Paul Chesworth has just celebrated his 30th year as a human resources specialist

Rachel Brace has more than 20 years’ experience in HR

Andy Dodman is chief officer of HR at Leeds City Council, the second largest local authority in the UK

Gore has worked in HR for more than 30 years across a variety of public sector organisations

Holden joined Schroders in 2007 as head of corporate communications

John Stewart is the director of HR for SSE, one of the biggest energy companies in the UK

Kathryn Austin has played a core leadership role in Pizza Hut's brand turnaround

Gail Clark is currently the head of workforce change

?Rachel King joined Camelot, operator of The National Lottery in 2016, after working for a number of other high profile brands across the media, retail and consumer sectors.

Francis has functional leadership responsibility for human resources and communications across 5,500 employees and a much larger extended supply chain.

Alison Wilcox joined BT in July 2015 as group HR director

Josephs joined Historic Royal Palaces as HRD in 1999, shortly after it became an independent self-funding charity