| 1 | Rupert McNeil | Chief people officer | Government |
| 2 | Sally Austin | Group HR director | Wincanton |
| 3 | Kate Guthrie | Group HR director | Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank |
| 4 | Ann Pickering | HR director | O2 (Telefónica UK) |
| 5 | Leena Nair | Chief HR officer | Unilever |
| 6 | Eugenio Pirri | Chief people and culture officer | Dorchester Collection |
| 7 | Mandy Coalter | Former director of people | United Learning |
| 8 | Simon Linares | HR director | Direct Line |
| 9 | Jabbar Sardar | HR director | BBC Studios |
| 10 | Siobhán Sheridan | Chief people director | Ministry of Defence |
| 11 | Baljinder Kang | Executive director of people services | Midland Heart |
| 12 | Andrew Dodman | Chief officer of HR | Leeds City Council |
| 13 | Danny Harmer | Chief people officer | Metro Bank |
| 14 | Neil Morrison | Director of HR | Severn Trent |
| 15 | Natalie Bickford | Group HR director | Merlin Entertainments Group |
| 16 | Rachel Brace | HR director | Football Association |
| 17 | Emma Rose | HR director | Kerry Foods |
| 18 | Jane Storm | Chief people officer | Saga Group |
| 19 | Ella Bennett | Group people director | Easyjet |
| 20 | Karen Shepperson | Director of people and operations | Ofsted |
| 21 | Kathryn Austin | Chief people and marketing director | Pizza Hut Restaurants |
| 22 | Danny Mortimer | Chief executive | NHS Employers |
| 23 | Debbie Alder | Director general, people and capability | Department for Work and Pensions |
| 24 | Louise Smalley | Group HR director | Whitbread |
| 25 | Shokat Lal | Assistant chief executive | Rotherham Council |
| 26 | Kathryn Pritchard | Chief HR officer | Nord Anglia Education |
| 27 | Annette Andrews | Chief people officer | Lloyd’s of London |
| 28 | Carol Kavanagh | Group HR director | Travis Perkins Group |
| 29 | Claire Gore | Director of HR and OD | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust |
| 30 | Des Pullen | Group HR director | Associated British Foods |
| 31 | Harvey Francis | Executive vice president | Skanska UK |
| 32 | David Frost | Group organisational development director | Total Produce |
| 33 | Paula Jordan | Group HR director | McCarthy & Stone |
| 34 | Jon Dawson | Director of HR | Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London & One Hyde Park Residences |
| 35 | Helen Webb | Chief people and services officer | Co-op |
| 36 | Alison Rumsey | Chief HR officer | Associated British Ports |
| 37 | Tim Jones | Group head of HR | London Stock Exchange |
| 38 | Deborah Lee | Group engagement director | Compass Group |
| 39 | Geoff Tranfield | Group HR director | IMI |
| 40 | Will Serle | Chief people officer | Capita |
| 1 | Amy Edmondson | Novartis professor of leadership and management | Harvard Business School |
| 2 | Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge | Founder | Quality and Equality |
| 3 | Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Professor of business psychology | University College London and Columbia University |
| 4 | Adam Grant | Saul P. Steinberg professor of management and professor of psychology | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| 5 | Matthew Taylor | Chief executive | RSA |
| 6 | Herminia Ibarra | Charles Handy professor of organisational behaviour | London Business School |
| 7 | Simon Sinek | Speaker and consultant | |
| 8 | Caroline Criado-Perez | Author and campaigner | |
| 9 | Perry Timms | Founder and chief energy officer | PTHR |
| 10 | Nilofer Merchant | Author and speaker | |
| 11 | Vlatka Hlupic | Professor of leadership and organisational transformation | Hult Ashridge |
| 12 | Gervase Bushe | Professor of leadership and organization development | Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University |
| 13 | Peter Cappelli | George W Taylor professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resources | Wharton University of Pennsylvania |
| 14 | Bruce Daisley | Author and VP EMEA | |
| 15 | Rob McCargow | Director of artificial intelligence | PwC UK |
| 16 | Peter Cheese | Chief executive | CIPD |
| 17 | Rachel Botsman | Author | |
| 18 | Wendy Hirsh | Independent researcher and principal associate | Institute for Employment Studies |
| 19 | David D’Souza | Membership director | CIPD |
| 20 | Josh Bersin | Principal and founder | Bersin by Deloitte |
| 21 | Megan Reitz | Professor of leadership and dialogue | Ashridge Executive Education |
| 22 | Stephen Bevan | Head of HR Research Development | Institute for Employment Studies |
| 23 | Patrick Lencioni | Founder and president | The Table Group |
| 24 | Chris Roebuck | Organisational success advisor and visiting professor of transformational leadership | Cass Business School |
| 25 | Linda Holbeche | Adjunct professor | Imperial College London |
| 26 | Patrick Wright | Thomas C Vandiver bicentennial chair and professor | University of South Carolina |
| 27 | John Amaechi | Organisational psychologist and consultant | Amaechi Performance Systems |
| 28 | James Traeger Rob Warwick |
Director Reader in management and organisational learning |
Mayvin University of Chichester |
| 29 | Simon Fanshawe | Co-founder | Stonewall |
| 30 | Susan Vinnicombe | Professor of women and leadership | Cranfield School of Management |
?Mitie is the UK’s leading facilities management business, employing 52,500 people in the UK and Ireland
Jane Storm starts her new role as chief people officer and executive committee member of Saga Group, the financial services and travel business, in October 2019
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...
Paula Leach is the global chief people officer for FDM Group, a role which she undertook in April 2019 having previously been chief people officer for The Home Office
Nicholas sits on the global board of REED, alongside the CFO and the chairman and chief executive James Reed. The three of them oversee all group operations
?Greatrex has held a number of HR leadership roles in a variety of sectors both in the UK and internationally
?Sally Austin is group HR director for Wincanton
Breeze became group HRD at Bunzl at the beginning of this year
In April 2018 Serle was appointed as chief people officer, a new position at Capita that gives him the responsibility for all elements of HR
Neil Morrison is the director of HR for Severn Trent, one of the UK's largest water companies and a member of the FTSE 100
John Stewart is the director of HR for SSE, one of the biggest energy companies in the UK
| Alastair Gill | Head of people | giffgaff |
| Barry Hoffman | Group HR director | Landsec |
| Ben Plant | Director of HR and OD | oneSource |
| Fiona Deal | Executive director of people and technology | Network Homes |
| Jane Falconer | Chief human resources officer | ISG |
| Jill Hatcher | Chief people officer | Home Office |
| Katherine Easter | Chief people officer | Pension Protection Fund |
| Kathy Callaghan | Group HR director | Rotork |
| Kim Healey | People director | Everton Football Club |
| Sarah Murphy-Brookman | Director HR and OD | Buckinghamshire County Council |
| Althea Loderick | Chief executive and head of paid service | Newham Council |
| David Smith | Author, business consultant | speaker and mentor |
| Gary Cookson | Director | EPIC HR |
| Guy Pink | Portfolio careerist | Guy Pink HR |
| Jon Ingham | HR and OD consultant | Strategic Dynamics Consultancy Services |
| Karen Beaven | Founder | The HR Entrepreneurs Network |
| Karen Grave | President | Public Service People Managers Association |
| Lucy Adams | CEO | Disruptive HR |
| Melanie Steel | Owner | People Change Expertise |
| Norman Pickavance | CEO | Tomorrow’s Company |
| Paul Taylor-Pitt | Assistant director of organisational development | NHS Employers |
