Sharon Benson, HR director, Express Gifts

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

Liz McGivern, vice president, HR, Red Carnation Hotels

Liz McGivern has worked at Red Carnation Hotels for more than 10 years, first as training and development manager, then as director of human resources and training, and now as vice president for HR

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Helene Speight, HR director, ABB FIA Formula E Championship

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, deputy managing director and chief HR officer, Hitachi Europe

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, Chief people officer, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

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

Neil Foulger, managing director, HR, Liberty Global

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

Marijke Cazemier, director organisational development, Inmarsat

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

Jonathan Crookall, People director, Halfords

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

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Giovanni Giordano, former group HR director, BAT

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

Sally Austin, Group HR director, Costain

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

Richard Latham, group HR director, Persimmon

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

Helena Feltham, people director, B&Q

Helena Feltham is currently the people director for B&Q where she has continued to lead significant people change and transformation