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Natalie Dalton

Chief People Officer, Registers of Scotland

Jonathan Pender

Deputy Director of Human Resources, NHS Lanarkshire

Fiona Smith

Organisational Development Partner, DC Thomson

Colin MacLachlan

former SAS soldier and author

Fern Brady

Award-winning Scottish Comedian and Author

Samantha Hamilton-Green

Group People & Brand Director, Dakota Hotels

Sarah Steel

Head of HR and OD, Hanover Scotland Housing Association

Mervyn Dinnen

Analyst, Author, Researcher & Podcaster on HR and Talent Trends

Lorna Macdonald

Head of Operations - Production Capability , BBC

Nick Robinson

Author of ‘The 9 Types of Difficult People’

Caroline Bayne

Lead HR Consultant - Learning and Development, The City of Edinburgh Council

'Kola Otekalu

Director, Human Resources, Oceaneering

Louise Storie

Head of Connect, The Donaldson Trust

Jude McCorry

CEO, Cyber and Fraud Security Centre

Fiona Hogg

Chief People Officer, NHS Scotland

Lisa McPherson

Group People Director UK & Europe, City Facilities Management Holdings

Katharine O'Callaghan

HRD - People Transformation, NatWest

Paul Reid

Founder and CEO, Trickle

Alistair Paton

Senior Director, Colleague Relations, Asda

Mellissa O'Byrne

Senior Consulting Business Psychologist, Lexxic

Phil Sartain

Early Careers Talent Acquisition Leader UK & EMEA, Aon

Conor Allen

Key Account Director, YuLife

Event date

Thursday 20 March 2025

EICC, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 8EE

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