Hospitality, leisure and travel

Kate Seljeflot, chief people officer, Costa

Seljeflot joined Costa in September 2016. She leads Costa’s global people strategy, with a particular focus on building the right organisation and capabilities to support the business’ ambitious...

Marco Reick, HR director, Black Sheep Coffee

Marco Reick has spent his career in HR within a number of businesses in the UK hospitality industry

Simon O'Halloran, group HR director, GVC Group

?GVC is a FTSE 250 company with global revenues of more than £2.9 billion

Eugenio Pirri, chief people and culture officer, Dorchester Collection

Pirri and his team are responsible for all aspects of human resources, learning, employee and guest engagement, workplace equality, corporate responsibility and The Dorchester Collection Academy...

Thomas Heier, people director, EVP people and international, Wagamama

Heier joined Wagamama in Autumn 2017. Before that he spent 15 years in various HR and ops roles and has worked across a number of multi-site hospitality and leisure businesses, including Travelodge...

Ben Bengougam, senior vice president HR, EMEA, Hilton Worldwide

Bengougam is responsible for leading HR across EMEA, which includes more than 50,000 team members in 60 countries

Louise Smalley, group HR director, Whitbread

Louise Smalley was appointed to the main board of Whitbread in 2012, making the hospitality business one of the most diverse in the FTSE 100 in terms of the number of female board members

Rob Bray, people director, Nando's

Rob Bray, previously of Tesco, joined Nando’s in 2016 as people director for the UK and Republic of Ireland

Steve Rockey, people director, Home Grown Hotels and Lime Wood Group

Steve Rockey is people director for Hampshire-based Home Grown Hotels and Lime Wood Group – a selection of boutique country house hotels across the south of England

Ella Bennett, group people director, Easyjet

Bennett joined EasyJet as group people director in May 2018 from Sainsbury’s Argos

Kathryn Pritchard, chief HR officer, Nord Anglia Education

Kathryn Pritchard joined Nord Anglia Education in July 2019 from her role as chief people and strategic programmes officer at ODEON Cinemas Group

Jon Dawson, director of HR, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London and One Hyde Park Residences

?Dawson has held a variety of human resources positions within the hospitality sector and is currently the director of human resources for the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London Hotel and One Hyde...