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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Karen Shepperson joined Ofsted in 2010 as head of HR, becoming HR director in 2013 and director of people and operations in 2016

Carol Kavanagh joined the Travis Perkins Group in 2007 and is responsible for all people-related activities