Rob McCargow
PwC UK Technology Impact Leader
Rob is a leading voice in the field of AI, a TEDx and keynote speaker, industry commentator, and an evangelist for the responsible and ethical adoption of technology and its impact upon society. He plays an active role in shaping national and industry dialogue on AI through his work with policymakers, trade bodies, academia, and business leaders. He’s a Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School, and a founding board member of the UK's Parliamentary Group on AI. HR Magazine ranks him as an ‘HR Most Influential Thinker’, Onalytica cites him as a ‘Who’s Who in AI’, Favikon ranks him as one of the World’s Most Influential Voices in AI, and he was voted ‘Tech Community Leader of the Year’ at the CogX Festival. He won Editor’s Choice at the TechWomen100 Awards in recognition of his championing of the women in tech agenda.
Kelsey Kates
Ex-Google Ex-Global Head of Learning Experiences
Kelsey believes deeply in changing the world through more impactful and delightful experiences that transform how we show up as adults. As the Global Head of Learning Experiences at Google, Kelsey Kates oversees the activation and delivery of more than 15 programs within the Global Business Org for more than 20,000 Googlers, and their 150+ facilitators. Kelsey and her team have won multiple awards for the design and delivery of Google's marquee programs - Facilitation Academy, Deliver Like a Boss and Google Way of Coaching, just to name a few.
On the academic side, Kelsey has her B.S from the University of Denver, a Master's from Northwestern and an Executive Certification in Neuroscience for Business from MIT.
Today, Kelsey lives in a seaside town in Ireland with her husband and two little boys - it's as lovely and wild as it sounds.
On the academic side, Kelsey has her B.S from the University of Denver, a Master's from Northwestern and an Executive Certification in Neuroscience for Business from MIT.
Today, Kelsey lives in a seaside town in Ireland with her husband and two little boys - it's as lovely and wild as it sounds.
Busola Farinmade
Equinix Director Total Rewards
"Busola Farinmade is a HR/Reward leader supporting organisations through critical moments such as HR transformation, M&As and IPOs across multiple jurisdictions. She has both internal company experience and many years of solid consulting experience with KPMG which gives her unique skills as an advisor, researcher, thought leader, designer and implementer of HR and Reward programs.
She is the Total Rewards Director with Equinix where she partners with business leaders to embed fair and competitive Reward practices on compensation, benefits, wellbeing and recognition. Her areas of expertise are in rewards strategy design, equity-based and cash-based incentive design, executive compensation and benefits. In her role, she has been actively involved in using technology to scale the strategy, design, deployment and administration of benefits across multiple countries and complex jurisdictions, to improve employee experience and engagement.
Busola has a MSc. in Psychology and an MBA from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She is a thought leader having written business articles and facilitated sessions on Total Rewards.
Busola is passionate about the experience of people at work and mentoring the next generation of HR leaders."
She is the Total Rewards Director with Equinix where she partners with business leaders to embed fair and competitive Reward practices on compensation, benefits, wellbeing and recognition. Her areas of expertise are in rewards strategy design, equity-based and cash-based incentive design, executive compensation and benefits. In her role, she has been actively involved in using technology to scale the strategy, design, deployment and administration of benefits across multiple countries and complex jurisdictions, to improve employee experience and engagement.
Busola has a MSc. in Psychology and an MBA from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She is a thought leader having written business articles and facilitated sessions on Total Rewards.
Busola is passionate about the experience of people at work and mentoring the next generation of HR leaders."