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...

Joanna Brown, director of HR and OD, London Borough of Camden

Brown is director of HR and OD for the London Borough of Camden; a diverse inner-London local authority with 4,600 employees

Jayne Billam, HR director, Nottingham Trent University

?Jayne Billam is HR director at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and has worked in HR for almost 30 years

Caroline Nugent, HR director, Financial Ombudsman Service

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

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

Sue Shutter, PVC and director of HR, Regent’s University London

Sue Shutter is currently the director of human resources at Regent’s University London, a role she has held since 2009

Paul Taylor-Pitt, assistant director of organisational development, NHS Employers

Leaving university in the mid-1990s without a plan, Taylor-Pitt began his career as a care worker in a residential home for people with HIV-related brain impairment

Shokat Lal, Assistant chief executive, Rotherham Council

Shokat Lal is responsible for the council’s people, performance and OD function and part of the Strategic Leadership Team that is working on Rotherham council’s improvement and change journey.

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

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,...