Louise Smalley joined the board of Whitbread in 2012, making the hospitality brand one of the most diverse in the FTSE 100 in terms of number of female board members

Bernie Kingsley joined the group as head of human resources in March 2009

Andy Dodman is chief officer of HR at Leeds City Council, the second largest local authority in the UK

Holden joined Schroders in 2007 as head of corporate communications

After graduating in French and international relations from the University of Warwick in 1992, Natalie Bickford developed a varied HR career with roles in high-profile companies such as Kingfisher,...

Des Pullen is responsible for ABF’s people agenda. He also leads the group’s activities in health, safety and environment, as well as procurement

Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics

Ronald Schellekens is the Vodafone group HR director and a member of the Vodafone executive committee

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School (LBS)

Harmer is the chief people officer for Metro Bank, Britain’s first new high-street bank in more than 100 years

Francis is a board member of Skanska UK and a member of the executive management team

Iceton has been group HR director for Network Rail for nearly three years