Karen Grave, president, Public Service People Managers Association

?Becoming president of the Public Service People Managers Association (PPMA) in April 2018, Grave has also held a range of senior HR roles over the years

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Jabbar Sardar, HR director, BBC Studios

Jabbar Sardar is HR director for BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC that oversees TV production, channels and distribution globally

Andrew Stephenson, group people director, Lookers

Andrew Stephenson joined Lookers in 2016 as group people director. Lookers is one of the UK’s leading automotive dealers

Vlatka Hlupic, professor of leadership and organisational transformation, Hult Ashridge

Hlupic is an international award-winning thought leader, an activist for humanising management, and author of The Management Shift and Humane Capital

Sally Smith, group director of people, Places for People

?As group director of people at Places for People, Sally Smith oversees more than 12,500 colleagues across the group’s diverse businesses

David D’Souza, membership director, CIPD

?D'Souza joined the CIPD in 2014 and has been its membership director since 2018

Barry Hoffman, group HR director, Landsec

Hoffman joined Landsec in June 2019 as group human resources director

Geoff Tranfield, group HR director, IMI

Geoff Tranfield has worked in HR for almost 30 years, in a variety of industries including rail, automotive, utilities, oil and gas and manufacturing?

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James Traeger, director, Mayvin

James Traeger is a leadership and organisational development specialist with extensive practical and teaching experience

Jo MacPhail, HR director, CrossCountry Trains

?Jo MacPhail joined CrossCountry trains in December 2016 as HR director

Jon Ingham, HR and OD consultant, Strategic Dynamics Consultancy Services

Working as head of HR and then HR director at EY between 1997 and 2001, Jon Ingham is today a consultant and trainer working both in the UK and abroad

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Susie Morgan, HR director, University of Essex

Morgan has been director of HR at the University of Essex since May 2014. The institution is currently the Times Higher Education University of the Year