
2020 speakers
Farrah Storr
Editor-In Chief, Elle
Gina Miller
Campaigner, Co-Founder, SCM Direct
Josh Bersin
Founder and Dean, Josh Bersin Academy
June Sarpong OBE
Director of Creative Diversity, BBC
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer, Google X and Author of 'Solve for Happy'
Professor Megan Reitz
Professor of Leadership and Dialogue, Hult Ashridge Executive Education
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Author, 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'
A-Z
Abdul Wahab
D&I Adviser, CIPD
Aggie Mutuma
Managing Director, Mahogany Inclusion Partners
Alexander Alonso
Chief Knowledge Officer, SHRM
Alexandra Levit
Writer, workplace expert, futurist, former adviser to Obama administration
Aliya Mohammed
Chief Executive Officer, Race Equality First
Andy Lancaster
Head of Learning, CIPD
Ann Potterton
Head of Apprenticeships, BT
Becky Coleman
Senior HR Business Partner Sales and Marketing, Ferrero
Bill Budd
Legal Director, Virgin
Bob Morton
President, WFPMA
Brad Taylor
Director of People and OD, CIPD
Charles Cotton
Senior Performance and Reward Adviser, CIPD
Charlotte North
Assistant Director, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS
Cheryl Samuels
Deputy Director of Workforce Transformation, NHS Improvement
Christos Tsaprounis
People & Culture Leader, Auto Trader UK
Claire McCartney
Diversity and Inclusion Adviser, CIPD
Daniel Kasmir
Chief People and Procurement Officer, TalkTalk
David Bearfield
Director of the Office of Human Resources, UNDP
David Cagney
Chief Human Resources Officer for the Civil Service, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
David D’Souza
Director of Membership, CIPD
David Frost
HR Director, Total Produce
David Johnston
Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Dawn Metcalfe
Workplace Culture Advisor, Author and Speaker, PDSi
Dawn Moore
Group People Director, The Murphy Group
Deborah Lee
Group Engagement Director, Compass Group
Debra Corey
Chief Pay it Forward Officer, DebCO HR Ltd
Dev Modi
D&I Thought Leader
Dominic Taylor
Enterprise Director, Reward Gateway
Dr Elouise Leonard-Cross
Occupational Psychologist and Head of People Strategy & Experience, Northumbrian Water Limited
Duncan Brown
Independent adviser, Principal Associate IES, Visiting Professor University of Greenwich
Emma Cusdin
Co-Director, Global Butterflies
Emma Donaldson-Feilder
Occupational Psychologist, Affinity Coaching and Supervision
Farrah Storr
Editor-In Chief, Elle
Fleur Bothwick
EMEIA, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at EY
Frank Douglas
CEO, Caerus Executive
Gina Miller
Campaigner, Co-Founder, SCM Direct
Grace Moronfolu MBE
Chair, National Black Crown Prosecution Association
Hannah Law
Director of L&D, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe
Hayfa Mohdzaini
Senior Research Advisor - Data, Tech and AI, CIPD
Helen Matthews
Chief People Officer, Ogilvy
Jessica Barclay
Head of HR, Haymarket Media Group
Joanna Place
Chief Operating Officer, Bank of England
Jon Boys
Labour Market Economist, CIPD
Jonny Gifford
Senior Advisor for Organisational Behaviour, CIPD
Jorge Aisa Dreyfus
EVP Talent, Capability & Culture, Sage
Josh Bersin
Founder and Dean, Josh Bersin Academy
June Sarpong OBE
Director of Creative Diversity, BBC
Kamal Shergill
Group HR Director, United Living
Katie Jacobs
Senior Stakeholders Lead, CIPD
Kirsten Edwards
HR Lead, Advanced Analytics and Data Science at Rio Tinto and Author
Kirsty Cook
Head of Neurodiversity Advisory Services, Auticon Ltd
Kristofer Karsten
Head of HR, Ceridian
Leena Haque
Neurodiversity Lead, BBC
Liggy Webb
Award-winning Presenter and Author
Lizzie Crowley
Senior Skills Policy Advisor, CIPD
Mary Connaughton
Director, CIPD Ireland
Matt Elliott
Chief People Officer, Bank of Ireland
Mel Green
Research Adviser, CIPD
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer, Google X and Author of 'Solve for Happy'
Paul Farmer
Chief Executive, Mind
Paula Ashfield
Transformation Director UK & Ireland, Danone
Peter Cheese
CEO, CIPD
Professor Megan Reitz
Professor of Leadership and Dialogue, Hult Ashridge Executive Education
Raafi Karim-Alidina
Author of Building an Inclusive Organization: Leveraging the Power of a Diverse Workforce
Rachel Suff
Senior Policy Adviser, Employment Relations, CIPD
Rebecca Peters
Research Adviser, CIPD
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Author, 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'
Rick Hughes
Author of 'Get a life! Creating a Successful Work-Life Balance' & Head of Counselling, University of Aberdeen
Rick Lee
Chief People Officer, Willmott Dixon
Ricky Somal
Associate Director of OD and Education, Isle of Wight NHS
Riina Hellström
Author of 'Agile HR: Deliver Value in a Changing World of Work'
Robert Jeffery
Editor-in-Chief, Haymarket Business Media
Roslyn O’Shaughnessy
HR Manager, BD Medical
Rupa Patel
CEO, Day Lewis Pharmacy
Sandra Kerr
CBE, Race Equality Director Business in the Community
Sandra Wallace
Partner and Joint Managing Director, UK and Europe, DLA Piper UK LLP
Sara Bennison
Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Nationwide Building Society
Sara Khoja
Employment Partner, Dubai, Clyde & Co
Sarah Morris
Group Chief People Officer, Compass Group
Shirley Rogers
Director for Organisational Readiness, SGoRR Director, NHS Scotland
Sue Coe
Senior Policy Officer, TUC
Tali Shlomo
Head of Inclusion and Wellbeing, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Tilly Harries
Director & Employment Law Barrister, PwC
Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth
Former CHRO, BBC
Veronica Hope Hailey
Professor Emerita Management Studies, University of Bath
Wilson Wong
Head of Insights and Future, CIPD
Yinka Opaneye
Group HR Director, Game Analytics