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

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

Sally Smith, group director of people, Places for People

?As group director of people at Places for People, Sally Smith oversees more than 12,500 colleagues across the group’s diverse businesses

Geoff Tranfield, group HR director, IMI

Geoff Tranfield has worked in HR for almost 30 years, in a variety of industries including rail, automotive, utilities, oil and gas and manufacturing?

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Jo MacPhail, HR director, CrossCountry Trains

?Jo MacPhail joined CrossCountry trains in December 2016 as HR director

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

Valerie Todd, HR director, Siemens UK and Ireland

Valerie Todd is the HR director for Siemens UK and Ireland

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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...