Chair: Katie Jacobs

Katie Jacobs is an award-winning business journalist and editor. She is a well-regarded commentator on the world of work, HR and leadership and previously worked at the CIPD, where she built the body’s HR leader network, creating a strong peer community of chief people officers. 

In her journalism career, she was previously editor of HR magazine, and she has written about the world of work for magazines including People Management, Work and Management Today and newspapers including the Times and the Financial Times. She was also editor of Supply Management, the magazine of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

Katie was the co-host of CIPD Work magazine’s popular What If podcast, which put provocative business questions under the spotlight. She is the co-author of several influential CIPD reports and is a senior research fellow of The Conference Board. In her journalism and speaking work, she has interviewed everyone from comedians Katherine Ryan and Sue Perkins (in front of large live audiences), to FTSE100 CEOs and board chairs, as well as countless CPOs, academics and HR thought leaders.