Practitioners

Sharon Benson, HR director, Studio Retail

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

Elizabeth Cowper, VP HR, Tapestry Europe and Coach International

Elizabeth Cowper joined Tapestry in October 2016. Tapestry is a global house of brands comprised of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman

Simon Linares, group HR director, Direct Line

Direct Line's group HR director Simon Linares has international experience across several sectors including consumer goods, telecommunications and digital

People

Nigel Sullivan, chief people officer, Bupa

?Sullivan is the chief people officer at global health and care company Bupa, which is guided by its purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives

Carol Kavanagh, group HR director, Travis Perkins Group

Carol Kavanagh is group HR director for Travis Perkins, which is the UK's largest distributor of building materials, with a prestigious history dating back more than 200 years

Louise Smalley, group HR director, Whitbread

Louise Smalley was appointed to the main board of Whitbread in 2012, making the hospitality business one of the most diverse in the FTSE 100 in terms of the number of female board members

Helene Speight, interim HR director, Millbrook

?Helene Speight is interim HR director for Millbrook, a leader in automotive testing, design and engineering

Robin Wilkinson, chief of corporate services, Metropolitan Police Service

?Robin Wilkinson is the chief of corporate services in the Metropolitan Police Service, a role in which he has board-level oversight of HR, finance, commercial, property, transformation, strategy,...

Matt Elliott, chief people officer, Bank of Ireland

?Matt Elliott joined the Bank of Ireland in early 2019 as a member of the executive team delivering a strategic plan to transform the business

Paul Raby, group HR director, Balfour Beatty

Raby has been group HRD for Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group, since 2005

Baljinder Kang, executive director of people services, Midland Heart

Kang has more than 25 years of operational and strategic HR experience across sectors including private, public, voluntary and not-for-profit

Beata Gawarecka-Green, head of human resources, Triton Partners

Gawarecka-Green is responsible for the human resources function