Jan Woods is a director of consumer-focused investor Lion Capital

Patrick Lencioni is one of America’s pre-eminent thought leaders on topics related to leadership, management and teamwork at the executive level

?Sally Austin is group HR director for engineering solutions provider Costain

As well as being Halfords’ people director Crookall is on boards for equality, inclusion and CSR initiatives

Hughes-D'Aeth has worked in HR roles for more than 30 years across a variety of sectors and countries

HR magazine commissioned Ashridge Executive Education to conduct interviews with five of our top-rated HR practitioners from last year's HR Most Influential (HRMI) top 40 practitioners list

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School (LBS)

Clark joined the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in 2002 as head of HR, education, arts and libraries

Ashcroft has played a strategic role in building a distinctively positive culture for the 3,200 employees at TrustFord

Briner is particularly interested in the relationships between work conditions, psychological wellbeing and behaviours

Webb was appointed as chief HR officer of the Co-op in April 2017

?Sharon Benson is an experienced HR executive with a proven track record of partnering with board members and private equity stakeholders to deliver strong financial results to enable fundraising and...