Helena Morrissey, head of personal investing, Legal & General

Morrissey is well known for her work on gender equality. She founded the 30% Club, a campaign for more gender-balanced boards, in 2010

Carol Kavanagh, group HR director, Travis Perkins Group

Carol Kavanagh is group HR director for Travis Perkins, which is the UK's largest distributor of building materials, with a prestigious history dating back more than 200 years

Simon Linares, group HR director, Direct Line

Direct Line's group HR director Simon Linares has international experience across several sectors including consumer goods, telecommunications and digital

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Elizabeth Cowper, VP HR, Tapestry Europe and Coach International

Elizabeth Cowper joined Tapestry in October 2016. Tapestry is a global house of brands comprised of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman

John Greatrex, group HR director, Unipart

?Greatrex has held a number of HR leadership roles in a variety of sectors both in the UK and internationally

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Fiona Evans, HR director, Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

Fiona Evans is HRD at ZSL and won HR Director of the Year in 2017 at the HR Excellence Awards as well as scooping the Gold award, Best HR team, and a high commendation in the Best learning and...

Patrick Wright, Thomas C Vandiver bicentennial chair and professor, University of South Carolina

Patrick Wright is Thomas C. Vandiver bicentennial chair in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina (USC), and the founder and director of the Center for Executive...

Matthew Taylor, Chief executive, RSA

Matthew Taylor has been chief executive of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) since November 2006

Ann Pickering, HR director, O2 (Telefónica UK)

Ann Pickering joined O2 (Telefónica UK) in 2004 and was appointed to the UK board as HR director in 2008

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Stephen Dando, Operating partner, Bain

?Stephen Dando has had a stellar HR career with some of the biggest brand names in the world in his portfolio, including Diageo and Guinness

Rachel King, group HR director, Camelot

?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.

Tania Garrett, senior director employee experience EMEA, Adobe

Tania joined the EMEA Employee Experience Team at Adobe in May 2016