?Kathryn Pritchard is group chief people officer of ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe’s largest cinema operator

Friedman has been on the Wharton business school's faculty since 1984

King has worked in retail, the civil service, an NGO, and the NHS

Kang has more than 23 years’ experience in HR across a range of sectors

?Andrew Stephenson joined Lookers in 2016 as group people director. Lookers is one of the UK’s leading automotive dealer groups.

Kathryn Austin has played a core leadership role in Pizza Hut's brand turnaround

Carter joined GKN in 2014 as Driveline’s senior vice president – HR and was appointed group HRD in 2016

?John Stewart is the director of HR for SSE and reports to the CEO, Alistair Phillips-Davies.

Guthrie was appointed group HRD in 2016, with responsibility for establishing and leading HR strategy

?Fiona Cicconi joined AstraZeneca in September 2014 as executive vice president, HR

Hall joined McDonald’s UK in June 2015, to oversee the 115,000-strong workforce

?Syed is one of the world’s most influential thinkers in the field of high performance and cultural change