Rupert McNeil, chief people officer, Government

Rupert McNeil was appointed as government chief people officer in January 2016, joining the civil service from Lloyds Banking Group where he was group HR director

Siobhán Sheridan, chief people director, Ministry of Defence

Siobhán Sheridan joined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in July 2017 as civilian HR director. She is responsible for the workforce of 57,000 civil servants, the broader civilian and contractor...

Ella Bennett, group people director, Easyjet

Bennett joined EasyJet as group people director in May 2018 from Sainsbury’s Argos

Steve Rockey, people director, Home Grown Hotels and Lime Wood Group

Steve Rockey is people director for Hampshire-based Home Grown Hotels and Lime Wood Group – a selection of boutique country house hotels across the south of England

Darren Hockaday, HR director, Gatwick Airport

Hockaday has more than 18 years in HR with experience in transport, infrastructure, aerospace, engineering, retail and manufacturing

Danny Mortimer, chief executive, NHS Employers

Mortimer has headed up NHS Employers, the employers’ organisation for the English NHS, since November 2014

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Emma Rose, HR director, Kerry Foods

Emma Rose has been the HR director for Kerry Foods since January 2016

Karen Shepperson, director of people and operations, Ofsted

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

Beata Gawarecka-Green, head of human resources, Triton Partners

Gawarecka-Green is responsible for the human resources function

Baljinder Kang, executive director of people services, Midland Heart

Kang has more than 25 years of operational and strategic HR experience across sectors including private, public, voluntary and not-for-profit

Paul Raby, group HR director, Balfour Beatty

Raby has been group HRD for Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group, since 2005

Megan Reitz, professor of leadership and dialogue, Ashridge Executive Education

Megan Reitz is professor of leadership and dialogue at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School