Claire Gore, director of HR and OD, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Gore has worked in HR for more than 30 years across a variety of public sector organisations

Erica Coletta, Chief human resources officer, pladis

Erica Coletta is CHRO at pladis, a qualified lawyer, and is on the board of Health Right International

Emma Holden, global head of HR, Schroders

Holden joined Schroders in 2007 as head of corporate communications

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Matthew Syed, Journalist, writer and broadcaster

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

Jo Davis, Group HR director, Mitie Group

Jo Davis is the group HR director of Mitie

Jennifer Duvalier, Various non-executive roles

?Jennifer Duvalier is one of the most influential women in technology, having been executive vice president, people for FTSE40 firm and world’s leading semiconductor intellectual property supplier.

Sharon Ashcroft, HR director, TrustFord

During her 13 years within the business, Sharon Ashcroft has played a strategic role in building a distinctively positive culture; one that rewards, nurtures and inspires the 3,200 employees that make...

Peter Cheese, chief executive, CIPD

Peter is the chief executive of the CIPD, the professional body for more than 150,000 HR and people development professionals around the world.

Natalie Bickford, group HR director, Merlin Entertainments Group

After graduating in French and international relations from the University of Warwick in 1992, Natalie Bickford developed a varied HR career with roles in high-profile companies such as Kingfisher,...

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Adrienne McFarland, group people operations director, Utilitywise

McFarland holds a BA in politics and social policy and began her career in 1991 with roles in KPMG, Ford and Accenture

Des Pullen, group HR director, Associated British Foods

Des Pullen is responsible for ABF’s people agenda. He also leads the group’s activities in health, safety and environment, as well as procurement

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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of business psychology, University College London and Columbia University

Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics

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