2021 Results At A Glance

HR Most Influential Practitioners

2021 HR Most Influential reader's guide

1 Eugenio Pirri Chief people and culture officer The Dorchester Collection
2 Sharon Benson HR director Sunrise Senior Living
3 Andy Dodman Chief human resources officer Leeds City Council
4 Claire Gore Director of HR and OD London North West Healthcare
5 Stuart Branch Chief people and digital officer Weetabix
6 Corina Forman HR director APC Overnight
7 Danny Harmer Chief people officer Aviva
8 Neil Morrison Group HR director  Severn Trent
9 Grace Mansah-Owusu Talent consultant British Heart Foundation
10 Siobhan Sheridan Chief people officer Financial Conduct Authority
11 Harvey Francis Executive vice president and chief HR officer Skanska UK
12 Kerry Smith Director of people and OD British Heart Foundation
13 Siobhan Martin Global leader of culture, leadership, and talent Aegon Asset Management
14 Kathryn Austin Chief people and marketing officer Pizza Hut Restaurants UK
15 Angela O'Driscoll  Director of people and transformation Companies House
16 Patricia Ashworth Learning director Adviser Plus
17 Caroline Nugent HR director Financial Ombudsman Service
18 Jabbar Sardar Global HR director BBC Studios
19 Stephen Moir Executive director of corporate services Edinburgh Council
20 Sue Swanborough HR director Europe Snacks Kolak
21 Hannah Awonuga Global head of colleague engagement, diversity, and inclusion Barclays
22 Debbie Alder Director general of people and capability Department for Work and Pensions
23 Jon Dawson Group director of people development Lore Group
24 David Frost People and organisational development director Total Produce
25 Harprit Hockley Head of equality and inclusion NHS England and Improvement
26 Philippa Bonay Director of people and business services Office for National Statistics
27 Mark McLane Head of diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing M&G
28 Jo Mosley HR director Salvation Army
29 Melanie Tansey Group HR director Hachette
30 Richard Hall Head of resourcing and learning and development Hertfordshire County Council
31 Jane Brydon People director The Heineken Company
32 Nebel Crowhurst People and culture director Roche
33 Kate Rand Chief people officer Threads Styling
34 Amina Folarin Chief inclusion and people officer Inside Ideas Group
35 Tim Pointer Global senior vice president of HR Global Brands Group
36 Sue Round Head of social mobility, inclusion, and belonging Co-op

HR Most Influential Thinkers

1 Shereen Daniels Managing director HR Rewired
2 Perry Timms Founder PTHR
3 John Amaechi Founder APS Intelligence
4 Simon Fanshawe Partner Diversity by Design
5 Verena Hefti CEO and founder Leaders Plus
6 Stephen Bevan Head of HR research and development Institute for Employment Studies
7 Juliette Alban-Metcalfe Chief executive Real World Group
8 Wayne Clarke  Founder Global Growth Institute
9 Frank Douglas CEO Caerus Executive
10 Jane Parry Head of research for department of organisational behaviour and HRM University of Southampton
11 Naeema Pasha Director of equity, diversity, and inclusion Henley Business School
12 Yetunde Hofmann Founder and director Solaris Executive Leadership Development
13 Tomas Charmorro-Premuzic Professor of Business Psychology University College London
14 David Green Executive director Insight222
15 Andrew Pakes Director of communications and research Prospect
16 David Millner Founder HR Curator
17 Alan Watkins Founder and CEO Complete
18 Megan Reitz Professor Hult Ashridge Business School
19 David Liddle CEO The TCM Group
20 Emma Cotton Managing director Innovation Central
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 Founder Halo Psychology
22 Hung Lee Editor Recruiting Brainfood
23 Simone Marquis Culture and inclusion The Unmistakables
24 John Higgins CEO  Higgs Bosson
25 Rob Neil Director Krystal Alliance
26 Scott Leiper Creator The Learning Lab
27 Roger Kline Research fellow Middlesex University
28 David Collings Professor of Human Resource Management Dublin City University
29 André Spicer Professor of Organisational Behaviour Cass Business School
30 Ben Whitter Founder HEX Organisation
31 Deborah Rowland Founder Still Moving Consultancy
32 Chris Roebuck Professor and associate University of Greenwich and Institute for Employment Studies
33 Eleanor Tweddell Founder Another Door and Eleanor Tweddell Communications
34 Emma Bridger Founder and managing director The People Lab
35 Gemma Dale Lecturer Liverpool John Moores University
36 Herminia Ibarra Professor of Organisational Behaviour London Business School
37 James Traeger Director and professor of practice for leadership and management Mayvin and Hult Ashridge Business School
38 Julia Hobsbawn Founder Editorial Intelligence and The Simplicity Principle
39 Rob McCargow Director of artificial intelligence PwC UK
40 Vlatka Hlupic CEO and professor Management Shift Solutions
41 Duncan Brown Visiting professor and principal associate University of Greenwich and Institute for Employment Studies
42 David Sole Managing Partner School for CEOs
43 Rachel Botsman Lecturer and Trust Fellow University of Oxford
44 John Drummond Chairman Corporate Culture
45 Linda Holbeche Co-director Linda Holbeche
46 Kerry Nutley Western Europe customer strategy director Oracle
47 Susan Vinnicombe Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management Cranfield School of Management
48 Bruce Daisley Author Make Work Better
49 Philippa Hale Director Philippa Hale Consultancy
50 Ruth Cornish Founder and director Amelore and HR Independents
51 Dawn Morton-Young Director MLHR
52 Debra Corey Founder DebCo HR
53 Natalie Ellis Founder  Rebox HR