Neil Foulger, managing director, HR, Liberty Global Group

Foulger represented Liberty Global's HR interests in the formation of the Dutch joint venture with Vodafone

Jabbar Sardar, HR director, BBC Studios

?Jabbar Sardar is HR director for BBC Studios, the BBC’s main TV production arm which in April 2017 launched as a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC. Having joined in January 2016, he...

Deborah Lee, chief people officer, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

Deborah Lee moved to Yoox Net-a-porter Group as its first chief people officer in January 2017

Geoff Lloyd, group HR director, Serco

Lloyd joined Serco in August 2008 as group HRD and a member of the executive committee

Mary Humiston, group HR director, Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines and also has major businesses in marine propulsion and power systems

Liz Mellon, Executive director, Authentic Leadership and Duke Corporate Education

A leading business educator, Liz Mellon works with CEOs and executives all over the world.

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Edward E Lawler, director, Center for Effective Organizations and distinguished professor of business, University of Southern California

Edward E Lawler has been honoured as a top contributor to the fields of organisational development and behaviour, corporate governance, compensation and HR management. As well as being a director of...

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Jacky Simmonds, group director, people, easyJet

Jacky Simmonds is an experienced HR executive, having worked in a number of sectors.

Catherine Ward, group director of HR, Interserve

Catherine Ward’s career has covered strategic HR leadership, transformation, and communications, in roles in the public, private and private equity sectors, and as a consultant.

Amy Cuddy, Associate professor, Harvard Business School

?Amy Cuddy is known around the world for her 2012 TED Talk, which is the second most-viewed in TED’s history

Susan Vinnicombe, professor of women and leadership, Cranfield School of Management

Susan Vinnicombe's research interests focus on the lack of women in leadership, specifically on corporate boards; women's leadership styles and the issues involved in women developing their executive...

Paula Porter, senior VP people, Carnival UK

Porter started her career in retail working for Marks and Spencer on its management training scheme. This followed various HR roles in Bodyshop, B&Q and John Lewis Partnership.