every policy, program, and touchpoint with our people. It’s about connecting with our people and allowing them to tell us what they’re best at - and getting out of their way to allow them to deliver. Since long before it became a buzzword, I am a purpose-driven leader. I am also a commercially-minded leader. Which means I aim to unleash the power of our people in such a way that drives our business forward. I am passionate about supporting leaders to be enablers and helping our people find purpose and pride in their work. And I am passionate about fostering a deeply committed leadership culture that is built on trust, and thrives on shared goals and aspirations.

Away from work, I love spending time with my family, traveling to new and familiar places, cooking and dining out, tasting new wines, the theatre, music, films, tennis, and connecting with the people I love.

As an HR executive, I have led people strategy agendas and transformation initiatives for major corporations in the UK and US, including Equifax Ltd., Avon Products Inc., S&P Global, and AIG Group. I have experience in driving cultural change, meeting future challenges, and deploying technology enablement to transform processes and ways of working. I am focused on creating a diverse, inclusive, and engaged workforce to achieve corporate objectives and maximize employee potential.

Natalie Rea

Clarity Environmental Chief Executive Officer

Natalie is CEO of Clarity Environmental, a well established and rapidly growing business providing award winning customer service. Named in the FEBE growth 100 list 2 years in a row, an annual ranking highlighting the 100 fastest growing founder led and privately owned businesses in the UK, Clarity Environmental celebrates an enviable 99.6% customer retention within a highly competitive sector. The Clarity team are proud winners of one of the most highly entered and prestigious award categories, securing the award for The Best Customer Service Team at the Engage Awards 2024.

Natalie brings her wealth of experience in leadership, customer engagement and employee engagement to share the fundamental and futuristic principles of transforming past approaches to customer engagement into meaningful, purposeful and pioneering solutions.

Learn from the Clarity journey and how revolutionary talent development shapes market leading customer engagement.

Kevin Green

Firstbus Chief People Officer

Kevin is the Chief People Officer of First Bus – a division of FirstGroup. First Bus is a FTSE 250 Company and is one of the UK’s largest bus operators with 14,000 employees. In his time at First Bus, Kevin has kicked off a transformational people strategy, which will put colleagues and customers first. As part of this, People Centricity, at bottom-up change process, has started to roll-out across the business, driving a more human culture across First Bus where colleague behaviours are fully aligned to our purpose of ‘your journey is our everything’ and the First Bus values – or ‘Our Way’. Kevin has also introduced a step change on Diversity and Inclusion including the company-wide introduction of inclusion networks and a ‘Celebrating our Differences’ development programme for all managers. Quarterly employee engagement surveys are an integral part of ensuring that First Bus listens to its people and becomes a great place to work.

Kevin has been an entrepreneur, a CEO and HRD of a FTSE 100 company, he brings a wide range of skills and experience from each of these roles to assist the organisations he works with. He specialises in businesses that want to scale up or transform. Kevin has long been recognised as an award-winning business leader. He has worked with many leadership teams to maximise their performance by developing both unique customer offerings and differentiated people strategies which provide sustainable competitive advantage. His passion is creating great cultures where people want to give their best every day.

As a TEDx speaker, Kevin is an experienced communicator who informs, inspires and engages his audiences. He has spoken at large conferences but is as comfortable with smaller more intimate round tables or leadership events. His areas of specialism include global labour markets, competitive people strategy, how to create high performing cultures and What great leaders do to create superior performance.

Lowri Williams FCIPD

Cardiff Metropolitan University Chief People Officer

A Chief People and Culture Officer of 25 years, Lowri joined Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2024 to lead the University’s change and progression programme. In what continues to be difficult and challenging times for the Sector, at the heart of all endeavours is her continued commitment, alongside Executive Group colleagues, to ensure that the Cardiff Met community - staff and students – progresses a culture of high performance and an active voice, in stewardship of its future. An accomplished, result-driven leader, Lowri has held a number of Chief Officer, Director and transformation roles to good effect across all areas of the public sector, most recently within Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament), and the NHS in England. Always inquisitive, and as a mother of two, Lowri augments her executive roles with a series of non-executive and trustee positions, mainly with charity organisations focussed on advancing the education of young people. A fluent Welsh-speaker, Lowri loves the business of business, is enthusiastic about people, her profession and all its touchpoints, and likes nothing more than the co-creation of a bright idea.

Richard Rowley

Working Chance Deputy Chief Executive

Richard is the Deputy Chief Executive of Working Chance, the UK’s only employment charity for women with convictions. He provides strategic leadership with a strong emphasis on employer engagement, helping organisations adopt inclusive hiring practices and build the confidence, capability, and culture needed to recruit and retain talent with convictions. Richard oversees Working Chance’s service delivery team, which prepares women for sustainable, fulfilling employment.

With over 25 years’ experience across the voluntary, public, and private sectors, including frontline roles in prisons and probation, Richard brings deep insight into the criminal justice system, and the barriers people face when accessing work. This practical expertise enables him to support employers in designing fair and inclusive recruitment approaches that are both socially impactful and commercially effective.

His career spans programme design, policy influence, and one‑to‑one mentoring, all rooted in the belief that inclusive employment is a powerful driver of social and economic change. With an extensive UK and international network built over decades of collaboration, Richard continues to open doors, shift perceptions, and champion fairer hiring practices across sectors.

Richard’s mission is simple and ambitious: to make employment not only accessible, but truly transformative for individuals, employers, and society.

Caroline Abercrombie

proSapient Chief People Officer

Caroline has 20+ years of People & Talent experience working for various international businesses both large and small.

Today, she specialises in building high-performance environments in rapid growth, tech-enabled scale-ups.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, Caroline is passionate about innovation, creativity and people-first company cultures.

In 2024, she joined proSapient, a digital expert network that's revolutionizing the industry through their cutting-edge AI technology. As part of the Executive Team, she works directly with the CEO to drive success through exceptional people strategies.

Sam Westwood

KFC UK & Ireland People Experience Director

Sam is People Experience Director for KFC UK & Ireland, taking responsibility for the experience of their 38,000 employees and directly leading on areas such as Learning & Development, Internal Comms, Engagement, Reward, Wellbeing and Employer Brand. Sam has 20 years’ experience in the People space and holds both a BA and an MA in Human Resource Management. Throughout his career, Sam has worked for a number of large brands within the retail and hospitality industries including McDonald’s, Topshop Topman, Whitbread and The White Company. His passion centres on optimising employee experience to drive engagement and business performance.

Abi Goodwin

Sky Group Director for Strategic Workforce Planning and People Services

Abi Goodwin is Sky’s Group Director for Strategic Workforce Planning and People Services. Her wide-ranging role spans leading Sky’s people strategy and strategic workforce plan, people analytics, driving people transformation particularly through technology and Ai, and delivering great people experience and people services. Prior to Abi’s 5 years at Sky, she led a number of HR teams in British Airways including Organisation Transformation and Change, People Partners, and Learning and Development. Abi is driven by improving customer experience, simplifying complexity and always doing the right thing to keep our people and organisations safe.

Nicola Marshall

Welcome Break People Director

I am a Chartered CIPD HR professional working in market leading organisations.

My passion is people; understanding what makes people 'tick' and how we can improve business performance through the power of our teams. I am an Executive Coach, BPS Level A & B, Insights Discovery, MBTI & Predictive Index qualified.

My role covers everything from Culture & Wellbeing, Recruitment & Talent Management, Employee Relations, Pay & Benefits and Organisational Development and Change.

Andrew Borthwick

Skyscanner Global Head of Internal Communications

At Skyscanner, our team has a proven track record of creating and executing strategies that align employees with corporate vision, mission, and goals. Extensive experience in advising senior leadership, driving change management, and enhancing employee engagement through innovative communication solutions. Adept at using data-driven insights to optimise communication efforts and foster a culture of transparency, trust, and collaboration across global organisations.

Jane Garnsey

Skipton Building Society People Chief Operating Officer

With a career spanning more than 20 years and centred entirely on people, I’m as energetic and passionate now as I was on day one. Achieving my first HR Director role in 2014 for a 800- employee business unit gave me experience of truly partnering with the senior leadership team at a strategic level, taking time to understand the commercial objectives of the business and the people strategy associated to deliver these.

Since then, I have adopted roles that have a Group focus (2000 employees), partnering with the CEO and Executive team to troubleshoot strategic people requirements to achieve commercial success – evidenced in multi-million-pound cost savings. I utilise my innate flair for effectively building strong personal relationships at this level to achieve these strong results.

I have significant experience and success in overseeing end-to-end change projects across all aspects of the employee lifecycle and at times of significant business change.

As a qualified coach, I adopt a coaching approach to leadership, thriving on galvanising teams and individuals to deliver commercially, whilst achieving their full potential personally.

Alka Mathur

Nestlé Head of HR - Corporate Finance, IT, Food and New Business Models

Leading HR for Finance, IDigital, Legal, Food, and New Business Models at Nestlé, I am passionate about Inclusion at the heart of business strategy. My role encompasses not only defining people strategies but also coaching Business Leaders on creating an inclusive environment of Trust & Psychological Safety where everyone feels like they belong. This promotes innovation and creativity enabling high performance.

Christine Ierakidis

ASOS Reward and People Experience Operations Director

Christine heads up Reward, Talent Acquisition, HR Shared Services and the People Analytics function at ASOS plc. She is originally from Canada but has spent her career in the Rewards space holding various roles across Europe, Australia, Canada and the Middle East. Prior to her role at ASOS, she led Reward, Global Mobility and HR Operations at Coloplast, a global medical device organization headquartered in Denmark.

Vikrant Bhuskute

BT Group Strategic Reward Director

Vikrant is a rewards professional with more than 20 years of experience. He has lived and worked in four countries. Has been in Reward Leadership Team of FTSE 10 company, led global team, and has end to end design and delivery experience across all aspects of Total Reward – job architecture, base pay, bonus, sales incentives, equity, benefits, recognition, reward communication. We are pleased to have someone with such versatile lived experience across sectors.

Jordan Moore

GAIL's Head of Talent / People Partner

Jordan is a people-focused leader with a genuine passion for helping others grow. Believing that great teams are built on trust, development and open conversations, Jordan cares deeply about leadership, team culture and creating environments where people feel heard, encouraged and supported to be their best.

Georgia Parlour-Rule

The AA Group Reward Director

I am a well-rounded and ambitious reward professional with experience leading both Compensation and Benefit projects across multiple industries in highly matrixed organisations across Europe. I have a proven track record at using data and technology to improve communication plans which have led to a better engagement and understanding of Total Reward in companies with diverse workforces.

Jade Archibald

Halfords Director of People Partnering & Talent Acquisition

Jade Archibald is an experienced people and talent leader with deep expertise in building high‑performing, inclusive cultures across complex organisations. With a strong background in business partnering and organisational transformation, she brings a clear transformation bias—diagnosing root causes, challenging assumptions and shaping people strategies that deliver measurable improvement. She has partnered with a range of well‑known brands, including Sainsbury’s, Curry's, Shell, Wickes and Marks & Spencer. Known for her commercial mindset and systems‑thinking approach, Jade helps leaders turn insight into action, strengthening engagement, capability and organisational effectiveness. She is passionate about inclusive cultures, developing future talent and enabling leaders to create the conditions for teams to excel.

Josephina Smith

British Airways Director of Reward

Future-focused strategist and workplace innovator with significant experience working in partnership with Board level colleagues to reenergise and revitalise Human Resources, consistently leaping fearlessly into the art of the possible to create a top class resource that fits with the modern business team.

My background in Reward management, Employee Relations and Employment Law has enabled me to ground HR in business reality; inspiring teams to achieve extraordinary results at pace. I can create concepts, bring ideas, and implement structures that do not yet exist or rarely thought of, to deliver solutions that drive value.

My greatest strength is finding the space to identify all the outdated HR strategies and processes that aren't working, and seamlessly implement new, creative, modern systems that help build people to their best, resulting in increased productivity.

I've found new ways to energise teams to achieve a vision and identify innovative ways to enable business growth, taking businesses to new heights.

I am passionate about personal growth and look for work environments where I can influence HR thinking significantly.

Holly Atyeo-Smith

Bupa Dental Care UK People Partner – Culture, Wellbeing, Engagement and People Policy

Holly Atyeo-Smith is a People Partner at Bupa Dental Care, leading on Culture, Wellbeing, Engagement, and People Policy. Her role spans across the UK and ROI. Holly thrives on building environments where people love coming to work and creating a culture where people feel heard, empowered and valued. Holly works closely with stakeholders to shape meaningful employee experiences and foster a positive, supportive culture. She has established a community of engagement champions to amplify employee voice, drive initiatives, and embed engagement throughout the business. With wellbeing being a core element of employee experience, Holly creates opportunities for open dialogue. Through webinars, panel discussions, and storytelling initiatives, she has elevated awareness around key topics such as women’s health, neurodiversity, mental health, bereavement, and men’s health. In parallel, she has implemented resources to ensure managers are equipped with the knowledge and confidence to foster safe and supportive environments, enabling them to support their teams effectively and consistently.

Deniz Aydin Wober

Sony Electronics Strategic HR Business Partner Europe

An accomplished, result-driven HR leader with experience leading teams, design and implementation of innovative HR, leadership and talent initiatives in large organizations.

Chris Lincoln

Vagabond People Director

An international public speaker with a love of all things People and business growth. A culture champion and a wellbeing enthusiast, awarded HR Leader of the Year 2024 by HR in Hospitality and listed in top 25 global Culture Creators by culture Amp 2024.

Sian Jones

Bank of England Head of Communications Strategy and Content

Siân Jones is Head of Communications Strategy and Content at the Bank of England, leading the function since January 2023 after senior internal communications roles across the organisation. She previously held leadership posts at the Department for Work and Pensions, including Head of Internal Communications and Strategic Communications Director, working on major change programmes in large, complex organisations. Earlier communications roles at the Training and Development Agency for Schools, The Housing Corporation and Inside Housing gave her a broad grounding across housing, education and policy. She holds a BA in English Literature and a Diploma in B2B Marketing.

Jay Brewer

Unilever Health & Wellbeing Head of Country - UK&I

As the oldest of five brothers and the father of two daughters I'm driven by care for others. My purpose is to create safe environments that can be used as the launchpad for inspiring change. I am a proven strategist that focuses on demonstrating impact while continuously learning to adapt to ever changing needs of the people my work serves.

Megan Yawor

Knight Frank Head of Talent Systems & Experience

Megan Yawor is the Head of Talent Systems & Experience at Knight Frank, where she leads the design and delivery of end‑to‑end talent experiences that help people develop, grow, and perform at work. With a background in learning and development, talent systems, performance, and employee experience, she brings a practical, people‑first approach to shaping how talent practices work in reality. Her work spans career development, performance frameworks, and learning strategy, with a particular focus on clarity, consistency, and ensuring that people processes translate into meaningful behavior at work. Megan is especially interested in how organizations move beyond well‑intentioned design to create simple, inclusive talent experiences that genuinely change the way people work.

Shalini McGregor

bp Head of People & Culture, Castrol Europe & META

HR Leader with global experience supporting functional and technical client groups to deliver a suite of business facing HR services, and organizational effectiveness, culture and transformation programs.

Lucinda Thomas

National Grid Director and Head of Recruitment Strategy, Capability and Employer Branding

I am a passionate Talent and Capability professional with 10 years of experience in Strategy, Recruitment, Transformation, Learning & Development, Talent Management, Organizational Development, Engagement, Leadership, Employer Branding, and Graduate Programs—can you tell I love the Talent space?

I thrive on inspiring growth in others and am dedicated to delivering tangible impact to the business through my work. My expertise lies in unlocking employee motivations, and implementing human-centric design principles to enhance the employee experience and cultivate a fulfilling work environment. I advocate for continuous learning and workplace inclusivity, believing that diverse perspectives drive innovation and success.

With extensive experience across FMCG, Retail, Utilities, Non-Profit, and Hospitality sectors, I bring a well-rounded approach to talent management.

Ed Cook

BBC People Experience (PX) Partner

Ed Cook is a People Experience (PX) Partner at the BBC, where he focuses on building a workplace where every colleague feels valued, productive, and able to thrive. He leads the organisation’s Listening Strategy, turning colleague insight into practical improvements and measurable impact.

With a career at the intersection of people, projects, and policy, Ed brings a unique fluency in organisational dynamics. He has led diverse teams through complex change, improving HR service experiences and enabling better ways of working. Known for his strategic thinking and calm, collaborative style, Ed keeps sight of what matters most - creating the conditions for great people to do their best work, together.

Larissa Schneider-Kim

International Rescue Committee Associate Director, Global Internal Communications

I’m a multilingual communications leader with 10 years’ experience strengthening internal culture, employee engagement, and organisational connection across global, mission-driven organisations. I specialise in translating complex ideas into clear, human-centred communication and building platforms that help staff feel informed, heard, and connected - wherever they are in the world.

My work spans global campaigns, change communications, leadership messaging, staff engagement programmes, and digital content across multiple channels. I’ve led major storytelling initiatives, launched new engagement platforms, produced podcasts and video series, and designed all-staff events that bring organisational priorities to life. I also have a strong track record of embedding inclusive communication practices and partnering with ERGs, People teams, and regional colleagues to ensure diverse voices are represented.

I’m fluent in English, Russian, Swedish, advanced in Korean, intermediate in French, with additional basic knowledge of German, Mandarin, and BSL. Outside work, you’ll find me in the gym, reading (I run two book clubs), travelling, or taking on new learning opportunities.

Paul Rutzler

British Heart Foundation Human Resources Director

Paul Rutzler is an experienced Human Resources leader with a strong background in strategic HR and people-focused organisational development. He currently serves as Human Resources Director at the British Heart Foundation, where he oversees HR initiatives that support the charity’s mission and workforce.

Prior to his current role, Paul held senior HR positions across leading organisations, including Senior Manager – Human Capital at Deloitte, and several HR leadership roles at Nationwide Building Society and Lloyds Banking Group, contributing to HR strategy, change management and service delivery.

Paul holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of the West of England, reflecting his solid grounding in business and people management.

Melissa Hungerford

ofi SVP, Global Head of Talent, Learning and IDE

Global Talent Leader with 20+ years of experience leading talent agendas that help businesses to compete and achieve sustainable growth. Has held senior leadership positions at multinational companies with globally recognized brands across multiple industries including The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola European Partners, Avon Products, Philips Electronics and Lighting, Bristol-Myers’s Squibb and The Home Depot. Extensive international experience working across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia with deep experience in emerging markets.

Strong team leader and business partner who can move fluidly from strategy to execution. Proven track record and passionate about strengthening leadership capability and succession; creating an inclusive, engaged and high-performance culture; providing learning and skills, career development and pipeline development for critical capability as a competitive advantage; increasing attractiveness of an employer brand in a challenging labor market; and supporting large scale change initiatives in businesses undergoing a strategic transformation.

Board experience as a NED. Early career experience in management consulting, personal and career counseling. Ph.D. In Counseling Psychology.

Ian Wallis

HM Revenue & Customs People Analytics & Insight Director

A senior data and analytics leader, having operated as both a permanent employee and interim across 12 industry sectors ranging from financial services to the public sector, utilities to information and media. Author of Data Strategy: from definition to execution.

Key strength lies in interpreting corporate strategy to identify and deliver the optimal solution through the alignment of delivery across IT solutions, data, people and process, thereby realising value for an organisation through the exploitation of data, and exceeding expectations.

A highly experience programme manager, having delivered some of the largest data programmes in UK and been hired to turn around failing programmes. A regular conference speaker on data and analytics, including chairing events.

Highly experienced in driving transformation programmes, utilising data and information to drive a different way of operating, and promoting information literacy across organisations. Operated across the data and analytics spectrum - data management (architecture, governance, standards, quality, MDM) to data warehouse design and build, to BI (reporting and MI), to advanced analytics, research and knowledge management - delivering capabilities that link these as an end-to-end process, achieving greater value from an integrated approach.

Skilled in building and developing teams as high performing functions - recognised at several organisations for achievement at an individual and team level. Expertise in designing, implementing & managing offshore/international data capabilities. An advocate of agile as an effective way to realise value effectively and incrementally, and accredited in the use of the team management profile (the 'team wheel') to develop high performing teams.

Marc Molloy

The Metropolitan Police Assistant Director Leadership Academy

I lead the Metropolitan Police Leadership Academy as Assistant Director, with responsibility for building the leadership capability required to deliver A New Met for London.

My work focuses on strengthening leadership depth at every level - so that trust, standards and performance are lived day-to-day, not just stated as intent.

I specialise in delivering leadership and culture change at pace and scale in complex organisations. That means designing practical, evidence-led programmes rooted in real operational pressures; testing and iterating what works; and holding ourselves accountable for impact, not activity.

Natasha Rudy

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Regional Director of People & Culture

Natasha Rudy, BSc (Hons), MBA, is a seasoned Regional Director of People & Culture at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, with extensive experience leading HR and learning strategies across EMEA. Based in the UK, her remit covers multiple countries, where she drives excellence, employee engagement, and continuous development.

Natasha’s diverse career spans luxury hotels, banking, casinos, and consulting, with hands-on experience working in South Africa, the Maldives, Seychelles, and the United Kingdom. She began her career in learning and development and has since established a strong leadership profile with prestigious organizations known for exceptional service and employee satisfaction.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Psychology and an MBA from the renowned EHL Hospitality School in Switzerland. Natasha has also served on the faculty at Henley Business School, sharing her expertise in leadership and strategic HR management. Passionate about creating environments where teams excel, Natasha is dedicated to unlocking their highest potential.

Cristina Herdocia

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Regional Learning and Development Manager

Cristina Herdocia Valencia is an accomplished learning and development leader with extensive experience in the luxury hospitality sector.She currently serves as Regional Learning & Development Manager at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, where she drives talent growth and enhances employee and guest experiences across multiple properties. Cristina’s strategic focus on training excellence and organisational performance has seen her recognised for her contributions to talent development within the industry. She holds professional credentials from the Vatel Institute and brings a global perspective to organisational learning, people development, and cross-cultural leadership.

Aleksandra Kucza

ACAMS Senior HR Director

Aleksandra is Senior HR Director at ACAMS, where she has worked since September 2018. Her truly global career spans across various industries, from financial services and education to e-commerce. Before joining ACAMS, Aleksandra has held senior HR/Talent positions at Laureate International Universities and at Vistaprint (Cimpress). She started her career in HR consultancy. Currently based between Barcelona and London.

Rose Dahlan

ACAMS Global Communications Manager

A seasoned communications professional dedicated to making a difference. With 20 years of expertise in strategic communications and media relations, I specialise in amplifying the voices of mission-driven organisations.

My passion for positive impact fuels my commitment to working with purpose-driven brands, leveraging my marketing and communication skills to expand their reach and deepen their influence.

In my current role as a communications specialist at ACAMS, a prominent global membership organisation for anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals, I am dedicated to amplifying the organisation's message and mission to end financial crime to a broader audience.

I find it utterly rewarding to contribute to raising awareness of the intricate links between money laundering and predicate offenses and to work with thought leaders in the industry to support their work in combating this issue.

Passionate, impactful, and driven, my professional story is one of relentless pursuit – the pursuit of a world where communication sparks a revolution and brands become beacons of change. Let’s connect and create change together!

Monika Holliday

British Airways Euroflyer Head of People

Monika Holliday is the Head of People at British Airways Euroflyer, leading the organisation’s people strategy and shaping a culture that drives performance and long‑term success. As a trusted member of the Executive Team, she aligns people priorities with business goals, strengthening leadership capability and organisational effectiveness. Monika is known for her strategic clarity, collaborative leadership, and commitment to building an engaged, high‑performing workforce. She champions initiatives that enhance colleague experience, foster inclusion, and equip the organisation to thrive through change.

Rebecca Williams

Sky Head of Internal Communications

From BBC and Sky correspondent and presenter to communications leader, Rebecca has spent 15+ years helping brands tell stories that matter — to their people, to the press, and to the public.

At Sky, she led strategic communications across internal and corporate channels, which included shaping the company’s culture narrative with the Chief People Officer, leading sensitive transformation comms, and advising execs and creatives alike on tone of voice, leadership visibility and brand reputation.

Rebecca brings strategic thinking, and a calm head in high-stakes moments. Whether supporting D&I initiatives, crisis comms, launching a campaign with global athletes, or coaching execs on landing their message, she builds trust and connection through impactful storytelling.

Jonathan Elliott

Sky Head of Internal Communications, Leadership & Business Partnering

Jonathan Elliott is the Head of Leadership Communications at Sky; overseeing the engagement strategy for Sky’s CEO and Executive Management Team. Jonathan joined Sky in December 2024 to lead the delivery of a new company narrative, growing clarity and confidence in the organisation’s direction, whilst transforming to ensure Sky is fit for the future. Prior to Sky, Jonathan spent almost a decade with the BBC, initially to develop the response to the Dame Janet Smith report, before leading the communications for the launch of BBC Studios as a commercial entity, the merger with BBC Worldwide, and the company’s Covid communications plan. Jonathan also led the internal communications for the launch of A BBC For The Future vision and Value for All strategy work. Jonathan also spent seven years with Santander, starting with the bank during the global financial crisis in 2008, and working on the acquisitions of and mergers with Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley. Across his career, Jonathan has gained experience in internal and external communications, marketing, and CSR.

Shane Ashby-Roche

The White Company Head of Organisational Development & Culture

Shane is Head of Org Development and Culture for The White Company, taking responsibility for shaping company culture and driving performance through leading the Learning and Development and Communication and Engagement teams. In 2024 Shane and the team were recognised as the ‘People Development Team of The Year’ at the Retail Bulletin’s People in Retail Awards, recognising their dedication to nurturing talent and leadership. A qualified Executive Coach, Shane specialises in Leadership Development, People Strategy, and Project Management. His focuses include illustrating how strong leaders are integral to shaping business direction, championing leadership development and succession planning with a core focus on individuals ‘Leadership Shadow’ and promoting inclusive and diverse cultures, through adopting a ‘Purpose First’ philosophy.

Lewis Rooke

Gymshark Head of Reward & People Operations

Lewis Rooke is an experienced reward and people operations leader, currently serving as Head of Reward & People Operations at Gymshark, a global fitness apparel brand. Since joining Gymshark in 2021, Lewis has played a key role in shaping total reward strategies that support business growth and employee engagement. Prior to Gymshark, he gained broad reward management experience at Bibby Financial Services, progressing from Graduate Trainee to Reward Manager. Lewis holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from Keele University, bringing both analytical rigor and practical insight to his work in reward, compensation, and organisational development.

Andrea Cook

Total Fitness Head of People

Andrea Cook is an accomplished Human Resources leader with over 26 years of experience across the retail, aviation, and fitness industries. As Head of People at Total Fitness which consists of 15 health & fitness clubs, 2 Women’s gyms and over 720 team members, she leads the organisation’s people strategy, driving initiatives that enhance engagement, development, and wellbeing while fostering a culture of inclusion and performance.

Before joining Total Fitness, Andrea held senior HR roles at John Lewis and Emirates, where she gained extensive experience in people management across complex, customer focused environments.

Her career is defined by a commitment to aligning business strategy with people-focused leadership, ensuring that colleagues are supported, motivated, and equipped to deliver exceptional results.

Andrea has been recognised for working collaboratively in creating an award winning ‘Future Leaders’ development program, winning UK Company Culture award.

She is passionate about creating workplaces where individuals can grow, succeed, and feel genuinely valued for their contributions.

Anuj Bhardwaj

Heathrow Head of Extraordinary Place To Work

A highly accomplished and driven people leader with a varied and proven track record in delivering operational excellence improvements in a multi-site environment. I have demonstrated steady progress throughout my career developing a refined skill set – particularly having discovered my core values and my personal purpose. I have always succeeded in building high performing teams by creating an engaging environment to work in. My Colleague centric view on leadership – where the people must come first, has always in turn delivered outstanding results. I particularly enjoy the coaching and development elements of my role with a speciality in team coaching. My performance mindset is around creating a vision, building a great team and then allow the team to deliver operational excellence

Kate Marks

easyJet Head of People Insight and Employee Listening

Kate Marks is Head of People Insight and Analytics at easyJet, where she leads the development and delivery of people‑analytics and workforce‑data strategies that support organisational design, capability uplift, and evidence‑based decision making.

With a strong interest in bridging HR and data, Kate specialises in turning complex analytics into actionable insight, helping shape people strategy, inform change management and enable teams to make evidence‑driven decisions.

Kate is recognised for her ability to democratise data across functions, ensuring that insights serve both operational needs and strategic goals.

Juliet Green

RAC Head of Internal Communication, Engagement & Culture

Juliet Green is an experienced communications leader with over 15 years’ expertise spanning internal and external communications. She has worked with UK-based and global organisations across diverse sectors, including retail, financial services, technology, and construction.

Juliet specialises in driving impactful communication strategies that support transformation and change, organisational restructures, cultural evolution, and employee engagement. Her work has included leading values design and rollout, shaping company strategy, managing crisis communications, and introducing or evolving communications channels such as intranets and employee experience platforms.

Passionate about the role of internal communications in building trust, enhancing employee experience, and driving culture change, Juliet is also an active mentor with the Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC), helping professionals grow their careers. As an IoIC Ambassador, shechampions internal communications as a rewarding and influential profession.

Maxine Granville

KIKO MILANO Head of HR UK & Ireland

Experienced Head of HR with a demonstrated history of working in the retail, e-commerce and manufacturing industry.

Fay Simpkins

National Highways Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing

Fay Simpkins is Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing at National Highways supporting the organisation, supply chain and customers to get “Home Safe and Well”. Fay has over 15 years’ experience in occupational health and wellbeing, firstly in corporate clinical settings for several multinational companies before moving into strategic roles. In these roles she has helped to successfully shape and progress the organisations approach to health and wellbeing.

Amber Panting

Wolf & Badger Head of People

Amber is a people-centric leader passionate about attracting, growing, and retaining high-performing teams that help businesses scale. She is Head of People at Wolf & Badger, a fast-paced, mission-driven business connecting conscious consumers with 2,000 independent fashion and lifestyle brands through its online marketplace and flagship stores. Amber partners closely with senior leaders to ensure the company’s values and B Corp commitments are reflected across all people practices, relationships, and processes. With a proven track record of driving engagement and performance, she is dedicated to building workplaces that enable every team member to thrive.

Joel Turner

Betfred Head of Internal Communication

Father and ultra-runner with more than twenty years’ experience of leading comms and engagement teams in highly regulated industries, with a background in customer operations. Most recently I have specialised in strategic executive leadership communication, change and transformation and corporate comms – and now also offer consulting services on a freelance basis.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of a decade helping to shape Sky Betting & Gaming into the smash hit business it is today; through its high growth phase as an independent company with two major acquisitions and changes of ownership - and latterly helping establish the Flutter UK&I division that includes famous UK brands Sky Bet, Betfair, Paddy Power & tombola. During that time, I was also Chair of the Sky Betting & Gaming workplace pension scheme board of Trustees.

Equally at home front and centre of company all-hands meetings, leadership team offsites and the many weird and wonderful engagement activities we can dream up together – just as I am implementing detailed people focused, change communications plans. I love nothing more than helping bring people together, explaining a company’s long-term goals so they can unite behind a common purpose and feel part of a successful organisation.

Over the last three years I have specialised in helping Executive Leadership teams explain strategy and direction, most recently with Entain PLC, helping to shape their internal strategic narrative – as comms partner to the Group CEO – at a time when the organisation was going through significant change.

Katy Busby

National Crime Agency Head of Leadership Communication

Katy is a CIPR Chartered internal communications professional with experience across the public sector including local government, policing and the Civil Service. She helps leaders to be visible as a trusted advisor – embedding change and simplifying complex language. She has a collaborative leadership style, building strong relationships with stakeholders, colleagues and influencers. Career highlights include: a hard hitting Met Police safeguarding campaign to help colleagues understand that safeguarding adults and children is everyone’s responsibility. The campaign led to performance improvements, including increased reporting across related crime types and a 50% increase in awareness. As well as multi-award winning National Crime Agency Officer and Family Days at secure sites with the aim of boosting morale and increasing engagement. Feedback was 100% positive and 92% of volunteers said that the events gave them the opportunity to network with colleagues. She lives with her husband and two teenage sons in south London and enjoys keeping fit and London food tours.

Tim Prince

Network Rail Head of Internal Communications

An experienced and outcome-focused leader. Specialist in helping organisations ensure their priorities land with frontline teams in a way that builds clarity, trust and high performance.

Phil Askham

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust Head of Internal Communications

A strategic communications professional with 20 years’ experience in advising and coaching leaders, managing organisational and cultural change, and creating purposeful, productive and healthy workplaces.

Phil is an expert in employee engagement, culture development and organisational change. He knows from experience that improving employee engagement is a constant aspiration; it depends on active and trusted leadership, effective line management and a clear strategy and vision. Employee communications, crafted and executed well, can bring everything together, helping leaders explain decisions, crystallising calls to action, embedding changes in ways of working and fostering a sense of fairness and belonging.

As a former Global Head of Employee Communications at HSBC, Phil played a major part in strengthening the firm's compliance culture. He also helped propel O2 to become the UK's number one mobile provider by transforming employees' experience of the brand and trust in leaders.

Jenny Bloxham

Marie Curie UK Head of Internal Communications & Engagement

Communications professional, combining business acumen with a strong understanding of the NGO and charity sector both in the UK and overseas. Skilled leader, project manager, writer and linguist with creative ideas aplenty. Proactive team player and initiative taker with a passion for child rights, development and addressing inequality.

Caroline Jellyman

Battersea Head of Learning and Organisational Development

Strategic People and Culture Leader with extensive experience in organisational development, learning and development, and executive-level advisory roles. Proven success in leading cultural transformation, designing and implementing people strategies, and driving organisational effectiveness.

Combines deep people expertise with strong business acumen to align workforce initiatives with organisational goals, enhance performance, and deliver measurable impact. Passionate about fostering inclusive, high-performing workplace cultures that support strategic growth.

Maria Grazia Zedda

Marie Curie UK Head of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Award-winning strategic Equality and Diversity Lead, specialising in Accessibility, Belonging and inclusion of Workforce and Communities. C-suite facilitator and driving programmes to embed diversity and inclusion within workplace culture. Have created and implemented initiatives to support broader business objectives at HS2 Ltd, the biggest infrastructure project in the UK, particularly building a legacy to influence our 30,000 workers’ supply chain. Influencing and driving efforts to result in successful recruitment and retention programs, fostering a workplace where diverse talent thrives. As an International Accessibility Lead, my role extends beyond internal policies to influence our community engagement, ensuring inclusivity is a cornerstone of our operations.

I have launched innovative programmes, such as the Accessibility Strategy, the Reverse Mentoring Programme, EDI in Leadership training, and so much more, which have significantly contributed to our EDI KPIs and enhanced our Legacy to the supply chain. my loyal service has played a key role in managing educational initiatives and staff networks, driving forward the organization's commitment to creating an environment where every voice is heard and valued.

Rebecca Eaton

Cadent Gas Limited Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing

Rebecca is Specialist Practitioner in occupational health and an experienced wellbeing professional having implemented wellbeing strategy in several large organisations. She currently leads an in-house Occupational Health and Wellbeing team at Cadent Gas. Rebecca isn’t afraid to break the traditional moulds for wellbeing and focus’ on having a measurable proactive impact on improving employee health and wellbeing. She focuses on embedding a culture of care and has a passion for ensuring that work has a positive effect on people’s wellbeing.

Emma Illingworth

OVO Head of People Transformation

A people centered, award winning, HR leader, with a track record of partnering Executive Leaders to design and deliver People Strategies. Led multiple large-scale acquisition, restructuring / efficiency, EVP and culture transformation programs.

Quick, creative thinker, calm under pressure, with a considered approach. Often described as an agitator and playmaker to achieve what can often feel like impossible change programmes. I thrive in bringing people together to co-create and deliver improved people's experiences.

Linzi Elder-Gibbins

Shoosmiths Head of Internal Communications

Linzi Elder‑Gibbins is an experienced Head of Internal Communications, leading communication strategy across major programmes including digital transformation, AI adoption and cultural engagement. She specialises in clear, authentic storytelling and works closely with senior leaders to shape impactful messaging and deliver campaigns that connect people to the strategy and vision of their organisation to drive engagement.

Sian Sidaway

Haleon Global Head of Talent Coordination

A strategic talent transformation professional with experience driving workforce capability and organisational change management in global, high-growth environments. A proven advisor to C-suite stakeholders, adept at leading large-scale talent programs and aligning people strategies with business goals.

Ori Chandler

Aviva Group Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

A leader and strategist with a passion for inclusion, equality and human rights. Track record in shaping and implementing high-impact inclusion strategies and interventions for corporate clients. A motivational leader who brings passion, energy and people skills to every role. Adept at delivering innovative inclusion programmes to support organisational transformation and impact. Speaker, storyteller and presenter. Committed mentor who feels passionately about human rights and social justice.

Claire Maydew

Bupa Group Head of Inclusion

Claire Maydew is Group Head of Inclusion at Bupa, leading the organisation’s global inclusion agenda from a base in Newark-on-Trent, England. She previously spent more than a decade at Marks & Spencer in a series of diversity, inclusion, employee engagement and corporate social responsibility roles, and helped to establish the cross‑employer Movement to Work programme tackling youth unemployment.

Kendall Turner Lennon

LexisNexis UK HR Business Partner and Wellbeing Programme Lead

Experienced Human Resources practitioner with extensive employee relations and business partnering experience gained within fast-paced demanding professional and blue collar environments. I have well developed relationship building, negotiating and influencing skills. My leadership style is consultative and collaborative and I have the ability to communicate with authority and influence to a wide variety of organisational stakeholders. My portfolio has ranged from employee populations of 100 to 4000 on up to thirty worksites. Leveraging off HR insights I successfully partnered with business leaders and line managers to create highly engaged teams, nurture talent and create long-term benefits to the organisational by creating a great place to work.

Bekah Thompson

Flawless Head of People

Bekah leads the People Team at Flawless AI, spending her time obsessing over People as a Product and embedding agile ways of working. She's spent her career shaping people-centric environments at scaling tech companies, and is passionate about creating People products that give teams the energy to thrive. Her roles have blended strategic people partnering with hands-on programme development to build high performing businesses. She cares deeply about inclusion and wellbeing, as well as being a bit of a nerd about compensation (and Formula 1).

Angie Borst

Flagstone Head of People

Angie Borst (MCIPD) is Head of People at Flagstone, leading the people strategy for the UK‑based fintech and shaping its culture as an award‑winning employer. She brings over 15 years’ experience in HR roles across sectors including healthcare, technology, aviation and professional services, with previous positions as HR Business Partner at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Six Degrees Group, and earlier HR roles at Heads Group, Cathay Pacific, PepsiCo, News Corp Australia, RIBA and Right Management. Angie holds a Masters and CIPD‑accredited qualification in HR Management from London South Bank University and is a Certified Practitioner in Agile HR.

Ellie McCluskey

VML Head Of People, VML UK.

Ellie is Head of People at VML UK, and a qualified coach and Menopause coach, with a deep belief in reinvention at work and in life. She brings a human, compassionate lens to HR, creating environments where people and businesses can truly thrive. In her coaching, Ellie supports women navigating midlife, menopause, and moments of change, helping them reconnect with themselves and step into their next chapter with clarity, confidence, and intention.

Stella Gavinho

Entain Group Head of Wellbeing

Stella has a decade of experience designing and implementing well-being strategies and training programmes for large, complex, global enterprises. She is passionate about helping organisations unlock the full potential of their workforce through holistic well-being approaches, ensuring healthier, happier, and more
productive employees. She believes that prioritizing employee wellbeing directly contributes to business success.

Michelle Elsworth

Jet2Holidays General Manager - Reward

Senior Reward professional with extensive experience in developing strategies and delivering new approaches to colleague benefits, pay, bonus, recognition and wellbeing

Skills include Korn Ferry and wtw job evaluation, pay benchmarking, remuneration committee management, project management, stakeholder management and influencing.

Stuart Martin

Lloyds Banking Group Human Resources Director: Business and Commercial Banking

An international expert in Cloud enabled Business Transformation, Agile Organisation Strategy, Digital HR, Shared Services and Operations and leveraging GEN AI enabled HR solutions.

With extensive experience in the successful deployment of large scale business transformation programmes, based on SuccessFactors, Workday and Salesforce.com I have lived and worked in the UK, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey and Poland. My areas of focus include the integration of AI and automation in the workforce, HR Op models enabling GenAI and employee experience.

Sinéad Taylor

Tandem Bank Head of Corporate Communications and Engagement

Head of Corporate Communications and Engagement for Tandem Bank, Sinéad has 20 years’ in-house marketing and communications experience across motor, travel, tech, and highly regulated financial services.

A seasoned comms leader, she specialises in corporate communications delivering strategic comms through change and transformation, reputation and crisis management, brand building, and people engagement, while driving excellence across MarComms operations.

With efforts recognised by The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for two consecutive years 2024 and 2025, and Certified™ Great Place to Work® 2025, she has led internal communications and engagement strategies to foster safe, inclusive workplaces for all.

Sinéad is focused on the evolving role of communications and how trust and transparency will shape the next era of internal comms.

Rachel Dale

MSCI Inc. Global Head of Talent Development

Rachel has led Talent, Development, Culture, Leadership and Performance teams in Sky, Nationwide, PA Consulting and at now at MSCI. She started her career in commercial and marketing roles, retraining as a business psychologist 20 years ago. Her work always starts with specifying the investments in people that will deliver the business strategy, and she uses evidence-based approaches to deliver. She has a strong interest in joining up activity across the employee lifecycle to create a coherent picture for employees and accelerate delivery as well as applying customer focused innovation methods to her work. In her current role she leads Talent Development, Performance and Progression for MSCI and is putting in place the talent engine that will drive the organisation’s huge growth ambitions.

Rebecca Ormond

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation EMEA Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing

Rebecca Ormond is the currently EMEA Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing for SMBC, a Japanese heritage financial services organisation with over 140,000 employees worldwide. She is responsible for driving progress across the EMEA region and responding to the increasing demand and focus on these areas from regulators. talent and clients. Prior to joining SMBC, Rebecca worked for PwC, leading work on culture change, inclusion and organisational and leadership development. An effective influencer and changemaker, Rebecca's focus is on driving the creation of a health-promoting workplace and true culture of belonging, were everyone feels they are able to fulfil their potential and thrive at work.

Susan Gee

Yorkshire Water Group Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager

I am a highly innovative thinker and a collaborative leader ,I enjoy inspiring teams to work collectively toward exceptional outcomes, whilst managing risk and developing a culture of continual improvement.

Passionate about advancing workplace health and wellbeing in complex environments, I lead Yorkshire Water’s Occupational Health team to deliver evidence-driven, high-impact strategies that put people first. Recognised for straight-talking, practical leadership, I have pioneered innovative initiatives that have measurably reduced long-term absence, enhanced psychological safety, and shaped a resilient, engaged workforce. My approach is founded on collaboration working with HR, business leaders, and external partners to foster a culture where occupational health underpins business success.

I am regularly invited to speak at national forums and industry summits, sharing insights on mental health, strategic absence management, and the future of occupational health. I thrive on influencing policy and best practice whether it’s supporting return to work strategies, championing health promotion, or driving sector innovation alongside my colleagues and stakeholders. Specialties: Occupational Health, Health care law, sickness absence management, stress management, workplace wellbeing.

One Dagun

Standard Chartered Director, Talent and Succession Management

One (pronounced Oh-Nay) Dagun is global HR Leader with over two decades of experience spanning Human Resource Management, Sales, Coaching, Organisational Development, and Sustainability. One is a dynamic HR leader with a proven record across multiple industries.In her current global role, One leads the Identification of Potential and Succession Planning for talent, ensuring a robust leadership pipeline that aligns with long-term business objectives. Previously, she led the deployment and adoption of Talent Marketplace across more than fifty markets, driving an impressive 300% growth in user base over two years.

A highly skilled strategic partner and relationship builder, One has successfully engaged with business leaders, regulators, key decision-makers, and multi-cultural teams at all levels. As a HR Business Partner, she has played a pivotal role in leading large-scale business transformation programs for both Corporate and Retail sectors, managing complex organizational design changes and implementation strategies.

Laura Colantuono

Starbucks Employee Communications, EMEA

Laura is a communications leader with over 15 years of experience in global organisations. Originally from Italy, she has lived abroad for most of her life. She began her career as a journalist before joining Unilever Italy in 2010, where she discovered her passion for Internal Communications and employee engagement. In 2014, Laura moved to Fendi to lead the global internal communications function, and in 2019 she relocated to London to join Harrods as Internal Communications Manager. In 2020, she returned to the FMCG sector as Head of Internal Communications, International at The Kraft Heinz Company. Since then, she has continued to champion engagement and internal communications across fintech and media, and today she leads Internal Communications for Starbucks EMEA. Laura recently completed an Executive master’s in strategic marketing at IE Business School.

Richard Watts

Next People Operations Analyst

Richard has spent 25 years with Next, starting as a Christmas temp on the shop floor before becoming a Store Manager and later moving into head office. After a decade working on productivity, efficiency and store contracts in the Organisation & Methods team, he now leads Rewards and Recognition for Retail. Outside of work, Richard has three dogs and will happily shoehorn them (or dog training) into any conversation or video call. Don’t ask him about the links between that and workplace recognition — you’ll lose the afternoon…

Steve Walsh

Gatwick Airport Reward Leader

Steve Walsh Steve is a recently retired HR professional wit 40+ years of experience. He has worked across the public and Private sector, both in a strategic consultant capacity and in front end operational roles. Steve is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development. Steve has worked domestically and internationally and has lived and worked abroad. Steve led the Reward team at London Gatwick in revolutionising the reward philosophy and strategy, working with the team to operationalise the new approach. This work was recognised with the HR Excellence award for the best reward and recognition strategy in the 2025 HR Excellence awards. Steve ha extensive experience of DB and DC pensions, and is also Trustee Director of the Philip Morris Group Pension Plan.

Jamie Dapaah

The FA Inclusion Lead - London Region

Award-winning professional with over 10 years of experience leading global campaigns for some of the world’s most recognised brands. I specialise in developing and executing innovative marketing strategies that drive brand growth, deliver measurable impact, and resonate with diverse audiences across multiple markets. Passionate about sustainability, inclusion, and social responsibility, I combine creativity with data-driven insights to craft campaigns that are not only commercially successful but also socially meaningful. I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, forging strong stakeholder relationships, and implementing initiatives that enhance brand reputation while championing diversity and inclusion at scale. Throughout my career, I have been recognised for my ability to translate strategic vision into tangible results, delivering award-winning campaigns that balance business objectives with positive societal impact. I thrive in dynamic, global environments and am motivated by opportunities to create purposeful marketing strategies that leave a lasting impact on both audiences and the world.

Rob McCargow

PwC UK Technology Impact Leader

As PwC UK’s Technology Impact Leader, I sit at the crossroads of technology leadership, brand storytelling, and market engagement. My focus is on turning our firm’s deep technical expertise into trust and impact—helping clients, partners, and policymakers navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI and digital transformation. I work alongside our CTO and leadership teams to craft bold narratives, engage the C-suite, and build enduring relationships with the technology industry. Whether through high-profile keynotes, media commentary, or immersive client experiences, I aim to bring our technology vision to life in a way that resonates with decision-makers and accelerates transformation at scale.

What excites me most is shaping how technology can serve both business and society. I champion responsible and inclusive innovation—ensuring that ethics, diversity, and “tech for good” are at the heart of how we design, deliver, and influence. My role gives me the privilege of engaging with policymakers, trade bodies, academia, and industry to shape the debate on emerging technologies, while also mentoring and empowering colleagues across PwC to elevate their own market presence. Above all, I strive to make complex ideas accessible, building confidence in technology adoption, and showing how innovation can deliver measurable outcomes with positive societal impact.

Outside of PwC, I am an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, and was a founding advisory board member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI. HR Magazine ranks me as an 'HR Most Influential Thinker', Onalytica cite me as a 'Who's Who in AI', and I was voted 'Tech Community Leader of the Year' at the CogX Festival. I am ranked by Favikon as one of the World’s Most Influential Voices in AI (#73).

I strive to ensure that the technology workforce is equitable and inclusive and I was proud to win the Editor's Choice Award at the #TechWomen100 awards for my support of the women-in-tech agenda.

Ian Tomney-Bell

giffgaff DE&I Lead

As Head of DE&I, my focus is on disrupting traditional diversity, equity, and inclusion paradigms. I drive change through strategic initiatives, impactful events, and thoughtful communications, aimed at creating truly inclusive workplaces. This pioneering work has been recognised through prestigious shortlistings for both Head of Diversity and Outstanding Network Lead of the Year.

At giffgaff, my mission is to foster inclusivity by amplifying diverse voices and creating a truly welcoming workplace culture. A key part of this has been enhancing support systems for LGBTQIA+ families in my previous role as a Family Liaison. My core strengths in change leadership, coaching, talent development, and clear communication empower teams to embrace diversity and drive sustainable change. My mission remains to deliver meaningful progress toward a more inclusive organisation and brand.

My career journey has been long and varied, providing a powerful foundation for this work. It began as a modern apprentice in the travel industry, where I honed my skills in customer service and sales. From there, I progressed into call centre management at Apollo Travel before moving into the financial industry, where I held roles from team leader to department manager and, eventually, Branch Director at Santander. This role taught me how to multi-manage and lead other managers, giving me new challenges and a fresh perspective. After a successful time in my financial centre, I made a career pivot into the telecoms industry, first as a flagship store leader at EE and then moving to Virgin Media O2.

It was at Virgin Media O2 that I developed my skills as a Programme Manager and, most significantly, became Co-Chair of the LGBTQIA+ network. This experience truly opened my eyes to what equity is and what it should feel like. I've seen both great and poor examples of leadership, which have profoundly shaped my core values. This insight allows me to guide the workforce toward better equity through inclusion and education.

Kelly Newman

Ampa Group Head of Internal Communication & Engagement

Kelly Newman is a strategic internal communications and engagement leader with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. Passionate about connecting people with purpose, she specialises in high-impact communications that drive engagement, alignment, and cultural change.

As head of internal communication and engagement at Ampa Group, Kelly has led innovate strategies that unite employees across multiple brands and locations. A champion of smart, scalable communication, Kelly is experienced in coaching leaders, embedding organisational values, and making complex change feel simple. She has been recognised for her work in digital transformation, employee advocacy, and brand engagement.

Bethan Christensen

UK Sport HR & Employee Engagement Officer, Strategy and Business Enabling

I’m a People Experience specialist focused on employee engagement, inclusion, and internal communication. My career spans remote mining in Australia, major international events, and high‑performance sport. Giving me a unique blend of strategic insight and hands‑on delivery. I’m passionate about creating inclusive, high‑performing cultures where people feel connected, motivated, and able to thrive.

Tanu Anand

Medivet Internal Communications Specialist

Tanu Anand is an internal communications and employee engagement leader with over 17 years of global experience designing communication strategies that sticks, especially when organisations are growing and changing fast. She is currently Colleague Experience and Engagement Lead at Medivet, a role she stepped into after several years embedded in the organisation as a consultant. Her work focuses on introducing business partnering models for a predominantly frontline workforce, evolving communication channels, and creating structures that support colleagues through large-scale transformation across a 4,000-strong organisation. Previously, Tanu led global communications at The&Partnership, where she built the agency’s first integrated communications strategy and led PR and digital communications, strengthening leadership visibility and driving measurable engagement growth. Earlier in her career at Save the Children International, she helped launch large-scale global campaigns across 90+ countries and supported major international advocacy moments, including UN summits, contributing to global efforts to advance child rights. Her earlier roles at Which?, Infosys and Oracle laid the foundations of her approach - combining impactful employee engagement tactics, large-scale workforce communications, strong stakeholder management and a willingness to experiment with storytelling to drive results. She is also the founder of Star Storycrafters, a consultancy helping organisations simplify complexity and communicate with clarity. Tanu is known for her people-first approach, practical storytelling and ability to turn strategy into action.

Céline Renaud

Sanofi Global EX Lead

Céline is passionate about transforming employee experience through a human-centered, data-driven approach. As Global Employee Experience Partner at Sanofi, she works to build a holistic vision of the employee journey, backed by both quantitative and qualitative insights. Her role involves identifying key pain points and partnering with moment owners across the organization to continuously improve how employees experience their work at Sanofi. To do this, she draws on her marketing background from L'Oréal Luxe, where she spent 14 years in various marketing roles across different scopes and geographies, always with great passion for understanding people and creating meaningful experiences.

On the academic side, Céline graduated from ESSEC Business School and recently completed a Certificate in Health and Environment from Mines Paris, which deepened her awareness of sustainability challenges and their connection to business and people strategies.

Today, Céline lives in the beautiful Aix-en-Provence with her three teenagers, balancing her work with an active, sporty lifestyle in the heart of Provence - it's as inspiring and energizing as it sounds.

Adeife Onwuzulike

Euromonitor International Global Director - Culture, Engagement & Inclusion

Adeife Onwuzulike is the Global Director of Culture, Engagement and Inclusion, leading work across APAC, EMEAI and the Americas to shape organisational culture, embed inclusion, and elevate meaningful employee engagement. She oversees global efforts to strengthen employee listening, experience and engagement, ensuring people feel informed, valued and connected throughout every stage of the employee lifecycle.

With more than 15 years’ experience in People, Culture and Organisational Development, Adeife is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, holds an MSc in HRM and Organisational Analysis, and is an ILM Level 5 Coach and Mentor. She is a recognised global speaker on people, culture, leadership and organisational change.

Adeife also serves as a Governor and Non‑Executive Director for the Aspire Learning Federation (UK) and as a Board Member for the Elim Bridge Autism and Neurodevelopmental Foundation in Nigeria. She contributes her expertise across several advisory boards and steering groups, including Make A Difference (MAD) and the HR Grapevine UK Content Advisory Board.

Beyond her corporate and advisory work, Adeife leads the Mum and Me community, supporting mothers to advance their careers with wellbeing at the centre. She also convenes a global network for Culture, Talent and Inclusion professionals working across multiple markets and sectors.

She is a mother of two boys, a wife, and a passionate advocate for mentoring, coaching and empowering people to thrive in every season of life.

Tom Pridmore

BDO UK LLP Director of Reward, Benefits and Wellbeing

With over 20 years in HR, Tom began his career in finance before developing as a HR generalist in a number of organisations. Over the last 9 years Tom’s focus has been total rewards and wellbeing. Tom is passionate about supporting mental health in the workplace, an advocate of men's mental health, and recognising the commercial advantages of linking reward, benefits and wellbeing agendas. Outside of work, Tom enjoys attempting to play football, visiting theme parks, and spending time with his wife and two children.

Liz Rogers

Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust Deputy Director of Workforce and OD

Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. Over 20 years experience in HR and Organisation Development including Change Management, Business Transformation, Culture Reset and Development, Employee Engagement, People and OD Strategy & Leadership, Organisation Design, Restructuring, Learning and Development, Recruitment and Retention, Employee Relations, Operational HR Management, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Coaching and Mentoring, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Talent Management and Succession Planning, Reward and Recognition, TUPE, HR IT, Project Management, Internal Communications Management,

Molly McMunn

BBC People Experience Project Manager

Molly McMunn is People Experience Project Manager at BBC, where she works to enhance employee experience and support inclusive culture and talent growth across the organisation.

Prior to her current role, she developed expertise in people operations and project delivery in media and public-service contexts.

Molly has also been an active advocate for gender equality at work, having served as co-chair of the BBC’s internal women’s network.

Jake Sanders

Diageo Global Health and Wellbeing Manager

With more and more scrutiny on health and wellbeing efforts within organisations I want to support wellbeing strategies that really work for all in the organisation. Delivering an evidence based framework which encompasses the full wellbeing accountability across an organisation. Individuals through health optimisation, teams & leaders through our ways of working and leadership behaviours, and the organisation by delivering sustained high performance.

I draw on my experience from professional sport, as well as my expertise in behavioural change, employee wellbeing consulting, and digital technology to create an inclusive wellbeing culture that empowers employees to thrive and perform at their best. While also consistently bringing innovation, and measurement to support increased participation in wellbeing practice. Where performance comes from enriching people, not at the expense of them.

My current role is to develop and implement a data-informed wellbeing strategy that aligns with the company's growth ambition & people strategies to deliver sunstained high performance, and supports the wellbeing of over 35000 employees worldwide.

In my time working with workplace wellbeing I have has the privilege of presenting to over 200 companies and since 2021 I have spoken at multiple national & international events, on Mental Wellbeing, Engaging in Wellbeing, and Psychological Safety.

I have project led the creation and deployment of a Wellbeing Maturity assessment, interviewing the MDs and leadership teams of 15 affiliates and reviewing the dimensions, design, delivery, and drivers of wellbeing in each country.

I am always eager to connect and collaborate with others who share my vision of creating a healthier and happier work environment for all.

Eduvie Martin

BAT Group Comms and Engagement Manager

Eduvie Martin transforms how organisations communicate, inspiring leaders to engage people with clarity, humanity and purpose. She is a strategic communications leader with nearly two decades of experience improving communication for global organisations. A data-driven and outcomes-focused practitioner, she has developed measurement dashboards across regions and is passionate about how technology enables more effective, inclusive and scalable communication.

Eduvie is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the former President of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) UK and Ireland. She continues to support the chapter as Past President and serves as Chair of the IABC Gold Quill Blue Ribbon Panel for the EMENA region. Her work has been recognised with multiple industry honours, including awards from Gallagher, Google-sponsored programmes and the International Association of Business Communicators.

After more than a decade practising communication across different cultural contexts, Eduvie later relocated to Europe to continue her career. Experiencing communication across cultures first-hand has given her a rare understanding of how identity and context shape connection at work. This insight fuels her forthcoming book, a first-of-its-kind exploration of communication through the experiences of immigrant practitioners across 12 countries.

She is also an Executive Director at Comic Republic, helping shape global storytelling, partnerships and media visibility. On stage, Eduvie speaks about strategic positioning, life beyond the nine-to-five, navigating career transitions and choosing communities that enable people to thrive. She uses storytelling and reframing to help people navigate change with confidence. Eduvie has spoken internationally across Europe, Africa and North America.

Paul Bennun

Philip Morris International People Engagement Manager

A progressive HR leader focused on using culture and behaviour to deliver business success. Strong track record of delivering change at at organisational level across various industries and organisation shapes and sizes (business turnaround, scale-up, customer centricity / culture change, global expansion etc.) with a highly commercial focus.

I like lean HR and building practices into the business infrastructure rather than into the headcount, and am a big fan of identifying the key things to deliver results and being disciplined about pausing the rest - "intentionality" is a key word for me right now.

Bethany Heesom

bet365 Senior Engagement Manager

Bethany Heesom is a passionate Employee Engagement professional with extensive experience in HR and a focus on building positive, people-centred workplace cultures. As Senior Engagement Manager at bet365, she leads initiatives that enhance employee experience, wellbeing, and engagement, ensuring every team member feels valued and supported. Bethany combines strategic insight with a hands-on approach, creating inclusive, collaborative environments where employees can thrive. She leverages strong communication and relationship-building skills to connect with teams across all levels, driving meaningful change and fostering a sense of belonging. Throughout her career, Bethany has championed programmes that boost satisfaction, retention, and performance, blending data-driven decision-making with empathy and creativity. Committed to human-centred leadership, she helps organisations grow while ensuring employees feel inspired, motivated, and empowered. Outside work, she advocates for wellbeing and professional development, sharing insights to help others cultivate supportive, high-performing workplaces.

Hannah Cheal

Philip Morris International Senior Manager Integrated Talent

Hannah has wide-ranging experience across Philip Morris, with almost 20 years in various teams and functions. She has worked at all levels, and bring s a commercial focus to People and Culture activities. Hannah is leading the UK's progressive approach to talent management - investing in high-quality recruitment and fast-tracking talent through the business. Paul brings experience from multiple sectors and organisations, and focuses on how PMI can drive engagement across all employee audiences and in key strategic priorities. Working together with Hannah, he is supporting on the new approach to talent management in the UK

Natasha Liedl-McDowall

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Senior Manager Internal Communications

Customers will only love a company when their employees love it first.

I believe in a corporate world where employees feel inspired at work. My career is about using the vehicle of internal communication to help people feel fulfilled in the work that they do and safe to speak up. In doing so, internal communication plays a vital role in protecting and elevating a company’s reputation. It starts from the inside.

Originally trained as a television journalist in live breakfast TV and owning a wellness business myself, I've worked across a variety of large organisations from technology at arm, and data & analytics in the London Stock Exchange, to energy at Veolia and the civil service through Covid and Brexit.

I’ve worked with global audiences across 190 countries and those in the disparate UK frontline with our refuse collectors and retail branches and observed how technology that’s developed in the Chief Operating Office impacts the reality of our frontline.

Most of my career has involved filling brand new internal communications roles for companies, building teams from the ground up and starting with a new challenge, bringing new ideas to the table to create a function that’s not just ‘taking orders’ but a valuable, trusted advisor to the organisation it serves.

Chloe Gillard

Riot Games D&I Advisor

Chloe currently works for Riot Games within their Global D&I Team, previously heading up Global DIB at Version 1. Her career has taken her across multiple industries and global locations, where she has worked at the intersection of DEI, culture, and talent. Outside of Riot, Chloe sits on the Board of Ulster Hockey as Ethics, Inclusion and Welfare Director, combining her love of sport with a strong belief in fair play, safe environments, and community impact. She’s particularly curious about where DEI is heading next - how we build healthy, high-performing cultures, and what role AI will play in shaping the future of people-focused work. Chloe brings energy, honesty, and a down-to-earth approach to conversations about change, always focused on progress over perfection.

Nikki Humphrey

Virgin Group Chief People Officer

Nikki Humphrey is the Chief People Officer for the Virgin Group, Board Director of Virgin Hotels, and trustee of Virgin Unite.
Following board-level experience in retail, banking, insurance, asset management, media, manufacturing, and engineering, Nikki joined the Virgin family in 2017 as Chief People Officer at Virgin Atlantic. In 2020 she became the Executive Director for People at John Lewis, before moving to Virgin Group in 2022.

Creating workplaces where people find their full potential and feel like they truly belong is Nikki’s greatest passion and since joining Virgin, she has been impressed by how the Virgin brand continues to be forward-thinking, people-first and purpose-driven. Richard Branson has always said that if you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your business – and Nikki’s role sees her nurture this ethos across the Virgin family, covering five different sectors and continents.

Des Mhere

British Army Global Chief People Officer (Regional Command)

Des is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD with 20 years of experience in executive and senior leadership role in Europe, North and Central America, Africa, and Asia.

He has extensive experience of leading and delivering projects in challenging environments as well as driving transformation. Widespread expertise in rewards and recognition, organisational culture, workforce planning, talent management and mentoring.

Jessica Barlow

Foundry Chief People Officer

Jess Barlow is the Chief People Officer at Foundry, a global media and entertainment software company headquartered in London. With over a decade of experience, Jess leads Foundry's People & Talent teams and partners closely with the senior leadership team in shaping the future and direction of the business. Jess is passionate about building culture-first companies where individuals and teams are enabled to thrive, ensuring people are empowered to fulfil their potential while accelerating business goals.

Malebogo Mpugwa

De Beers Group Chief People Officer

Malebogo is a seasoned professional with a career spanning more than two decades in the diamond industry. Her leadership journey has seen her hold influential positions at leading diamond and mining companies, namely De Beers Group and Anglo American.

At the core of her professional career is a commitment to talent development. She likens this process to the art of revealing the hidden brilliance within individuals, akin to the careful cutting and polishing of rough diamonds into their exquisite final form. Throughout her career, Malebogo has consistently demonstrated her ability to developing talent, leading organisational transformation projects, ensuring enduring success for the organizations she has served.

Malebogo’s dedication to excellence has not gone unnoticed. In 2018, she received the prestigious Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining Award, a testament to her significant contributions to the industry. Malebogo, an alumni of London Business School, is a panel member who interviews and recommends for acceptance, candidates who apply for the London Business School Executive MBA programme based in London.

Beyond her immediate sector, Malebogo actively engages in regional and international forums, sharing her expertise on critical topics such as human capital development, equity, diversity and inclusion, talent management, and the future of work.

In summary, Malebogo is an experienced leader in the diamond industry, renowned for her unwavering commitment to talent management, leadership development, and her invaluable network of relationships within the industry and beyond. Her journey serves as an inspiration to fellow executives, highlighting the transformative power of nurturing both individual and organizational potential.

Malebogo is married to Mahube Mpugwa and has two children, Mahube Jr and Mbali.

Dr Marcelle Moncrieffe

City St George’s, University of London Chief People Officer

Dr Marcelle Moncrieffe-Newman is a highly accomplished HR leader with a distinguished career spanning Chief People Officer roles in both the public and private sectors. She currently serves as Chief People Officer at City St George’s, University of London, where she leads innovative strategic initiatives in workforce planning, talent management, and organisational transformation.

In addition to her executive responsibilities, Dr Moncrieffe-Newman is a board member of the North London Foundation Trust, where she chairs the People and Culture Committee. She played a key role as lead non-executive director during the significant merger of two NHS trusts, utilising her expertise in governance and organisational change.

A recognised thought leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Dr Moncrieffe-Newman’s doctoral research at Heriot-Watt University focused on the impact of workplace culture on the careers of Black employees. This research forms the foundation of her forthcoming book, "One Step Forward, Two Steps Black: Navigating Anti-Black Workplace Culture," which offers actionable strategies for addressing systemic inequities in professional environments. The book is scheduled for publication this summer.

In addition to her PhD, Dr Moncrieffe-Newman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and holds advanced degrees in Human Resource Management and Law. Her career reflects a deep commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and organisational effectiveness while championing employee well-being and career development.

Joyce Idoniboye

Oxfam Chief People Officer

Outside of work Joyce enjoys time spent with friends and family, travel, keeping fit especially Spin, watching basketball and roller skating.

Helen Webb OBE

WH Smith Chief People Officer

Helen is the Chief People Officer at WHSmith plc. She has 30+ years’ experience in retailing and financial services holding senior positions at Morrisons, ASDA, Aviva, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and The Co-op. She is a CIPD qualified HR professional with a passion for equality, inclusion, wellbeing and People Engagement within the workplace. She is also a trustee for Battersea Dogs and Cats home.

Fiona Hogg

NHS Scotland Chief People Officer

Fiona joined the Scottish Government from NHS Highland, where she had been Director of People and Culture since July 2019. Prior to joining the NHS, she worked for 20 years across a range of leadership, change and people roles in the financial services and pharmaceutical research and development sectors.

Jennifer Sproul

IoIC Chief Executive

Jennifer Sproul is the Chief Executive of the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC), the only independent professional body solely dedicated to internal communication. She leads IoIC's efforts in setting standards and advancing the profession through qualifications, career development, thought leadership, and best practices.

A passionate advocate for the value of internal communication, Jennifer is a regular speaker and co-hosts the podcast ‘The Future of Internal Communication’.

Caroline Abercrombie

proSapient Chief People Officer

Hayley Mann

Formula E Chief People Officer

Hayley is the Chief People Officer at Formula E, with nearly 15 years of experience across Hospitality, Beauty, Retail and Sport. Hayley has grown her career in fast-moving, innovative brands, that play to her passion of creating impactful high-performance environments.

Prior to Formula E, Hayley left the world of Beauty and Retail, moving from Liz Earle Beauty Company and Walgreens Boots Alliance, entering into the Sports industry within England Rugby (RFU), returning back to a small-medium sized organisation playing a generalist role. There she built a team and enhanced their focus on culture, engagement and strategic initiatives, working closely with the Leadership Team to translate the high-performance mentality known on the pitch, into the office.

Within Formula E, Hayley navigates the People landscape in leadership, partnering, culture and engagement, recruitment, talent and L&D to support leaders in creating conditions for teams to flourish. Hayley's focus is partnering with the CEO and Executive team to ensure the People agenda runs through all strategy and decision-making, representing the employees' voice to ensure we support and enable our greatest asset, our people, to be their most effective.

Alongside being a mum to two little ones, Hayley is passionate about showing you can have a career and be present as a parent, working hard to role model authentic, inclusive leadership.

Natalie Rogers

N Brown Group Chief People & Sustainability Officer

Natalie joined N Brown in February 2024 as Chief People Officer and became Chief People and Sustainability Officer in February 2025, overseeing N Brown’s award-winning EDI&B strategy and sustainability commitments.

Natalie Rogers is a people-focused leader with over 25 years of experience shaping business strategy, culture, and transformation. As Chief People and Sustainability Officer at N Brown plc, she delivers a people strategy focused on driving cultural change, making work meaningful, and creating a workplace where people can thrive and belong. Passionate about equality diversity, and inclusion, she is also a Trustee for a Multi-Academy Trust in London and an Independent Member of St John Ambulance People Committee. Collaborative, down-to-earth approach she brings a mix of strategic insight and real-world experience.

Rachel Harber

National Star Chief People Officer

Rachel is Chief People Officer for National Star, a UK based Charity and specialist college supporting young people with disabilities achieve their potential. In addition to this, Rachel provides strategic support for companies to implement people strategies which deliver their organisation goals.

Clare Fenech

Eurail Chief People Officer

Clare is an internationally experienced HR professional with a diverse background in various human resources roles. Her expertise includes leading employees through periods of change, and significantly improving engagement by focusing on personalising key touchpoints within the employee journey. Clare is skilled in developing and implementing policies that address individual needs, ensuring inclusivity and flexibility. She is committed to fostering employee development and motivation through a proactive and tailored approach.

When Clare joined Eurail in 2017, she brought an exceptional level of dedication, passion, and expertise to the company, striving to create workspaces that empower employees to reach their full potential while aligning their goals with the broader customer- centric objectives of the organisation.

Sharon Johal

Osome Chief People Officer

Sharon manages global projects related to employee engagement, fostering true inclusion, high performance driven by accountability, and onboarding. Her goal is to attract, develop, and retain top talent in order to meet the company's business goals.

Sharon is deeply committed to driving meaningful change across all dimensions of DEI. With a background in championing systemic change, she advocates for equitable opportunities for underrepresented groups in the workforce.

Hannah Atack

HSL Compliance Chief People Officer

Hannah is a seasoned Chief People Officer and trusted advisor with over 20 years of experience driving growth and performance across corporate and tech-enabled B2B businesses. Her expertise lies in working with VC/PE-backed and founder-led enterprises, guiding them through critical phases of transformation, scale, and value creation.

With a strong commercial focus, she partners closely with boards and executive teams to shape strategies that enhance business performance and prepare organisations for transformation or exit.

→ People Strategy
She helps organisations build high-performance workforces, shape culture, and optimise HR operations. Her leadership spans M&A, change management, remuneration, succession planning, and people risk—ensuring people strategy is tightly aligned with business goals.

→ Operational Excellence
From start-up to scale-up and exit, she empowers businesses to develop best-in-class operational infrastructures. She brings a particular passion for product-led, agile approaches that elevate both customer experience and organisational efficiency.

Kate Evans

Norton Rose Fulbright Chief People Officer

Kate Evans is our EMEA Chief People Officer, based in London. She brings a wealth of experience to the EMEA People and Culture team from various senior roles in professional services organisations, such as KPMG, and other sectors. As well as leading the People and Culture team, Kate’s focus is on improving organisational performance, driving up employee engagement and creating a more inclusive, high performance, high support culture. Kate is also a coach and mentor to several talented next generation executives both inside and outside of NRF. Outside of work, Kate loves spending time with her husband, Brendan, and her daughter, Aoife, and enjoys cooking, running and travelling.

Laura Haskins

CitNow Group Chief People Officer

Laura Haskins is Chief People Officer for the market leading automotive software provider, CitNOW Group. With a career spanning over 16 years in human resources, Laura has built a reputation as a strategic and commercial leader who is committed to driving people-focused initiatives that align with the company’s vision, and growth objectives. Throughout her career, Laura has successfully led a number of cultural initiatives that drive employee retention and engagement and works passionately to ensure that every individual has the tools, support, and opportunity to make a difference.

Lindsay Jones

Delta Capita Chief People Officer

Lindsay is responsible for all People teams globally at DC - her goal is to support an enable business to be high performing whilst doing the right thing for its people.
ICF Coach: Accredited business and personal coach.
Mum: Balances her professional and personal life effectively.

20 Years in Talent Management: Extensive experience in human resources, coaching, sales, executive search, and organisational development.
Expertise: Specialises in talent mobility, employee retention, and leadership development.
Impactful Initiatives: Recognised for delivering senior hiring, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and culture transformation programs.

Commercially Driven Leader:
- High-Performance Cultures: Builds and sustains high-performance cultures.
- Talent Management Strategies: Aligns talent management strategies with business objectives to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
- Sustainable Growth and Innovation: Ensures organisations achieve sustainable growth and innovation through effective talent management.

Sophie Theen

Paydock Chief People Officer

An award-winning HR and Diversity & Inclusion professional, acclaimed author, and sought-after speaker, redefines talent management in conservative industries.

Emy Rumble-Mettle

Tails.com Chief People Officer

Emy has over 20 years within the people space working for global companies such as WPP, Flutter Entertainment and Asos PLC. Currently CPO at Tails.com, she has spent her career fully committed to creating cultures that ignite and excite employees and ensuring people find joy in their jobs so that they thrive in the workplace. Ultimately, this creates commercial success, and everyone wins. We are living for longer now, and ensuring people live their best lives both in and out of the workplace is non-negotiable.

Heidi Physick

Oodle Car Finance Chief People Officer

Heidi is an experienced HR professional, working primarily within Financial Services. Prior to joining Oodle Finance as CPO, Heidi held roles with Arrow Global, Barclays and Virgin Media.

Katy McIntyre

Hammonds Chief People and Culture Officer

Katy McIntyre is a Board-level People Director and Chief People & Culture Officer at Hammonds Furniture, where she leads people strategy to drive business transformation. With extensive experience across tech, retail, and manufacturing, Katy specialises in organisational design, organisational effectiveness, leadership development, and culture transformation, empowering companies to scale and thrive in hyper-growth environments.

Previously, Katy was Director of People & Culture at Global Fashion Group, overseeing global programmes for 15,000 employees across 19 countries, and at THE ICONIC in Sydney, where she built high-performance cultures and led organisational strategy to drive both culture and commercial success.

A master at cultivating strong workplace cultures, Katy excels in change management, scaling organisations, and creating customer-first environments that foster operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable growth.

Outside of work, Katy is a proud mum of two boys and enjoys weekends making memories with her family.

Kaylee Darkins

AXA XL Chief Human Resources Officer, UK & Lloyds

An accomplished HR leader with a proven track record in driving business results through people strategies. Has gained extensive experience in multiple sectors and large global, matrix organisations. With a proven ability to align HR initiatives with business objectives to drive growth, enhance employee engagement, and foster a high-performance culture in complex and fast-paced environments. Adept at leading transformative organisational changes and developing global talent strategies.

Has a deep understanding of HR practices, including; talent management, organisational design and effectiveness, HR technology integration, leadership development, business and cultural transformation. Known for driving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives while championing employee wellness and career development across diverse geographies.

A trusted advisor to the CEO, Leadership team and the Board. A member of the global HR Leadership team, and multiple executive committees, including the UK executive committee and the governance committee.

A results orientated, strategic thinker, with the ability to flex into operational focus. Has strong interpersonal skills, high self-awareness, and the ability to motivate and influence teams. Adaptable to the ever-changing business landscape, ensuring the organisation's human resources are positioned to drive success.

Melissa Emmanuel

Tom Ford Fashion People & Reward Leader | REBA Advisory Board Member | HR Changemaker

Melissa Emmanuel is an energetic and forward-thinking global HR leader with a passion for making people strategy work in the real world. With experience spanning fashion, tech, professional services and hospitality—including brands like Tom Ford, Luno, Alexander McQueen and Virgin—she’s led global reward and people operations teams through major transformation, scaling, and everything in between.

Melissa brings deep expertise in building inclusive reward strategies, simplifying HR systems, and driving engagement through practical, people-first solutions.

Currently serving on the REBA Advisory Board, she’s a regular voice on topics like modern reward design, HR technology, DE&I, and leading with purpose. Expect straight talk, practical insights, and a few laughs along the way.

Oluyomi Okunowo

Wella Company SVP, Total Reward and People Operations

Oluyomi Okunowo is currently SVP, Total Reward and People Operations at Wella Company, with responsibility for Total Reward (Compensation, Benefits and Mobility), People Support Center (HR Shared Service), People Systems and People Data & Analytics across all Wella businesses in more than 30 countries. Prior to his current role he was VP, Global Compensation at COTY.

Oluyomi has led Compensation and Benefits programs across multiple industries and geographies, including the Pharma industry with AstraZeneca as Regional Reward Lead responsible for Russia, Eurasia, Middle East and Africa (including Turkey) and in Banking as Compensation and Benefits Head for Citibank Africa. He has a keen interest in leveraging the link between Performance and Reward to drive business outcomes and is currently keen to see the evolution of People Data Management as Talent and Workforce Management evolve in the Digital age, leveraging new technology.

Jo Hennigan

Kent SVP Communications & Advocacy

Jo leads internal communications at Kent, a global engineering company operating across the energy sector. With a passion for people and how we consume information, Jo focuses on creating clarity during change, building connection across diverse teams, and making Kent a more enjoyable place to work. She believes great internal comms is about more than sharing updates - it’s about shaping culture, driving engagement, and helping people feel part of something bigger.

Nick Holmes

Avalere Health Vice President, Learning & Culture

Nick Holmes is an award-winning learning and culture architect, passionate about transforming how we think, feel, and engage with work. As the Vice President of Learning and Culture at Avalere Health, Nick brings over 12 years of experience designing and delivering unforgettable learning experiences and cultures that have empowered teams and organisations across the globe.

Chrissie Clarke

Wood PLC Vice President Global Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion

Chrissie is passionate about all things people. She is an innovative and strategic engagement, diversity & inclusion leader who has a drive and passion for creating and delivering global strategies and programmes to level the playing field for all. Chrissie has a 1st Class Honours Degree in Communications, Media and Culture with a background in project management.

Chrissie has strong leadership skills with a flair for strategy development, transformation, collaborative stakeholder engagement and embedding positive cultural change. She has created and driven global diversity and inclusion strategies and action plans with proven results and designed engagement campaigns for a range of industries spanning maritime, engineering, property, mining, theatre and law. She loves to think outside the box, empowering colleagues and stakeholders and ‘walking the talk’ in all aspects of her life.

Marcos Eleftheriou

Ennismore VP of Culture & Corporate Communications

Marcos Eleftheriou serves as VP of Culture & Corporate Communications at Ennismore, where he shapes employee engagement strategies and champions a dynamic, inclusive workplace culture. With a track record of elevating internal communications and empowering teams through authentic feedback channels, Marcos ensures every voice is heard and aligned with the company’s vision.

Wendy Murphy

Exinity VP Corporate Communications

Wendy Murphy is VP of Corporate Communications at Exinity, a global fintech with offices in multiple locations around the world. Passionate about engagement and creating holistic experiences for colleagues, she was part of the core team that helped roll out a new wellbeing strategy across the company.

Jodie Craig

L'Oréal HR Director - L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty UKI

I am a HR Leader and ICF Accredited Coach with 20 years experience partnering and developing leaders in the consumer goods industry. I am passionate about unlocking the potential in teams and the possibility for growth in adversity. I am an avid club cyclist often out in the hills of surrey in search of great cake!

Natasha Rudy

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Regional Director of People & Culture

Sarah McKenna

Howdens Joinery Ltd Director of HR Support

Sarah McKenna is Director of HR at Howdens Joinery Ltd, a FTSE 100 business selling kitchens to the trades. She has held previous HR leadership roles at John Lewis Partnership, LEGO and Guide Dogs. Sarah is a trusted HR leader passionate about people and developing others. With a mix of strategic HR business partnering, deep knowledge of employee experience, inclusion/DEI, and leadership of large matrix teams, Sarah has broad experience in senior HR leadership roles across private and not-for-profit sectors in the UK and USA.

Sarah has enjoyed many career highlights, including opening two LEGOLAND Parks, setting up HR shared services, and leading transformational change. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Sarah loves to learn, collaborate, and mentor others, enabling them to do their best work. Sarah's work is defined by a measured influencing style, professional courage, and trusted relationships and expertise.

Donna Dew

The AA UK & Corporate Functions People Director

Donna has extensive experience in People strategy, transformation, and colleague engagement and communications. Having worked in a wide range of fast-paced international companies, Donna has successfully delivered a wide range of people change to support business goals.

At Kingfisher she supported the creation of a brand-new function bringing together product development, sourcing and supply chain from across the different brands into one team. One of her proudest achievements is the modernisation of the Retail operating model for William Hill - an 18-month programme that looked at holistic improvements to the shop management structure, modernising recruitment, induction and technology and allowing us to pay shop colleagues above National Living wage for the first time. Now at The AA, she’s supporting the COO and Corporate Functions in their mission to improve cross-team collaboration, embed hybrid working and strengthen talent planning.

She’s passionate about creating value through creative but commercially focused people plans. Outside of work she loves open water swimming and will always have a book recommendation to hand!

Nic Becker

Molson Coors Western Europe Rewards Director

I am a values-driven and seasoned business and reward leader with a wealth of experience in the drinks industry. My diverse background spans various roles in Finance, HR, and Property, allowing me to bring a holistic perspective to my work.

I am passionate about collaborating with business leaders to enhance individual, team, and organizational performance.

My commitment to excellence and strategic partnership drives impactful results and fosters a culture of growth and success.

Christos Tsaprounis

AutoTrader People & Culture Director

Christos is an organisational leader with a passion for creating inclusive high performing workplace cultures. His career is his mission. And his mission is to prove how powerful it is when heads meet hearts and divisions come together to create a mosaic of skills and diverse thinking.

He leads the People, Culture & Environment team at Auto Trader; a Top 50 Inclusive Companies and one of the most profitable companies in the FTSE 100. Auto Trader is proof that purpose and an inclusive culture are key building blocks for long term commercial success.

Christos spent four years at the Co-operative Bank before joining Auto Trader in 2014 where together with his brilliant team he focuses on creating a colleague experience that fuels performance. Born in Athens and moved to the UK to complete his MSc in Human Resources at The University of Manchester. Prior to that he studied at the American College of Greece and the London School of Economics.

He loves the city of Manchester and its people. It’s his home. He is actively involved in making a difference working with leading charities. He’s a Trustee of We are Survivors and Vice President of Forever Manchester.

Valeria Winkworth

EY Director, People Consulting

Dr. Valeria Winkworth is a recognised change leader with a passion for driving human-centred transformation to create a working world of equitable opportunities open to all. A Doctor in Medicinal Chemistry by background, Valeria has been a STEM professional throughout her career, working closely with Executive Directors from leading global corporations across a spectrum of industries, including pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, and utilities.

Her work focuses on technology-led business transformations and workplace of the future strategies, with expertise in Change Leadership and Organisational Design.

A lead-author of multiple high-impact scientific papers and thought leadership pieces and a dynamic and passionate presenter, Dr. Winkworth has attended numerous international conferences and has been a featured guest on a variety of podcasts, where she’s shared her experience in delivering successful end-to-end large scale transformations.

Francesca Woodhouse

Edelman Managing Director - UK Workplace Advisory

Proven communications leader with over 15 years’ experience building and protecting reputations from fast-growth startups to Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, as well as the public sector, to drive value.

Commercially-astute, I work seamlessly across the US, UK and Europe, speaking four European languages. I build a culture of collaboration with the teams I lead and support. I provide strategic counsel for business leaders and boards to navigate change and deliver clear strategies. My career has seen me work with brands dealing with reputational issues, legislative change, and various crises across banking, defence, FMCG and automotive.

Sacha Harvey

Lucky Saint People Director

With over 12 years of experience in learning, development, and people experience, I am an innovative and creative professional who is passionate about the wellbeing, performance, and growth of people and businesses. As the People Director at Lucky Saint, a B Corp certified company that produces alcohol-free beer, I lead and implement people strategies that align with the company's values, vision, and goals.

My core competencies include L&D strategy, career development, inductions, employee training, management training, people management, team management, employee wellbeing, engagement and retention, data analysis, quality assurance, performance management, reporting, and budget management. I have a proven track record of building and owning strategies, and rolling out to exceed targets and expectations. I collaborate effectively across departments and at all levels, including CEO and senior management, and forge successful business relationships with third party training providers. I have a master's degree in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology, and I am a certified Strengthscope practitioner. I believe in evolving a culture of learning and a growth mindset to offer engaging opportunities for employees and benefit the company. I am big on innovation and using people analytics to create and implement people strategies that enable flourishing in the workplace.

Katie Klimaytys

Visa Director, Global Internal Communications, Commercial and Money Movement Solutions

Most recently, Katie spearheaded Visa's internal communications campaign for the firm's 2025 Product Drop, successfully launching industry-first AI and stablecoin products.

Philippa Weare

AGCO Corporation Global Lead, Employee Experience & Culture

I am globally responsible for employee experience, engagement and culture. Listening forms the backbone of the strategy, enabling us to design, launch and manage innovative, high-impact programs to include onboarding and other key moments that matter, all designed to bring our employee focused culture to life.

Kate Aldridge

England & Wales Cricket Board EDI Director

Kate Aldridge is EDI Director at the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the national governing body for cricket.

She passionately believes in and advocates for the power of sport to positively impact people’s lives and is committed to helping make sport more inclusive and accessible for everyone.

As a member of the executive leadership team, Kate is accountable for delivering cricket’s ambition to become the ‘most inclusive team sport’. She oversees equity, diversity and inclusion for both the ECB as an organisation and sets the vision and standards for the 56 cricket organisations that the ECB directly funds.

Her career journey includes strategy, commercial, and insights roles across management consulting, FMCG, and hospitality & travel. She is also a Non-Executive Director at Badminton England and Chair of their Governance Committee.

Joe Salmon

Iron Mountain Director of Corporate Communications

Joe is a seasoned communications leader with a proven track record of driving organisational success. With over two decades of communication expertise, spanning agency, consultancy, and in-house roles at companies including Vodafone, BT, Hill + Knowlton Strategies, and Spotify. He excels at providing strategic leadership communication and coaching to enhance visibility, reputation and trust, while crafting employee campaigns delivered through compelling storytelling to help organisations to grow from the inside out.

His expertise spans leadership communication, employee engagement, and navigating organisational change. Joe is a passionate advocate for the internal communication profession, his influence extends beyond the day job. He's an elected Board Director and Fellow at the Institute of Internal Communication, a champion for inclusion and belonging through the UK Black Comms Network, a recognised event host, speaker, mentor, and awards judge. And PRovoke Media Innovator 25 honouree, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Internal Communication Management.

David Forde

Gate One Client Director

David leads the Experience practice at Gate One and has over 15 years’ consulting experience, with expertise in customer, employee and digital transformation design and execution, product leadership, digital employee engagement and the application of human-centred design.

Tanya Evans

Lloyds Banking Group Culture and Leadership Director

Tanya is the Culture and Leadership Director at Lloyds Banking Group, bringing over 22 years of experience in guiding companies through significant operational and cultural shifts. She has consistently demonstrated an ability to drive growth and transformation across various sectors, from start-ups to well-established institutions.

Her deep conviction that cultural transformation is pivotal to Organisational change has guided her consulting work with numerous corporate clients and CEOs. Most recently, as Group People Development Director at Legal & General, she spearheaded significant cultural transformations. Her extensive career also includes influential roles at Aviva, Deloitte, and KPMG.

Tanya is particularly passionate about digital and technology innovation and has a track record of driving change in this area.

Oliver Payne

Ford Motor Company Director, Total Rewards

I'm passionate about using Data Analytics to improve the financial wellbeing of employees. Working in the Total Rewards team at Ford gives me many opportunities to help do this for our 180k employees across 44 countries worldwide and I'm excited to share some stories and advice on Data Analytics in Reward.

I am also a proud Actuary (winning Actuary of the year being one of my greatest achievements).

Outside of Ford I am really passionate about innovation in pensions. I run Re-Inventing Pensions (an innovative idea incubator for the pensions industry) and Co-Founded MyPensionsPal (a supportive community to help people go from anxious to empowered about pensions).

Vidhi Thakker

VML Global Director, Talent and Organizational Effectiveness

Vidhi Thakker is a global talent and organizational development leader driven by a passion for creating environments that inspire individuals to realize their full potential. With experience spanning the US, UK, APAC, New Zealand, and India, she brings a truly global perspective to creating impactful talent strategies that resonate across cultures.

Grounded in her Social-Organizational Psychology background from Columbia University, combined with experiences as a Group Relations Consultant, and honed through roles at Deloitte, KNOLSKAPE, and AIESEC, Vidhi combines psychological insight with sharp business acumen.

In her current role as Global Director for Talent & Organizational Effectiveness at VML, she leads global initiatives in career development, employee experience, leadership development, recognition, and building a connected culture that transcends borders.

She is co-chair for VML UK's ERG for LGBTQIA+ communities and allies.

Lorna Leeson

7 Seas Culture Consultancy Managing Director

Lorna spent nearly two decades in senior HR and Transformation leadership roles, driving people-centred change and continuous improvement in global organisations. Prior to joining Woodreed, she ran her own Change, Coaching and Organisational Development consultancy for 8 years. Lorna has an MSc in Strategic Human Resource Management, a degree in Theatre and Performance and is a Fellow of the CIPD. She’s an Executive Coach, working with transformational leaders to recognise their role in creating cultures that thrive. She has also led large global, multi-generational teams of her own. Lorna is driven by helping clients create more human workplaces and loves nothing more than unpicking a cultural or change puzzle. When she isn’t working with the best clients in the world to shape people-centred cultures, she sings in a band, attends the odd improv class and is Cool Auntie (their words, not hers) and Godmother to a tribe of incredible Gen Z and Gen Alpha future leaders.

One Dagun

Standard Chartered Director, Talent and Succession Management

Rob Peacock

Merlin Entertainments Global Director of Learning and Leadership

Rob is the Director of Leadership and Development at Merlin Entertainments, owners of a large variety of theme parks and attractions all around the world including Legoland parks, Madam Tussauds, Sealife, Alton Towers, Gardaland and the London Eye.

Rob leads a global team responsible for ensuring the 30,000 plus Merlin colleagues have the skills, capabilities and behaviours they need to do their jobs brilliantly, grow their careers and make Merlin Entertainments the greatest place to work and play.

He recently founded the career coaching and mentoring business, Unlock Your Legend, where he uses his expertise and passion to help people find meaning and purpose in their careers.

Rob started his Human Resources career at Tesco's Hertfordshire Headquarters, where he worked in a variety of generalist and specialist roles. He then moved to Virgin Media, where he led their Personal and Professional Development Academy before expanding his global experience by joining Samsung as Head of Talent and Development for the UK and Europe. He has recently joined Merlin after spending three years at online retailer Very.

Abi Goodwin

Sky Group Director for Strategic Workforce Planning and People Services

Martyn Fisher

Fidelity International Global Head of Reward

Martyn is the Global Head of Reward for Fidelity International. He has worked in the reward and Executive Compensation arena for over three decades. Originally a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, Martyn worked in management consulting, working on senior pay topics. He then worked for ICI plc, including a move to the USA for almost 5 years. He then joined Aviva plc as their Group Reward Director. After four years, Martyn joined Worldpay, the payment processing business. At this time, the company was owned by Private Equity, and they then had a very successful IPO in Oct 2015.

In 2018, he joined Fidelity International and runs their global reward practise, including International Mobility, and has also managed their HRIS and HR Shared Services functions.

Martyn lives in London with his wife and has four children (five, if you include the dog).

Nimai Swaroop

Coca-Cola HBC Group Head of Employer Brand

A thought leader in his field, Nimai has held various leadership positions in large organisations bringing global experience having worked in People & Culture over the last 20 years. During this time, he has lead Employer Branding, Talent Acquisition, Culture, DEI in addition to wider people transformation programs winning numerous industry awards.

Currently Nimai leads Employer Branding for Coca Cola HBC and prior to this he was at Philip Morris since 2018 leading employer branding and cultural transformation across the group. Previous to that Nimai worked at Diageo where he led global talent acquisition having moved from the British Army where he also led talent acquisition and employer branding for the Army. Before that, Nimai worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland leading employer branding and diversity. Nimai started out in the TA and employer branding space in 2005 with Shell where he led employer branding for the group. In his early career, Nimai worked in numerous commercial and marketing roles for Centrica Plc.

Alex Saunders

GSK Head Global Digital Communications

Alex Saunders is a dynamic digital leader and marketer with a passion for using digital to build meaningful, measurable connections. With a background spanning FMCG and healthcare, he's led global brand transformations, built high-performing teams, and delivered award-winning digital strategies. At GSK, he drove the company’s first digital ad campaign and led a team that propelled it into the top 5 of the Bowen Craggs digital rankings. He brings sharp strategic insight, real-world experience, and a deep commitment to developing talent.

Emma Bowden

Clifford Chance Global Head of Executive and Employee Engagement

Emma is Global Head of Executive & Employee Communications at Clifford Chance law firm, leading a team with a purpose to educate, engage and motivate colleagues around our strategy and corporate brand that creates value for our firm, colleagues, clients and communities.

Emma is an accomplished communications professional with more than 20 years’ experience leading internal communications teams, large scale change and transformation, mergers and acquisitions, media and stakeholder relations, policy communications, websites and social media, crisis and issue management, product communications and corporate brand building.

Emma spent her early career working in WPP communications agencies leading accounts across numerous sectors including technology, mobile, healthcare, .com, retail, venture capital, and consumer goods. More recently Emma worked in house leading large global and regional communications teams at GSK and Bristol Myers Squibb.

Jon Randall

Swissport Global Culture & Engagement Specialist

For two decades, Jon has been helping companies uncover who they are, so they can achieve more. His specialism is in uniting brand and culture with a clear, powerful story that unlocks a more meaningful experience for both colleagues and customers. A Cambridge graduate, exec coach, psychotherapist and change consultant, Jon’s multi-award-winning approach is practical and emotionally connected. He has spent the last 10 years agency-side, working with icons like British Airways, Red Bull and Bank of America. He recently moved in-house to global aviation giant, Swissport, to transform the culture for 65,000 people by shaping the company’s collective mindset.

Rachel Dale

MSCI Inc. Global Head of Talent Development

Gillian Green

SSP Group plc Global Senior Manager People Experience & Culture

Gillian Green has worked in the People Experience and Culture space since 2018. During her time at Sainsbury's and now, more recently, at SSP, she has always pushed to use colleague listening to make data-driven decisions when enhancing the People Experience. She inspires leaders to shift mindsets and behaviours, creating more inclusive and energising cultures that lead to a business' increased high-performance. Prior to People Experience and Culture, Gillian spent the first half of her career advocating for industry in trade associations.

Sally Otter

Bibby Financial Services Global Internal Communications Lead

Sally has worked in communications for more than 25 years. She trained as a journalist at Sheffield University and then worked in print, television and script-writing before joining the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, where she was Head of Communications with responsibility for PR, publications and digital.

Sally moved to Oxfam in 2010 and took on the role of Head of Internal Communications before joining the National Trust as its Head of Internal Communications where her team won the IoIC ‘Internal Communications Team of the Year. She moved to BFS in August 2022 to set the internal communications strategy for the global business.

Emily Hawkins-Longley

HELLO! Magazine People Director

The majority of my HR career has been in Media, including working for leading publication houses such as Conde Nast, Dazed, Hearst and now Hello!. I've worked in HR for over 20 years, gaining experience in all aspects, particularly in culture and wellbeing. I volunteer for Victim Support and am also a trustee at Safe Lives, focussing on supporting victims of Domestic Abuse.

Hannah Murray

GSK Technology Director, Corporate Functions Digital & Tech

Hannah Murray is a digital and tech leader with a passion for building high-performing teams, driving strategy, and fostering strong cross-functional partnerships. With 7+ years in product and enterprise program management, she’s delivered complex tech implementations and managed large-scale budgets in fast-paced environments. Known for championing a culture of transparency and growth, she leads by example and is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of talent.

Annisha Taylor

Ofcom Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Annisha is a pioneering culture and change strategist with a career spanning 15+ years across the public, private and voluntary sectors. She brings a wealth of experience in embedding equity and fairness into large, complex organisations. With leadership roles at the BBC, Ofcom, and the John Lewis Partnership, she helps shape inclusive behaviours and systems that work across media, regulatory, retail and community spaces.

Annisha’s approach is grounded in collaboration, accountability and real-world impact. Whether supporting teams, advising boards, or working with grassroots organisations, she helps businesses move beyond statements and into sustainable, sector-wide change. Outside of her professional roles, Annisha is a dedicated community leader, trustee and advocate for inclusive education, culture and business.

Stella Gavinho

Entain Group Head of Wellbeing

Dawn Moore

Murphy Group Group People and Communications Director

Dawn is Group Director of People and Communications for Murphy, overseeing the People and Communications strategy and activities for all of Murphy operations across the UK, Ireland and North America. Dawn has 30 years of professional experience and is also an experienced non-executive director, having held roles in the public, private and third sectors.

Dawn has received numerous awards over the last 5 years for her work on culture change, people strategy, learning and development and diversity and inclusion – work which has made a tangible difference to the organisations she has worked for and which others have learned from. In 2024, Murphy won numerous awards for its People strategy, including the CIPD’s Best Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative and the Investors in People Award for Learning and Development.

Outside of work Dawn enjoys time with her two young daughters and mentoring aspiring executives from a variety of backgrounds to help them achieve their potential.

Ciprian Arhire

Entain Global Head of People Transformation, Programmes and Analytics

Ciprian Arhire is a globally recognised HR transformation leader, strategist, and people analytics expert with over two decades of experience in HR transformation, digital strategy, and workforce analytics.

Currently, he serves as the Global Head of People Programmes and Analytics at Entain Group, a FTSE100 organisation with over 30,000 employees across more than 40 countries. In this role, Ciprian leads enterprise-wide HR Transformation programmes, tackling People Experience, Process Reengineering and the Digital HR Strategy including global technology implementations, including Oracle HCM, and ServiceNow HRSD, enhancing HR service delivery, digital adoption, and people analytics capabilities.

Ciprian has been named one of HR’s Most Influential Practitioner in 2022 by HR Magazine for his impact on shaping the future of HR through technology, data, and strategic transformation. His expertise spans:
✅ HR Technology & Digital Strategy – Deploying large-scale HR systems and automation tools to drive operational efficiency.
✅ People Analytics & Workforce Insights – Leveraging data to inform decision-making and enhance employee experience.
✅ Employee Experience & HR Service Delivery – Designing people-centric strategies powered by digital tools and AI.
✅ Change Leadership & Organisational Development – Guiding organisations through large-scale transformations.
✅ Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) – Championing inclusive workplaces and equitable HR practices.

Beyond his corporate role, Ciprian is a thought leader, speaker, and community builder. He is the founder and former chair of the CIPD Fellows & Senior People Professionals Network in London, creating a space for HR leaders to exchange best practices on HR transformation, leadership, and the future of work. Ciprian is also a Founding Member of Hacking HR’s Experts Council, ensuring HR professionals are future-ready.

As a sought-after conference speaker, Ciprian has spoken at major HR and technology events, including: 📅 UNLEASH World in Paris - 2024 and 2023, 📅 CIPD Annual Conference (2023), 📅 HR Technology Conference (2024), 📅 Future Skills Summit (2023) and many others.

Ciprian holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development and Consulting from the University of London and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology.

He is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, actively contributing to HR communities, thought leadership, and mentorship initiatives.

Follow Ciprian’s insights on LinkedIn, his blog, and Twitter, where he regularly discusses the intersection of HR, technology, and the future of work.

Monika Holliday

British Airways Euroflyer Head of People

Nick Tsimogiannis

G4S Head of Reward - International

A commercial Reward leader with 15 years of total reward experience and a Finance background spanning from consulting to in-house roles across various industries.

Currently managing total reward for G4S International across 90+ countries. Key expertise highlights: Executive Reward, International Assignment, Incentives Design, Reward Philosophy, Responsible Reward and Reward programs business alignment.

Shane Ashby-Roche

The White Company Head of Organisational Development & Culture

Vicky Sutcliffe

Nestlé UK&I Head of Internal Communications

Results driven communications professional, with a reputation for pragmatism, strong stakeholder management and high levels of emotional intelligence. My focus is to support businesses in the delivery of authentic and engaging communications that support business transformation, motivate employees to deliver business critical objectives, at the same time as inspiring them in an organisations' vision.

Lea Hawkins-Gaboc

Virgin Head of Employee Communications and Engagement

Lea currently heads the Employee Communications and Engagement at Virgin Group, based in London. In her role, she oversees strategies on digital and in-person engagement, revenue generation, and leadership communication. Lea's strategic initiatives, including the management of a global digital platform for 70,000 global employees, have increased user engagement and generated substantial revenue. Her expertise encompasses strategic thinking for employee experience, CEO and executive communications, event planning, and data-driven performance analysis.

Alessandro Storer

OVO Head of Belonging

Alessandro started his career as a wannabe diplomat in Jerusalem. He then moved to Brussels to manage EU-funded human rights projects. He moved to London in 2012 and specialised in workplace equality, diversity, inclusion and culture change, working across different sectors. In 2020, Alessandro found his green home at OVO, where he leads the company's efforts to create a place where everyone truly belongs. In his spare time, he supports various LGBTI+ initiatives including the Peter Tatchell Foundation and Pride in London.

Trish Donoghue

Bupa Global Engagement and Employee Experience Manager, People Team

Trish has been at Bupa for 6 years and leads the strategy for achieving and maintaining a world class employee engagement and experience across Bupa’s domestic and international insurance businesses.

Trish’s skills lie in connecting and energising organisations to put people at the heart of their organisation - driving better experiences for both employees and customers. A passion that is shared by her current organisation and its purpose to help people live, longer healthier happier lives and make a better world.

Sara Bartlett

Ocado Technology Head of People Shared Services

As the Head of People Shared Services at Ocado Technology, I oversee key HR functions, drive efficiencies, enhance employee experiences, and ensure seamless people operations across the organisation.

I am deeply passionate about psychological safety in the workplace, recognising that when employees feel heard, respected, and empowered, they are more engaged, innovative, and productive. Having worked across diverse industries, I am committed to fostering cultures where individuals can bring their whole selves to work and thrive both personally and professionally.

As a certified #IamRemarkable facilitator, I lead transformative workshops that encourage individuals to celebrate their achievements and challenge societal norms around self-promotion. This initiative aligns with my dedication to inclusivity, helping to build a workplace culture that champions diversity, confidence, and career growth.

With a background as a professional operatic soprano, I also use music to strengthen team connections, boost morale, and cultivate a sense of belonging through workplace choirs and wellbeing initiatives. Additionally, I am an active committee member of our Parents and Carers network, advocating for greater support, flexibility, and resources to help employees balance their work and personal responsibilities.

Simon Bastian

Deutsche Bank Head of Divisional Talent Development

Commercially focused and strategic HR leader; a talent development expert and trusted advisor to C-Suite with two decades of HR leadership experience in complex global financial services organisations in Sydney, New York, and London. A high-EQ HR Director, certified coach, industry thought leader and public speaker.

Kelly Greenaway

phs Group Head of Marketing and Digital

Kelly Greenaway is phs Group’s head of marketing. Over the past eight years with the hygiene provider she has led a number of thought-leadership campaigns, which have eventually been sewn into the identity of the business. From tackling period inequality and campaigning for better access to period products for people in a variety of locations, to championing the need for dignified disposal for men, Kelly’s trailblazing talent has transformed the purpose and culture of marketing at phs, all while inarguably driving commercial targets and revenue. The mum of two is also a CIM Marketer of the Year finalist, WeAreTheCity's Rising Star winner and very determined early morning runner!

Erik Rivas

Police Now Head of Employer Brand & Recruitment Marketing

Erik Rivas is a seasoned professional with over 13 years of expertise in employer branding, recruitment marketing and talent attraction across multiple industries, including graduate recruitment, technology, talent management, HR, and professional services. For the last couple years, he has led the recruitment marketing team at Police Now. Erik's team is responsible for attracting, onboarding and retaining top talent, supporting Police Now in significantly enhancing diversity within its national graduate programmes. This aligns with the organisation's mission to transform communities by recruiting and developing outstanding and diverse officers for the frontline. Erik has been featured on various podcasts, sharing insights on employer branding and diversity.

Rachael Knowles

Flight Centre Travel Group Head of Internal Communications

With a range of international experience, Rachael specializes in engaging workforces spread across multiple geographies. She previously headed up global internal comms for Kerzner International, a leading developer and operator of luxury resorts. This included the Dubai head office, as well as all Kerzner's brands across the world. She then returned to London and re-joined Flight Centre – where she had started her career a decade earlier – and is responsible for communicating with the entire EMEA employee base. With her expertise ranging from everyday comms to change management, Rachael brings unique insights into employee engagement for complex global organizations.

Nick Soulsby

Cooper Parry Head of Internal Communications

Nick is an award-winning Communications Director with over 15 years of experience in connecting people, sparking engagement, and driving meaningful conversations within global businesses such as IBM, Barclaycard, Experian, Jaguar Land Rover, and Dentsu Aegis Network.

As the Head of Internal Communications & Engagement at Cooper Parry, Nick is dedicated to delivering clear, creative, human-centric communication strategies and connecting CPers across the UK through an exciting and innovative Engagement programme.

At the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) Awards in 2024, Nick was named Internal Communication Manager of the Year for establishing and leading effective internal communication strategies during a transformative period for Cooper Parry.

Christian Masters

Starling Bank Head of Internal Communications

With a rich professional journey spanning over two decades, Christian has amassed extensive expertise in people engagement and communications across diverse industries. Commencing his career at The Royal Bank of Scotland, he honed his skills and went on to contribute his talents to renowned organisations such as Visa Europe, KPMG, HSBC and NewDay. Since the beginning of this year Chris has held the esteemed position of Head of Internal Communications at Starling, solidifying his role as a seasoned leader in the field.

When he’s not crafting impactful comms, you’ll probably find him on a walk or hanging out with his cockapoo, Crumble.

Sejal Popat

RSA Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

Sejal is a senior internal communications specialist with significant national and global experience across multiple sectors. Sejal creates a vision and delivers integrated transforming strategies for organisations that help connect people to the business strategy and priorities, enhance engagement and build employee advocacy.

If this sounds like something your company needs and you are looking for a game-changing, senior-level internal communicator, please message me as I am looking for my next role – interim or permanent.

Dr Patrick Ismond

RSPCA Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Patrick Ismond started his career as a Sociology lecturer, with a special interest in community relations, struggles for working-class equality, and diverse sporting identities. These themes translated to work in the public and private sectors, where he has worked with Board members, frontline staff and HR departments, to embed organisation development and culture change programs. His experience has been gained across a range of organisations of differing sizes and levels of complexity - from NHS Trusts to the army, and from football clubs to third-sector charities. He is currently Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the RSPCA, with a key remit to embed a Society-wide plan across the National Society and its extensive branch network. Away from work, he established a fully inclusive games event for the over-50s, is a keen Arsenal fan, and has a lifelong interest in the life and career of activist and singer Paul Robeson.

Brian Ranson

Cuckoo Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

Brian Ranson is a highly experienced communications professional, currently serving as Head of Internal Communications and Engagement at Cuckoo. With an Internal Communications career spanning leadership roles at Jurassic Fibre, Virgin Media O2 and Zurich Insurance, he specialises in crafting human led, targeted internal communication campaigns that deliver emotional outcomes and drive positive engagement.

Brian’s recent achievements include securing market leading eNPS scores at Cuckoo by developing and launching a series of values based content and platforms resulting in being highly commended by the judges at the 2024 Engage Awards.

Shetal Joshi

Ørsted Head of Internal Communications & Employee Engagement (UK&IE)

Experienced Internal Communications and Engagement Leader with a history of working in the telecommunications, communications, sustainability and transportation industries.

Skilled in Crisis Communications, Business Transformation, Leadership Communications, Employee Engagement, Campaign Management Wellbeing and Employee Relations.

Strong creative, media and communications professional with 24 years of solid marketing industry experience.

Added credentials include Ambassador, Sands - The Baby Loss Charity and Certified Life Coach with the Association of Coaching.

Rachael Payne

JLR Head of Jaguar Training

Having spent the majority of my career in retail leading global training teams primarily in luxury cosmetics brands from La Mer to Charlotte Tilbury to Clinique, I transitioned to automotive two years ago to work in the team at Jaguar. My reason for being is really to inspire people through immersive learning experiences. I adore what I do and learn every day through the people I get to work with.

Shalini Gupta

Arup Head of Internal Communications

With over 20 years of international experience, Shalini has worked across Banking, Insurance, Telecoms, and Professional Services in India, UAE and the UK.

A passionate advocate for the internal comms profession, she serves as an elected Board Director with the Institute of Internal Communications, representing the industry.

In her current role, Shalini advises the Chair and leadership team on strategic communications across UKIMEA region. She is expanding her team this year and strengthening internal communications function to ensure it remains a critical enabler in connecting employees with the business vision, ensuring they understand the impact of their roles.

Sam Bleazard

Fortnum & Mason Employer Brand Content Producer

Sam Bleazard has over 25 years of experience working in communications and marketing: with luxury brand Fortnum & Mason; global engineering and construction firm Laing O’ Rourke; media business Dow Jones; retailer John Lewis; central Government department The Cabinet Office; Royal Mail Group plc, and; FMCG firm Unilever.

In the last decade he has worked with leadership teams and C-Suite leaders to help develop their communications approach - on business strategy, crisis, and employee engagement.

During the pandemic he launched two podcast shows – interviewing fellow professionals on Comms from the Shed (as a human response to Covid-19), and How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince (inspired by experiences as a freelance music journalist).

He is currently employed at Fortnum & Mason – a 318-year-old business, which is a unique mix of luxury retail and hospitality - helping to establish and develop their Employer Brand.

Fortnum’s has a unique story whose origins pre-date the industrial revolution, and with an underlying purpose to ‘make joy’, it continues to surprise and delight customers in the UK and internationally.

Chris Parkinson

Bupa Global Head Organisational Development

Chris has worked for a number of organisations over the last 25 years, including American Express, London 2012 Olympic Organising Committee, TSB, and for the last 3 years at Bupa.

He is obsessed with ensuring colleagues have everything they need to do the best work of their lives and enabling them to reach their full potential. Chris has used this focus to help organisations achieve incredible engagement results, and also big customer NPS improvements.

Laura Silcock

Magenta People Potential & Talent Lead

Laura is the People Potential & Talent Lead at Magenta Living, a not-for-profit housing provider managing nearly 13,000 properties and housing around 10% of Wirral’s population. Laura has championed a creative and people-centric approach to employee engagement rooted in a deep understanding of their employees. Faced with the challenge of connecting with a diverse workforce, many of whom are often on the road and off-site, Laura and the team at Magenta Living spearheaded a remarkable transformation in employee engagement.

Raj Gill

BT Head of Talent Acquisition - Service

An experienced Talent Acquisition Leader with excellent managerial, recruitment experience, both operational and strategic, having experience of working in an agency, RPO and in-house function. A conscientious, supportive and flexible person who enjoys a challenge of learning new skills & developing in a new role. Able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines and using own initiative, always putting customer, colleagues and company first.

Sarah Tegerdine

Channel 4 Head of People Partnering

A qualified commercially driven strategic Head of HR and Development with a depth of experience mainly in the media sector.

With extensive experience in both strategic and operational human resource management and people development, I am a senior generalist practitioner who is able to communicate effectively at all levels.

My Head of HR specialist skills include: organisational design; employee relations; talent acquisition and talent mapping; TUPE; payroll, benefits and HR system management; employee engagement; workforce planning; coaching; design and delivery of learning and development programmes; a practitioner of Insights; a mental health accredited practitioner; facilitator of team development sessions; change management; building resilience workshops; wellbeing strategy; diversity and inclusion.

I also have the privilege of supporting schools and the military prepare their people for the next chapter of their lives.

Ali Rees

Specsavers Head of People - Audiology

As the Head of People for Audiology at Specsavers, I oversee the UK and Ireland region, driving the people agenda across our local businesses and Head Office teams. My role is pivotal in shaping the future of audiology services, ensuring we attract, develop, and retain top talent. I am also a proud member of the Audiology Board, where I contribute to strategic decisions that impact our business.

Before joining Specsavers, I have worked within a number of different industries including the Prison Service, Financial Services, a tech start-up and then the fashion retail sector.

With this experience, I bring a unique perspective to my current role, always striving to create a best place to work culture.

Outside of work, I cherish time with my family. My husband and I are parents of two boys so balancing a fulfilling career with family life is a rewarding challenge!

Jonathan Elliott

Sky Head of Internal Communications, Leadership & Business Partnering

Kevin Basmadji

KPMG Head of Talent Acquisition, Talent Deployment and Strategic Workforce Planning

Experienced Head Of Resourcing and Talent Managment with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Strong human resources professional skilled in Leadership, Talent Management, Transformation, Business Development, and Succession Planning.

Simon Gibson

Center Parcs UK & Ireland Head of Talent

Simon has a fresh and modern look on the world of work as an experienced Executive level People Leader. He carries a real passion to deliver meaningful commercial Change/Transformation via appropriate Learning/Organisational Development/Talent initiatives. He has a varied history and experience of working in different sectors and economic climates. From start-up to large multi-national Corporate including fields such as Finance (b2b and b2c), I.T., Sales, SaS, Solar Energy, Distribution, Media & Digital, Retail and Hospitality.

Sarah Sausman

Openreach Head of Internal Communications

Sarah is an accomplished communications leader with over a decade of experience across a variety of sectors, including technology, hospitality, and financial services. She’s passionate about leveraging the power of communications to engage and unite employees, driving momentum towards business objectives.

With experience working for international businesses in both the UK and the US, she’s attuned to adapting communication strategies to reflect cultural nuances. She also has extensive experience working with organisations that have large hybrid and field-based workforces.

Tolu Osho

Diageo Head of Rewards- Continental Europe & MENA

Tolu Osho is an accomplished Reward leader with extensive experience shaping compensation and benefits strategies that enhance employee engagement, drive performance, and create meaningful employee experiences. She is currently the Head of Rewards for Continental Europe, Middle East & North Africa at Diageo, where she leads the reward agenda across more than 20 countries.

Keeley Watts

The Alchemist Head of HR

A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, Keeley is the Head of HR for the Alchemist Bars and Restaurants, who currently have 24 venues across the UK and Europe.

With a background in hospitality, housing and the emergency services, Keeley is passionate about people whilst driving the commercial vision for the business.

Jonathon Pinch

Wincanton Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

Jonathon Pinch is the Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement at Wincanton, a British supply chain company that employees 20,000+ people in the UK and Ireland.
Born and raised in South Wales, Jonathon has worked on both sides of the Prince of Wales bridge in various external and internal communications roles. In his 15 years in the industry, Jonathon has driven communications in public and private sector roles across housing, education, healthcare, UK Government and a FTSE 250 company.
Leading internal communications for the past 5 years, Jonathon has become an expert in communicating and engaging remote workers, driving social value and creating clarity and confidence during periods of change.

Si Cox

Greene King Head of Learning Experience

Si is a dynamic leader specialising in employee engagement and learning innovation, with over a decade of experience in the hospitality industry. As Head of Learning Experience at Greene King Pub Company, Si oversees the design and delivery of impactful learning strategies for over 40,000 team members, helping to foster a culture of growth and excellence.

Drawing on expertise across operations, talent development, and organisational change, Si has successfully implemented transformative initiatives, including the launch of cutting-edge digital learning platforms and tailored career pathways.

These programs have not only enhanced employee engagement but have also improved retention and performance across Greene King’s extensive pub network. Passionate about creating meaningful development opportunities, Si believes in putting people at the heart of organisational success. By blending innovative technology with human-centered design, they ensure that employees feel supported, empowered, and equipped to excel in their roles.

Ken Leitch

BAM Director Of Communications, UK and Ireland

Ken is BAM UK & Ireland’s Director of Communications. He joined Royal BAM Group in April 2021 to lead transformation communications and moved into his current role in January 2022. A journalist by trade, Ken has over 28 years of experience leading communications around the world in various sectors including, energy, insurance, telecoms, and electronics, before serving as head of communications in a number of divisions of bp.

Nick Searing

Butlin's Head of Internal Communications

I’ve got over a decade of Internal Comms experience working across the healthcare, telecommunications, hospitality and now holiday and leisure industry working with brands including Virgin, Prezzo and Butlin’s.

I’m a firm believer that comms and company culture go hand in hand so when you’ve got a company value of ‘We Create Smiles’ – there’s lots of fun to be had in what you do with comms.

Since joining Butlin’s I’ve supported the business with the launch of new values, overseen the communication strategy through a sale process and grown the team to take on responsibility for our I&D strategy, charity partnership, values programme and wellbeing activity.

Sean Tolram

HSBC Head of Mindfulness

Sean is a mindfulness teacher with a difference. He combines his corporate experience with principles of mindfulness and neuroscience to help people succeed in the modern workplace. He is currently the Head of Mindfulness at HSBC and the Founder of My Trained Mind. He is also a certified mindfulness teacher and has an ICF accreditation in brain-based coaching. Sean’s mission is to change the way we think about work. He believes that by understanding more about our brains, we can create the conditions where we can be at our best, and more effectively achieve our goals and ambitions.

Fay Simpkins

National Highways Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing

Damini Onifade

OVO Head of Reward

A results-oriented Head of Reward with a deep-seated passion for leveraging the power of pay, diversity, and inclusion to fuel meaningful organisational change. With Head of Reward experience across OVO, Virgin Atlantic, Channel 4, Deliveroo, and Acas, I bring extensive experience in implementing impactful reward strategies. I am a strong advocate for fairness and equity and am dedicated to building the infrastructure needed to address pay gaps and ensure equal pay within workplaces.

Laura Barbour

MOO Head of Communication and Culture

Laura has 30 years of experience in Internal Communication having completed her post Grad in IC strategy back in 2002 when the IC world looked very different to today. She has spread her wings across multiple industries including water, manufacturing, charities, ports, insurance and tech.

Having moved to London, she is now Head of Culture and Communications at MOO Print, an online print and design company that offers a wide range of customisation products with a focus on premium quality and unique design.

Laura has a passion for bridging the gap between business needs and employee voice. She likes to deliver results, is big on values, an active ambassador for DEI and keeps it human - working from the heart as well as the head.

With many IC function start ups under her belt she loves that initial fix stage and imagining IC better. At MOO she has had the joy of seeing her role expand to include culture, leading projects which aim to enrich Life at MOO.

Maureen Chambers

Resillion Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

With almost 25 years of experience in internal communications, Maureen is an expert in delivering strategic and impactful communications that engage and inform diverse audiences across different sectors and industries.

She has led and supported multiple large-scale change and transformation programmes, including mergers and acquisitions and organisational restructures.

She has a proven track record of building solid relationships with senior stakeholders, providing professional and trusted communications advice, and leading teams both directly and virtually.

Following a successful career at BT, and several years at William Hill, Maureen decided to return to contract work. She spent some time working at Imperial Brands and The Crown Estate before joining Resillion late last year. She is now their Head of Internal Communications and Engagement, a new role at the company.

Resillion provides global quality engineering, testing, conformance, interoperability and assurance services from initiation to launch across software .

Marina Bhonsle

Linklaters Head of Internal Communications

Marina is a creative and commercially focused global communications and marketing professional. With extensive experience in internal communications, employee engagement, client communications and brand management, Marina has worked across multiple sectors (financial services, professional services, technology, retail) in India, the UAE and currently in the UK.

Marina has led employee communications for transformational change, complex mergers and acquisitions and launched enterprise wide initiatives at Barclays, Linklaters and Nomura.

In recognition of her work, in 2021, she was named as the Top 20 Global Indians in PR and Communications by Reputation Today - https://reputationtoday.in/20-global-indians/

Having spent considerable time working in advertising, she has developed high impact B2B and B2C advertising strategies for HSBC, Pepsi, Force Motors, Mother’s Recipe to name a few.

Nagina Kayani

WWF Head of Diversity,Equity & Inclusion

Nagina Kayani is a distinguished leader in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) with a proven track record of delivering impactful initiatives at a senior level. Currently serving as the Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at WWF-UK, Nagina has been instrumental in shaping and driving the organisation's DE&I strategy. Her work includes coordinating independent impact evaluations, developing extensive resources for ongoing DE&I engagement, and incorporating DE&I behaviours into leadership standards and competency frameworks.

Nagina's career spans well over two decades, during which she has held pivotal roles in various organisations. Prior to her current role, she was the Head of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at Barnardo’s, where she developed an EDI Action Plan to support the organisation's 10-Year Corporate Strategy and delivered national EDI conferences.

Her achievements also include leading Barnardo’s to win its first-ever PINK News LGBT equality award
and maintaining a Top 100 ranking in the Stonewall index. Her extensive experience also includes serving as the Equality, Diversity & Human Rights Manager at the City of London Corporation & City of London Police, where she developed and implemented an Equality Impact Assessment methodology and established a Corporate EDI Board.

Nagina has also worked extensively in local government including London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where she played a key role in achieving and maintaining the highest level of the Equality Standard for Local Government and at Chelmsford City Council where she was instrumental in the establishment of Essex Pride

Nagina is an accredited Local Government Association Diversity Peer and has a strong background in stakeholder engagement, policy development, and training. She has successfully managed high-profile projects, secured funding for Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, and developed innovative service delivery solutions.

Dan Selinger

University of Oxford Head of Communications and Engagement - Professional Service

Dan Selinger has more than 15 years’ experience working in communications roles in the education sector. He is currently Head of Communications and Engagement – Professional Services at the University of Oxford, where he is responsible for a wide range of internal and external communications activities. He previously worked at Oxford University Press where he held a variety of corporate communication roles – covering the UK, Africa and Australia.

Amy Ellis

phs Group Head of Internal Communications and Engagement

Amy has nearly 20 years’ experience in both internal and external communications and now leads the Internal Communications at phs Group, with responsibility for all communications and engagement for their 3000 employees.

Amy and her team have won multiple awards throughout her 4 years at phs Group, and she credits this to not only the hard work of the team but the mindset to try anything once. We own all communications for the group and leadership and ensure we’re using the right channels, at the right time for the right audiences so our employees are fully informed, involved and inspired by our activities.

Hannah Rolph

Knight Frank Head of Talent Acquisition

Hannah Rolph is a leading figure in talent acquisition, renowned for her innovative approach and ethical decision-making. Starting her career in early careers recruitment, Hannah quickly established herself as a champion for diversity and inclusion. With a wealth of experience across multiple sectors, she has consistently demonstrated a commitment to fostering inclusive environments and unlocking the potential of young talent, regardless of background. Hannah is passionate about technology, innovation and fostering high performance teams - her latest role at Knight Frank see's her redesign their talent acquisition strategy for 2025 and beyond.

Odette Hamilton

MUFG EMEA Head of Employee Experience and Engagement

With extensive experience as a HR professional across a number of industries, I am currently in a role which allows me to play out my passion which lies in shaping workplace culture, driving employee engagement, champion DEI, and elevate the voice of employees so that they feel safe, heard, connected.

Officially, as Head of Employee Engagement and Experience, my role is to empower the Culture strategy for EMEA by fostering an environment where employees are highly engaged with a sense of belonging and empowerment, enabling an enhanced employee experience.

I am therefore currently responsible for the creation, delivery and reporting of employee engagement initiatives, and driving ownership and accountability of leaders, managers and employees to strengthen our organisational culture.

Working with teams across various stakeholder groups both within region and globally in a complex matrix structure to support a programme of continuous organisational enhancement which helps us to achieve our vision.

Luna Frank-Riley

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Head of Diversity and Inclusion

Luna was the Recruitment Lead for Diversity and Inclusion for the Ministry of Justice for 16 years before emabarking on her role in 2001 as Head of Diversity and Inclusion - Science and Innovation at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Rebecca Moran

Chatham House Head of HR

Rebecca is a people-centric C-Suite HR leader with experience across Hospitality, Education, and now the Think Tank world at Chatham House, where she has led the HR function for six years. Known for digitising HR admin and driving transparency, accountability, and flexibility in every strategy, Rebecca is passionate about transforming how HR is seen and experienced across organisations.

She brings a business-partner-first approach to HR, combining strategic leadership with a hands-on mindset — she is just as comfortable in the boardroom as she is in the day-to-day of a thriving People team.

Kelly Newman

Ampa Group Head of Internal Communication & Engagement

Alex Rylance

Netcompany Head of Human Resources

Alex Rylance (he/him) is a transformation and change focused human resources leader with over 20 years of industry experience. He is an inclusive professional, advocating for social value, minimising digital skill gaps, and implementing changes based on employee voice and industry knowledge.

Alex is well equipped with the skills to continue growing a more sustainable, people-oriented business. Actively working alongside executive leadership teams, he trusts that fast-paced growth in technology will help to create more fulfilling jobs within Netcompany, as well as the industries it works with.

Alex is a firm believer that the workplace is an environment to develop your skills, grow professionally and personally, and ultimately enjoy yourself.

Rachel Lees

Money Plus Head of People

Following a Graduate Leadership Programme with a Global Corporate firm, I developed a passion for all things people. My early career in HR was in the retail and technology sectors in Learning & Development roles and I ultimately moved to MoneyPlus in the financial services sector, as Learning & Development Manager. Over the last few years, I’ve expanded my remit, firstly taking on talent acquisition and engagement, studied a Level 7 CIPD HR apprenticeship, and recently been promoted to Head of People. I love my role and the connections I get to build every day with the people around me. My primary focus is fostering an environment where people feel supported and enabled to do their best work and be their best selves, feeling fulfilled and engaged with the company. I have a super team and we strive every day to make it a little better than the last!

Gerrard Hartland

NHS Blood and Transplant Deputy Head of Internal Communications

Gerrard has over 15 years experience working within internal communications for a Special Health Authority. His experience includes working with senior stakeholders across clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic services and translating complex medical and scientific information into clear, engaging content for diverse audiences. His work has also involved delivering staff comms during major critical incidents including the COVID pandemic, NHS Wannacry attack as well as key campaigns such as the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Natasha Liedl-McDowall

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Senior Manager Internal Communications

Customers will only love a company when their employees love it first.

Mattia Colzada

Bang & Olufsen Digital Program Manager

Mattia Colzada, Digital Program Manager at Bang & Olufsen, brings a diverse international background with significant experience in developing and implementing effective digital learning strategies. His expertise in Agile project management and team leadership, combined with his deep understanding of digital authoring and system administration, allows him to drive impactful employee engagement and organizational development initiatives. Currently at Bang & Olufsen, within the Communication and Sustainability team, Mattia focuses on leveraging digital learning and partner communication to foster positive change and promote future-proof technologies.

Dev Mistry

FEELD Internal Communications Specialist

With over 10 years of experience within PR and Communications, Dev is a stakeholder relations and management specialist, who aims to bring people together through fun, creative and impactful communications. Currently at Feeld, leading the Internal Communication function, Dev’s career spans a number of industries from Automotive, Telecommunication and Tech. Throughout his career, Dev has always been a firm advocate for inclusive practices within communications and in business. Whilst at Virgin Media, Dev lead the BIPOC community group, as well as the DEI communications taskforce, to proactively embed inclusive communications into all areas of the business. Through recent roles, Dev has championed intersectionality, leading LGBTQ+ activities and community groups, highlighting the shared experiences that shape people throughout their career. Outside of his professional accomplishments, dev is an international cabaret performer and host, with a focus on highlighting queer and BIPOC talent through his shows.

Jonathan Stuart

Mind Workplace Partnerships Lead

Working closely with Mind’s Policy and Influencing team, Jonathan collaborates with employers and policymakers to drive positive change in workplace mental health. Jonathan also acts as Secretariat for the Mental Health at Work Leadership Council, advocating for the Mental Health at Work Commitment as 'the' framework of best practice. To date, the Commitment has been signed by over 3,700 organisations employing almost 6 million people. Previously, Jonathan worked in programme delivery, including the Blue Light Programme, supporting emergency responders during the Covid19 pandemic. In these roles, he led initiatives to reduce mental health stigma, design sustainable mental health resources, and influence senior leaders to embed workplace mental health as a strategic priority. His expertise lies in building cross-sector relationships and creating lasting impact, supporting Mind’s vision of mentally healthy work for all.

Laura Pickering

Alzheimer's Society Head of Internal Comms and Engagement

Laura Pickering is an award-winning internal communications leader in the charity sector. Having worked for national charities like Alzheimer’s Society, Cancer Research UK, Mind, Sense and Girlguiding, she has over 14 years’ experience in developing and delivering internal communications strategies in the charity sector and supporting organisations to transform their internal communications from the ground up. She is a mentor for Charity Comms, supporting the career development of other internal comms professionals.

Laura’s currently the Head of Internal Communications Engagement at Alzheimer’s Society, and recently led the Cancer Research UK internal comms team to win Best not-for-profit/public sector team, 6-10 people’ in the 2024 Institute of Internal Communications Awards.

Jo Pitchford

ScS Internal Communications & Engagement Lead

Jo is the Internal Communications & Engagement Lead at ScS. She drives communication initiatives that connect, inform, and engage colleagues across the business, from enhancing digital platforms to shaping messaging that supports the company’s vision.

Nadine Anderson

Westminster City Council People, Culture and Engagement Strategic Lead

For more than 15 years my journey has been about shaping organisational cultures and empowering leaders. My recent focus has been on employee culture and engagement to drive innovation and service excellence.

Leveraging skills in workshop facilitation and volunteer engagement, my approach is to foster collaborative environments that enable quality improvement and effective change. The goal is to build resilient organisations and communities, where people feel valued, engaged, and ready to meet the challenges of today's dynamic landscape.

Lindsay Comalie

The London Clinic Strategic People Partner

I'm a People and Culture Leader with a passion for unlocking potential at every level of an organisation. With deep expertise across the full spectrum of strategic HR and organisational design and development, I bring a results-oriented, evidence-based approach to shaping inclusive cultures, enabling transformational change, and driving sustainable performance.

My work spans organisational design and development, leadership and talent strategy, succession planning, performance frameworks, and employee experience. Whether it's leading change or designing people strategies, I focus on what really matters: creating meaningful impact for people and performance.

As a Certified Business Psychologist (ABP), Positive Psychologist, and Systemic Team Coach, I draw on a strong foundation in behavioural science to inform strategy and practice. I have led organisational coaching initiatives and am an experienced Coaching Supervisor, supporting the development of internal and external coaches. I’m also a Registered Test User with the British Psychological Society, a member of its Division of Coaching Psychology, and actively engaged in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

I champion psychological safety, inclusion, and purpose-led leadership as key enablers of innovation and high performance.

Charlotte Egan

John Lewis Talent Acquisition Optimisation & Data Manager

Charlotte Egan is the Talent Acquisition Optimisation & Data Manager at John Lewis, with 15 years of experience in John Lewis Partnership, including 5 years leading optimisation teams. She has a strong passion for driving continuous improvement across systems and processes. Charlotte recently implemented a TA tech solution across all business lines, delivering significant cost savings and efficiencies while enhancing the candidate experience. She also transformed data and reporting by migrating to Tableau, creating an on-demand, interactive suite of insights. Committed to leveraging new technologies, Charlotte champions making continuous improvement a seamless part of business operations.

Frankie Garforth

RNID Strategic Programme Lead

An experienced change maker, working in the third sector. Skilled in project management, communications and engagement.

Damla Şener

Amazon Senior Recruiter

Before joining Amazon, I led continuous improvement initiatives. I focused on enhancing team performance metrics, designed innovative talent programs, and successfully integrated new interview tools, by using gamification process and online assessment integrations.

Additionally, I played a pivotal role in defining the recruitment strategy for the country. Serving as a recruitment trainer, I conducted 30+ training sessions for leaders on effective recruitment practices. Furthermore, I formulated the university strategy, successfully establishing long-term agreements with universities in Turkey. I've designed MT/ internship programs and case studies for the university events.

In addition to these accomplishments, I proudly served as an Asana ambassador, contributing to operational excellence. Furthermore, my strong focus on AI aligns with my commitment to supporting Amazon TA's digital transformation initiatives.

Now at Amazon, I bring over 5 years of experience in recruitment and HR, with a proven track record in developing effective sourcing and interview strategies, leveraging talent intelligence, and delivering high-quality results to hiring teams. My experience includes managing end-to-end recruitment processes for both corporate and field roles.

Áine Murphy

Care Quality Commission Deputy Director - Internal Communications and Engagement

Internal Communications and Engagement leader with more than a decade of experience in the charity and public sector. Passionate about connecting colleagues to organisational purpose, and helping employees find the joy at work. Áine currently leads the Internal Communications and Engagement team at the Care Quality Commission, having ignited her internal communications career at charity household names such as Macmillan Cancer Support and Scope, the Disability Equality Charity.

Ross Marshall

London Borough of Havering Wellbeing, Reward and Recognition Lead

Ross Marshall is a dedicated Wellbeing Reward and Recognition Lead at the London Borough of Havering, where he plays a pivotal role in the Human Resources & Organisational Development department. With a strong background in administration, employment & training, social enterprise, and PMO, Ross brings a wealth of experience to his current role. He is a certified Mental Health First Aider, known for his exceptional communication and listening skills.

In his role, Ross is responsible for delivering a professional wellbeing service that aligns with 4 strategic pillars of wellbeing (Physical, Psychological, Social and Financial) and positively influences the employee experience. He leads the wellbeing aspects of the total reward approach, including recognition, wellbeing and health, staff forums, and engagement.

Below are some of the employee recognition events Ross leads on.
• Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Awards
• Long Service Awards
• Choose Havering Praise.

Dr Sarah Pass

Engage for Success Engage for Success Board Member and Senior Lecturer NTU

Sarah is a practice-oriented academic who concentrates on employee experience and engagement. She is a member of the Engage for Success (EFS) Advisory Board and co-leads the EFS annual survey, which benchmarks the engagement levels of the UK working population. Sarah leads EFS projects focusing on different aspects and influences of engagement in practice and is also Chair of the EFS East Midlands Area Network. Sarah is a Fellow of the RSA, an Academic Associate of the CIPD, and a member of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) Working Insights Group. In 2023, Sarah was ranked by HR Magazine as an Influential Thinker in HR. Sarah currently works as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School (NTU).

Matt Burney

Indeed Senior Strategic Advisor - Talent Intelligence

Matt Burney is a Senior Talent Strategy Advisor at Indeed and is a well-known figure in the recruitment industry, with a career spanning over 20 years. Matt has worked both sides of the table, as an in-house practitioner managing major global and APAC specific projects as well as working on the vendor side. Matt has a huge amount of industry knowledge and experience to share.

Michael Farrier

Indeed Flex Solutions Director

Michael is a workforce transformation expert with over 20 years of experience helping businesses scale efficiently through high-volume staffing and operational strategy. He specialises in people-first technology solutions that boost productivity, cut costs, and drive agility. He regularly speaks on panels and roundtables, drawing on his work with some of the UK’s largest organisations to reshape workforce strategies—blending AI, automation, and human insight to deliver scalable, future-ready results.

Donal McLaughlin

Indeed Senior Director - Enterprise

Donal McLaughlin is the Senior Director of Enterprise Sales at Indeed, the worlds largest hiring and matching platform. He has spent the past seven years helping the largest international organisations such as Amazon, Apple, IBM, BP, Tesco to attract top talent. Based in London, Donal specialises in building high-performing sales and account management teams that support businesses in optimising their hiring strategies. With a deep passion for leadership, Donal focuses on empowering his team to support organisations hire effectively to drive business growth. His expertise lies at the intersection of technology, recruitment, and organisational success, ensuring companies not only find the right talent and build their brand as an employer but also create strategies that fuel long-term performance.

Greg Stortz

Interact Software Director of Engagement

Greg has over 15 years of experience in digital workplace transformation, working with companies like Lush Handmade Cosmetics and Best Buy Canada. As Director of Engagement at Interact, he connects industry trends with practical solutions, focusing on employee engagement, internal communications, and digital workplace design. He believes authenticity is key to effective communication, helping organisations build trust and foster a more connected workplace culture.

Jemma Goodman

Interact Software Director of Account Management

Jemma has been with Interact for over 13 years and is now currently the Director of Account Management.

Spencer Walker

Deliveroo for Work Global Director

Spencer leads Deliveroo’s B2B business, partnering with thousands of clients globally to cater to all of their workplace food needs. Since joining in 2017 he has played a key role in driving Deliveroo’s hypergrowth from start-up to IPO. While Regional Director for London, he signed household-name restaurant brands such as Dishoom and Wingstop, partnerships that have cemented Deliveroo’s position as the number-one choice for great food. Before Deliveroo? Twelve years in the music industry founding an independent label and touring the world as a drummer.

Jonathan Austin

Best Companies Founder & CEO

Jonathan Austin, the Founder and CEO of Best Companies, has dedicated nearly 25 years to exploring the powerful connection between employee engagement and performance to enhance overall organisational health. His passion for creating a community of like-minded individuals who value and respect their people has driven him to make significant improvements in the world of work.

Jonathan pioneered the development of a unique, world-class methodology that has become the gold standard for measuring, improving, and recognising workplace excellence in the UK. This methodology underpins Best Companies' comprehensive suite of insight-driven products, which help organisations build future-ready workforces, redefine people management expectations, and foster organisational agility and resilience.

Darren Parker

Zendesk Regional VP, Customer Success

Darren Parker is the Regional VP of EMEA Customer Success at Zendesk, leading teams that help businesses get the most value from the platform. With a background in customer success and leadership across the tech industry, he focuses on driving adoption, engagement, and long-term growth. Darren works closely with customers to optimize their customer experience strategies, ensuring they can deliver great service.

Peter Durkin

Blink VP of Sales

Peter Durkin is the VP of Sales at Blink, where he leads a global team dedicated to transforming the way organisations engage and empower their workforces. With a proven track record in SaaS sales and a passion for innovative technology, Peter specializes in creating value-driven solutions that address today’s most pressing workplace challenges.

Elliott Galloway

Prezzee UK Sales Lead

With 10+ years of experience in employee and audience engagement, Elliott is an evangelist for the transformational effects a well-thought-through reward and recognition programme. As one of the first members of the Prezzee UK team he has helped build market share through engaging with both people teams and benefits tech partners to deliver best in class choice and UX in rewards. Today he leads the sales function where the team continues to push the boundaries of how digital rewards can maximise the value of employee benefits and reward programmes.

Jean-Louis Bénard

Sociabble Co-Founder and CEO

Jean-Louis Benard is co-founder and CEO of Sociabble, a SaaS platform that empowers employees to become truly informed, engaged and influential within their organisation. With over 30 years of experience in digital and social media communications, he is the author of several books and publications on software development and digital transformation.

David Purcell

HC-One Internal Communications Manager

Dave has worked in the Internal Comms space for just under 11 years. Having started out in telecoms, he’s worked across a number of industries including finance and travel. Dave is now the Internal Comms Manager for HC-One, one of the UK’s largest Social Care providers.

Darren Parker

Zendesk Regional VP, Customer Success

Kaz Hassan

Unily Employee Experience Industry Lead

Having spent the last 10 years immersed in the employee experience space, Unily's own Kaz Hassan has a reputation for being ahead of the latest trends and best practices on everything from digital transformation to internal communications. Over the course of his career, he has worked in varied roles – from change management at Arriva to rolling out more than 20 intranets as a consultant at Unily. Kaz joined Unily in 2018 and is now a regular speaker at industry events, including presenting at conferences around the world.

David Fletcher

Appspace Vice President Workplace Communications Strategy

David Fletcher is a seasoned expert with over 15 years of experience in intranets and digital workplace strategy, focused on improving employee experience.

Katy Mogra

Oak Engage Customer Success Manager

Katy is Customer Success Manager at Oak Engage and has nearly seven years experience in Account Management. In her current role, Katy works with brands such as Five Guys, Halfords Autocentres and ITV, providing support, guidance and insights that help them achieve their internal communication objectives.

Syd Lawrence

Flip VP Strategic Workflows

Syd was a co-founder of The Bot Platform before it joined forces with Flip, where he is now VP of Strategic Workflows. He has over 20 years experience working with cutting-edge technology. He's worked with global icons and brands such as The Rolling Stones, Coca Cola, Facebook, BBC, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony Music, Universal, Warner Music and Greenpeace to engage global audiences, and now he's empowering every employee.

Andrew J Troup

Blackbaud Head of Giving & Engagement

Andrew J. Troup is the Head of Giving & Engagement at Blackbaud. In this role, Andrew collaborates with organisations as they work to develop a comprehensive corporate giving & community engagement strategy. Andrew is also currently leading efforts toward building a network of key industry, thought leadership, and business partners across the sector to help jointly drive meaningful engagement and impact. Finally, in this role, Andrew also works as an extension and ambassador for the CSR team and programs at Blackbaud.

Rhiannon Stroud

TheTruthWorks Consultant Partner | Co-founder

Rhiannon Stroud is a no-nonsense expert in organisational culture and employee experience, and the co-founder of TheTruthWorks, an organisational culture consultancy known for helping businesses face the hard truths that stand in the way of real progress. With over a decade working across scale-ups and corporates, Rhiannon brings a sharp, practical lens to leadership, well-being and engagement. Her work challenges organisations to move beyond good intentions and surface-level promises, and start designing cultures that support their people and drive meaningful results.

Pete Briggs

Epassi UK Sales Director

I help businesses scale and grow in the US, EMEA, and APAC markets. With 19+ years of experience in revenue leadership, B2B/SaaS/Edtech, global sales, and customer success. I leverage my expertise and skills to create and transform sales culture and execution, lead teams through change, and deliver profitable growth. Previously, I was the VP of Global Sales at ACI Learning, a technology company focused on up/re-skilling in IT, Cyber, and Audit. I led the global enterprise B2B sales organisation, serving over 3,000 organisations in more than 70 countries with ACI's SaaS EdTech and virtual learning solutions. Before that, I was the Chief Sales Officer at ITProTV, a SaaS EdTech platform for IT professionals and organizations. I built a professional B2B revenue organization, scaled from $3m to $15m, leading to a successful acquisition by ACI in 2020. I am passionate about developing people and teams, increasing sales efficiency, and designing strategic go-to-market plans and processes. I have excellent leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills. I am a keen runner and snowboarder and hold certifications in Strategic Selling and Coaching.

Eva Appelbaum

Gate One Client Director

Eva is a thought leader in culture-led transformation and Gate One's Client Director for People, Culture & AI-Enabled Change. She is known for her creative spark, tech acumen, and sharp business focus, with a knack for making strategy stick through people. Eva has worked with organisations like Nestlé, the BBC, and British Airways to align behaviours, engagement, and skills for meaningful change.

Caleb Chisholm

Cocentric Head of Digital Consulting

Caleb is the Head of Digital Consulting at Cocentric with a background in implementing and launching specialised tools for communication and collaboration.
Using his past experiences from leading internal digital engagement at NatWest, he has worked with a wide range of UK and International brands from manufacturing, to finance, and retail to professional services.
This work has included creating award winning campaigns and content, reviewing channel effectiveness, delivering strategic consultancy and launching digital communication and collaboration platforms.

Patrick Hyland

Remesh Organisational Psychologist

Patrick joined Remesh in 2023 as an Organisational Psychologist.

Luke McKeever

Thomas Chief Executive Officer

As a Psychology graduate and a passionate believer in the power of teamwork, Luke McKeever has built and grown several international AI and technology businesses, both in the private and public sectors. Currently, Luke serves as Chief Executive Officer at Thomas. Thomas empowers thousands of customers globally to harness the combined power of people science and AI to make data-driven recruitment and development decisions, and to build the best possible teams. By leveraging the insights from Thomas profiles, used in over 65 countries each year, businesses build great teams and foster meaningful connections to enable people to thrive and contribute purposefully in their work.

David Ledger

Vimeo Solutions Consulting Leader

David has been in the world of software solutions for 14 years and is keenly interested in how advances in technology can help people learn and work smarter. Until recently David was Head of Solutions at Seismic, where he consulted some of the world's largest enterprises on their enablement and L&D strategies.

David now brings that passion for development and training innovation to Vimeo, with a clear vision on how advances in the video technology space can bring huge benefits to the world of L&D.

Prelini Udayan-Chiechi

Wagestream Chief Marketing Officer

Prelini has more than two decades of marketing leadership across the technology and high-growth sectors. She comes with a track record of driving growth at some of the world’s leading technology companies, including Zendesk, Bazaarvoice, Lithium Technologies, Adobe, and IBM. She has also served as a Strategic Advisor to Northzone - one of Europe’s leading venture funds, and an investor in Wagestream.

Hannah Scott

Deskpro VP of Solutions

Hannah Scott is VP of Solutions at Deskpro, the help desk platform designed for the modern, hybrid workforce. Her strategic focus on enhancing employee collaboration through streamlined solutions ensures faster issue resolution and more effective team support, leading to a happier and more engaged employee base.

Dermot Watchorn

YuLife Community & Events Manager

With a passion for creating impactful events and experiences, Dermot Watchorn is an experienced Community & Events Manager at YuLife, where he focuses on delivering engaging wellbeing initiatives for his customers and teams. Dermot is dedicated to enhancing employee wellbeing through innovative strategies. He helps organisations create environments that boost engagement, retention, and productivity, ensuring a healthier, happier workforce.

Natalie Agostinho

Remote Senior Solutions Consultant - Mid Market - EMEA

Natalie is a global HR and compensation services expert with people advisory experience across professional services, HR tech, and talent & workforce solutions. She has led global teams at Settly, Topia, British Council, and EY. Her expertise includes global talent mobility, HR transformation, digital workforce solutions, compliance management, and strategic consulting.

Ashley Tobin

Workvivo Strategic CX Manager

Ashley Tobin is a Strategic CX Manager and Customer Success leader with over 16 years experience building trusted client relationships. She began her career in account management with global advertising agencies, developing a strong foundation in client partnership and strategy. Over the past nine years, Ashley has specialised in customer success, including leading high-performing Customer Success teams and helping enterprise organisations leverage internal communications platforms to strengthen employee engagement. Ashley is passionate about ensuring customer satisfaction, driving meaningful platform adoption, and setting organisations up for long-term success through strategic onboarding, deep partnership, and a commitment to delivering real outcomes.

Rosie Barrett

Workvivo by Zoom Internal Communications & Engagement Consultant

Rosie Barrett is an experienced communications and engagement specialist, focused on building culture and creating moments that bring people together. As a consultant at Workvivo by Zoom, she helps clients unlock the platform’s potential to connect, engage and inspire their employees.

Tim Lotherington

Havas People Manager Partner - Employee Experience

Tim leads Havas People's Employee Experience offer, helping clients boost engagement and ultimately productivity. He has worked in the talent communications world for some 20 years, helping set up a Havas People offering in the USA and Asia.
Now back in the UK he regularly writes and speaks on EX and the incredible impact it can have on organisations. He co-authored our recent report The Employee Experience Gap and will always find time to chat to about his passion for talent.

Rebecca Reffell

Havas People Head of Strategy

Becs leads the Havas People strategy team and is a highly experienced Employee Comms Strategy expert with over 24 years of experience (at Havas People since 2017). With a passion for EX (our recent research was her brainchild), she has worked with a whole range of clients on projects ranging from complex employer brands to internal engagement to talent attraction communications in sectors including law, financial services, tech, pharma, FMCG, fintech, telecoms, engineering and more. She has worked with a wide range of clients including Mars, Standard Bank, Discover Financial Services, Hitachi Vantara, RWE, adidas, and many more.

Ian Feaver

Terryberry Managing Director

Ian Feaver is an experienced Managing Director with a proven track record in the HR industry. Ian is an expert in helping companies create vibrant workplace cultures where staff members feel valued, appreciated, and linked to a greater purpose. He has a thorough understanding of organisational dynamics. As he describes, employees are empowered to produce outstanding business outcomes when they share the values and mission of their organisation.

Dr Brian Slattery Ph.D.

Wrky CEO & Co-Founder

Dr Brian Slattery was a tenured lecturer in Psychological Science at Dublin City University, Ireland and is now CEO of Wrky an Employee Experience and People Analytics Ready Platform. With 20 years of experience in behavioral psychology, psychometrics, technology and interventions (actions), he has published widely and supervised doctoral-level research. He specialises in survey design, data analysis, and evidence-based interventions for SMEs, multinationals, and executive boards.

Matthew Burgess

Work Networks Director of Customer Experience

Matthew works at the intersection of digital systems, internal communication and culture—though none of those terms quite capture the real work, which is helping organisations create the conditions where people can do their jobs well and feel good about it.

As Work Networks’ Director of Customer Experience, he believes the digital employee experience is at its best when it reflects how things really are and shapes how they could be.

Georgie Scott

Blink Marketing Director

Georgie Scott is a B2B marketing leader and the Marketing Director at Blink, where she focuses on employee experience, internal communications, and frontline engagement. With a background in tech, she brings deep expertise in building authentic brand strategies and driving meaningful workplace communication. Georgie also co-hosts the Blink Podcast, where she explores topics around employee engagement and culture.

Orna Morris

Zendesk Senior Solutions Consultan

Orna Morris is a Senior Solution Consultant at Zendesk, specialising in employee service solutions with a focus on HR transformation and AI. She works closely with organizations to streamline internal support using Zendesk’s Employee Experience Suite, helping HR teams deliver faster, more empathetic service. Orna has led webinars and sessions showcasing real-world results. Her expertise lies in blending automation, AI, and human-centered design to elevate the employee experience.

Eileen Burbidge

Fertifa Executive Director

Eileen Burbidge MBE is the Executive Director at Fertifa, where she applies her passion for inclusive and accessible reproductive healthcare after experiencing her own fertility, reproductive and hormonal health journeys. Eileen is also a Founding Partner at Passion Capital, the pre-eminent early-stage technology venture fund based in London, which led to Fortune Magazine describing her as "The Queen of British VC" and one of London's most influential venture capitalists. On behalf of Passion, Eileen serves as non-executive director and board representative on a number of fast-growth companies including Monzo Bank, Marshmallow, Butternut Box and others. Outside of Fertifa and Passion Capital, Eileen is also a non-executive director for Currys plc, advisor to the board at Mulberry and previously served as the UK Treasury’s Special Envoy for Fintech, appointed by the Chancellor; was Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London’s office and also formerly on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Advisory Group as well as the Chair of Tech Nation for 5 years. She was awarded an MBE for services to business in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2015.

Verity Cherrez

Workvivo by Zoom Communications and Engagement Consultant

Verity Cherrez is a specialist in engagement, branding, and communication. She helps organisations build authentic employer brands and vibrant internal communities through the power of storytelling and creating inclusive cultures where people feel connected, valued, and inspired. In her role as a consultant at Workvivo by Zoom, Verity partners with clients to unlock the platform’s full potential, enhancing engagement and strengthening employee experience.

Sarah Marrs

Awardco Organisational Behaviour Scientist & Evidence-Based HR Practitioner

Sarah Marrs is a lead member of Awardco’s Center Of Excellence team, a group of practitioner experts advising some of the world’s largest organizations on managing and evolving their reward & recognition programs. As part of her work, Sarah designs and conducts research on the impact of recognition on employee behavior and subsequent organizational outcomes. She is completing her doctoral thesis in Evidence-Based HR at Birkbeck University, London. As an organizational psychologist, Sarah understands the principles of successfully motivating people at work. As a business leader, she understands the challenges associated with putting these principles into practice. Her work attempts to bridge this gap through well-designed solutions that find a balance between science and practicality. Sarah has over 15 years of experience in organizational research, and prior to joining Qualtrics in 2015 held employee insights roles at Tesco, Hay Group, and Kenexa. Sarah is a member of the British Psychological Society and holds a Master’s degree in Work and Organizational Behavior from Dublin City University.

Rob Cheesewright

Pinwheel Chief Impact Officer

Rob is an environmentalist and experienced media commentator. In 2021, Rob joined the climate-tech start-up Pinwheel, where he is Chief Impact Officer. He led the development of Pinwheel’s proprietary environmental project rating tools, working with Oxford University’s principles of carbon offsetting, and has assembled the world-class portfolio of climate, biodiversity, recycling and waste recovery projects that sit at the centre of the Pinwheel platform.Previous to Pinwheel, Rob was Policy and Communications Director at Britain’s most ambitious net zero behaviour change campaign, Smart Energy GB. He oversaw proactive and reactive media relations and work engaging parliamentarians and stakeholders. During this time, he commissioned and published research on how to deliver decarbonised homes and a zero-carbon energy system.Rob has worked for the UK Government, including four years working in the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and has also held roles in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Cabinet Office, primarily working on climate change policy.

Craig Cowdrey

Sonder CEO

Craig is the Co-founder and CEO of Sonder. Sonder is an employee and student care technology company operating across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Faith Skinner

Sonder Culture Lead

Faith has been with Sonder since August 2024 as a Account Executive.

Tom Jewell

Zinc VP Customer

Tom Jewell is passionate about creating workplaces where people feel valued, motivated, and empowered to do their best work. As an experienced startup leader in multiple functions: Sales, Talent, People + Ops, he is currently championing his people-first philosophy as VP Customer at Zinc - driving their mission to make background checking delightful by delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Christina Lewis

Herizon Trainer, Speaker and Coach

Chrissie is an inclusivity and retention trainer, speaker and career coach. Chrissie has a decade of experience leading teams in fast-growth start-ups, including as an early-stage team member at Deliveroo and heading up Global Operations at Bolt. Passionate about Gender Equity and people-orientated leadership, Chrissie previously led the Gender Equity efforts at Deliveroo, spearheading the first woman-focused mentoring scheme, as well as introducing Accelerate, Deliveroo's programme for high-potential women. Chrissie was recently featured as a 'Women to Watch' in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure by WIHTL.

Cathy Brown

Barrow Cadbury Trust Head of Economic Justice

Cathy (she/her) works with people and organisations to create inclusive, healthy and more productive workplaces that work for everyone.

A renowned leader, speaker and communicator, Cathy blends curiosity and empathy with deep cross-sector experience. She prides herself on helping people move out of stressful situations to create human-focused workplace cultures where compassion and connectedness – and people – are encouraged and valued.
Cathy has led organisations across a range of industries including Engage for Success (the UK’s movement for Employee Engagement), and has helped to transform many more through her work as Capability Brown, and most recently at Management Geek.
Cathy carries her personal experience of neurodivergence into the solutions she co-creates with her clients, through conversations, commitment and curiosity - helping them to manage themselves and their teams in ways that work for everyone.

Jo Dodds

Engage for Success Co-Strategy Director

As co-Strategy Director of Engage for Success, Jo is focused on spreading the word about employee engagement and shining a light on good practise, inspiring people and workplaces to thrive. She also co-hosts the long running weekly Engage for Success radio podcast talking all things employee engagement with a wide range of guests from all over the world. Her corporate background is in regional and national HR and training roles within large retail and leisure organisations. She started her own business in 2005 and has since worked with people and organisations to take advantage of the digital and social media opportunities to create engagement with customers, employees and other stakeholders.

Jo Moffatt

Engage for Success Partnerships & Strategy Director

Jo has been a volunteer with the Engage for Success movement since its launch. As Partnerships & Strategy Director she sits on the Advisory Board and co-hosts the weekly Engage for Success radio show, interviewing guests from across the engagement world. The EFS agenda is absolutely aligned with Jo’s vision ‘to make workplaces better places to be’. As passionate about brands and their power to move people as she is about employee engagement and its vital role in delivering a high performing organisation, Jo put the disciplines together as founder of a leading creative consultancy, leveraging the creative and insight led approach of the advertising world to engage employees inside organisations. Jo becomes almost evangelical about the power a well-positioned and consistently delivered brand has as a catalyst for employee engagement and business success - creating cultures that make workplaces work, for employees as well as shareholders and stakeholders.

Charlotte Dahl

7 Seas Culture Consultancy Managing Director

Charlotte is Managing Director of Woodreed, a consultancy that works with impact across Culture, Change, Communications and Coaching. An accomplished culture and communications consultant, speaker, writer, podcast host and facilitator, Charlotte has a unique view on culture, engagement and internal communications, having spent equal parts of her career in consumer, then employee communications. Having worked for clients spanning every industry sector, she brings the insight and quality from the world of advertising into organisational culture and communication. She is passionate about raising the profile, standards and effectiveness of internal communication and employee experience, believing employees deserve the same care, consideration, and creativity in communication as customers.

Martin Hill-Wilson

Brainfood Training Co-Founder

Martin Hill-Wilson is a long-standing member of the Customer Engagement community. Over his career, he has launched a series of change initiatives using the dynamic of action-based learning – most recently AI for Non Technical Minds. All are designed to disrupt and reset the ‘art of the possible’ using new operating models re-imagined through foundation user education.

Nick Brice

Soul Corporations CEO

I help leaders and teams unlock their potential by transforming communication, developing soulful leadership, and driving measurable organisational success. As the CEO of Soul Corporations and White Room Theatre/Bite-Size Plays™, I create innovative, engaging programmes and coaching with my Soul Corporations' associates that inspire individuals to thrive in today’s dynamic, AI-powered world.

With a certification in Neuroscience in Business Leadership from MIT Sloan School of Management and a background in psychology, theatre, and TV production, I bring a unique blend of science, creativity, and practicality to my work. My approach combines cutting-edge insights with real-world applications, delivering lasting behavioural change for leaders and teams.

Jill Scott

Women's Euro 2022 Champion, Queen of the Jungle & Soccer Aid Captain

One of England's most decorated players, Jill Scott is one of the few Lionesses to have surpassed 150 caps. After featuring at nine major tournaments, she got a winners' medal as part of the team who won EURO 2022 on home soil. An infectious character off the pitch, and a player for the big occasion on it, the influential midfielder stepped up to the plate whenever her country needed her most. Her England career was punctuated with some key strikes – the winner against Netherlands in the EURO 2009 semi-final, the equaliser against Belgium in EURO 2017 qualifying, and the finish in the 3-0 win over Wales which sealed England’s place at France 2019. Jill began her career with her hometown Sunderland, before spending seven years at Everton and then joining City in 2013. She later had loan spells back at Everton and Aston Villa. She won her hundredth cap against Australia in 2015, before clocking up another fifty over the following six seasons. When Jill started the 3-0 win over Cameroon at France 2019, it was her eighteenth appearance at a World Cup final, the most of any England player in history. Jill retired from football as the second-highest capped player. During her time in the game, she won every domestic honour, including the Women's Super League title with City, and four women's FA Cups. Jill was voted FA Players' Player of the Year, FA International Player of the Year, and was appointed an MBE for services to women's football. She also entered the jungle and was crowned the winner of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Alex Scott MBE

BBC Sport and Sky Sports Former professional footballer, pundit and presenter

The former Arsenal Captain and England Centurion is a well-regarded pundit for BBC and Sky Sports, a regular on BBC’s Match of the Day as well as fronting ambassadorial campaigns with Nike, Barclays and Cadbury’s. Alex signed with Arsenal at age 8 and stayed with the team for most of her career. Alex helped the club achieve a domestic double of the FA Women’s Cup and the FA Women’s Premier League. She was also a key figure in the historic quadruple season for Arsenal in which they won all their trophy competitions. This became the obvious prelude to Alex’s captaincy for the club in the 2014/15 season. While playing for England Alex had the opportunity to travel all over the world playing the game she loves. Retiring from international football in 2017, though not before representing Great Britain in the Olympics. Alex ended up the second most capped England player with 140 appearances. Since her retirement in 2018, Alex has begun a successful broadcasting career and has quickly become renown for her insights into the game and sharp punditry skills. Alex is a steady part of BBC Sport’s football broadcasting team and has become a regular face for Sky Sports football coverage, even providing courtside coverage of the NBA in January of this year. Alex made history last August as the first female Sky Pundit on a Sky Sports’ Super Sunday and made waves as a fresh addition to the BBC World Cup
Commentary line up. Alex has been involved in co-presenting Match of the Day Kickabout most Saturday mornings as well as forming part of the presenting team for The Women’s Football Show on Sunday evenings. She also took to writing a weekly women’s football column in the Morning Star and is a regular face on Premier League Productions’ Fan Zones. Away from the world of football, Alex took part in and won Bear Grylls: Mission Survivor and the Sports Relief Strictly Come Dancing special in 2018. Along with her achievements in broadcast, Alex has undertaken some exciting commercial and ambassadorial opportunities. In 2018, Alex began her partnership with Cadbury’s alongside Jamie Redknapp and Ian Wright, which is to continue into this year. She has also begun an ambassadorial role with Nike and is continuing her relationship with Barclays as a key spokeswoman for their move into the world of Alongside this, Alex is an ambassador for Arsenal Football Club. Alex is also heavily involved in charitable projects, working with Premier League Communities and launching the Sky Ocean Rescue and Premier League Plastic Pollution Challenge. She also opened The Alex Scott Academy in 2012 in partnership with Kingston College and Puma, the first of its kind for women in the UK. Alex wanted to create an academy system that not only focused on training but also focused on working towards qualifications, providing players with an unrivalled calibre of training, skill development and match play all while promoting excellence in the class room as well.

Gail Emms MBE

Former World Champion Badminton player

With Team GB achieving unprecedented Olympic success and the whole of the United Kingdom fascinated by the sporting world, Gail Emms MBE is an icon of British sporting success. Former world champion and having won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with mixed badminton doubles partner Nathan Robertson, the sporting star can now look back on a career that saw her reach the very top of her sport. As one of Britain’s inspiring Olympians, Gail represents the very best of the nation’s sporting offering. Playing badminton from the age of four, she has shaped her career around the sport and began representing her country in 1995. Her appearances in both women’s and mixed doubles tournaments have seen her awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals and she consistently achieved results that saw her reach the top of the world rankings. Inspired by her family’s love of sport, Gail was destined for a glittering career. Now retired from professional competition, she has turned her attentions to sharing the hugely positive impact that sport can have on life and well-being, working as an ambassador for sport and inspiring young people to be more active.

Chalene Hanson

Burberry Global HR Director

Chalene is a Global HR Director at Burberry, leading the people agenda for Marketing & Communications. Having initially joined Burberry to deliver the global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy, she has succeeded in a number of roles charged with embedding inclusion within the people experience through recognition, wellbeing and engagement initiatives. Chalene is a certified project manager and practised HR professional, with extensive experience in the UK, Germany and the US across talent acquisition, engagement, reward, organisational change management, board effectiveness and leadership development programmes. She is also an accredited workplace coach and passionate about creating spaces for individuals to be seen and heard for the benefit of organisations and society.

Paul Finn

Amazon Head of Employee Experience Amazon Grocery Logistics - North America & Europe

As a Senior Operations Manager at Amazon, I lead one third of the online sub-same day grocery operations in the UK, overseeing over 500 associates and 18 managers. I have over 8 years of experience in operations and project management at Amazon, where I have delivered complex and customer-impacting projects across Europe.

My core competencies include operational analysis, strategic leadership, analytical skills, and people management. I have successfully launched Fresh and AMXL sites in the UK, France, and Italy, creating value for customers and stakeholders, and optimizing operations and processes. I have also built and led high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. My mission is to solve challenging problems, develop and inspire people, and drive growth and efficiency for Amazon's online grocery and large and bulky operations.

Sophie Allington

Ocado Group Head of People Operational Excellence

Sophie began her HR career in People Operations, going on to gain experience in Talent Acquisition, specialising in employment contracts, contractor management, data protection, and compliance. After a number of years in the public sector, she joined Ocado in 2021 to lead various Talent Acquisitions teams across the business. In 2023, she transitioned to the Group People Operations, initially serving as the People Product Manager, before being promoted to Head of People Operational Excellence.

In her current role, Sophie leads a team of systems and Product specialists, focused on optimising HR processes, generating innovative product solutions, and ensuring operational efficiency. Passionate about process improvement, risk, and compliance, Sophie leads large-scale change initiatives, including new market expansions, system implementations, acquisitions and mergers and multi-disciplinary projects, as well as overseeing governance, fraud controls and audit.

Sophie also chairs the Parents & Carers Association at Ocado Group and is dedicated to enhancing the experience of working families in the workplace.

John Townsend

Unicef UK Head of Internal Communications

John has a host of internal communications experience leading teams in the not-for-profit sector. He has been Head of Internal Communications at UNICEF UK for the last seven years, working to keep his colleagues informed, connected and inspired. Previously he led the internal communications function at the NSPCC, The Children’s Society and the Hilton Foundation.

John believes passionately in the power of internal communications to set the tone for an organisation’s culture, leading to better places to work and ultimately better organisational results.

Rebecca Bainbridge

YouGov Head of Internal Communications and Employer Branding

Rebecca is an internal communications leader with experience in large and mid-sized, rapid growth businesses where M&A, change management and organisational redesign have been key areas of focus. As Head of Internal Communications and Employer Branding at YouGov, over five years she built a global team from scratch, advising on change communications across several transformation projects at a time of vast growth for the company. This includes the largest M&A the company has ever seen, the first CEO transition and the launch of a brand-new digital workplace. Prior to YouGov, Rebecca has a wealth of experience working in IC across professional services, legal and real estate sectors.

Rachel Lees

Money Plus Head of People

Sarah Hood

Bupa Global Head of Engagement

Sarah has worked at Bupa for over 21 years, with a background in customer service and operations management in both healthcare provision and funding, before making the switch to HR in 2015. Sarah now leads Bupa’s engagement strategy and vision, and the delivery of a global listening program connecting all employees. Bupa employs 85,000 people in a mixture of healthcare provision and healthcare funding businesses around the world.

Jonathan Bunn

MetLife Head of Communications and Sustainability, EMEA

A former award-winning journalist and broadly-experienced senior Corporate Affairs professional with international (Asia, EMEA & US) experience at a Fortune 50 and two FTSE25 plcs. Successful track record of communicating challenging and complex issues both internally and externally. A key strategic communications adviser to senior management, with regional and global leadership team experience.

Leading and developing Sustainability strategy across 23 EMEA markets including carbon footprint and net zero transition pathway analysis, stakeholder engagement and reporting.

Melissa Woodhead

EY Communications & Engagement Leader

Throughout her 25-year career, Mel has worked with BT and Big Four firms EY and Deloitte, along with start-ups in the UK and France. Her roles have included leading group-wide communications and extensive experience as a strategic business partner, advising senior stakeholders on strategy and change.

Mel's passion for employee engagement and experience includes that of her own team-members. Managing remotely dispersed teams has become the norm in recent years, and she has overcome geographic obstacles, fostering collaborative and fun working cultures through innovative approaches. For Mel, the true value of communications and engagement is seen through impact. The Strong when we belong campaign she worked on amplified colleague stories, promoted social connection and increased the sense of belonging of 18,000 employees. Achieving this sort of positive change through comms and engagement is incredibly rewarding, and Mel looks forward to many more opportunities to make a difference in these transformative times.

Imogen Dooley

BMW Employee Engagement Strategy Manager

In 2023, BMW Group UK took the decision to create a new position for the organisation. Following a strategic review, it was identified that there was a clear requirement to develop the current position of employee engagement with the UK business for the German car manufacturer.

Immie Dooley was selected as the individual to take on this new position. Joined with a strong background in experiential marketing and a well-known advocate for internal communications and activity, the launch of a new role has required Immie to establish the status of the position and the importance of the work at both a C-Suite level and the wider workforce.

Now just over a year into the role and the Employee Engagement has included presenting at company town-halls, individual team meetings and board meetings. The introduction of an internal analysis tools has allowed the business to establish a baseline from which to develop actions plans and identify areas, which has formed a key element of the Voice of our People initiative.

Looking forward within her role, Immie will be focusing on bringing people together, whether virtually or physically, to improve engagement and an environment of active listening and action.

Alyssa Jaffer

Careers Writer

Alyssa (a-lee-sa) Jaffer is a writing and communications expert, with two degrees in media and journalism and years of professional experience in content marketing. Alyssa is passionate about gender equity, learning and development and she actively advocates to support marginalised communities in the workplace.

Alyssa is a freelance journalist, covering women's careers, health, lifestyle and travel for publications like Stylist Magazine, Business Insider and AllBright Post. She also writes copy for small businesses spanning the luxury jewellery, wellness, higher education, femtech and interior design sectors. Check out her full body of work at alyssajaffer.com.

Hayley Mann

Formula E Chief People Officer

Alongside being a mum to two little ones, Hayley is passionate about showing you can have a career and be present as a parent, working hard to role model authentic, inclusive leadership.

Ilaria Galfredi

Air France Project Lead and Engagement Partner

I am an accomplished manager with a robust history at Air France KLM.

My tenure includes roles as Training Officer, Customer Experience Leader, and currently as Business Support and Development Manager since 2021.

I am expert in training, coaching, quality and internal communication, and I have been leading projects that enhance continuous improvement and employee well-being. I am adept at creating inclusive work environments and implementing innovative work guidelines.

My expertise in training, knowledge management and customer feedback analysis underscore my commitment to excellence in customer service.

Amrita Devaiah

Cabinet Office Deputy Director, Civil Service Communication and CO Internal Communications and Engagement

Prior to joining the Cabinet Office, she worked for a number of organisations from NUS to NCS Trust, setting up teams from scratch, implementing comms and culture strategies and delivering national and international events, from gala dinners to music festivals. She has been a fierce advocate for equality throughout her career, and has developed and delivered national training on privilege and works on embedding inclusive practices in teams and organisations. She also undertakes a number of speaking engagements on the importance of inclusion and empathy in leadership.

In her spare time she is the co-founder of Social Supper Club London, a zero-waste dinner club raising funds for the Felix Project, a London charity fighting hunger and food waste; she sits on the Board for both Creative Youth and The Bridging Project, organisations with social mobility at their heart, and is a mentor for Apprentice Nation.

Catherine Rennie

Mastercard, Cyber & Intelligence Director Internal Communications

With over 30 years in the Internal Communications and Engagement space, Catherine is a skilled & experienced strategic thinker, operating at a senior level in Employee Engagement & M&A both in the public and private sector; balancing strategic thinking with tactical delivery.

Previously responsible for an award-winning Employee Engagement Strategy obtaining the status of the 'Sunday Times Best companies to work' for in the UK.

Experienced in strategy development, leadership, crisis & transformation communications.

A keen volunteer and support to Oxfordshire and Berkshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and more latterly, BEAT (a national charity supporting those experience Eating Disorders).

Catherine Morris

Home Office Deputy Director, Group Head of Internal Communications

Catherine’s career as an experienced comms practitioner spans the private, not-for-profit and public sectors in a range of business development, marketing, research and communication roles. After working for a human rights charity, she joined the Civil Service working as an internal strategic consultant for the Cabinet Office on a range of integrated comms strategies and campaigns. These included stakeholder engagement, market research, branding and organisational change to drive better outcomes. She then moved to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) where her team won awards from the CIPR and Institute for Government for a transformational change programme.

Currently working as Group Head of Internal Communications, Engagement and Change at the Home Office, Catherine is responsible for senior leadership engagement, oversight of an internal comms Community of Practice reaching out to 50K colleagues, and for delivering cross-departmental campaigns focused on behavioural change.

Jenny Bloxham

Marie Curie UK Head of Internal Communications & Engagement

Josh Novelle

Convatec Global Head People Solutions & Experience

Josh Novelle is an internationally recognized specialist in People Experience, providing more than ten years of award-winning corporate experiences to employees. During his career he has worked in both in house (Banking,Big4, Oil and Gas and Retail) and on the supplier side, while today he holds the role of Global Head People Solutions and Experience at Convatec. His passion is to take HR and talent to the next level, taking into account the wider experience of employees, ensuring rich experiences that are accessible to all, but with a clear connection to the real business goals and profitability of the company

Valeria Winkworth

EY Director, People Consulting

Her work focuses on technology-led business transformations and workplace of the future strategies, with expertise in Change Leadership and Organisational Design.

Stella Gavinho

Entain Group Head of Wellbeing

Siobhan Corria

Versus Arthritis Head of Culture

As Head of Culture at versus Arthritis, I manage diversity and inclusion, safeguarding and wellbeing, learning and development and employee engagement and internal communications. I have over ten years of working as a senior manage in the charity sector and I have previous experience of politics and working in children’s services as a Youth Offending Team Officer and a Social Worker.

In my current role, I developed the charity’s first diversity and inclusion strategy, established a Community Involvement Network and more recently led a review of safeguarding, developed our approach to wellbeing and our approach to employee engagement and internal communications.

I am Mum to two adult children and my miniature dachshund, Archie. In my spare time I enjoy keeping fit and spending time with m family.

Clare Fenech

Eurail Chief People Officer

Graham Bowditch

NHS Blood and Transplant Engagement Lead

Graham is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada where he obtained his postgraduate Master in Public Administration – since moving to the UK Graham has become a CIPD accredited member and worked in roles in Strategy and Organisational Development. Graham recently moved into the newly created Employee Engagement and Experience function as part of its Leadership, Performance and Culture team at NHS Blood and Transplant.

Carol Smith

AllPoints Fibre Employee Experience Director

A strategic HR leader with over 20 years’ experience, dedicated to transforming organisations through exceptional employee experiences. I am passionate about creating inclusive environments where employees feel empowered, valued and engaged, driving both personal and organisational success.

In my current role, I have been involved scaling a company from 34 to 500 employee in just two years, while ensuring employee wellbeing and engagement remained central to the growth. Supported the successful merger of four sister companies in 2023, implementing innovative people strategies, and prioritising the employee experience at every level. APFN introduced a new performance management process that focuses more on quality conversations and regular feedback which has started to cultivate a culture of continuous development and recognition.

I have been fortunate to build employee experience at APFN driving key initiatives which established diversity and inclusion networks, building proactive wellbeing strategies, creating mental health champions and a set of new values to connect the four different companies with a common set of behaviours and belonging. These efforts have led to us being a finalist at the 2024 Engaged Awards for vision and values.

Stacey Ramm

Evri Head of Diversity Equity & Inclusion

Stacey has spent most of her early career in the Talent and Resourcing space, before moving into the world of DE&I and Culture. Stacey is currently setting and leading the strategic direction of both DE&I and Wellbeing agenda at Evri (formerly known as Hermes Parcelnet) for c.8000 colleagues. Prior to Evri, Stacey was the DE&I Lead for Virgin Media, then Virgin Media O2, following the merger in June 2021, leading the DE&I agenda for c.17,000 colleagues. Stacey is incredibly passionate about DE&I and Culture, using her own personal lived experience to drive positive, meaningful, and sustainable change.

Nikki Humphrey

Virgin Group Chief People Officer

Charlotte O'Reilly

British Red Cross Head of Internal Communications & Engagement

Charlotte, Head of Internal Communications and Engagement leads the British Red Cross Internal Communications Team, communicating with audiences on the frontline, based in hospitals, out on the road, in offices and at home doing everything from raising vital funds to being their when disaster strikes.

Her mission is to make the organisation a modern and inclusive place work through communications with a sprinkle of magic! Previously, Charlotte worked at Citizens Advice leading communications for large scale change, technology rollouts and established their staff engagement strategy.

She’s also a proud mum to a toddler, a recently moved back to the midlands and always keen for an outdoor swim.

Andy Webb

Bupa Digital People Experience Manager

A digital expert with a deep understanding of user experience and how to effectively transform experience across large, complex organisations consistently. Leading a team of award-winning digital experts which make up our Digital People Experience Team, who all share an ultimate responsibility for creating consumer-grade experience along with maintaining its integrity, across all our internal platforms. My recent focus is now shifting to all things ‘future of work’, researching automation and generative AI along with it’s potential applications within our business.

Steve Clarke

Virgin Atlantic People Communications Lead

Steve leads a team of communications professionals responsible for people engagement and culture, content development and storytelling, and communication channels at Virgin Atlantic. Steve spearheaded Virgin Atlantic’s launch of Workplace by Meta, and has radically evolved the approach to people communications to focus on mobile first, audio-visual storytelling.

Emma Illingworth

OVO Head of People Transformation

Louisa McCabe

AXA Head of Internal Communications

I’d spent a number of years building a successful career in financial and technology marketing when I had what I can only describe as a career epiphany. I realised that two things really make me tick, people and their stories. So, I made the jump from marketing to internal communications.

With several senior communication roles and an MA under my belt, my only regret is I didn't make the move sooner. I now spend my days doing what I love, connecting people with our leaders, sharing stories, celebrating the good stuff, and supporting people through the tough stuff.

Core skills include developing high performing teams, building and maintaining trust with senior stakeholders, strategic thinking, content development, campaign creation, writing, events, and change management.

Charlotte Cherry

Virgin Group People Experience Director

Alix and Charlotte have worked as practitioners in HR for 25+ years, and whilst they describe themselves as commercial HR partners to the business, they also hold a great deal of experience in organisation and talent development field. They have worked together in a job share for over 11 years, and their passion for developing and coaching leaders has led them to a powerful belief in the positive impact that outstanding leaders can have on the performance of an organisation.

Alix and Charlotte bring their experience and leadership to their current role, leading the people partnering and proposition teams. The ‘north star’ for the team is alignment to Virgin’s organisational purpose, this means investing in, developing, and inspiring the teams that are Changing Business for Good.

“There was some really inspiring talks at the conference and I am amazed that the event was free! To have that quantity and quality is incredible.”

Recruitment and Wellness Lead, NHS

“Due to the quality of speakers and the variation in subject matters. Very insightful and makes taking a day out of the office worth it.”

Director of People Experience, Simply Better

“Always an enjoyable experience. A great opportunity to hear about the fantastic work going on across our industry and pick up a few nuggets to use in my own work. You're always delighting with the range of speakers and the topics they cover. ”

Culture Change & Communications Lead, Currys

“Really well organised event, with an opportunity to hear from other business areas. Sharing ideas and learning from current processes, ideas and plans that help to engage the workforce. Time to connect with other businesses and potential solutions that are already in place in other areas. ”

Innovation Manager, British Airways British Airways Logo

Single Ticket

All-Access Pass for Senior Employee

Engagement/HR Professionals
6 Topic Stages + Main Stage
Event Networking App
Interactive Interviews
Interactive Panel Debates
Pre-Arranged One-to-One Meetings
Focus Group Roundtable Sessions
Networking Drinks Party - Night Summit
All Registrations Subject to Approval
Not available for Suppliers/Vendors

SUPPLIER TICKET

For Suppliers
Networking and Commercial Opportunities
Interviews
Panel Debates
Networking Opportunities
Access to Night Summit
Registrations are subject to approval

How do I register for the conference?

Registration to attend the conference is free for senior individuals working in employee engagement. Free tickets provide access to the entire event.

For those who are suppliers within the industry, you can purchase a supplier ticket.

Registration links for all ticket types can be found above this box.

What should I wear to the conference?

The dress code to all of our events is smart casual. If you're presenting, we recommend wearing more formal attire.

What should I bring to the conference?

Bring your registration confirmation email (printed or on your smartphone), a notebook, and pen. Don't forget any necessary chargers or adapters.

We also recommend downloading the Engage Business Media Event App before you arrive at the conference. You can do this by searching 'Engage Business Media' in your App Store.

The App goes live three weeks before the event start date and you'll receive notification to log in via email.

What time does the conference open/close?

Registration opens at 8:15am and we recommend arriving early if you want to guarantee a seat in our Opening Keynotes.

We have several coffee and networking breaks throughout the day as well as a dedicated lunch break.

The Summit agenda concludes at 5:40pm, but please do join us at the Night Summit for live music and a well-deserved drink (alcoholic and non-alcoholic options are available).

Are meals provided during the conference?

There are a number of Gourmet Street Food catering vans providing a range of food. There are also Barista Coffee stands around the venue. There is a bar open from lunch, and an evening Networking Drinks party providing an assortment of alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments.

How do I view the agenda?

The full agenda is available to view on the 'Agenda' page on the website. You can search and filter by stage and topic to see the sessions most relevant to you.

You can also view the agenda on our Event App which goes live three weeks prior to the Summit. Once the app is live, you'll be invited via email to download the Engage Business Media App in your App Store.

On the Event Day, the agenda is available to view on the Event App only. With the Event App, you can personalise your schedule and receive reminders when your chosen sessions are due to start.

We aim to be as sustainable as possible, so printed copies of the agenda are not available on the day.

How can I network effectively at the conference?

Three weeks prior to the event date, you will be invited into the Engage Business Media Event App where you can schedule meetings. The app is your central hub for scheduling meetings, personalising your agenda, navigating the event, and staying connected with attendees.

In the lead up to the event you can also join our Event Attendees LinkedIn Group. Full details on how to join will be shared on your registration confirmation email.

Can I choose which sessions to attend?

Yes, the Summit offers multiple topic stages and tracks.

You can view the full agenda on our website. Three weeks from the event date you'll also be invited to use the Engage Business Media App. Here you can view the agenda in advance and plan which sessions you'd like to attend.

Some popular sessions may have limited capacity, so we recommend arriving early.

What if I need to cancel my registration?

If you aren't able to make it all we ask is that you let us know.

We do allow you to transfer your registration to a colleague, but they do need to fill in the registration form if this is the case.

Speakers

A laser focus on super-actionable, case study driven content, keeping industry leaders informed about emerging trends and innovative solutions

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3000+ ATTENDEES

250+ PRESENTERS

6 TOPIC STAGES

MAIN STAGE

Carly Stanley

Katie Klimaytys

Sami Maiden

Joyce Idoniboye

Jacqueline McLeod

Janina Norton

Matt Hudson

Melanie Dickinson

Suzy Jearum

Miriam Warren

Nadia Strone

Natalie Rea

Kevin Green

Lowri Williams FCIPD

Richard Rowley

Caroline Abercrombie

Sam Westwood

Abi Goodwin

Nicola Marshall

Andrew Borthwick

Jane Garnsey

Alka Mathur

Christine Ierakidis

Vikrant Bhuskute

Jordan Moore

Georgia Parlour-Rule

Jade Archibald

Josephina Smith

Holly Atyeo-Smith

Deniz Aydin Wober

Chris Lincoln

Sian Jones

Jay Brewer

Megan Yawor

Shalini McGregor

Lucinda Thomas

Ed Cook

Larissa Schneider-Kim

Paul Rutzler

Melissa Hungerford

Ian Wallis

Marc Molloy

Natasha Rudy

Cristina Herdocia

Aleksandra Kucza

Rose Dahlan

Monika Holliday

Rebecca Williams

Jonathan Elliott

Shane Ashby-Roche

Lewis Rooke

Andrea Cook

Anuj Bhardwaj

Kate Marks

Juliet Green

Maxine Granville

Fay Simpkins

Amber Panting

Joel Turner

Katy Busby

Tim Prince

Phil Askham

Jenny Bloxham

Caroline Jellyman

Maria Grazia Zedda

Rebecca Eaton

Emma Illingworth

Linzi Elder-Gibbins

Sian Sidaway

Ori Chandler

Claire Maydew

Kendall Turner Lennon