Practitioners

Paula Leach, chief people officer, The Home Office

Paula Leach is the chief people officer for The Home Office, a role which she undertook in April 2016 having joined in October 2014

Sharon Benson, HR director, Express Gifts

Sharon Benson is an experienced HR executive with a proven track record of partnering with board members and private equity stakeholders

Harvey Francis, executive vice president, Skanska UK

Francis has functional leadership responsibility for human resources and communications across 5,500 employees and a much larger extended supply chain.

Alison Wilcox, group HR director, BT Group

Alison Wilcox joined BT in July 2015 as group HR director

Althea Loderick, Strategic director of resources, Brent Council

Althea Loderick is the strategic director for resources at Brent Council, where she has oversight of finance, property and FM, HR and OD, ICT and digital services, legal services and procurement,...

Mandy Coalter, Director of people, United Learning

Coalter has previously worked in senior HR roles in local government, the NHS, the voluntary sector and with schools

Matt Elliott, People director, Virgin Money

Matt Elliott joined Virgin Money in 2011 as people director, leading the HR work required to acquire and integrate Northern Rock

Geoff Lloyd, chief human resources officer, Meggitt

Having spent nine years at Serco as group HRD Geoff Lloyd moved to British aerospace company Meggitt during 2018 to be chief human resources officer

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

Kerry Smith joined the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in October 2013 from the Royal Horticultural Society

Marijke Cazemier, director organisational development, Inmarsat

Cazemier is responsible for Inmarsat’s performance management, culture, values, engagement, L&D and talent globally

Sally Austin, Group HR director, Costain

?Sally Austin is group HR director for engineering solutions provider Costain