2025 Headline artists Alex Horne Comedian, Bandleader and Creator of Taskmaster Alex Scott MBE Sports Broadcaster and Presenter Jamie Laing Broadcaster and entrepreneur , Candy Kittens & Jampot productions
Matthew Syed Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Sarah Armstrong-Smith Chief Security Officer, Microsoft
Latest artists announced Ade Odusola Senior Associate Consultant, Bain & Company Alice Burks Director, People Success, Deel Alice McBeth Head of Human Resources, Autorola Amanda Chadwick Expert Speaker and Broadcaster, Croner-i Andy Ayim Leadership Advisor, Entrepreneur and Thought Leader Annabel Jones Senior HR Director, ADP Ben Auty Chief People and Places Officer, Lloyds Banking Beth Whittaker Chief Human Resources Officer, Veolia Bethany Samson People Director, Investors in People Catherine Douglas Chief People Officer Charlotte Clarke SVP People Operations, Everway Chloe Smith President, CIPD Chris Britton People Experience Director, Reward Gateway Chris Dolby Senior Director - HR Talent and Learning, GXO Christine Cary Vice President, Leadership Pipeline Institute - UK and Ireland Christopher Ronald EMEA Region Head, Incentives, Rewards & Benefits, BHN Claire Angliss Head of Organisational Development and Capability, Rolls-Royce Colin Ellis Author of 'Detox Your Culture' and 'Culture Fix' Dahlia Mukherji Culture, DEI, Engagement and Wellbeing Consultant, Lloyd's Register David Bowes Head of People, Insights Learning & Development David Papa Leadership Performance and Change Management Coach and Trainer, Think Productive Dr Amanda Potter Founder & CEO, Zircon Dr Jo Kandola Kandola+, CEO Dr Nancy Doyle Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genius Within Dr Zaheer Ahmad Head of Unifying Culture, BDO UK Dr. Graham Norris Organisational, Psychologist, Futurist Emma Potter Director — Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Community Engagement EMEA, Alliance Bernstein Esther Mark Senior Facilitator, Debate Mate Training Francisca Beloso Associate Director of Inclusive Diversity, Alvarez & Marsal Gary Bennion Chief Product and Technology Officer, Haiilo Hannah Awonuga Group Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Partner, Knight Frank Hasan Reza Head of Workforce Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Hayley Farrell Global Wellbeing and Resilience Director, Arcadis Helen Marshall Chief Learning Officer , Thrive Helen Tomlinson Head of Inclusion, Adecco Group Howard Watson Director - People & Workforce Management , Civica Hugo Van Mol Commercial Director, Debate Mate Training Ian Prentice CEO, Fuel Learning Idris Arshad Head of People, Asthma + Lung UK Jackie Grier Director of Partner Solutions, Mindset Practice James Browne Senor Policy Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change James Proctor Chief Operating Officer , Phase 3 Jen Jordan Head of Strategic Customers, Workvivo Jennifer Sproul Chief Executive, Institute of Internal Communication Jenny Ainsworth Leadership Development Consultant Jess Bamtefa Head of Talent Acquisition, Netflix UK John Kiernan Employer Engagement and Network Manager, Centre for Ageing Better Jonathan Austin Founder and CEO, Best Companies Judy Oliver Commercial Relationship Director, Clarity4D Katrina Bozicevich Managing Director, MG OMD Keanna Williams Litigation Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Keerti Baker Marketing Director, Lifetime Financial Management Kim McMurdo Head of Organisational Development, Standard Chartered Bank Laura McLean Strategic People Management Solutions Manager, People & Culture, Santander Lisa Cappuccini Career Development Solution Lead, LHH Louise Doyle CEO, MESMA & Strategic Associate, Strategic Development Network Louise Johnston Head of Customer Success, Phase 3 Lucy Lewis Partner, Employment, Reward and Immigration, Lewis Silkin Luke McKeever Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Marc Molloy Associate Director of Leadership Excellence, Metropolitan Police Mathew Akrigg Policy & Research Officer, CIPP Najlaa Nabihah HR Practitioner, Australian Telecommunication Industry Neil Pickering Director - HR Innovation, UKG Nicholas Williams Director - Transaction Strategy & Execution, EY Nick Matthews General Manager, EMEA, Cultural Amp Nick Winfield Global Sales Training Manager , Avon Nick Wright Founder, Go Slow to Go Fast Nik Clarke Head of Employment Group at Field Court Chambers Nita Clarke OBE, Director, Involvement and Participation Association Pauline Miller Chief Equity Officer, EMEA, Dentsu Peter Cheese Chief Executive, CIPD Poppie Foakes Director of Product and Innovation, Retail Trust Professor Binna Kandola Pearn Kandola, Founder Rebecca Carter Head of Product, MHR Rebecca Thomas Head of Employment Policy, EHRC Renu Gupta Director of Talent & Deputy HR Director, University of Oxford Rich Cook Chief Psychologist, Mindset Practice Russell Deathridge Senior Principal Consultant, LHH Sam Westwood People Experience Director, KFC UK&I Sara Willis Programme Title, University of Oxford Scott Christie Head of Training and Integration, Strengthscope Shane Ashby-Roche Head of Org Development & Culture, The White Company Sharon Fernandes Commercial Learning Consultant, CIPD Sharon Livermore MBE Founder and DA Campaigner, Domestic Abuse Education Sonia Gupta Global Talent, Leadership & Culture Transformation Expert, Save the Children Steph Edusei Chief Executive, St Oswald's Hospice Stephanie Kukoyi Senior People Scientist - EMEA, Culture Amp Steve Elcock CEO and Founder, elementsuite Steve George Head of Learning, CIPD Theo Smith Founder, Director and Author, Neurodiversity at Work Tim Edwards Career Development Solution Lead, LHH Tom Cheesewright Applied Futurist Vicky Bawa Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, BAE Systems Wendy Macartney People Partner at Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd
CHAIRS CHAIR: Claire Hodson Change Management Lead, CIPD CHAIR: Jake Young Senior Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Jessica Rolfe-Dix Managing Director, Debate Mate Training CHAIR: Leah De Silva Senior Programme Manager, CIPD Trust CHAIR: Rachel Suff Senior Employment Relations Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Theni Paramaguru Senior Advisor, CIPD CHAIR: Ben Willmott Head of Public Policy, CIPD
Headline Artists slide 5 to 7 of 3 Matthew Syed Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Alex Horne Comedian, Bandleader and Creator of Taskmaster Alex Scott MBE Sports Broadcaster and Presenter Matthew Syed Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Alex Horne Comedian, Bandleader and Creator of Taskmaster Alex Scott MBE Sports Broadcaster and Presenter Matthew Syed Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Alex Horne Comedian, Bandleader and Creator of Taskmaster Alex Scott MBE Sports Broadcaster and Presenter Matthew Syed Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster Alex Horne Comedian, Bandleader and Creator of Taskmaster
Latest artists announced slide 5 to 8 of 62 Theo Smith Founder, Director and Author, Neurodiversity at Work Tim Edwards Career Development Solution Lead, LHH Vicky Bawa Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, BAE Systems Wendy Macartney People Partner at Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd Ade Odusola Senior Associate Consultant, Bain & Company Alice McBeth Head of Human Resources, Autorola Andy Ayim Leadership Advisor, Entrepreneur and Thought Leader Annabel Jones Senior HR Director, ADP Ben Auty Chief People and Places Officer, Lloyds Banking Ben Wilmott Head of Public Policy and Practice, CIPD Beth Whittaker Chief Human Resources Officer, Veolia Catherine Douglas Chief People Officer Charlotte Clarke SVP People Operations, Everway Chris Britton People Experience Director, Reward Gateway Chris Dolby Senior Director - HR Talent and Learning, GXO Christine Cary Vice President, Leadership Pipeline Institute - UK and Ireland Christopher Ronald EMEA Region Head, Incentives, Rewards & Benefits, BHN Colin Ellis Author of 'Detox Your Culture' and 'Culture Fix' Dr Amanda Potter Founder & CEO, Zircon Dr Nancy Doyle Founder and Chief Science Officer, Genius Within Dr. Graham Norris Organisational, Psychologist, Futurist Esther Mark Senior Facilitator, Debate Mate Training Francisca Beloso Associate Director of Inclusive Diversity, Alvarez & Marsal Gary Bennion Chief Product and Technology Officer, Haiilo Hannah Awonuga Group Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Partner, Knight Frank Hasan Reza Head of Workforce Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Hayley Farrell Global Wellbeing and Resilience Director, Arcadis Helen Tomlinson Head of Inclusion, Adecco Group Hugo Van Mol Commercial Director, Debate Mate Training Ian Prentice CEO, Fuel Learning Idris Arshad Head of People, Asthma + Lung UK Jackie Grier Director of Partner Solutions, Mindset Practice James Browne Senor Policy Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change James Proctor Chief Operating Officer , Phase 3 Jennifer Sproul Chief Executive, Institute of Internal Communication John Kiernan Employer Engagement and Network Manager, Centre for Ageing Better Judy Oliver Commercial Relationship Director, Clarity4D Keanna Williams Litigation Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Keerti Baker Marketing Director, Lifetime Financial Management Lisa Cappuccini Career Development Solution Lead, LHH Louise Johnston Head of Customer Success, Phase 3 Lucy Lewis Partner, Employment, Reward and Immigration, Lewis Silkin Marc Molloy Associate Director of Leadership Excellence, Metropolitan Police Mathew Akrigg Policy & Research Officer, CIPP Najlaa Nabihah HR Practitioner, Australian Telecommunication Industry Nicholas Williams Director - Transaction Strategy & Execution, EY Nik Clarke Head of Employment Group at Field Court Chambers Nita Clarke OBE, Director, Involvement and Participation Association Pauline Miller Chief Equity Officer, EMEA, Dentsu Peter Cheese Chief Executive, CIPD Poppie Foakes Director of Product and Innovation, Retail Trust Rebecca Thomas Head of Employment Policy, EHRC Rich Cook Chief Psychologist, Mindset Practice Russell Deathridge Senior Principal Consultant, LHH Scott Christie Head of Training and Integration, Strengthscope Shane Ashby-Roche Head of Org Development & Culture, The White Company Sharon Fernandes Commercial Learning Consultant, CIPD Sharon Livermore MBE Founder and DA Campaigner, Domestic Abuse Education Sonia Gupta Global Talent, Leadership & Culture Transformation Expert, Save the Children Steph Edusei Chief Executive, St Oswald's Hospice Steve Elcock CEO and Founder, elementsuite Steve George Head of Learning, CIPD Theo Smith Founder, Director and Author, Neurodiversity at Work Tim Edwards Career Development Solution Lead, LHH Vicky Bawa Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, BAE Systems Wendy Macartney People Partner at Nedbank Private Wealth Ltd Ade Odusola Senior Associate Consultant, Bain & Company Alice McBeth Head of Human Resources, Autorola Andy Ayim Leadership Advisor, Entrepreneur and Thought Leader Annabel Jones Senior HR Director, ADP
CHAIRS slide 8 to 11 of 6 CHAIR: Theni Paramaguru Senior Advisor, CIPD CHAIR: Claire Hodson Change Management Lead, CIPD CHAIR: Jake Young Senior Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Jessica Rolfe-Dix Managing Director, Debate Mate Training CHAIR: Leah De Silva Senior Programme Manager, CIPD Trust CHAIR: Rachel Suff Senior Employment Relations Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Theni Paramaguru Senior Advisor, CIPD CHAIR: Claire Hodson Change Management Lead, CIPD CHAIR: Jake Young Senior Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Jessica Rolfe-Dix Managing Director, Debate Mate Training CHAIR: Leah De Silva Senior Programme Manager, CIPD Trust CHAIR: Rachel Suff Senior Employment Relations Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Theni Paramaguru Senior Advisor, CIPD CHAIR: Claire Hodson Change Management Lead, CIPD CHAIR: Jake Young Senior Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Jessica Rolfe-Dix Managing Director, Debate Mate Training CHAIR: Leah De Silva Senior Programme Manager, CIPD Trust CHAIR: Rachel Suff Senior Employment Relations Adviser, CIPD CHAIR: Theni Paramaguru Senior Advisor, CIPD CHAIR: Claire Hodson Change Management Lead, CIPD
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