Asif Sadiq has a long and rich career in the E&I space with senior executive roles at Adidas, The Telegraph, and EY Financial Services. Listed as one of the Most Influential Global D&I Leaders by Hive Learning, the CIPD’s Top 20 Power List, and was honoured with an MBE in 2017 by the Queen. As SVP of E&I International at Warner Media, Asif works on globally driving the agenda around diversity.

Ceri joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2017 where she now holds the position of People Director for their Insurance, Pensions & Investments Business. Prior to LBG, she has held HR leadership roles in Aviva and Hastings Direct, and much of her career has been focused on business partnering and change management roles with a specific focus on M&A.

Outside of work she is a foster carer and has her own busy family life with husband, 3 children, and a lively cocker spaniel!

Charles Wynn-Evans is an experienced employment lawyer and is a partner and International General Counsel at Dechert LLP. He has previously served as a fee paid employment judge and as a deputy chair of the Central Arbitration Committee. He writes about employment law matters and his book “The Law of TUPE Transfers” was published in its third edition by Oxford University Press in February 2022.

Chris Taylor is the host of the Oven Ready HR podcast featured weekly in Personnel Today. Oven Ready HR is considered one of world’s best HR podcasts and has been listened to in over 130 countries. Oven Ready tells stories from the global world of work; interviewing some of the world’s top HR thinkers and commentators sharing best-in-class insight and analysis.

Christine is a highly experienced, flexible and adaptable human resources, people and organisation development specialist, senior manager, consultant, coach and mentor with a proven and successful track record in operational and strategic human resource management, people and organisation development, leadership and management development, equalities, diversity and inclusion and business transformation. She has a strong public sector, regulatory and international experience gained in the Civil Service, Local and International Government and Higher Education sector.

Craig has an HR background which spans over 35 years across a number of companies in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications, Property and Health and Social Care sectors . He has worked at Group or Regional HR Director level (either as a permanent or interim) for 16 international and UK businesses, most notably Sky, Bupa, BT, The Crown Estate, Dentsu Aegis Network, Compaq Computer and Jersey Telecom, with overall HR responsibility for up to 15,000 employees and 45 countries. He is currently the Interim People Director for Four Seasons Healthcare.

He has also worked as a senior change management consultant at Accenture, advising corporate clients in the banking and utilities sectors.

Craig is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and holds an MA (Hons) in French & Italian from the University of Cambridge. He is also Chair of London HR Connection, the leading networking group for senior HR practitioners

Daniel is an employment barrister with 30 years' experience defending companies in employment litigation. He is the founder of the HR Inner Circle, the UK's leading membership club for smart, ambitious HR Professionals, and chairman of Chequers HR, an investor in independent HR consultancies throughout the UK. He has published 15 books on employment law and is a speaker on the national and international employment law lecture circuit. For the last 12 years he has presented the Legal Hour on LBC Radio, the UK's leading commercial talk radio station with a reach of over 3.3 million listeners.

Denis Barnard is the lead consultant at HRmeansbusiness Ltd and is a recognised practitioner in the field of HR and payroll software selection, successfully working in a wide variety of sectors both UK and international.

He is actively engaged in producing educational recordings, webinars and written material for HR & payroll professionals under the GreenRiver Technology World banner and is authoring a follow up to his book on HR tech published in 2019.

Eugene is a highly respected mental wellbeing specialist with more than 30 years of experience. Current Chair and Emeritus member of UK EAPA, a leader in workplace mental wellbeing, counselling and psychological therapy, he has championed the removal of mental health stigma for more than 20 years. He has a keen interest in digital health solutions and mental health and wellbeing apps.

Having worked in HR for a number of different Councils, Gordon has been an Assistant Director in Leicestershire County Council for the last 10 years, leading the HR function together with a number of other support services. He is also the current President of the Public Services People Managers’ Association.

Greig Aitken is Group Head, Colleague Strategy and Insight at NatWest Group. Based in Edinburgh, UK he leads the development of the Group’s People Strategy across 16 brands including NatWest, Ulster Bank, Coutts and Royal Bank of Scotland.

The focus of Greig’s work includes employee experience, engagement, culture assessment as well as enabling leaders to deeply understand the effectiveness of their people strategy and its tangible impact on businesses performance, sales and service.

He is a qualified chartered Banker, has an MBA in finance and management, is a Fellow of the CIPD and of the Learning & Performance Institute.

Greig is passionate about the positive impact of human capital on business success and has taught human capital strategy case studies at Harvard Business School, London Business School and the University of Southern California. He is a member of the European Council on Strategic Workforce Planning and The European council of strategy & Transformation.

Jane joined Working Families as CEO in September 2018. She has 14 years’ experience working in the third sector and has held senior leadership positions at a number of UK charities, including Samaritans and Sands. She believes in the value of a fulfilling, balanced working life and its transformative power to create social connections, build self-esteem, and impact the wider community. She is a passionate advocate of equal opportunity for all.

She spent her childhood in the UK (Norfolk) and South Africa (Cape Town & Johannesburg). Jane holds a social science bachelor’s degree from the University of Cape Town in Industrial Sociology and Industrial Psychology.

Kelly is the Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing for Fujitsu Europe. Kelly has held a variety of senior HR roles during her career, including Head of Organization Design and Change and European-wide HR Generalist roles. She is passionate about creating an environment where everyone can be completely themselves at work and advocating the links between employee wellbeing and inclusion. Kelly’s thought leadership on the topics of inclusion and wellbeing at work are often reported in the media.

My early career in Shell and then a Whitbread/Allied Domecq joint venture laid strong professional foundations where excellent human resource management was intertwined with leading major business change.

My consulting journey started in 1990 when I joined what is now PwC and their HR and Strategic Change practice areas. Since founding Mightywaters Consulting in 1998 I have been able to work with some amazing organisations across all sectors and with some truly excellent HR teams. My desire to partner with clients who want to create organisations people want to work in has not diminished over time. I’m delighted to be a judge again and to have the opportunity to recognise HR and Consulting at its very best.

Martin Tiplady runs Chameleon People Solutions Ltd - providing OD, HR, Coaching and Investigative services. Previously, Martin was HRD of the Metropolitan Police, The Berkeley Group plc, Westminster Health Care Holdings PLC and The Housing Corporation. He is the Vice Chair of Midland Heart Housing and a respected NED. He was named by The Daily Telegraph as Personnel Director of the Year and recently described as one of the most influential people in HR today.

Nic Paton is consulting editor of OHW+. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for OHW+ and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.

Sheila Attwood is XpertHR’s managing editor, pay and HR practice. She has more than 25 years’ experience of working in a research and editorial capacity in a publishing environment, with a focus on the labour market, reward, industrial relations and HR practice. Sheila leads the team that is responsible for the HR and reward content on XpertHR, with a key responsibility for the pay settlement tracking service. She oversees the employer practice surveys on XpertHR and commissions and edits practical guidance on all aspects of day-to-day reward and HR management. She is an expert on company pay awards and is regularly called upon to appear in the broadcast and print media to comment on the level of increase in pay rates.