Practitioners

Caroline Nugent, HR director, Financial Ombudsman Service

Nugent is director of HR and OD at the Financial Ombudsman Service

Ann Pickering, HR director, O2 (Telefónica UK)

Ann Pickering joined O2 (Telefónica UK) in 2004, was appointed to the UK board as HR director in 2008, and appointed CHRO and chief of staff in January 2018

Deborah Lee, group engagement director, Compass Group

?Deborah Lee joined Compass as its first group engagement director in August of this year

Alison Rumsey, chief HR officer, Associated British Ports

?Alison Rumsey joined Associated British Ports (ABP) as chief HR officer in July 2019

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'

Helen Giles, executive director of people and governance, St Mungo’s Broadway

?Since Giles joined the senior team of St Mungo’s in 2014 following a large-scale merger she has led a major programme of integration and process and cultural transformation

David Frost, group organisational development director, Total Produce

Frost's career started in automotive manufacturing after he graduated with a degree in manufacturing engineering

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

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

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?

People

Jo MacPhail, HR director, CrossCountry Trains

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