Liz Reilly, group HR director, Segro

Liz Reilly has been group HR director at real estate investment trust Segro since July 2010. She joined from FCC Environmental, where she was group HR director for three and a half years.

SEGRO is a a leading owner, asset manager and developer of modern warehousing and light industrial property, as well as of higher value uses such as offices and data centres. It owns or manages 5.7 million square metres of space in £6billion of assets, serving 1,200 customers from a wide range of industry sectors. Its properties are located around major conurbations and at key transportation hubs across eight European countries, principally in the UK, Germany, France and Poland.

Reilly studied for an MA in social sciences, geography and economics in The University of Glasgow. She was head of employee relations and resourcing at DIY chain Homebase in 1995, leaving four years later to join Sainsbury's. At the supermarket giant she rose through a number of HR positions, from head of training and development, to HR director - strategy and planning and finally retail human resources director between 2004-2006, before joining FCC Environmental.

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