Darren Hockaday, HR director, Gatwick Airport

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

Debbie Alder, director general, people and capability, Department for Work and Pensions

?Alder took on the expanded role of director general, people and capability in April 2019

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Gary Cookson, director, EPIC HR

?Gary Cookson’s lightbulb moment came in 2017 when he was speaking at a CIPD conference on the subject of flexible working and how HR should lead by example

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Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, group HR director, Charles Stanley

?Kate Griffiths-Lambeth joined Charles Stanley as group HR director in 2015 and was appointed to the executive committee in 2017. She is the first HR professional and woman to hold such a role since...

Stephen Moir, executive director of resources, City of Edinburgh Council

?With an annual operating budget of more than £1.3 billion and employing 18,500 people, the City of Edinburgh Council delivers more than 700 public services to the people who live, work, study in or...

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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Rachel Botsman, author

Rachel Botsman is a leading expert and author on trust in the modern world

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Emma Rose, HR director, Kerry Foods

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

Caroline Criado-Perez, author and campaigner

Caroline Criado-Perez is a writer, broadcaster and award-winning feminist campaigner

Ronan Cassidy, chief human resources and corporate officer, Royal Dutch Shell

Ronan Cassidy is chief human resources and corporate officer at Royal Dutch Shell, a position he has held since January 2016

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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