Paula Leach is the chief people officer for The Home Office, a role which she undertook in April 2016 having joined in October 2014

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

Sharon Benson is an experienced HR executive with a proven track record of partnering with board members and private equity stakeholders

Helene Speight is HR director for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship: the world’s first fully-electric international single-seater motorsport series

Stephen Pierce is deputy managing director and chief HR officer of Hitachi Europe, part of a Japanese company with a vision of creating ‘a better society through technology’

Deborah Lee joined Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) Group as its first chief people officer in January 2017

Neil Foulger represents Liberty Global's HR interests in the Dutch joint venture with Vodafone

Cazemier is responsible for Inmarsat’s performance management, culture, values, engagement, L&D and talent globally

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

Giovanni Giordano joined the management board of British American Tobacco (BAT) in June 2011

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

Richard Latham has been group HR director at Persimmon since August 2001