Practitioners

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

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

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

Sally Hopper, assistant director of HR, Hertfordshire County Council

Hopper has oversight for the people strategy for the council and associated traded companies

Annette Andrews, chief people officer, Lloyd's of London

?Annette Andrews joined Lloyd’s in January 2015 as HR director

Jo Davis, group HR director, Mitie

?Mitie is the UK’s leading facilities management business, employing 52,500 people in the UK and Ireland

Shokat Lal, assistant chief executive, Rotherham Council

Shokat Lal is responsible for the council’s people and governance function and part of the strategic leadership team that took Rotherham Council out of intervention and on a rapid journey of...

Rosemary McGinness, chief people officer, The Weir Group

Rosemary McGinness is a commercially-focussed HR leader who has worked across several sectors including hospitality, business process outsourcing, consumer goods and manufacturing

Mark Grimley, group director for people and corporate services, government of Jersey

Grimley took up post as the chief people officer for the government of Jersey in June 2019, heading up the largest employer on the Channel Island

Kerry Smith, director of people and organisational development, British Heart Foundation

Smith joined the British Heart Foundation in October 2013 from the Royal Horticultural Society, where she headed up human resources for eight years and supported transformational change across the...

Mark Sandham, senior vice president and chief operating officer, human resources, Thomson Reuters

Mark Sandham is a commercially-oriented global HR executive with more than 25 years' experience in HR as well as line business management

Julie Welch, chief people officer, Carey Group

Julie joined the Carey Group at Executive Board level in the newly created role of Chief People Officer in February 2019 where she is responsible for the creation and delivery of the people strategy...

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