Diana Breeze, group HR director, Bunzl

Breeze became group HRD at Bunzl at the beginning of this year

Before this she was the group HR director of Land Securities Group (Landsec) where she sat as a member of the executive committee and attended Investment, Remuneration and Nominations Committee meetings.

Prior to this she was director of HR (corporate) at Sainsbury’s, after a period in consulting with Accenture where she specialised in organisational design and development. She began her career on the graduate programme of the John Lewis Partnership.

Breeze was appointed as a non-executive board member of HM Land Registry in November 2017, where she also chaired the Remuneration Committee. She has also served as a trustee on the board of the UK Green Building Council.

Breeze holds a degree in modern history from the University of Oxford and a Master’s in industrial relations and personnel management from the London School of Economics. She is a chartered fellow of the CIPD.

She lives in Kingston-upon-Thames with her husband and three children (18,17 and 10). Her hobbies include playing the clarinet (somewhat rustily!), travelling and camping with her family.