Practitioners

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

Simon O'Halloran, group HR director, GVC Group

?GVC is a FTSE 250 company with global revenues of more than £2.9 billion

Marco Reick, HR director, Black Sheep Coffee

Marco Reick has spent his career in HR within a number of businesses in the UK hospitality industry

Claire Hall, global executive vice president of people, Menzies Aviation

?Hall joined Menzies in October 2017, to oversee a global workforce of 35,000

Raj Verma, global SVP human resources, Sodexo

Verma joined Sodexo UK and Ireland in 2007 as an HR director. Following several international roles, including time living and working in Australia, he was appointed as senior vice president, human...

Eugenio Pirri, chief people and culture officer, Dorchester Collection

Pirri and his team are responsible for all aspects of human resources, learning, employee and guest engagement, workplace equality, corporate responsibility and The Dorchester Collection Academy...

Leena Nair, chief HR officer, Unilever

Nair's purpose is “to ignite the human spark in everyone – to build a better business, and a better world”

Jennifer Tippin, group people and productivity director, Lloyds Banking Group

Tippin was appointed the group people and productivity director for Lloyds in July 2017

Peter Reeve, head of HR, Motor Neurone Disease Association

??Peter Reeve is the head of HR for the MND Association and chair of the Charity HR Network

Kate Seljeflot, chief people officer, Costa

Seljeflot joined Costa in September 2016. She leads Costa’s global people strategy, with a particular focus on building the right organisation and capabilities to support the business’ ambitious...

Paula Leach, global chief people officer, FDM Group

Paula Leach is the global chief people officer for FDM Group, a role which she undertook in April 2019 having previously been chief people officer for The Home Office

Jacky Simmonds, chief people officer, Veon

Jacky Simmonds is an experienced HR executive having worked in a number of sectors including media, medical research, travel and aviation