Alison Wilcox, group HR director, BT Group

?Alison Wilcox joined BT in July 2015 as group HR director. Prior to joining BT she worked in management consultancy and then for Vodafone for 9 years, joining as the group director for leadership &...

Michael West, professor of work and organisational psychology, Lancaster University Management School and senior fellow, The King’s Fund

Michael West joined The King's Fund in 2013 where he is now head of thought leadership. He is professor of work and organisational psychology at Lancaster University Management School, senior research...

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Karen Beaven, HR director, River Island

Beaven joined River Island as HRD in 2012 and has led a significant HR transformation programme

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Josh Bersin, principal and founder, Bersin by Deloitte

He founded Bersin by Deloitte in 2010 to provide research and advisory services focused on corporate learning

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Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D Dee II professor of organisational behaviour, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Jeffrey Pfeffer began his professorial career at the University of Illinois, taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a professor at Stanford since 1979. He has been a visiting...

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Patrick Wright, Thomas C Vandiver bicentennial chair, Professor, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Director, Center for Executive Succession

Patrick Wright is Thomas C. Vandiver Bicentennial Chair in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and the founder and director of the Center for Executive Succession....

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Rob Goffee, emeritus professor of organisational behaviour, London Business School

Rob Goffee teaches on the world-renowned senior executive programme at London Business School

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Pauline Best, global people and organisation director, Specsavers Optical Group

Best joined Specsavers in 2008 as group HRD, responsible for all elements of people and organisation strategy and activity

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Althea Loderick, strategic director of resources, Brent Council

Althea Loderick is the strategic director for resources in Brent Council, where she has strategic oversight of finance and procurement; property and FM; HR & OD; IT; legal services; customer services...

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Dean Royles, director of human resources, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dean Royles has been a leading figure in HR within the NHS for nearly two decades. Chief executive of NHS Employers since December 2010, Royles joined Leeds Teaching Hospitals mid-2014. The NHS trust...

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Helen Giles, executive director of people and governance, St Mungo’s Broadway

Giles is executive director of people and governance for St Mungo’s and MD of Real People, an HR consultancy

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Shokat Lal, assistant chief executive, Rotherham Council

Shokat Lal is responsible for the council’s people function and part of the Strategic Leadership Team that is working on Rotherham council’s improvement journey working towards coming out of...

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