Lucy Adams, CEO, Disruptive HR

There will be few in HR who haven’t seen Lucy Adams speak or heard of her work

People

Kim Healey, people director, Everton Football Club

?Healey has worked in HR for more than 27 years, beginning her career in operations then moving to a training role at Asda

Marco Reick, HR director, Black Sheep Coffee

Marco Reick has spent his career in HR within a number of businesses in the UK hospitality industry

Claire Hall, global executive vice president of people, Menzies Aviation

?Hall joined Menzies in October 2017, to oversee a global workforce of 35,000

Raj Verma, global SVP human resources, Sodexo

Verma joined Sodexo UK and Ireland in 2007 as an HR director. Following several international roles, including time living and working in Australia, he was appointed as senior vice president, human...

Eugenio Pirri, chief people and culture officer, Dorchester Collection

Pirri and his team are responsible for all aspects of human resources, learning, employee and guest engagement, workplace equality, corporate responsibility and The Dorchester Collection Academy...

Paula Jordan, group HR director, McCarthy & Stone

McCarthy & Stone, a FTSE 250 company, is the UK’s leading developer, manager and owner of retirement communities

People

Leena Nair, chief HR officer, Unilever

Nair's purpose is “to ignite the human spark in everyone – to build a better business, and a better world”

Herminia Ibarra, Charles Handy professor of organisational behaviour, London Business School

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School (LBS)

Katherine Easter, chief people officer, Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

?With a mission to pay the right people the right amount at the right time, the PPF protects people with a defined benefit pension when their employer becomes insolvent

Ben Plant, director of HR and OD, OneSource

?Ben Plant became director of HR and OD at oneSource, the leading public sector shared service, in August 2019

Jennifer Tippin, group people and productivity director, Lloyds Banking Group

Tippin was appointed the group people and productivity director for Lloyds in July 2017