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Meet The 2023 Speakers


Paul Cowley
Paul Cowley
Director of Rehabilitation
Iceland Foods
Rev Paul Cowley MBE is the Director of Rehabilitation for Iceland foods, one of the leading food retailers in the UK, where his role is help get those coming out of prison employment and restoration. In 2005, he founded the charity ‘Caring for Ex-Offenders’ (CFEO), which has helped over 2000 men and ...
Alyson Fadil
Alyson Fadil
Chief People Officer
N Brown Group
Alyson Fadil is the Chief People Officer at N Brown Group and is also a Non-Exec Director & Chair of Remuneration for Marks Electrical Group. She previously held Executive People Director roles for Missguided and Sofology. Aly has been fundamental in the transformation of N Brown from a catalogue business to ...
Miguel Premoli
Miguel Premoli
HR Director Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey; former, CHRO
No7 Beauty Company
Miguel Premoli has over 30 years of human resources, talent management and transformation experience across the Americas, Europe and Asia in FMCG, retail and digital companies. He was most recently the CHRO of the No7 Beauty Company, a division of Walgreens Boots Alliance. Prior to joining No7 Beauty Company, Miguel spent 16 ...
Abigail Wilmore
Abigail Wilmore
Chief People Officer
Tom Ford
As Chief People Officer at Tom Ford, Abigail Wilmore defines and implements the people strategy, bringing the ethical, sustainable and responsible elements of what the brand stands for into our people and culture agenda. As a breaker of tired outdated HR ‘rules’, Abigail operates with the values of trust, respect, ...
Donna Price
Donna Price
former Head of Employee Experience
Eurostar
Donna Price was until recently the Head of Employee Experience at Eurostar International, while simultaneously operating as an internal consultant for the people aspects of the large-scale merger of Eurostar and Thalys. Over the past year, she has been a key driving force behind the definition of an organisational structure ...
Lucy Clough
Lucy Clough
Group People & Board Director
ScS - Sofa Carpet Specialist
Lucy Clough sits on the Board as People Director at ScS, where she’s responsible for leading and driving the people strategy and cultural change across the business, she also leads on the ESG strategy. Lucy is a leadership and people expert with a passion for driving a high performance ...
Anne-Marie Lister
Anne-Marie Lister
Chief People Officer
Atom bank
Anne-Marie Lister is a creative and solutions focused organisation development, organisation design, L&D and employee engagement practitioner. As Chief People Officer at Atom bank, over the seven years she has been there, she has had to understand the dynamics of the organisation quickly - designing, delivering and evaluating OD ...
Milet Lukey
Milet Lukey
Vice President People & Culture
Dorchester Collection
Milet Lukey is Vice President of People and Culture with the Dorchester Collection. In her current role, she is responsible for strengthening the culture through the We Care philosophy of the organisation. In line with the company's vison of Treasured by Guests, Cherished by Employees and Celebrated Worldwide, the strategies ...
Fabiola Williams
Fabiola Williams
Chief People Officer
McArthur Glen
Fabiola Williams has been the Chief People Officer at McArthurGlen since 2019. She has consistently developed and led new people strategies implementing systems change, business and culture transformation, Leadership development, Inclusion, equity and diversity, engagement and performance management. With over 30 years’ experience working in multilingual and multicultural contexts, Fabiola has gained ...
Andrea Wareham
Andrea Wareham
former Chief People Officer, Pret A Manger; NED
Psycle
Andrea Wareham is a NED and people advisor to support CEOs and aspiring senior leaders, to be the best they can be through individual support and mentoring. Until March 2023, she was Chief People Officer for Pret A Manger, where she worked for 23 years. During her time at Pret she played ...
Phil Vickers
Phil Vickers
Director of HR, UK & USA
Charles Tyrwhitt
Phil Vickers has been the HR Director for the UK & USA for Charles Tyrwhitt since 2018, where his responsibilities cover all areas of HR across all business units and all territories, with a particular focus on talent management, recruitment, reward & benefits, payroll and administration. During his time at CT, Phil has ...
Heather Lee
Heather Lee
Chief People Officer
Lincolnshire Co-op
Heather Lee is a strategic leader and human resources professional, working as Chief People Officer and a member of the Executive Team reporting to the CEO, for Lincolnshire Co-operative, where they are recognised for their employment practices with Investors in People Platinum, Disability Confident Leading and a long term, committed ...
Una O'Reilly
Una O'Reilly
Group Chief People, Culture & Sustainability Officer
The Ivy Collection, Caprice Holdings, Bill's, The Birley Clubs
Una O’Reilly is Group Chief People, Culture & Sustainability Officer with Caprice Holdings, which includes the restaurants The Ivy Collection, Bill’s, and The Birley Clubs. She was previously with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield from 2013-2022, as their Group Director of Engagement and Director of HR UK/Italy. Prior to joining URW, she ...
Catriona Gault
Catriona Gault
Head of People - Resourcing & Administration
Sue Ryder
Cat Gault is Head of People, Resourcing and Administration at Sue Ryder, where she has worked since March 2019 initially in the post of Head of Recruitment before assuming the additional responsibility of first line HR support in June 2022. Prior to working at Sue Ryder, Cat held a number of recruitment ...
Neil Pickering
Neil Pickering
Senior Manager, HR Innovation
UKG
A veteran of 20+ years in the technology industry, as Senior Manager - HR Innovation at UKG, Neil Pickering is an evangelist for driving business and people experience transformation, using technology and culture. Through close collaboration with customers, research teams and partners across retail and the wider supply chain - Neil ...
Alison Payne
Alison Payne
People Director
COOK
As COOK’s People Director, Alison Payne is passionate about inclusive policies and structures that facilitate the needs of a fast-paced growing business, with happier people and customers year on year. Wellbeing (physical, mental and financial) has always been high on the COOK agenda. Alison leads her team to look ...
Oreoluwa Adedokun
Oreoluwa Adedokun
Manager - Talent Acquisition EMEA
Bentley Systems
Oreoluwa Adedokun is currently working as a Manager, Talent Acquisition EMEA with Bentley Systems. He holds a bachelor degree in Counselling Psychology from Nigeria, An MBA in International Business Management from the USA and Msc in Human Resources Management from Netherlands.
Jo Causon
Jo Causon
CEO
The Institute of Customer Service
Jo Causon joined The Institute of Customer Services as its CEO in 2009, where she has driven membership growth by 150 percent and established the UK Customer Satisfaction Index as the country premier indicator of consumer satisfaction, providing organisations with an indicator of the return on their service strategy investment. Jo focuses ...
Yemi Akisanya
Yemi Akisanya
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & People Experience
Axon
Yemi Akisanya is Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and People Experience at Axon. Prior to joining Axon, he served as a Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Groupon, where he was responsible for building their DEI global strategy - focused on creating short and long-term plans to help build a ...
Charlotte Rees-John
Charlotte Rees-John
Head of Consumer Goods & Services
Irwin Mitchell
Charlotte Rees-John is the Head of of Consumer Goods and Services sector. at Irwin Mitchell, as well as being an Employment Partner with over 20 years’ experience. She acts for a number of key clients including Costa Coffee, PureGym and McArthurGlen, and has worked for many other well-known brands in the ...
Dr Carl Bescoby
Dr Carl Bescoby
Psychologist
OpenUp
Dr Carl Bescoby is a psychologist with 10 years of experience working at the intersection of well-being, performance, and rehabilitation. As a freelancer psychologist at OpenUp for the past 10 months, Carl has provided personalised care, empowering individuals to achieve optimal mental wellbeing. His evidence-based strategies and empathetic approach have earned him ...
Kirsty Rogers
Kirsty Rogers
Head of Environmental, Social & Governance Employment
DWF
Kirsty Rogers is Group Head of ESG and has oversight of the delivery of DWF's global ESG strategy, ensuring the governance and operations are in place to deliver on targets and key metrics. She is also the Chair of DWF's ESG Leadership Group and sits on the Groups Executive Board. ...
Liz Jewitt-Cross
Liz Jewitt-Cross
former Interim People & Transformation Director (CPO), New Look; Founder
Future HR
Liz Jewitt-Cross is an interim board level chief people and transformation officer, HR and organisation change adviser, with a global career spanning multiple industry sectors including retail and fashion with many of our best known and loved business brands. Most recently, Liz assisted New Look, the UK’s largest value ...
Kate Meadowcroft
Kate Meadowcroft
Partner & Head of Employment
DWF
As a Partner in the Employment Team at DWF, Kate Meadowcroft provides clear, robust advice to private and public multi-site organisations on a wide range of employment law matters. Her approach is to partner with clients, providing sound commercial advice to resolve HR issues whether contentious or non-contentious. She works ...
Darren Williams
Darren Williams
Global Head of Leasing
Impress
Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, Darren Williams is the Global Head of Leasing for Impress, leading site selection, negotiation and legals to lease in all seven markets, with more to follow as they continue their rollout. He is the Founder of Williams Harding Consulting working with start-ups, expanding and distressed businesses, ...
Pete Fullard
Pete Fullard
CEO
Upskill People
Pete Fullard is the CEO of Upskill People, innovators in the global online learning market. He helps people get the most from their careers, and businesses get the most from their teams. Pete knows that L&D is at its most powerful when outcomes are measured, analysed, and built into ...

Venue & Contact


VENUE
The London Marriott Grosvenor Square

EVENT DATE
21 September 2023

START TIME
09:00

CONTACT
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E: claire.knott@theretailbulletin.com
T: 01276 489626

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Karen Howard
T: 01276 489626 M:07725414385
E: karen.howard@theretailbulletin.com

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