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.
Sophie Parsell
British Red Cross Strategic People Lead – Reward and PartneringI’ve worked in HR roles across different sectors and have mainly operated in the Business Partnering space. For the past year I’ve led the Partnering, Reward and People Experience Teams at the British Red Cross. I’m a passionate, pragmatic and progressive HR practitioner. My style is warm, informal, insight-driven and commercially focused.
Mark Probert
Achievers Managing Director, EMEA
Mark Probert is Managing Director for EMEA at Achievers, where he leads the company’s growth across the region, partnering with organisations to build more connected, engaged, and high-performing workplaces. With a background in scaling international SaaS businesses, Mark has worked closely with senior leaders to tackle some of today’s biggest workplace challenges—from employee engagement and retention to culture transformation in distributed environments.