Peter Cheese, chief executive, CIPD

Peter is the chief executive of the CIPD, the professional body for more than 150,000 HR and people development professionals around the world.

Natalie Bickford, group HR director, Merlin Entertainments Group

After graduating in French and international relations from the University of Warwick in 1992, Natalie Bickford developed a varied HR career with roles in high-profile companies such as Kingfisher,...

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Des Pullen, group HR director, Associated British Foods

Des Pullen is responsible for ABF’s people agenda. He also leads the group’s activities in health, safety and environment, as well as procurement

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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of business psychology, University College London and Columbia University

Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics

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Paul Chesworth, chief people officer, Perform Group

Paul Chesworth has just celebrated his 30th year as a human resources specialist

Susan Martindale, group HR director, Mitchells & Butlers

Susan Martindale was appointed group HR director for Mitchells & Butlers in November 2012 having previously been group purchasing director and divisional operations director

Kate Guthrie, group HR director, Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank

Kate Guthrie joined the group in January 2016 immediately prior to its demerger from National Australia Group and the subsequent IPO and listing on the UK Stock Exchange

Fiona Cicconi, executive vice president, human resources, AstraZeneca

?Fiona Cicconi joined AstraZeneca in September 2014 as executive vice president, HR

Tim Jones, group head of HR, London Stock Exchange

Tim Jones joined the London Stock Exchange Group in 2010 and was appointed group head of HR in 2011

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Simon Sinek, Speaker and consultant

Simon Sinek is a motivational speaker, author and marketing consultant

Annette Kelleher, Chief HR officer, Johnson Matthey

Annette Kelleher joined Johnson Matthey in early 2013 to lead the group’s human resources agenda

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Helmut Schuster, executive vice president, group human resources director, BP

Helmut Schuster became group HR director in March 2011. In this role he is accountable for the BP human resources function.