Andrew Baber
Managing Director
Chequed.com (UK) Ltd.
After more than 25 years in sales and marketing—including 14 as an international recruiter specialising in global media and advertising—Andrew considers himself to be fortunate to lead the European operations of Chequed.com, an incredibly fast-developing business which created, sells and supports a brilliant, innovative hiring platform. As a recruiter, his client list read like a who's who of media and Comms Planning agencies and he successfully place people in 17 countries and on every continent. Immediately prior to becoming a recruiter Andrew was the commercial and marketing manager at Hudson Shribman, a specialist financial recruitment agency with both temp and perm clients where he made an immediate impact: after a number of years hovering around the £1m annual income mark, Andrew’s initiatives and strategy saw Hudson Shribman’s revenue treble within 18 months. Before that Andrew freelanced as an marketing innovations consultant & TV sports and news journalist / producer.
 
Darren Bartholomew
Head of HR Planning and Info Systems UK
Selex ES Ltd.
Darren is Head of HR Planning and Info Systems UK at Selex ES, a leading European Defence Company and part of the Finmeccanica Group. Responsible for governance of HR Outsource provision in the UK, he has led the contract negotiations with numerous suppliers, and has recently completed the transition of the full HR and Payroll service to a new provider, and widened the scope to provide payroll services for the entire Finmeccanica UK group. Outside of work Darren is a District Manager for St John Ambulance, the UK’s leading First Aid Charity, and is responsible for 1,500 volunteers delivering first aid and ambulance cover at events across Essex.
 
Dr. Max Blumberg PhD
Founder
Blumberg Partnership
Dr Max Blumberg is founder of the Blumberg Partnership, a Top 50 consultancy specialising in workforce and sales force analytics whose clients include the Rentokil Initial, Fujitsu, Barclays Bank, BBC, Lloyds Register, and Friends Provident, Novo Nordisk, and Walmart. Max is also a Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London and expert advisor to the CIPD. Prior to the Blumberg Partnership, Max worked as a management consultant at Accenture after which he successfully founded and exited a technology start-up. Max is a regular contributor to the media and global conference circuit.
 
Bill Boorman
Founder
#Tru Events
With over 30 years’ experience in recruiting, Bill is the founder of #tru (the recruiting unconference) and has hosted over 100 events in 12 months, travelling to 65 countries and speaking and listening to over 2000 people working in the recruiting space about how we can collectively make recruiting better for everyone. He is a lead advisor to talent technology companies and advises corporate clients on adopting new technology and working practice.
 
Erica Briody
Most recently Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Staffing, Novartis
Erica provides strategic direction for talent in support of businesses and divisions globally, sourcing the ‘Best Talent’ in the industry, optimizing recruitment models, technology, employee value proposition, branding, campus and intern strategy, diversity, workforce planning and supplier partnerships. She also plays a crucial role in ensuring there is a clear and joined up approach between Diversity, Talent Acquisition and Talent Management thereby supporting an Integrated Talent Strategy.
 
Jonathan Campbell
Co-Founder & CEO
Social Talent
Johnny is the founder and CEO of Social Talent, the world's largest online recruitment training company with over 800 clients in more than 70 countries. He worked as a financial recruiter from 1998 until setting up Social Talent four years ago and to this day loves trying to find impossible to find people, although today he says that he "recruits vicariously through the nearly 10,000 sourcing ninjas that his company have trained. Johnny is husband to Jill and father to twins Jake and Archie and their big brother Aaron. He says the secret to him maintaining his high energy levels is plenty of sugar and several overseas speaking engagements where he can get a good nights sleep in a hotel!
 
Leigh Carpenter
EMEA Programme Director
The Talent Board
Leigh Carpenter is EMEA Programme Director of the Talent Board, founding organisation of the Candidate Experience Awards, he has over 16 years experience in recruitment, business operations, project and strategic management with a proven track record of successfully leading client services and developing teams across multi-sector organisations.
 
Elliot Clark
CEO, SharedXpertise, Publisher HRO Today Global
SharedXpertise
Elliot Clark is CEO of SharedXpertise, owners of CR, HRO, FAO magazines, conferences and online properties. As COO of Kenexa, a leading HR outsourcing provider, Clark helped take the company public and served as the company’s chief compliance officer and de-facto CRO. Clark holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
 
Anna Cook
Head of Recruitment Unit
CERN
Anna has a background in Immunology and her career has been an eclectic and interesting journey, spanning laboratory sales, the semiconductor industry, IT, resource planning and since 2010, HR. Anna leads CERN’s recruitment activities, overseeing all recruitment at CERN with a dynamic in-house team, constantly looking for novel ways to maximise CERN’s visibility on the job market to attract the best talent today to support and drive the science of tomorrow.
 
Patrick Coolen
HR Workforce Planning and Analytics Manager
ABN AMRO
Patrick Coolen is a senior all-around HR expert with 15 years of experience in HR. He was a member of the HR management team within ABN AMRO and is an expert in developing HR strategies and policies in all HR domains. With two degrees, one Master’s of Management Information and one MSc in Cooperative Computing, he started his career in IT and moved to HR in 1999. Ever since he has been fascinated by the possibilities within recruitment, talent and performance management to support business strategy. He is a true believer in bringing HR back to the centre of decision making by making HR more fact based and data savvy. Today he is the manager of HR Workforce Planning and Analytics within ABN AMRO, a global bank with appr. 23.000 employees, and a frequent speaker at HR conferences.
 
David D'Souza
Head of CIPD, London
CIPD
David is Head of London for the CIPD and a speaker and blogger on HR, learning, the future of work and progressive business practice. The CIPD champions better work and working lives as the professional body for HR and people development, with over 135000 members internationally., David has curated two books, both of which were #1 Bestsellers and as well as writing for a number of HR publications he also writes his own blog, 101 Half-Connected Things (https://ddsouzadotcom.wordpress.com/).
 
Russell Dalgleish
Managing Partner
Exolta Capital Partners
Russell has followed a career focused on the application of technology within the corporate environment to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. With experience within the HR sphere since 1998 he has ran companies developing and delivering people orientated solutions and today focuses on the application of Big Data and Internet-of-Things solutions within the workplace. He has run successful companies in the technology, engineering, energy, electronics, entertainment and professional services sectors. He has experience off starting, building, growing and exiting businesses in the UK and US and uniquely also built one of Europe’s first cloud based recruitment platforms. Most recently he is part of the team to launch TeamPlayer360 a free monthly newspaper aimed at the recruitment and HR sector. Today as Managing Partner of the consultancy Exolta Capital Partners, www.exolta.com he brings together a wealth of business experience to develop growth strategies aimed at creating value for shareholders and employees alike. LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/russelldalgleish/
 
Ian Dawson
SVP, Global Solutions, Americas
Randstad Sourceright
Based in New York for the last 13 years, Ian is the SVP, Global Solutions at Randstad Sourceright, Americas. Originally from the UK Ian has over 25 year’s experience within recruitment & HR related outsourcing. Ian leads the RPO Sales & Solution Design team that supports Randstad Sourceright in the Americas & the rest of the world, bringing the best of Randstad Sourceright to client organisations.
 
Marlene de Koning
Solutions Consultant
LinkedIn
As a Solutions Consultant at LinkedIn Marlene works with many organizations to create a strategy for attracting the best talent and create an employer of choice position. Based on the organizations business goals and the effect on talent, she helps in creating a strategic path for finding the right talent in order to succeed these goals. She is an expert on creating a strong employer brand and all topics that help in creating one from leverage the personal brands of employees to content marketing. Before she joined LinkedIn she has worked at IBM as an employer brand specialist and worked for an agency to create employer value propositions and go to market strategies for her clients.
 
DeeDee Doke
Editor
Recruiter Magazine
DeeDee Doke is the editor of Recruiter magazine and recruiter.co.uk, which deliver leading-edge print, digital and events content and market-leading awards to recruitment agency and in-house recruitment professionals. Known as an industry innovator, she has created prestigious industry league tables and rankings for Recruiter. She has written about recruitment and HR for UK national newspapers and UK and US business titles, and authored Interviewing People, a Dorling-Kindersley recruitment guide for line managers. She is currently working with BSI and ISO on international standards for recruitment and sustainable employability.
 
Ron Dunlap
PhD, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Information Officer
Graebel
Ron Dunlap has been with Graebel since January, 2009. He was first hired as vice
president of strategic sourcing and was promoted to vice president of operational
excellence and customer experience. Today, he serves as the organization's chief
information officer (CIO) and chief operating officer (COO).
The company’s global relocation and mobility move management divisions that
administer services for clients on six continents report to Dunlap as COO.
As the CIO, Mr. Dunlap is responsible for the oversight of all information technology
functions, including data security. He also leads the operational excellence function
which houses all critical disciplines related to the overall company performance.
These disciplines include quality, operational intelligence, and the project
management office.
 
Eamonn Eaton
Head of Group Learning and Engagement
Bank of Ireland
Eamonn is a senior member of the Bank of Ireland Group Human Resources Team with responsibility for building the capability the organisation needs to meet its strategic objectives. He led the design and implementation of the Banks Learningzone service that is delivered in partnership with Accenture Learning. He is a career banker with management experience in Retail Banking, Marketing, Learning and Human Resources. Previous HR leadership roles include Employee Engagement, Diversity, Executive Education, Performance Management, Leadership Development and Head of Training. Eamonn is a Director of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland and a member of its Executive Committee, Council and also Chair of the Education Committee. He holds an MBA from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Banking in Ireland. He has extensive experience as a conference speaker at national and international level specialising in adult learning, training, capability development and learning innovation. He is from Dublin, is married with two teenage children. His interests include swimming, keep fit, cycling and music and he performs regularly with the RTE Philharmonic Choir at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and on live broadcasts on RTE Lyric FM. He is Chair of the Board of Chamber Choir Ireland.
 
Dan Ferrandino
Sales, Solutions and Marketing Director
Randstad Sourceright EMEA
Dan Ferrandino is the Sales, Solutions and Marketing Director for Randstad Sourceright EMEA and has over 15 years experience in a variety of operational and business development positions within the recruitment sector. For the past 10 years, Dan has been selling, solutioning and consulting on bespoke MSP and RPO solutions for large regional and global organisations.
 
Steve Fitzgerald
Vice President and General Manager, HR
Avaya
Steve oversees all of the HR activities in Avaya's global Go-To-Market organizations, specifically Sales, Marketing, Professional Services and all other Services. He leads a fully integrated HR team (business partners, talent management team, leadership development, and so on) covering the 8000+ people who generate Avaya's roughly $4.5 billion in annual revenue. His interfaces are the key leaders of the firm, our Executive Council (C-Suite) and top leaders in the Sales and Services functions. He manages all elements of human capital activity within this domain, and has extensive international scope. He also continues to lead the Advanced Analytics practice (aka "Big Data" analysis using statistical methodologies) for the firm.
 
Jill Goldstein
Global Offering Lead, HR BPO
Accenture

Jill Goldstein joined Accenture in 2006 and leads HR & Learning BPO Services globally for Accenture. Prior to joining Accenture, Jill worked in corporate HR and finance roles, where she gained experience in the design and operations of: § HR functions, such as compensation, benefits, recruiting, diversity, call center, HRIS, occupational health and HR compliance; and § Finance functions, such as credit, collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable. Jill received an M.B.A. (with honors distinction) from Loyola University in Chicago and a B.S. in Accounting from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

 
Oscar González
Human Resources Director
Azkoyen Group
Oscar leads the definition, effective implementation of organizational and human resources management methodologies, best practices and policies, that help to attract, keep and develop talent in Azkoyen Group, contributing to company´s success and business results. Within this multinational company, he leads strategies in change management, leverages diversity, and seeks synergies within the Group to develop a team building approach that motivates, commits and aligns employees to corporative goals. Oscar has worked in HR for 16 years and has consistently sought commitment from senior management to develop employees and managers to better the business and create an enjoyable work environment.
 
Shane Gray
SVP Business Development and Sales, Clinch
Clinch
Shane is the SVP Business Development and Sales for Clinch - the smarter recruitment marketing platform. A sales and marketing expert with 20 years’ experience in building successful businesses, Shane is passionate about helping companies achieve sustainable growth — a journey that starts with hiring the right people. Shane holds a degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Business from Trinity College, Dublin. In his downtime, he enjoys fly fishing and sailing, has a serious appetite for good food and by extension, loves cooking, too! You can get in touch with Shane on twitter @shanedgray or email shane@clinch.io
 
Simon Griggs
Vice President, EMEA & APAC
MOVE Guides Ltd.
Simon is VP, EMEA & APAC at MOVE Guides, where he is responsible for driving revenue across the two regions. For over 20 years, Simon has worked with enterprise customers to transform their businesses across a number of functions including HR, marketing, sales and IT, by leveraging innovative technologies to improve the way they work. Prior to joining MOVE Guides, Simon held numerous leadership positions, including VP at Box (Enterprise Content Collaboration), Regional VP at Salesforce.com (Customer Relationship Management) and European Director at BMC Software. In each of these roles, Simon successfully led high performance sales teams focused on delivering long-term customer success, by setting best practice in pipeline generation and sales execution. Simon is married, with two children, and when his schedule allows enjoys a variety of sports and spending time with his family.
 
Kara Hainge
Director of Global Solutions
WilsonHCG
As the Director of Global Solutions, Kara Hainge is responsible for developing WilsonHCG’s strategic talent solutions for its global client base. She works alongside the executive and sales teams to contribute to business growth by driving new client relationships and strengthening existing ones. With more than a decade of experience in talent acquisition, Kara has the expertise to design best-in-class talent solutions that make a valuable impact on clients’ businesses.
 
Mr. Sherif Hanna
Chief People & Compliance Officer
Mobinil
Sherif Hanna joined Mobinil back in May 2011 and since then Mobinil as an organization and the HR function is specific have witnessed some key transformation in terms of culture change, organizational-wide projects, and HR organizational model to mention a few. In his capacity as Chief HR & Compliance Officer, Hanna is responsible for directing all the people functions of the corporation in accordance with the set policies and practices, as well as HR Compliance in terms of the ethical and social consciences of business and society in line with the laws, regulations and administrative rulings of governmental organizations and other regulatory and advisory authorities. It has been his vision to position the company as the Employer of Choice since the very beginning. Hanna transformed this vision into reality by integrating this in Mobinil’s mission statement (to be a desired employer), adding People aspect in company’s business plan and finally certifying Mobinil as a Top Employer for Egypt and Africa through his effective leadership to all HR functions and management the organization’s workforce which is over 5000. Before joining Mobinil, Hanna held the position of Corporate Chief Human Resources Officer for GB Group (Ghabbour) where he has managed to draw an overall strategic direction for the Human Resources and launched several key projects for the group and has revamped the HR team creating a positive spirit that has spread throughout the organization. Hanna’s core expertise came from Pepsico and American Express where he held a variety of senior management and executive position. In Pepsico, as the Chipsy HR Director, Pepsi Cola HR Director and the North East Africa Business Unit HR Director responsible for 11, 000 employees, he had successfully designed world class processes, developed talent & recruitment strategies and built a strong HR Team that revamped Pepsico’s Employer Branding efforts. With American Express, Hanna worked in several locations including Egypt, UK & Bahrain where he was responsible for the Middle East & North Africa Region as the Human Resources Development Manager. Hanna has won prestigious global awards for his work in HR including Chairman’s Award for Quality from American Express, Global Talent Sustainability Award and Regional Best Practices Award for launching the Management Development Program for fresh talent “Accelerate” across the region from Pepsico International projects. Hanna holds a Business Administration Bachelor degree. He is also a Certified Trainer from American Express Europe Training & Development Center and a Certified Change Management Facilitator from Pritchett & Co. Associates, Inc. UK.
 
Edward Houghton
Research Advisor - Human Capital and Metrics
CIPD
 
Auke IJsselstein
HR Metrics & Analytics Consultant
ABN AMRO
Auke IJsselstein is an HR expert who’s drive is to make the intangible more concrete and to make complex matters comprehensible. With an education in Business Economics and quantitative research he gathered experience in Compensation & Benefits and General (business) HR advisory before co-founding the HR Analytics department within ABN AMRO. Today his ambition is to transform HR towards being all about impact. ABN AMRO is a Dutch global bank with more than 25000 employees.
 
Suzanne Kennedy
Global HR Portfolio Director
AstraZeneca
Suzanne leads the portfolio of project in AstraZeneca’s Global HR Function. Suzanne started her career in Retail, working in Retail Operations, Logistics, Product Sourcing and Inventory Management. Suzanne worked in San Francisco for a couple of years, in a national field sales role and spent over 10 years in Management Consulting, specialising in supply chain & systems transformation for Retail & Consumer Products organisations. Since joining AstraZeneca 9 years ago Suzanne has held a number of leadership roles in HR, most recently turning around performance in HR Service Delivery, and implementing Workday™.
 
Steve Leach
President, Americas business & Global Client Partner, Defence, Engineering, Manufacturing, & Energy sectors
Alexander Mann Solutions
Steve has served as a member of Alexander Mann Solutions’ Management Team since 2005. Having joined the business in 1999, Steve has held a variety of operational, management and executive roles and is currently the President of our Americas business and Global Client Partner for our Defence, Engineering, Manufacturing, & Energy sectors. A passionate leader, Steve’s focus is working with our clients to develop relationships and solutions to enable success through the delivery of innovative, value creating Talent Acquisition and Management solutions. A recognised thought leader, Steve is a regular contributor to news articles and fundamentally believes that people are the foundation of success. Steve holds a first class honours degree (BA Hons) in Systems Analysis. He entered the Talent Acquisition and Management field in 1994 and has extensive global experience. Throughout 2012, Steve held a seat on the board of the HROA North American Chapter. Following a first career in the technology sector as a Systems Analyst for a major global telecoms giant, Steve found his passion in the Talent Acquisition and Management field working for QA Myriad, a specialist technology recruitment solutions business. A competitive cyclist and runner, Steve lives in the North West of the UK with his wife and two young children.
 
Hung Lee
Co-Founder & CEO
Workshape.io
A Domain expert with 15 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, Hung is an advisor on staffing to many of the top Startups in London. Hung has led Talent Acquisition for BraveNewTalent, PeerIndex, Qriously & Thought Machine. He is now building Workshape.io – a next generation talent matching for tech employers.
 
Dave Lewis
Co-Founder
Pinnacle Performance
David is Co-Founder and CEO of Pinnacle Performance Company, a global, training rm that has revolutionized presentation and communication skills training. He is also co-inventor of The Pinnacle Method™, a unique and innovative learning system that meshes time-tested performance delivery techniques with contemporary business skills. Prior to launching Pinnacle, David spent a number of years in executive level sales and marketing positions at Fortune 500 companies and hi-tech/internet start-ups. He is an accomplished actor / producer, and is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild with a number of stage, lm and commercial credits. David is an internationally sought-after speaker, having delivered keynote addresses for several organizations & institutions in countless industries around the world. David and co-founder G. Riley Mills have written the acclaimed book based on the award-winning Pinnacle Method, The Pin Drop Principle. David lives in Chicago.
 
Adrian Love
Client Services Director
Futurestep
Adrian is an experienced Talent Management and Resourcing leader with a track record of building and developing teams across a variety of sectors and multiple functions within complex and multi-national organizational settings. With extensive RPO experience, he has managed on and offsite teams for organizations including Telefónica (O2), Kimberly Clark and AB InBev, one of the 5 largest FMCG companies in the world with market leading brands including Becks, Stella Artois and Budweiser. The teams that Adrian has led have delivered success across Managerial & Specialist recruiting, Talent Programs (including MBA & Graduate Programs), Executive Search, Selection & Assessment design, EVP & Branding, Workforce Planning, Talent Pipelining, Campaign design, On-boarding, Retention and Training initiatives. With a depth of international experience, including building and leading teams in Hungary and Israel, Adrian is a recent addition to the Futurestep team and his responsibilities include the launch of our new Global RPO solution for Avaya and TalkTalk in UK. Adrian holds a B.Com from The University of Birmingham.
 
Gary Madden
Director, HRIS, Learning Management Systems
BP
Gary joined BP in November 2011. In his current role as Director, HRIS, Learning Management Systems; Gary is responsible for BPs current main learning systems and has led the selection of a new global vendor whose product will replace all existing learning admin systems within BP. This is part of a wider strategic re-engineering of how learning is delivered across BP. Gary has over 20 years HR experience and before BP spent 15 years with Cadbury (which was acquired by Kraft Foods in Feb 2010). Gary’s background is as an HR Specialist focussing on people processes, service delivery and systems. Gary has been involved in and led multiple HR projects local and global, covering requirements gathering, vendor selection, business case, implementation, outsourcing and operations, across different parts of HR. Gary has strong skills in vendor collaboration and relationship management, operations and project planning.
 
John Maguire
Operations Manager
PeopleScout
John is an Operations Manager for Peoplescout in Europe and oversees the day-to-day recruitment activity for a key client, operating in the pharmaceutical development industry. His current role encompasses managing a team of recruiters based over several European locations whilst also acting as a Recruitment Business Partner to the executive leadership of several of the clients key business units across the region. Johns strives to deliver excellent client service in all aspects of his work. He has over 10 years recruitment experience, 8 of which spent in an in-house environment and he has recruited for a plethora of positions at all levels of seniority within that time. John is an Operations Manager for Peoplescout in Europe and oversees the day-to-day recruitment activity for a key client, operating in the pharmaceutical development industry. His current role encompasses managing a team of recruiters based over several European locations whilst also acting as a Recruitment Business Partner to the executive leadership of several of the clients key business units across the region. Johns strives to deliver excellent client service in all aspects of his work. He has over 10 years recruitment experience, 8 of which spent in an in-house environment and he has recruited for a plethora of positions at all levels of seniority within that time. John is an Operations Manager for Peoplescout in Europe and oversees the day-to-day recruitment activity for a key client, operating in the pharmaceutical development industry. His current role encompasses managing a team of recruiters based over several European locations whilst also acting as a Recruitment Business Partner to the executive leadership of several of the clients key business units across the region. Johns strives to deliver excellent client service in all aspects of his work. He has over 10 years recruitment experience, 8 of which spent in an in-house environment and he has recruited for a plethora of positions at all levels of seniority within that time.
 
Robert Mansour
Managing Partner
TopBI
Robert Mansour (MSc, MBA) combines more than 20 years as Business Intelligence (BI) consultant with broad experience in business and people management. As Managing Partner for BI consultancy firm TopBI, Robert consults various companies to improve their management information delivery.
 
Mr. Jan Cees Marijt
Former VP of Group Compensation & Benefits
Sandvik
As a people person Jan Cees Marijt has made his 25+ years HR career in many areas of the profession. From an early start in compensation at Dow Chemical he moved on as a recruiter followed by a period as an HR generalist, HR shared services and back in C&B. His leadership roles he performed as the head of various teams in different international companies, both in C&B, shared services and as an HR director. His most recent leadership role has been for the global C&B center of expertise at Sandvik, Sweden. While he worked in most HR areas he made his HR career predominantly in compensation and benefits. Having worked in Holland, Belgium, Germany, the US and Sweden he has built and applied his HR experience in the chemical, sporting goods, mail service, navigation technology, mining & construction and coffee industries. He worked for Dow Chemical, Nike, TNT, TomTom, Sandvik and now Jacobs Douwe Egberts. He has enjoyed building, developing and leading teams over the past 20 years and has always been driven by a passion for HR in informal, highly energetic and results oriented working environments. He considers his work as a constant balancing on the edge of art and science while he puts high value on honesty, team, integrity and commitment. “There is no better satisfaction than the feeling of a victory created by an A-team” like in sports, is his experience.
 
Ms. Joanne Marshall
Director of HR & OD
University of Bradford
Joanne Marshall was appointed as Director of Human Resources and OD at the University of Bradford in December 2013. She oversees the University’s Human Resources, Organisational Development and Health, Safety and Wellbeing Services and is passionate about people. Her aim is to provide first class, supportive and innovative professional leadership, expertise and services to help drive delivery of the University’s mission, objectives and business plan. Joanne has worked in Human Resources within both the private and public sectors, for over 18 years and is originally from a nursing background, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to support Bradford in its transformation agenda. In 2009, Joanne was awarded NHS HR Director of the year Award for role model/contribution to the profession. Previously the Director of Organisational Culture Development at NHS England, she developed and lead on a number of national OD programmes aimed at creating and supporting a new culture in order to sustain the achievement of the national priorities and objectives of NHS England. Prior to this she was the Executive Director of Workforce & OD Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust where her portfolio included, Strategic HR, Organisational Development, Learning & Development, Communications & Engagement and Corporate Services. Joanne also led the equality & diversity agenda as both Director of Human Resources & OD at Stockport, Tameside and Glossop and Director of Workforce & OD at Lancashire Care FT. During her time at Lancashire Care, the Trust became a Beacon site as an Equality & Diversity partner in the NHS and won an award for its work on E&D in 2012. In May 2015 the University HR Team won the 2015 National UHR (University’s Human Resources) Award for ‘Exceptional HR’ and the service is also a finalist in the 2015 CIPD HR Team of the Year (Public Sector) – the results of which will be known in September 2015. She is also currently the Vice president for HPMA (Healthcare People Management Association), a school governor and the Director of a local drama group for children aged 8 – 18. Joanne is married and lives on a working farm with her husband and two children.
 
Simon Mason
VP, Business Development EMEA
Graebel

Simon Mason, vice president business development Graebel Relocation for the EMEA region, is a relocation industry veteran with more than a decade of hands’ on experience. Prior to joining Graebel, he led a UK firm of 100-plus FTE employees at board level and managed a multi-million pound budget. Inimitably familiar with cultural nuances and challenges which face executives on overseas assignments, Mason is responsible for developing business relationships with senior human resource, procurement, talent acquisition and management executives at UK domestic and multinational companies throughout this region. He is ultimately accountable for contracting corporate client acquisitions for Graebel Relocation, which administers consultancy and full-service relocation services and removals for companies across the globe. Based in the London area, Mason has worked on three continents in nine different cities while travelling to over 70 countries in his capacity as a relocation management executive. This experience presents him with a unique perspective in international assignment management. Mason’s combined experience is incalculable, when discussing relocation programmes, policies and best-practices by country or industry so that contemporary, effective solutions can be instituted, then realised for the client and for its workforce.

 
Tom Mason
Head of Sales, EMEA
Pontoon
Tom Mason directs European business efforts and administers the business development strategy for Pontoon, assuring that the workforce solutions provider maintains its leadership position through a focus on innovative technology, customer service and total talent management solutions for large and emerging companies within the region. Before joining Pontoon, Mr. Mason was a partner in a workforce management firm, following leadership roles in talent management for well-known organizations in the workforce solutions industry.
 
Michelle Mendelsson
EMEA Co-Head of Diversity and Inclusion
Credit Suisse
Michelle Mendelsson is the EMEA Co-Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Credit Suisse. She is one half of a job share partnership and works three days a week. Her remit covers the full spectrum of diversity including: Gender, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Working Parents, Disability and Age. She is responsible for strategy development, education, networks, events, new legislation, internal and external communication and benchmarking. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2000, Michelle worked for Marks and Spencer for fifteen years in a variety of commercial positions. She has a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester. Michelle lives in North London and has two daughters aged 11 and 9.
 
Zachary Misko
Global VP and Executive Director
HRO Today Technology and Services Association
Zachary has experience working with Fortune 500 clients throughout the world to develop and implement innovative talent management and HR solutions within a company. Zachary currently manages a global association of HR and Workforce Executives in the US, EMEA and APAC regions. Prior to joining SharedXpertise in 2014, Zachary held both Provider and Practitioner roles in Human Resources. Zachary was a global Vice President at KellyOCG, managed Human Resource functions at a world-wide leader in Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Promega Corp, Madison, WI, and was employed as the Sr. Training Manager for Lands’ End, Dodgeville, WI.
 
Jan Mueller
Managing Director, Talent Acquisition Solutions, EMEA
Futurestep
Jan Mueller is Futurestep’s Managing Director, Talent Acquisition Solutions for the EMEA region. A member of the global leadership, Jan has a joint responsibility for the overall business, as well as driving growth and expansion in the region. Building on the understanding of how talent strategy aligns to the business strategy, Jan works with clients to develop tailored solutions, providing ongoing support to help meet their business objectives. With over 18 years’ experience in international recruitment, Jan has held a number of managerial positions for leading HR consulting and talent acquisition companies. He has overseen large-scale recruitment solutions (900+ annual permanent hires across EMEA) for some of the most successful IT organisations. Before moving on to large-scale recruitment solutions, Jan has headed up the executive search business for a German talent acquisition boutique, delivering strategic assignments for the Technology and Industry clients. Jan was also Country Manager, Germany, for an international HR services group. A fluent German and English speaker, Jan holds a Diploma in Sociology from Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. He is based in our Frankfurt office.
 
Caroline Mullers
Senior Consultant
Great Place to Work
Caroline Mullers is a senior consultant at Great Place to Work. She has a master’s degree in Business Studies with a specialization in HRM and Organizational Behavior. As a consultant, she advises and supports organizations in their development toward Great Workplaces. She sees various organizations, among which the Best Workplaces of the Netherlands. The Best Workplaces distinguish themselves through a strong culture that is nourished and supported by the employer's policy. Caroline listens to organizations and knows how to put survey results into words in a clear way. She makes connections between theory, results, (sector-)wide developments and examples of good employment.
 
Seb O'Connell
Executive Vice President, Managing Director – Europe
Cielo
In his role as Managing Director - Europe, Seb O'Connell leads the organization’s creation and delivery of customized, innovative solutions to clients seeking transformational change. As a member of the Cielo Global Executive Team, he plays a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the organization as it expands its footprint in Europe and beyond. Seb brings to Cielo a strong background in business development as well as insightful solution design and operational delivery. Throughout his career, he has proven successful at growing organizations and people, and delivering world-class results for RPO clients across the globe. An acknowledged industry thought leader and EMEA Advisory Board Member to HRO Today Services & Technology Association, Seb is frequently quoted in the media and is a highly-regarded speaker at regional, national and international conferences and seminars.
 
Paula Parfit
Senior Vice President
Cielo
Paula is Cielo’s Go To Market - Senior Vice President, she has 18 years’ experience in designing and selling RPO, Blended Workforce, MSP, Graduate services, Consulting projects, Campaigns, Redeployment services, Executive Search, PSL and Interim Managers for UK and international requirements. Client engagement and solution design across multiple sectors including Financial Services, Professional Services, IT, Telco, Utilities, Public Sector and Defence. Paula is a leader who is passionate about creating and promoting the vision, culture, values and pace at Cielo. Paula builds high performance teams and drives significant growth through sales and client development, including into new markets. Track record includes four Outsourcing organisations; Cielo, Randstad Sourceright, Hyphen (part of the Adecco Group) and Elan (part of the Manpower Group). Career in the recruitment sector began in the Executive Search and Interim Practice at Hoggett Bowers.
 
Anna Rasmussen
Founder
Open Blend Method
Anna is the mother to 2 small children, a leading maternity coach and the founder of Open Blend Method. In 2014 Anna undertook an extensive piece of research in conjunction with Guidant Group into high achieving working mothers – ‘Keeping Women In’. Among the report's numerous findings was the significance that a sustainable work life blend has on a woman's state of well-being and the importance of direct leadership in the engagement and retention of key female talent. The report’s findings have led Anna to launch the revolutionary corporate application Open Blend Method, designed to facilitate an ongoing coaching programme between a high achieving working mother and their leader.
 
Peter Reilly
Principal Associate
Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
Peter joined IES in 1995 and has just retired as Director of Research and Consultancy. He still leads IES’s Reward and Performance Management area, giving consultancy support to organisations on various remuneration and performance issues. Consultancy assignments have covered the full range of reward work: from job evaluation and grading, through pay structures and levels, to incentives and total reward. He previously had a 16 year career with Shell where he held various HR posts in the UK and abroad covering both generalist and specialist HR roles.
 
Dustin Robinson
Product Marketer
Hello Talent
Dustin is an HR professional turned product marketer with a deep passion for all things tech and all things HR – making working in the HR technology space the perfect fit. After completing his master’s degree in HRM at Erasmus University, The Netherlands and spending three years working on strategic HR and recruiting at Talentsoft, Dustin recently joined Talentsoft’s Hello Talent team and shifted his focus to product marketing. As part of Hello Talent he works with his colleagues to shape this innovative recruiting tool and determine the best way to share these innovations in the marketplace. In his free time Dustin enjoys the outdoors in his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah USA along with creative writing, running, yoga, cycling, artsy movies, and reading about the latest innovations in the tech world.
 
Richard Schofield
Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP)
Alexander Mann Solutions
Richard Schofield is Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) for Alexander Mann Solutions and has been in this role for the past three years. Richard joined us in 2011. Richard is responsible for leading the SWP consulting practice across all of the current and new Alexander Mann Solutions client base. Richard leads a Global Team of experienced consultants and analysts who are responsible for the delivery of both the Alexander Mann Solutions planning methodology and technology managed services.
 
Julie Sharp
Head of Group HR
Bank of Ireland
Julie Sharp joined Bank of Ireland as Head of Group Human Resources on 14 June 2010. Julie is Australian and brings diverse HR experience to the Group, gained in several different companies including ING where she more recently worked. Julie held a number of senior HR positions with ING, ranging from Regional HR Director, Australia, to Regional Head of HR & Board Member, Hong Kong, ING Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for 17,000 employees, covering Investment Management, Insurance and Real Estate. After 10 years working with ING, Julie moved to Ireland with her family where she has been engaged in consulting assignments over the past year. Prior to IMG, Julie was the HR Director for Citibank Australia and Arthur Anderson. Julie holds an MBA in International Business Management from Charles Stuart University, having previously graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Psychology.
 
Roderick Smyth
CEO
TempBuddy
Roderick Smyth is a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record in building ground-breaking technology start-ups for the recruitment industry. With over 20 years' experience leading software companies, his latest venture, TempBuddy, seeks to change people's lives for the better by making flexible work easier and more rewarding. As a business leader who started life as a developer, in Tempbuddy he has created an award-winning intuitive workforce management platform that gets the best people to the right place at the right time, paid promptly and accurately using smart mobile technology.
 
Boele Staal
Integration Architect
TMF Group
Boele Staal joined TMF Group’s HR & Payroll Administration service line in 2012 and currently holds the role of Integration Architect. He received his Bachelor degree in Human Resource Management at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Since 2000 Boele worked in various functions for a large payroll provider in the Netherlands. In 2007 he decided that it was time for a change. He relocated to Spain and moved into and Account Management and On boarding Project Management role, dealing with Global Payroll (migrations) for large multinationals. His current role seeks to enhance projects within TMF Group focussed on design and delivery of processes & tools which support the delivery of global HR & Payroll managed services. This includes data integration between global ERP systems of multinational clients and TMF Group’s 100+ local payroll systems as well as consolidated payroll reporting and self service portals. Boele is a results driven person with a strong client focus. He enjoys working in an innovative and global environment with people from different cultural backgrounds, who often have different views and habits. When Boele isn’t in a conference call for one of his projects, or otherwise glued to his laptop screen, he spends his time mountain biking or hiking in the hills around Barcelona.
 
Craig Sweeney
Director of Recruitment Solutions-EMEA
WilsonHCG
As Director of Recruitment Solutions of EMEA, Craig heads up the company's business solutions across the region. He is also involved in the company's EMEA marketing activities and runs a number of networking events across the U.K. Prior to joining the company, Craig worked for a number of years for a major recruitment firm, latterly as Operations Director. He spent his early career with an IT agency.
 
Daniel Sztutwojner
VP Business Development
Beekeeper
Daniel is VP of Business Development and Customer Success at Beekeeper. Prior to joining Beekeeper, Daniel worked in several projects in Innovation and Technology and also co-founded a web startup that took him around the world, mainly to Israel and the US. Daniel holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics from ETH Zurich.
 
Leen Van Damme
Business Unit Manager Tax, Legal and Reward consulting
SD Worx
After having built up 20 years’ experience as a tax and legal consultant within SD Worx and within Deloitte Fiduciaire, Leen Van Damme is at this moment the business unit manager of the tax, legal and reward consulting units of SD Worx. Miss Van Damme is also co-founder of an alternative system to grant variable wages. One her teams are experts in the implementation of the so-called Flexincome plans. Another team is responsible for the service towards expats.
 
Mr. Arne-Christian van der Tang
SVP, HR
TomTom
I was an HR school drop out in the early nineties and very deliberately chose a career in commercial and operational management roles through which I arrived at a Texan freight forwarding organization. The years of line management gave me a different perspective on HR and organizational effectiveness, aligning HR to company and end-user objectives in a pragmatic manner. Years later I was HR director for EMEA for the same company, and stayed true to my can-do and no-nonsense approach to organizational challenges. After 11 years with this company, now CEVA logistics, I moved to TomTom. Realizing that my entire career was with one company, I agreed to a much lower position as HR manager for their customer care unit. When a year on the job, I was promoted to be a member of the consumer management board. I’ve been heading the global HR team since early 2014 and we have embarked on a change path with a clear strategy, relentless ambition and pragmatism.
 
Eric van Duin
HRIS Manager
PostNL
Eric van Duin (MSc) started his career with several positions as a consultant in decision support and process analysis. At PostNL he moved into HR where his ‘engineering perspective’ was more than welcomed. After six years in HR, he currently holds the HRIS position.
 
Jan Van Mol
Head of International Marketing
SD Worx
After having built up experience as director communication at the Flemish Employers Association (Voka), Jan Van Mol is with SD Worx since 2007. He was closely involved in the internationalization of the SD Worx Group, via acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Mr. Van Mol developed several brands, such as the Payroll Services Alliance and SD Worx Connect. In the context of SD Worx’ strategy and innovation of its services portfolio, he closely follows international trends in payroll and HR. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janvanmol) www.sdworx.com
 
Mark van Tooren
E-HRM-vangelist
Inveon
Mark is passionate for HRM and ICT for more 20 years. Since 2007 he is owner, director and responsible for HR&ICT at Inveon. His passion for HRM has its fundament at the Young talent program at IBM, where he laid his fundament as a HR business partner. Computer technology, his interest in the interaction of man and machine comes from his Electrical engineering education. The Master in Business Administration at Henley on Thames in combination with various management positions make that he approaches HR, ICT always from a strategic business perspective. Before Mark started at Inveon he has had several consulting and management positions in and around HR and ICT at Boyden, IBM and LogicaCMG. Mark loves to share his vision on HR and Technology and once in a while he shows up in the media.
 
Lucas van Wees
VP, Human Resources Commerical and Global
KLM
Drs L.L.G.M. (Lucas) van Wees MBA MBT holds an B.Sc in Tourism & Leisure (Breda) and Masters in Social Sciences (Tilburg), Telecommunications (Delft)and Business (IMD, Lausanne.. He worked for Philips, Shell and KPN in HR, management and commercial jobs. Since 2001 he is the Vice President HR Commercial and Global for KLM which merged mid 2004 with Air France. Van Wees was co-author or editor for four books and published various (international) articles a.o. for Personnel Journal, the International Journal of Career Management and the Journal of Management Development. His contribution to a European book, describing HR practices in 13 European countries, was published in late 2008 by Routledge, Taylor & Francis (ISBN 978-0-415-44761-4). Amongst others, he is a member of the Board of the Dutch Association of Personnel Management (NVP) and, on behalf of the NVP, delegate for the European Association of Personnel Management (EAPM) in which 28 European HR associations take part. He was the also the chairman of the Jury of the first EAPM European HR Award, granted in 2009 in Amsterdam.
 
Olivier Vidal
Founder
Fair Hiring Project
Olivier Vidal is the Founder of the Fair Hiring Project - a London based start-up that's making hiring meritocratic. He is a former executive recruiter, with a past in Olympic sport and an interest in social-justice and scalable solutions.