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

Hall joined McDonald’s UK in June 2015, to oversee the 115,000-strong workforce

Guthrie was appointed group HRD in 2016, with responsibility for establishing and leading HR strategy

Harmer is the chief people officer for Metro Bank, Britain’s first new high-street bank in more than 100 years

Francis is a board member of Skanska UK and a member of the executive management team

Iceton has been group HR director for Network Rail for nearly three years

Wendy Hirsh is an independent researcher and consultant on a range of people management issues

Cheung-Judge is known as a 'scholar-educator-practitioner' in the field of organisation development

Kelan's award-winning research focuses on gender and leadership, generations in organisations, leadership, and diversity and inclusion

Elizabeth Cowper joined Coach in October 2016, following her role as HRD at Harvey Nichols

Daniel Cloke is group HR director at betting and gaming company Ladbrokes Coral

Hope-Hailey is university vice president, dean of the School of Management and holds a chair in management studies