Stewart most recently served as editor and managing director of Harvard Business Review, and is a best-selling author, an authority on intellectual capital and knowledge management, and an influential thought leader on global management issues and ideas. During Stewart’s six years with Harvard Business Review, the magazine was a two-time finalist for general excellence in the National Magazine Awards, and received an “Eddie” in 2007 from Folio Magazine. Previously, Stewart served as the editorial director for Business 2.0 and as a member of Fortune’s Board of Editors. He is the author of two books, Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations, and The Wealth of Knowledge: Intellectual Capital and the 21st Century Organization, published by Doubleday Business in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Thomas A. Stewart is currently the Chief Marketing and Knowledge Officer (CMKO) of the global management consulting firm Booz & Company.

Dave Ulrich is as a Professor of Business at the University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of speed, learning, collaboration, accountability, talent, and leadership through leveraging human resources. He has helped generate award winning data bases that assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices and HR competencies. Dave Ulrich has been ranked the #1 Management Educator & Guru by BusinessWeek, selected by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative and creative leaders, and named the most influential person in HR by HR Magazine for three years.

Matthew Brearley was appointed UK HR Director at Vodafone in 2006 having previously worked at British Foods, B&Q and Marks and Spencer. At M&S Matthew’s role involved overseeing the People Strategy and transformation of HR for a workforce of 57,000 employees across 320 stores. He is currently applying his skills and experience to drive performance and efficiencies at Vodafone. Matthew holds a key role on the UK board working closely with Vodafone’s UK CEO Nick Read.

Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books including The Carrot Principle and The 24-Carrot Manager, both New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. Elton's books have been translated into over 20 languages and have sold over half a million copies worldwide. Chester is the senior vice president of the Carrot Culture Group with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company. He serves as a recognition consultant to Fortune 100 firms such as DHL, KPMG, Wal-Mart and Avis Budget.

Martin Tiplady was appointed director of human resources of the Metropolitan Police Service in December 2001. Prior to that, he was group head of human resources (The Berkeley Group plc 1999 – 2001), director of human resources (Westminster Health Care Holdings Plc 1995 – 1999) and director of personnel (The Housing Corporation 1987 – 1995). Martin Tiplady has a Diploma in Management Studies. He was educated in Chelmsford, Essex and grew up in local government, which he entered in 1969. He left local government in 1987 as Assistant Director of Social Services (LB Haringey). He is a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers and is the Deputy Chair of the ACPO Workforce Development and Human Resources portfolio. He is a member of various HR think tanks and review bodies. In November 2004, he was named by The Daily Telegraph as ‘Personnel Director of the Year’. He is regularly named by the HR press as one of the most influential people in Human Resources.

Andy joined ITV in 2007, from the construction and support services industry. Never having worked in the media sector before ,he now leads all of ITV’s HR activity, with a key focus on supporting the company through a period of massive structural change. Throughout his career, Andy has supported and led organisations in delivering significant change and has extensive experience in developing solutions that have driven real commercial value. He has held a both HR and General Management roles in both the UK and internationally, in sectors as diverse as leisure retailing, technology, construction and real estate. Andy is a graduate of Loughborough University, a member of the CIPD and a Chartered Director.

Christopher is currently Vice President Leadership Development and Learning, based in London. He joined BP in May 2005 as VP HR Corporate and Functions and up to September 2008 was responsible for HR covering the 12,000 staff centralized into functions, regions and the corporate centre, plus HR for BP Shipping. His human resources career began in the food company HJ Heinz and continued in the drinks business with Guinness/Diageo. He held a variety of line and HR roles. Christopher moved to Andersen Consulting/Accenture in 1996, where he worked in the Change Management Practice, consulting on HR, Organization Development and Leadership with clients in oil, investment and retail banking and insurance. In 2001, he joined Lloyds TSB Bank as Director of Talent and Learning and he also ran the Corporate University, covering 100,000 staff in the UK, Latin America and Australasia

Danny Kalman is HRD Director for Panasonic Europe and has recently been appointed as Director for Global Talent which will run con-currently with his role in Europe. Based in the UK, Danny sits on the main board of Panasonic Europe and is actively involved in the overall business strategy which helps him to ensure the HR strategy is aligned correctly. He has been responsible for developing systems and processes to standardise HR across all Panasonic’s European sales and support companies. In addition, he represents the European Region on global HR activities, visiting Japan on a regular basis. One of Danny’s main responsibilities is the identification, development and retention of Panasonic’s leaders and establishing a robust succession planning process. Prior to joining Panasonic he worked in the retail and construction sectors, starting his career in management with Marks and Spencer and then moved into Marketing within another retailing organisation. He moved into an HR role in the mid 1980s; where he feels he found his true vocation.

Julian Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School, and the Deputy Dean for Programmes. He is co-founder of the Management Lab (MLab), a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (UK), and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. Professor Birkinshaw's main area of expertise is the strategy and management of multinational corporations, and on such specific issues as corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, subsidiary-headquarters relationship, knowledge management, network organisations, and global customer management.

Liz has a varied career with broad experience gained in both the private and public sectors in a variety of management roles. In the earlier part of Liz’s career she focussed on change management and organisational development projects in the Banking, IT and Insurance sectors. Following a career break to raise her children, Liz decided to focus on a career specialising in HR as this was an area of particular interest. During a period of 10 years, Liz has worked up to the level of Director and has achieved successful delivery of many projects in terms of improving services for clients and staff in complex environments that are undergoing significant operational and strategic change

Misty has transformed KFC’s hiring practices, significantly increasing the proportion of employees hired directly by the company, rather than through recruitment agencies. She has also been responsible for using technology to improve the recruitment process, and one of her most important achievements has been the introduction an online recruitment system. This will allow managers to select the best candidates, as well as making the application process much easier, with more visibility of KFC’s unique culture. Prior to joining Yum Brands, Misty spent more than 10 years with AT&T Wireless/Cingular Wireless where she held numerous positions including field Human Resources leadership and ultimately as the Vice President of Human Resources for the Business to Business sales force nationally as well as the company’s separate Data organization (Mobile Multimedia Services).

Therese joined Tesco Stores Limited in 1986 progressing through a number of operational roles both in the UK and internationally. Reporting to Andrew Higginson, CEO Retailing Services and Strategy, Therese currently leads an HR team responsible for supporting the Retailing Services Division of Tesco – the company’s fastest growing area which includes their telecoms business Tesco Mobile, Tesco Personal Finance, Tesco Dot.com, and Tesco Direct. She also supports the organisation’s Finance and Business Strategy areas. Therese achievements at Tesco include the integration of company values into the organisation’s new and expanding business areas; effectively implementing strategic talent management into these businesses; helping mangers achieve record levels of employee engagement; and supporting ongoing and emerging business development activities. In 2009 Therese was listed by HR Magazine as one of the 10 most influential HR Directors in the UK.

Ed was appointed as the Chair of Acas following 7 years as the Deputy General Secretary of Amicus. Acas aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. Provide up-to-date information, independent advice, high quality training and working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance. At the 2010 conference Ed will share insights into the latest employee relations codes and current Acas best practice in this area.

Stefan Tonnon is a Human Resource professional experienced in design, strategy, operations delivery and generalist in all functional aspects of human resource management. A versatile EMEA leader adept at running large-scale operations, developing and deploying new organizational design and uniting people at all levels for change with experience in entrepreneurial start-ups and large international organizations. For the last 4 years he is working as the HR Director EMEA at Progress software and prior to Progress he worked 6 years at Infor Global Solutions as VP HR EMEA and as the VP Global HR when he relocated to Atlanta in the US for 14 months.

Jacqui Summons has been Group HRD for Intec over the last 3 years. Intec is a global software development and professional services company supporting predominately (but not exclusively) the telecommunications industry. Since joining Intec, Jacqui has been responsible for transforming HR from a country based, rather parochial function to a regionally structured business focused group, supporting Intec’s impressive growth, particularly in emerging markets. Prior to joining Intec, Jacqui worked in the banking and pharmaceutical sectors, starting her career in HR Leadership with GlaxoSmithKline and undertaking Senior Compensation and Benefits and Resourcing roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Accenture. The global nature of previous roles has prepared Jacqui for her role at Intec but never before has she had to juggle such diverse cultural demands from the business as she does now.

Richard joined Symbian in January 2007 as Global Head of HR and moved to Nokia when Symbian was fully acquired by Nokia in December 2008. In his role at Symbian, Richard was responsible for all aspects of HR. Prior to joining Symbian, Richard held senior roles at Dell and Oracle with both in-country and international responsibilities. Richard is now the VP of HR at TomTom.

Until the beginning of November 2008 Annemie was the Global HR Director for Skype.  Annemie joined Skype in 2005 from eBay Inc. where she had been the Human Resources Director for eBay, UK.   She has now moved back to eBay Inc where she leads the pan-European HR function for eBay and PayPal. Prior to joining eBay, Annemie was Vice President of Human Resources for the International Petroleum Exchange (now IcE Futures) and she worked for PEPSICO in South Africa and the UK. Annemie has wide ranging experience in designing and implementing significant organizational change and transformation in multi-national businesses.  She enjoys leadership development and talent management. Annemie holds an undergraduate Law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and has postgraduate degrees in Law and in German. Her inspiration is Nelson Mandela – she had the good fortune of meeting him. He also wrote the foreword to a book she edited on Human Rights in Local Government.

Jeff Bakes is Reward and Recognition Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Warsaw, Poland covering 27 Countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe. He is that rare breed a true International HR and Reward professional, having lived and worked in the US, France, Denmark and of course not forgetting his last UK posting, where he was Head of Rewards & Benefits for Network Rail. His early career started in BG plc where he worked in Recruitment, Management Development and Employee Relations before finally ending up as an International HR Director. Moving on he then went onto front line Consultancy with PwC, then became Regional Compensation & Benefits Director for First Data Corporation and then became Global Reward Director for Maersk, before returning to UK with Network Rail. Jeff is a Chartered Fellow of CIPD and a member of World at Work (US), his international expertise, comments and opinions are constantly sought by his peers, professional bodies and institutions throughout the Globe.

A lawyer by initial training, Kate is the Director of Human Resources for leading international law firm White & Case LLP, based in London. Kate is responsible for all aspects of HR and related matters. Whilst at Lloyds TSB Kate undertook a number of senior roles, including Head of HR for Cards, Consumer Lending and finally Head of Talent, Resourcing and Management Information. Wishing to return to a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and developing environment, Kate moved to White & Case LLP in June 2007. White & Case won this year's Employee Benefits award for Most Efficient Use of a Flexible Benefits Plan.

Siân Thomas is director at NHS Employers, driving key work areas including workforce planning and productivity, recruitment and retention, equality and diversity. She is also a director of the NHS Confederation, a member of the Cabinet Office Public Sector Employers Forum and an adviser to the South West London Healthcare Leadership Academy. Before NHS Employers, she was director of HR and organisational development in the NHS for nearly ten years across mental health, primary care and acute organisations.

Cheryl Lee was appointed to her HR director role at age 28, one of the youngest ever NHS Board appointments. She has worked in the public and private sectors and has an academic interest in Human Capital Management. In her current role at Medway NHS Foundation Trust she has taken a commercial approach to HR practice and is focused on developing Medway people to deliver better outcomes and experience for patients. Her ambition is to transform the NHS through evidence based and patient focused HR practice.

Fernando heads the Commission's HRM development unit, which is steering the transformation process of the Commission's HR function from administrative-compliance role towards a more results and customer oriented role. He is currently leading actions towards the strategic alignment of HR in the Commission, the professionalisation of the HR function and the improvement of people management capabilities within the organisation. His main strength is to structure and conceptualise concepts and communicate them in an effective and captivating manner.

Ravi is a senior civil servant working for the Home Office and its Agencies. As a member of the Human Resources Executive Team and the Diversity Strategy Programme Board, he has responsibility for the delivery of the Department’s strategy on Diversity, both in relation to the Department’s people and the delivery of its services to the wider public. Prior to his current role Ravi was involved in executive appointments within the private sector with a large search and selection consultancy owned by a FTSE 100 company. He worked across a number of sectors at the most senior level, recruiting leaders for large organisations. He has sat on a number of Boards, including work as a nominated Commissioner, appointed by the Home Secretary, to lead the Formal Investigation into the Police Service in England and Wales under the Race Relations Act. He has served as an operational front line police officer, which included a number of roles, spanning 14 years. Such roles included the Head of Equality to a Police Force, Presidency of the National Black Police Association, advisor on equality issues both in the UK and abroad and the delivery of leadership seminars in both the public and private sectors. Ravi is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and was recognised in the Queen’s Honours List in 2002 with the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service.

Professor Nigel Lightfoot CBE is Chief Advisor on Emergency Preparedness at the Health Protection Agency, and leads on pandemic influenza, emerging health threats and emergency response and international working in these areas. He was trained as a consultant medical microbiologist. He served in the Public Health Laboratory Service from 1982-2002 when he was appointed to the Department of Health as Head of CBRN training and scenario development where he developed the first health led multi-agency exercises for CBRN preparedness, and as Director of Emergency Response he set up the Emergency Response Division of the Health Protection Agency from its inception in 2003 until 2006.

Harvey Francis, Chartered FCIPD, joined Skanska in October 2007 in the role of HR Director with responsibility for the company’s Infrastructure businesses, whilst at the same time, taking on the role of Director of HR Operations and Support Services of the UK holding company, Skanska UK Plc. In September 2008, Harvey was promoted to the UK Executive Management Team in the role of Executive Vice President of Skanska UK taking overall responsibility for all HR and Learning and Development functions across the whole of the UK operations. Before joining Skanska, Harvey held several HR roles at Pfizer and prior to this, worked for BT both in Human Resources and Operational Management Roles.

Peter Howes has over 30 years of experience in Human Resource Management with a focus on workforce planning, reporting and analytics. He has worked as a practitioner, academic, and consultant over this period. Peter is the Chief Executive Officer of Infohrm, a global consulting firm which he founded in 1982. Peter is based in the Infohrm European office in central London and predominantly works for clients in Europe and North America. His reputation in this field puts him at the forefront of leading-edge HR practice, and through Infohrm provides HR planning and analytic consulting services to hundreds of organisations across the globe.

Jan is Executive Director of the Executive Education Department at Warwick Business School. She has worked as a Company Director and as a client director and senior facult member in the field of strategic management and leadership for 17 years. In her current role Jan is responsible for the strategic leadership of the business, managing the Executive Education team and developing and delivering a portfolio of tailored and open programmes. Jan has worked with a wide range of blue chip organisations ranging across the retail, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, extraction, transport and professional services sectors. In a previous role she was also responsible for the delivery and quality control of an MBA strategy team working across 32 countries worldwide, and has experience of working across Europe, the Asia Pacific, Australasia, the Caribbean, Scandinavia, the Middle East and Africa.

Richard is the founder and Managing Director of ResourceBank and remains active as a consultant, focusing on senior executive management in a wide variety of cross-functional roles. Richard is a graduate in Manufacturing Studies, and spent eight years with Mars Inc. working in Production Management, Engineering and Sales before being appointed Divisional Sales Manager. He left Mars to become Sales & Marketing Director of a medium sized dairy company and managed its sale to Avonmore Foods. Richard joined Whitehead Mann in 1992 as a Senior Recruitment Consultant, establishing the Birmingham office before founding ResourceBank in 1995.

Clare is currently NHS Lorenzo Delivery Director within the Department of Health’s Informatics Directorate. She leads a high performing NHS team in driving forward the system delivery by a global supplier and NHS organisations in their accompanying business change across three fifths of England. She has spent the last six years as a senior director leading a number of Information Technology Programmes that have changed the way the NHS conducts its business for the benefit of patients and clinicians. Clare passionately believes that the development of teams is critical to success when faced with significant challenge and that the coaching and nurturing of individuals within the team cannot be underestimated in moving a team along the journey to high performance. She has worked with a number of partner development organisations over the last ten years, including LloydMasters, Ashridge Business School and The Work Foundation.

After a career with Marconi, BP and Deloittes, Jane founded lloydmasters in 1989. Focusing on change and organisational transformation, the consultancy works for prominent blue chip companies such as BP, Balfour Beatty and VT plc, and public sector organisations such as the NHS and NGOs including the UN. Jane leads the work on sales and marketing, with recent work on customer orientation for Lafarge and marketing capability strategy for BP. She has led major change projects and strategic development work with the boards of many major organisations in the UK and overseas. Jane has been increasingly involved with stakeholder dialogue and with clients seeking help on CSR with a focus on brand and reputation, and sustainable development issues.

Recently voted 'Most Influential Person in Prepaid - outside the US' by Paybefore, Thore Vestergaard joined Citi in 2005 and is responsible for the overall success of Citi prepaid cards in the EMEA market. Previously he was responsible for delivering commercial card payment solutions to large corporate and government entities within Europe and beyond. Before joining the bank, he worked for Visa International for 12 years where he was responsible for corporate and government card solutions in the CEMEA region.

David has 25 years real business and leadership experience; he now works with world – class leaders and organisations from all over the world. His clients range from Fortune 100 companies to leading entrepreneurs, his events from Leaders in Dubai to The Comedy Store in London and his television from changing lives in The Salon (Channel 4), teams in Working Wonders (ITV) to companies in The Naked Office (Virgin1). David is the author of the global best-selling Naked Leader books – The Naked Leader, The Naked Leader Experience and The Naked Coach. His books are published in over 100 countries and in 17 languages.

Over three decades Glen McCoy has coached thousands of individuals and groups to new levels of achievement. He has international consulting experience in almost every major industry and has worked with some of the world’s largest brands. Glen is the founding partner and Creative Director of Carpe World Coaching International and was one of the first to bring executive telephone coaching to the UK. Glen’s desire to take telephone coaching to a whole new level led him to develop Carpe Diem 7 minute Telephone Coaching. This unique approach has become a proven way to deliver high performance, breakthrough results and guarantee organisation sustainability.

Tim is medical doctor specialises in health and wellbeing improvement. Tim has a diploma in Occupational Medicine and sits on Dame Carol Blacks Occupational Health Sounding Board. Dr Anstiss’s team is currently working with a number of firms (including NHS organisations) exploring the links between management behaviour, work climates, wellbeing and productivity, and is currently testing and developing an empirical model for Integrating Wellbeing and Productivity. A former international pole-vaulter, decathlete and gladiators contender, Tim is a popular trainer and public speaker on issues relating to health, wellbeing and motivation improvement.

Jeffrey is Chief Operating Officer for KnowledgeAdvisors. KnowledgeAdvisors is a human capital analytics solutions and technology firm that helps organizations measure, communicate and improve the impact of their people by better managing processes through reliable metrics. Berk works closely with clients to implement the Metrics that Matter technology and devise appropriate human capital measurement strategies and tools. Berk has consulted with a diverse set of organizations in the U.S., Europe and Asia including Microsoft, Wrigley, P&G, Caterpillar, HSBC, Eli Lilly, and KPMG.

Alix Pearson has been working in fields of work-based learning and corporate and vocational education for 17 years. She has significant experience in curriculum design for work-based learning at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Building on her work with employers and employed learners, she led one of the prototype Foundation degree projects in 2001. As corporate programmes manager at Sunderland Business School, Alix worked with a wide range of public and private sector employers, designing and delivering accredited workforce development programmes. She was awarded a teaching fellowship at the University of Sunderland for her work on PDP. Since joining fdf in 2004, Alix has continued to develop her interest and expertise in work-based learning and quality enhancement, supporting employers as they develop programmes in forensic science, education, engineering and leadership and management. Alix is also a member of the fdf team providing the endorsement service.

Angela's career started with the Hospitality Industry in Germany and the UK, where she also gained professional vocational qualifications. Upon completion of her teaching qualifications she went to work at Westminster College Hotel School, and was also a visiting lecturer in Switzerland and for private training providers in the UK. She continued her studies in Business and Finance with London South Bank University and the Open University. Angela has experience of being an external examiner for a number of universities and has also worked for QAA as a Subject and Academic Reviewer. Prior to joining fdf she was acting head of school at Westminster Kingsway College in London. Upon joining fdf Angela worked as Regional Development Manager for the West Midlands working with a variety of partners within the region. Angela has now moved to work as the London Region Co-ordinator.

Katherine has worked in the field of dispute resolution for over 15 years’ as a mediator and trainer. She has mediated on the BBC Learning Zone and has given keynote speeches on conflict management and mediation for The MOD’s Equal Opportunities Conference, Women in Business Annual conference and “Getting Beyond Conflict”, a national conference on workplace dispute resolution. Katherine joined CMP Resolutions (formerly Conflict Management Plus) in 1992. She was made a director of the company in 1998 and became Managing Director in May 2009. Prior to this she managed teams in publishing and communications departments for major national charities including The Work Foundation, the RNID and the King’s Fund. She was the inaugural Chair of the Institute of Conflict Management.

Elin is an employment law specialist with many years’ experience of both employment litigation and strategic advice. Most of her clients are employers. Elin is a trained mediator and is a fervent believer in resolving disputes quickly, cost effectively and where appropriate confidentially. A significant proportion of Elin’s work involves training, both internally within client companies and externally via joint ventures with organisations. Also Elin and the senior members of the team provide valuable hands-on support to clients in internal disciplinary and grievance matters. Elin Pinnell wins over clients for “not wasting their time” by “giving them all they need to know in as concise a way as possible.” She has been involved in major workforce reorganisations, tribunal representations, TUPE and employment seminars.

Alison is a co-founder of The Storytellers, a pioneering consultancy which has brought the art of storytelling and narrative into over seventy major organisations around the world to help connect people, both rationally and emotionally, to the business journey. In its six year history The Storytellers has undergone a seismic change in its own organisation, hailed by many as one of the most innovative and effective consultancies in bringing strategy and vision to life and embedding it at the heart of the organisation. Alison holds a deep-rooted belief in the need to eradicate complexity and one-way communication in business, advocating a culture of dialogue, empowerment and involvement which is the key to true engagement and performance improvement.

Mr. Barnett is the founder and CEO of KnowledgeAdvisors, which is a human capital analytics firm. KnowledgeAdvisors’ market leading analytics system, Metrics-that-Matter®, is used by many of the largest and most successful organizations in the world to measure learning and talent management programs. Mr. Barnett is the author of the book Human Capital Analytics: Measuring and Improving Learning and Talent Impact. He speaks around the world on topics related to people and performance. He and his firm conduct research projects to help advance the Human Capital Analytics field. Previously, Mr. Barnett was a founder and President of Productivity Point International and a corporate banker. Mr. Barnett has an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Business.

Steve Foster is Manager, UK Business Consultancy at NorthgateArinso. He has an extensive Human Resources management background, gained in a variety of HR line practitioner roles. As a consultant, he has worked with a wide range of major clients, helping them transform their HR operations. His specialist areas are HR business process improvement, e-HRM planning and implementation, business case development, outsourcing and change management. He has worked across a wide a range of HR technologies. Steve regularly presents at HR / technology conferences, has published several articles on technology strategy and human capital management and is regularly quoted in professional magazines and journals. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College, is a Fellow of the CIPD and is currently completing a professional Doctorate through Hertfordshire Business School, researching into how organisations create value through the use of e-HRM.

Clinton Wingrove is the EVP and Principal Consultant at Pilat HR Solutions, a recognized thought and market leader of talent management and provider of highly tailored solutions. Clinton’s personal passion is working with organizations to improve individual, unit and enterprise performance through the holistic design of processes, metrics and supporting IT - which when combined, enable individuals to realize their true potential. He has worked extensively with senior managers and executive level staff in such organizations as Diageo, HM Treasury, BT, Rhône Poulenc, World Bank, Toys R Us, and BA. Clinton is also a sought-after guest speaker and writer on the topic of technology supported multi-rater feedback, performance management, and personal development management.

An expert in Talent Management, over the past 15 years Damian has constantly innovated in the application of technology solutions to evolving HR challenges. Having begun his career with Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Damian became European CIO of Heidrick & Struggles, a leading international executive search firm. In 2000, he co-founded i-GRasp, a specialist provider of internet-based recruitment management solutions. Having grown from start-up to European market leader in less than 5 years, i-GRasp was acquired by the StepStone group in 2005 and continues to form a key corner-stone in one of the markets leading talent-management solutions providers. Since 2007, Damian has held the position of Director at DAESIGN, one of Europe’s leading players in the emerging Serious Games market.

Richard has over 18 years experience in the financial services industry and is a member of the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Insurance Institute. As well as the Financial Planning Certificate, Richard has CII qualifications in mortgage advice, equity release, investment and financial services supervision and management. Richard has specialist experience in worksite marketing and employee communications with large employers and product providers. Richard is primarily responsible for communicating the benefits of personal accounts with employers, trade associations and other influencers in the workplace environment.

Phill Brown has over 15 years experience in the Recruitment Process Outsourcing industry. With an educational background in psychology and IT , Phill joined Lansdowne where, working with some of the UK’s most innovative employers, he developed early web based recruitment strategies in the mid 1990’s. Phill went on to design, develop and implement many highly successful online and offline recruitment processes for organisations such as British Airways, Orange, Norwich Union, Royal Mail, Philips, Seimens, Whitbread. The scope covered all areas from senior executive level through graduates and on to high volume customer facing roles. In 2006 Phill became Service Director for Arinso, which in 2007 was acquired by Northgate to create NorthgateArinso. Here, Phill has continued to drive innovation in recruitment, both in the UK and in Europe, and across both public and private sectors, providing solutions for RBS, Boots, BIA, Home Office, and more than ten London Local Authorities. Phill’s approach is and has always been to deliver the best in candidate care and experience through the application of excellence in process design and best in class software solutions.

After working in the Benefits Industry for over 12 years, Andrew is the Director of Benefits Management within the Jelf Group covering Online and flexible benefits and all capabilities surrounding, advising many internal and external organisations of a successful sustained long term employee reward strategies from base camp to summit. As the Jelf Group has over 18,000 corporate clients, Andrew is in the enviable position of being able to oversee very different reward strategies in very different environments.

Christoffer Ellehuus is the Practice Lead of the Corporate Leadership Council in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In his role, Christoffer directs all the Council’s product development and operations related to clients in EMEA. Prior to his current role, Christoffer was the Practice Manager of the Corporate Leadership Council in Washington D.C. directing all the Council’s major strategic research initiatives on topics like: succession management, high-potential talent development, employee engagement, workforce planning, HR functional effectiveness, HR’s role in mergers and acquisitions and attracting and retaining critical talent. Through his role, Christoffer has engaged with most of the Corporate Leadership Council’s largest clients across Europe and North America.

Clare Moncrieff is a Senior Research Director with the Corporate Leadership Council’s London office. In her role, Clare is responsible for presenting the Council’s strategic research studies to clients in a variety of forums around the world, including at our Executive Meetings, where she facilitates discussion between Seniormost HR Executives on Strategic Human Resources topics. Ms. Moncrieff was formerly a member of the Council herself, holding various positions for the Human Resources team at Nortel, a Global Telecom Company based in Toronto, Canada. Her most recent role at Nortel was HR Business Partner to the Chief Legal Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Ethics Officer, and their global teams. She has also held positions in Executive Compensation, Global Operations HR (Supply Chain) and Global MA&D.

Guy served in local government for 12 years including work on major culture and organisation change programmes. After completing a mid-career MBA with distinction at Manchester Business School, he worked as a Human Resources consultant for both private and public sector organisations. These included American Express, Bradford & Bingley Building Society and Central Manchester Healthcare Trust. He was also involved in the turnaround and relaunch of Owners Abroad as First Choice Holidays. Guy joined DBM in 1997 and has worked in business development roles from that time. He has extensive experience of running major organisation change projects, delivering training for managers and employees and winning large contracts and account managing them on behalf of DBM for global corporations.