People

Sally Smith, group director of people, Places for People

?As group director of people at Places for People, Sally Smith oversees more than 12,500 colleagues across the group’s diverse businesses

David D’Souza, membership director, CIPD

Thinkers

?D'Souza joined the CIPD in 2014 and has been its membership director since 2018

Barry Hoffman, group HR director, Landsec

Hoffman joined Landsec in June 2019 as group human resources director

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...

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

Lucy Adams, CEO, Disruptive HR

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

People

Valerie Todd, HR director, Siemens UK and Ireland

Valerie Todd is the HR director for Siemens UK and Ireland

People

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

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

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

Rob Warwick, reader in management and organisational learning, University of Chichester

Rob Warwick is a reader in management and organisational learning at the University of Chichester

Ben Bengougam, senior vice president HR, EMEA, Hilton Worldwide

Bengougam is responsible for leading HR across EMEA, which includes more than 50,000 team members in 60 countries

Norman Pickavance, CEO, Tomorrow’s Company

?Previously HR director at Dell, Marconi and then Morrison’s, Pickavance now heads up independent, not-for-profit think-tank Tomorrow’s Company

People