| 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 |
