HR Directors

Summit
2018 Brochure

6 - 7 February 2018
The ICC Birmingham

CURATORS OF THE NEW

BUSINESS LANDSCAPE
- GUIDING STRATEGIC GROWTH

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INTRODUCTION

The HRD Summit is the most senior gathering of HR Leaders

on the globe. We welcome over 1000 leading industry experts,
strategic thinkers, innovators and business leaders annually to
The ICC, Birmingham.

Now in its 16th year this premier event connects the
best in business leadership. The 2018 event, themed
Curators of the New Business Landscape - Guiding
Strategic Growth, focusses on today’s diverse and
complex business environment and the challenge of
the unknown we face as business leaders.
We are now driving transformation in unprecedent
environments – breaking conventional models
and finding new ways to guide people through
uncertainty and ambiguity. As an HR Leader, you
are the nexus of this pivotal movement. You have an
opportunity to shape the future direction of work;
the workforce; and the workplace – creating an agile
vision for the future and revolutionising the way, we
do business. Going beyond re-imaging how things
are and towards innovating the endless possibilities
of what they could be, to create an organisation that
is fit for the future.
We look forward to welcoming you to the
16th HRD Summit.
Penelope Jenkin, Summit Producer
e penelope.jenkin@contentive.com
t +44 (0)20 8080 9108

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THE HRD SUMMIT
IN NUMBERS

800+
Senior HR
150+
Speakers
80+
Commercial
Leaders Partners

250+
MATCH
10
HR Tech
70+
Exhibitors
Meetings Demonstrators

1 Strategy, Leadership, and

Boardroom Relationships

2 Benefits and Wellbeing

3 Talent

8
Streams
4 Business Transformation &
Change Management

5 HR Technology and People Analytics

6 Organisational Development
and Learning

7 Engagement

8 Culture and Inclusion

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SPEAKERS

Josh Bersin Nilofer Merchant Paula Coughlan Jean-Christophe

Leading Global Trends Expert, 50 Thinker, Best Selling Chief People Strategy Officer Deslarzes
Principal and Founder Business Author CHRO

Rosa Lee Martin Shuker Stephen Pierce Usha Kakaria-Cayaux

SVP – Global Human Managing Director CHRO Regional VP HR UK & Ireland
Resource Management Western Europe

Andrew Stephenson Becky Ivers Birthe Mester Bojana Zupanic

Group People Director People Director – Expansion Global Head for Performance, Head of Succession
Engagement and Culture

Candice Cross Clyde Marwick Dr. Melissa K. Hungerford Dr. Reza Moussavian
Group Head of Diversity and Group HR Director VP, Global Talent SVP Digital & Innovation
Inclusive Culture Management and Inclusion

*speakers provisionally confirmed and subject to change

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SPEAKERS

Dr. Stephen Moir Ella Bennett Gary Butterfield Helen Miller

Executive Director Group HR Director Co-Founder and Talent Director
of Resources Executive Director

Jen Lawrence Joel Casse Karen Beaven Kate Brown

HR Director Global Head of HR Director Group People Director
Leadership Development

Kent Frederiksen Lesley Swarbrick Lisa Blewitt Lisa White

Head of Total Rewards HR Director Head of Centrica Group HR Director
Academies

Louise Patterson Lynne Rutherford Mark Ellis Martha Desmond

Chief People Officer Group Vice President Director Chief Human
Learning and Development Resource Officer

*speakers provisionally confirmed and subject to change

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SPEAKERS

Mervyn Dinnen Neil Morris Paul Vallance Perry Timms

HR & Talent Analyst, Author Vice President of Director of Communications Social Learning Strategist and
Human Resources and Stakeholder Relations leading HR Blogger

Rasmus Hougaard Ryan Cheyne Sam McNeill Selina Millstam

Global Leader in People Director Chief Story Teller & UK & Vice President and Head of
Mindful Leadership Europe General Manager Talent Management

Shereen Daniels Terry Jones Tim Munden Tom Blake

Head of HR VP, Talent & Development; Chief Learning Officer Group Head of Reward &
Europe, Eurasia & Africa Global HR Director

Tony Cooke
Senior Director,
Human Resources

*speakers provisionally confirmed and subject to change

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AGENDA: DAY 1

TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY, 2018

l STRATEGY, LEADERSHIP AND BOARDROOM RELATIONSHIPS l TALENT l HR TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE ANALYTICS
l BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT l ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING
l CULTURE AND INCLUSION l BENEFITS & WELLBEING l ENGAGEMENT

07:45 Registration and Refreshments

08:45 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Mark Ellis, Director, Culture Transform Ltd

09:00 The Power of Onlyness - Unlocking Purpose and Wild Ideas

Nilofer Merchant, 50 Thinker, Best Selling Business Author

09:30 Enriching Culture: KFC’s Heartstyles Transformational Journey

Martin Shuker, Managing Director Western Europe, KFC

10:00 HRD Deconstructed Keynote: Curating a Culture of Innovation

Sam McNeill, Chief Story Teller & UK & Europe General Manager, Song Division UK

10:00 MATCH Meetings and Refreshments

10:55 Networking and Refreshments

10:55 HRD Tech Village Lightning Talk - Illuminate us but make it Quick

11:25 l l l l
Is there an Elephant in Laws of Attraction: Employee Re-Branding: Elevating your Global
the Room? – Addressing Recruiting like a Start-up Changing the Employee Digital Employee
Human Capital Risk Helen Miller, Talent Value Proposition of the Experience
Dr. Stephen Moir, Director, Shop Direct Company Paula Coughlan, Chief
Executive Director of Ryan Cheyne, People People Strategy Officer,
Resources, The City of Director, Rentalcars.com McDonald’s
Edinburgh Council

11:25 l l l l
Co-creating Putting OD at the Heart Making Diversity and The Future of Rewards
Transformation: of HR Inclusion a Way of Life and Benefit
Adding Value to the Agile Lesley Swarbrick, Tony Cooke, Senior
Organisation Director, Human
HR Director, Time Inc
Rosa Lee, SVP – Global Resources, adidas Group
Human Resource
Management,
Bosch China

12:05 l l l l
Digital Leadership: The Rhetoric and Curators of the New Driving a Purpose
Unlocking Leadership the Reality of Talent Business Landscape – Driven Culture
Capabilities Management in HR’s Role in Preparing Cielo
Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Organisations Leaders
Dan Hammond, Dr. Barbara Zesik, Kimberly Bradshaw,
Chief Disruption Officer, Chief People Officer, Managing Director, HR
LIW Santa Fe Relocation Consultancy, Buzzacott

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New HR Tech – Making Getting Beyond The Equality, Diversity & Total Employee
Implementation a Success ‘What?’ To Implementing Inclusion: The Next Wellbeing, the Power of
The ‘How?’ – Enabling Chapter - The Nuclear Recognition
Bob Rehill, Founder People To Drive Decommissioning
& CEO, Bob Rehill & Jamie True, CEO,
Commercial Performance Authority & Capita LifeWorks
Associates In Volatile, Uncertain, Paul Vallance, Director
Complex And Ambiguous of Communications and
Times Stakeholder Relations,
Dominic Ashley-Timms, NDA
Managing Director, Notion Kirstie Kelly, D&I Practice
Lead – Talent Consultancy,
Capita Talent Consulting

12:45 l l l l
Trusted Advisor: Building Investing in the Future: Getting their Mojo Back: Humanising Technology:
a Strategic Future An Organisational Heathrow’s Journey to A Strategic Approach
Stephen Pierce, CHRO, Approach to Talent Becoming a Great Place to Building your Digital
Hitachi Europe Planning to Work Identity
Clyde Marwick, Group HR Becky Ivers, People Dr. Reza Moussavian,
Director, Baxters Food Director – Expansion, SVP Digital & Innovation,
Group Heathrow Deutsche Telekom

12:45 l l l l
M&A Integration: 5 Things Understanding The How Might We Create Re-inventing Your Global
HRDs Must Get Right In a Expectation Gap: Gearing an Empathy Driven Reward Philosophy
Digital World our Leaders to Lead Organizations? Tom Blake, Group Head
through Ambiguity Vijay Raju, Head of of Reward & Global HR
Ella Bennett, Group HR
Director, Sainsbury-Argos Lynne Rutherford, Group Forum Members, World Director, Laird
Vice President Learning Economic Forum
and Development,
Brambles

13:15 Networking Lunch

13:15 HRD Tech Village Industry Focused Networking Session – Retail

14:10 Cultivating a Thriving Workforce Think Tank

Nick Starritt, Region Segment Leader - Engagement SalaryFinance
EUROPAC, Mercer | Sirota

14:50 l l l l
Building a HR Function Customer Champions Purposeful Leadership: What is your Diverse
from the Ground Up Martha Desmond, Chief Creating a Sense of Factor: Can Analytics
Kate Brown, Group People Human Resource Officer, Belonging Solve the Diversity Issue?
Director, Countrywide Apollo Tyres Shereen Daniels, Head of Wade Munsie, Director of
HR, Caffe Nero Advanced Analytics & BI
Development, Royal Mail

14:50 l l l l
Aligning Legacy: Chubb’s Re-aligning Performance Holding up a Mirror to Fostering a Culture of
Business Transformation Management to Unconscious Bias Openness: Tackling
Journey Drive True Business Candice Cross, Group Physical and Mental
Terry Jones, VP, Talent Performance Head of Diversity and Health at Work
& Development; Europe, Bojana Zupanic, Head of Inclusive Culture, BT Lisa White, Head of
Eurasia & Africa, Chubb Succession, Danfoss People and Culture,
Kent Frederiksen, Head of Lend Lease
Total Rewards, Danfoss

15:30 l l l l
A New Way of Looking Case Study: A Look Back Enabling Leaders in HR Analytics:
at Employee Value on the Levy Times of Change 2018 and Beyond
Proposition; When One Harry Gooding, Achieve Breakthrough Antony Heljula,
Size Doesn’t Fit All, How General Manager, Technical Director,
do You really Add Value Arch Apprentices Peak Indicators
for Your People?
Nick McClelland, Sales
and Commercial Director,
JLT
Andrew Drake, Consulting
and Proposition Director,
JLT

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Navigating a VUCA world Adapting to Change in Building a Culture that The Changing Reward
– Do you have the core the Digital Age Supports Physical and Landscape
skills needed? Nicola McAdam, Emotional Wellness Ruth Thomas,
Dominic Fitch, Leading Expert in Digital Optum Industry Principal,
Head of Creative Change, Disruption and Capability Curo Compensation
Impact International Upskilli,
AVADO Learning

16:00 MATCH Meetings and Refreshments

16:55 Refreshments

16:55 HRD Tech Village Digitox - How To Find A Healthy Industry Focused Networking
Balance For Your Family’s Session - Pharmaceutical &
Digital Diet Healthcare
Mark Ellis, Director, Culture
Transform Ltd

17:20 l
Engaging Workforce Cultures
Kevin Ames, Author and Director, O.C. Tanner

17:50 l
Building a Sustainable Future: Transformation and Digitalisation
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, CHRO, ABB

18:20 HRD Deconstructed Keynote: Curating a Culture of Innovation

Sam McNeill, Chief Story Teller & UK & Europe General Manager, Song Division UK

18:20 Chair’s Closing Remarks

Mark Ellis, Director, Culture Transform Ltd

18:35 Workday Drinks Reception

19:35 HRD Awards

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AGENDA: DAY 2

WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY, 2018

l STRATEGY, LEADERSHIP AND BOARDROOM RELATIONSHIPS l TALENT l HR TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE ANALYTICS
l BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT l ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING
l CULTURE AND INCLUSION l BENEFITS & WELLBEING l ENGAGEMENT l KEYNOTE l CHAMPAGNE ROUNDTABLE

07:30 Networking and Refreshments

08:00 Breakfast Briefing: The
DNA of the Agile Worker
Dr Tim Sparkes, Practice
Lead, Hudson
Breakfast Briefing Breakfast Briefing:
Mercer | Sirota Evolving purpose in your
organisations
Graham Abbey, Managing
Director, Bridge
Partnership
Breakfast Briefing:
Humanising Leadership in
a Digital World
Angus Ridgway, CEO and
Co-Founder, Potentialife

08:00 Industry Focused Networking Session – Financial Services

08:45 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Mark Ellis, Director, Culture Transform Ltd

09:00 l
HR’s Essential Role In The New World Of Work
Josh Bersin, Leading Global Trends Expert, Principal and Founder, Bersin by Deloitte

09:30 l
Reimagine HR: Delivering True Business Partnership
Workday

10:00 l
HRD Deconstructed Keynote: Curating a Culture of Innovation
Sam McNeill, Chief Story Teller & UK & Europe General Manager, Song Division UK

10:00 MATCH Meetings and Refreshments

10:55 Networking and Refreshments

10:55 HRD Tech Village Lightning Talk - Supporting Talent Industry Focused Networking
and Improving Performance Session – IT & Telecomms
Alastair Campbell, Corporate
Business Manager, Texthelp

11:20 l l
Agile HR: Adoption and
Impact
Karen Beaven, HR
Director, River Island
l l
Encouraging Curiosity Bringing PURPOSE to life Digital Transformation:
and Entrepreneurial Jenny Lawrence, HR The New World of Work
Spirit During a Director, Lindt & Sprungli
Time of Significant
Transformation and
Disruption
Selina Millstam, Vice
President and Head of
Talent Management,
Ericsson

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BBC’s HR Transformation New Work Environment Governing Board Wellbeing at the Heart of
– The Next Chapter Design: How to Increase Effectiveness: The your People Strategy: A
Sarah Gregory, HR Value Proposition Role of Diversity in the Collective Approach
Director, BBC HR Service Usha Kakaria-Cayaux, Boardroom Tim Munden, Chief
Centre, BBC Regional VP HR UK & Learning Officer, Unilever
Ireland, Estee Lauder

12:00 l l l l
The Entrepreneurship Future Proofing Your Driving Sustainable Building an Agile Culture
Journey Workforce: Transforming Engagement Through Tim Drake, Head of Talent
the Way We Work Real-time Recognition Management UK, Hudson
Imperial College Business
School AVADO Denise Willett, Senior
Director - EMEA,
Achievers

12:00 l l l l
Neuroscience of Elevating your Digital Inspiring Change and The Science Behind
Behaviour - Leadership & Learning Platform: Commitment Through the Stress: Creating a
Culture Development Making Learning Mobile Power of Emotion Resilient Workforce
Mara Klemich, Consulting Anthony Burrows, Christopher Lorenz,
Psychologist, Heartstyles Managing Partner, Co-Founder & Head of
Intelligent Emotion Science, Soma Analytics
Oliver Strong,
Managing Partner,
Intelligent Emotion

12:35 l l l l
First 100 Days in a Writing your Talent Engagement in the HR Powered by Analytics
New Role Playbook: Next Face of Ambiguous and
Dr Melissa K. Hungerford, Generation Talent Turbulent Transformation
VP, Global Talent Strategies Neil Morris, Vice President
Management and of Human Resources,
Inclusion, Avon Alere

12:35 l l l l
Building a Strategic HR Driving Performance Building and Sustaining Building a Holistic
Function through Meaningful an Entrepreneurial Approach to Health and
Andrew Stephenson, Conversations Culture Wellbeing
Group People Director, Birthe Mester, Global Louise Patterson, Chief Andy Dodman, Chief
Lookers Head for Performance, People Officer, Graze Operating Officer, The
Engagement and Culture, University of Sheffield
Deustche Bank Gary Butterfield,
Co-Founder and Executive
Director, Everyday Juice
Limited

13:05 Networking Lunch

13:05 HRD Tech Village

13:50 l l l l
Crack the code: The Future of Employee Engagement Talent Intelligence:
Upgrade your Customer Recruitment Advertising: 365 days of the year How to Advance your
Experience, One The Science of Attracting Good & Co. Workforce Planning
Conversation at a Time Talent Strategy
Sally Earnshaw, Richard Collins, Chief Garmin
Managing Director, Executive, Click IQ
Blue Sky Performance
Improvement

13:50 l l l l
Re-imaging HR by Redefining the Future When Intelligence Helping your Employees
applying ‘Human- of Learning and Doesn’t Translate Becoming Financially Fit
Centred’ Design Thinking Development ORC International Neyber
Courageous Success

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Talent Transformation Nokia Outbreak – A New Way to Engage and Learn for
Mervyn Dinnen, HR & Talent Analyst, Author Leaders and Teams
Perry Timms, Social Learning Strategist Joel Casse, Global Head of Leadership Development,
and leading HR Blogger Nokia

14:25 l l l
Thought Exchange Discussion: Thought Exchange Discussion: The Thought Exchange Discussion:
Curators of the New Business Apprenticeship Levy – Are You Technology’s Impact on Global
Landscape – HRs Role in Preparing Getting the Most From It and How Mobility
Leaders Can Online Apprenticeships Help Tony Baldassarro, Director,
Kimberly Bradshaw, Managing You LSS Relocation
Director, HR Consultancy, Buzzacott Sean McCready, Education Services
Director, ICS Learn

14:25 l l l l
Thought Exchange Thought Exchange Thought Exchange Thought Exchange
Discussion Discussion: Hidden Tax Discussion Discussion
Peak Indicators Risks for HR – Are You snapLogic Rosetta Stone
Ready for the Changes?
Mark Abbs, Partner and
Head of Global Mobility,
Blick Rothenberg

14:25 l l l
Thought Exchange Discussion: Thought Exchange Discussion Thought Exchange Discussion
Become a Magnet for Talent Avado SalaryFinance
Kevin Ames, Author and Director,
O.C. Tanner

15:45 l
The Mind of the Leader
Rasmus Hougaard, Global Leader in Mindful Leadership, Potential Project

16:15 l
HRD Deconstructed Keynote: Curating a Culture of Innovation
Sam McNeill, Chief Story Teller & UK & Europe General Manager, Song Division UK

16:25 Chair’s Closing Remarks

Mark Ellis, Director, Culture Transform Ltd

16:30 Conference Closes

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