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Natalie Bertelsen-Macey

Head of People, Ops and Reward, McCarthy Stone

Natalie Bertelsen-Macey is the Head of People, Ops and Reward at McCarthy and Stone.

Graeme Bold

MD Workplace & Intermediary Wealth, Scottish Widows

Graeme Bold is the MD Workplace & Intermediary Wealth at Scottish Widows.

Yvonne Braun OBE

Director of Policy, Long Term Savings and Protection, ABI

A member of the ABI’s Executive Team, Yvonne directs the ABI’s work on pensions, including ESG and sustainable investment, and protection insurance, and oversees the finance department and data analysis team. She leads the ABI’s diversity and inclusion programme, and the sector’s charitable £100m Covid-19 Support Fund.

Yvonne joined the ABI from the Financial Services Authority, where she worked in policy and public affairs. She previously was a capital markets lawyer at Goldman Sachs and the US law firm Cleary Gottlieb.

Yvonne is a member of the Government’s Industry Steering Group for the Pensions Dashboard Project, and the City of London Corporation’s Taskforce to improve socio-economic diversity at senior levels in financial and professional services. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a former trustee of Asthma UK, a graduate of Cambridge University and holds a doctorate in international criminal law.

She can be found on Twitter at @YvonneBraun4.

Chris Bruce

CEO & Co-Founder, Origin

Chris is the CEO and co-founder of Origin, the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform. With a 25-year career at the intersection of technology and employee benefits, Chris is driven by a mission to transform the global benefits industry through the power of AI. Prior to Origin, Chris co-founded Thomsons Online Benefits (later known as Darwin), where they helped scale the business into a global leader in benefits technology, serving millions of employees across the world. At Origin, Chris is once again redefining what’s possible — this time with smarter, faster, AI-powered solutions that bring unprecedented clarity, control, and scalability to global benefits management.

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Jonathan Clarey

Global Benefits Leader, Philip Morris International

After a lengthy spell advising multinational clients on their global employee benefits provision, Jonathan joined PMI’s newly formed Global Benefits COE in 2022. Since determining and communicating a benefits strategy with colleagues at its heart, implementation of the various strands is well underway, with a particular focus on benefit sustainability through efficient financing and actionable data insights. This has resulted in the creation of a virtual captive approach for our employee benefits. 

Dan Cobley

Investor, Entrepreneur and Former CEO, Google UK

Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor in innovative tech startup businesses, focusing on financial services. He is a popular keynote speaker at conferences; speaking on the disruptive power of fintech, technology, innovation, and Google’s unique approach to business. He is also an accomplished moderator, interviewer and after-dinner speaker.

Dan has shared his thoughts on Physics and Marketing at a Global TED conference and with over 1.5 million people online. He was named as number 3 in Wired UK top 100 list 2012 and among the Maserati 100 Innovators of the Year in 2018 and Business Insider’s top 100 Innovators in 2019.

Dan spent 8 years at Google, running European marketing and then the $5Bn UK and Ireland business. Since leaving Google he has become a successful entrepreneur and investor in innovative startup businesses.

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Andrea Csigir

Global Benefits and Organisational Design Manager, Tetra Pak

Andrea has held various HR roles within Tetra Pak before transitioning to the Global Compensation & Benefits function as Global Benefits Manager in late 2021. In this role, she partners closely with country HR teams as a subject matter expert on the design, change, and implementation of Long-Term Employee Benefit programmes. Andrea plays a key role in driving stakeholder buy-in and successful adoption of benefit changes, including managing complex transitions. She actively monitors global trends to ensure competitive offerings and identifies opportunities to enhance the benefit landscape. Her responsibilities also include managing global benefit vendors, brokers and administrators against agreed service levels and KPIs. Andrea contributes to global projects requiring benefits expertise, most recently leading the rollout of the Global Company Car policy from HR perspective. 

Bruce Daisley

Best-selling author, host of leading business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat and influential workplace expert

Bruce Daisley is a best selling author and technology leader from the UK.  He has become regarded as one the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work. His prior business career saw him spend 12 years running Twitter in Europe and previously YouTube in the UK. He left Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US.

He's a disruptor who is driven to make work better and use evidence to find ways of improving workplace culture, and on this theme hosts is own podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat. 

In 2022 his second book, Fortitude, became a smash top 5 bestseller in the Sunday Times charts. It follows the remarkable success of his debut title, The Joy of Work, which was a Sunday Times number one business bestseller in spring 2019. The Financial Times made it Book of the Month and it was shortlisted for CMI Management Book of the Year. His Audible Original, No Office Required was a top 10 audiobook on its release in January 2021.

He has been rated as the top leader in the UK tech sector by Campaign Magazine. In a prestigious survey of CEOs and MDs, in 2020 Bruce was again named the “Fantasy Hire” that most leaders would like to make – his fourth time of winning the accolade (other names placed included Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Martin Sorrell). He regularly ranks as the top-rated speaker at conferences in the US and the UK.

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucedaisley/

Paul Dolan

Professor of Behavioural Economics, LSE

Paul is a professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a pioneer in measuring happiness through research- backed techniques. Helping leaders create uplifting workplaces where employees can thrive, his ground-breaking work designing the personal wellbeing survey for the UK’s Office for National Statistics is still used today. Creator of LSE’s Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, Paul’s research passion comes from his interest in investigating how characteristics such as social class and belief systems are recognised or diminished in different environments.
Author of “Happiness by Design” and “Happy Ever After,” his MINDSPACE checklist, created for the UK government’s Behavioural Insights Team, helps both public and private organisations nudge consumer, employee and employer behaviour. Paul’s most recent work on creating “tolerance by design” is intended to overcome what he calls “beliefism” – discrimination against those with different beliefs – and is the topic of his next book, scheduled for a May 2025 release. Paul was named one of the 100 most influential academics globally and has worked with a number of government bodies and Fortune 500 companies on how to embed behavioural science and the science of happiness into organisations. Paul’s 120-odd academic papers have been cited more than 34,000 times.

Emma Douglas

Managing Director - Workplace, Aviva

Emma Douglas joined Aviva in 2021 as Managing Director of Workplace Savings business, with the accountability to deliver the best possible outcome for over 4 million customers/members and their £95bn of assets as they save for and access savings in later life. Emma is also the Chair of the Pensions & Lifetime Savings Association; having previously chaired the PLSA’s Policy Board since 2018. 

Before joining Aviva, Emma was Head of DC at Legal & General Investment Management, where she was primarily responsible for developing LGIM's DC business and Investment Strategy.  She joined LGIM in 2014 from Mercer where she held the position of Partner and Head of Mercer Workplace Savings. Previous roles in Emma’s career include the Head of DC Sales at BlackRock and Head of DC Pensions at Threadneedle Investments. 

All told, Emma has more than 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. She graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School via a Women in Management Scholarship from the Guardian.

Sebastian Fallert

Co-founder and CEO, Ben

Sebastian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ben, a London-based SaaS startup building an intelligent employee benefits platform. With over 15 years of experience as a tech entrepreneur and investor, he co-founded Ben after leading Secret Escapes' UK market following their acquisition of JustBook, a company he founded.

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Peter Frampton

Head of Performance & Reward, Freshfields

Peter Frampton is the Head of Talent, Performance and Reward, and Global HRBPs with Teneo, based in London.

Prior to Teneo, Peter spent over 20 years in banking in international roles across Operations and Human Resources. For the last nine years, he has built his expertise in Performance Management and Reward, launching innovative and effective approaches to pay-for-performance at both the individual and business level. Central to this is using data to drive decision making, including insights derived from continuous employee listening and feedback.

Earlier in his career, Peter helped build a market-leading People Analytics function, which included the early adoption in HR of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing capabilities.

Peter is passionate about making a difference – helping people, businesses and charities to achieve their goals and full potential. He is currently the Chair of Allergy UK and is a trustee at a fast-growing Multi-Academy Trust.

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Deborah Frost

Chief Executive

Deborah Frost joined AIM-listed Personal Group plc as Chief Executive in February 2019, bringing with her unparalleled industry knowledge, strong leadership skills, and creative commerciality which have made her a trailblazer in the field of employee experience and reward.

Deborah has a diverse background and long-standing career spanning over two decades in both industry and consultancy, working for big names such as Marks & Spencer, Nationwide Building Society and Towers Perrin.

A business graduate and Chartered Fellow of CIPD, Deborah is a respected and ground-breaking thought-leader in reward, performance and high growth businesses.

Deborah is particularly proud, that after a career championing fair pay and careers for women, she is one of only four female Chief Executives in the largest 200 AIM-listed companies.

Professor Hannah Fry

Mathematician, Broadcaster, best-selling author and Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics, University of Cambridge

Professor Hannah Fry is a Mathematician, Broadcaster, best-selling author and Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Rob Gerdes

Head of Rewards, Iveco

Rob Gerdes is the Head of Rewards at Iveco.

Simon Greenman

Global AI and technology innovator, Partner at Best Practice AI, co-founder of MapQuest and former member of the World Economic Forum Global AI Council

Simon Greenman is a global AI and technology innovator with over 25 years of experience as an executive, investor, and director. He was a co-founder of MapQuest, one of the first internet and AI brands. 

Currently a Partner at Best Practice AI advising on AI strategy, technology, and governance, he recently served on the World Economic Forum's Global AI Council. Simon has spent over a decade as Chief Digital Officer leading digital transformations of directory companies and has worked with the likes of Bowers & Wilkins, AOL, and Accenture. 

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simongreenman/

Matthew Gregson

Executive Director, Howden

Matthew oversees all aspects of Howden’s proposition for Corporate clients. He has over 20 years’ experience in employee benefits, including a large portion of his career helping shape the flexible benefits market in the UK.

Matthew has personally helped many large and complex employers introduce transformational change to their pension and benefits programmes, working with providers and partners in industry to innovate and maximise the value they bring to clients.

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Ruth Handcock OBE

CEO, Octopus Money

Ruth Handcock is CEO of Octopus Money, a money advice brand for everyone. The new brand – Octopus Group's second mass consumer brand alongside Octopus Energy – offers money coaching and advice to millions of people across the UK, regardless of how much they earn or are able to invest.

For her first 5 years as part of the Octopus Group she was CEO at Octopus Investments, an asset manager with £13bn under management. Prior to this she was a founding employee at Tandem, a new UK challenger bank, and was responsible for achieving their banking licence. She is an independent non-Executive Director of Aldermore Bank and sits on the Octopus Group main Board.

Ruth is passionate about education – in finances and beyond – having spent a year working in the Ministry of Trade in Sierra Leone to attract overseas investment and establishing a primary school in Freetown. Ruth was also Governor at Bolingbroke Academy, a non-selective state secondary for 6 years.

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Tim Harford OBE

Financial Times’ Undercover Economist and BBC Radio 4 More or Less Presenter

Tim Hardford OBE is the Financial Times’ Undercover Economist and BBC Radio 4 More or Less Presenter.

Sara Hill

Founder and CEO, RoleMapper

With over 20 years experience in future-of-work innovation, Sara Hill pioneered job deconstruction — a methodology that enables fair, agile, and scalable workforce strategies. She’s a recognised expert in inclusive career design and has advised governments and boards on workforce transformation.

At RoleMapper, she’s now combining AI with deep expertise in work design to help organisations build the infrastructure for equitable and future-ready talent practices.

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Neil Hunsworth

Chief People Officer, Capco

A HR Director with expertise across the HR spectrum, including talent acquisition, talent development, D&I, reward, health & wellbeing, employee engagement and communications. Experience of working in organisations large and small(ish), UK and global, corporate and not-for-profit.

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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

Top 10 BAME leader in Tech and host of Women Tech Charge podcast

Featured among the top 10 BAME leaders in tech by the Financial Times and Inclusive Boards, Anne-Marie is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. Since then she has held positions at Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard and Deutsche Bank. It is this wealth of experience and pioneering spirit that led her to co-found Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors. Anne-Marie’s first book SHE’S IN Ctrl was published by Penguin in September.

Alison Kanabe

SVP, Head of Pensions & Benefits EMEA, Bank of America

Alison Kanabe is the SVP, Head of Pensions & Benefits EMEA at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch.

Farah Khan

EMEA Head of Wellness, Goldman Sachs

Currently lead the EMEA Wellness Team at Goldman Sachs with 14+ years of Employee Benefits and Wellbeing experience in both financial services and the legal industry. 

Reiko Kubota

Head of Global Benefits, Fidelity International

Reiko heads up Global Benefits in Fidelity International and for the past five years has focused on the creative use of benefits as an attractive engagement and communication tool through leveraging the technological capability. Reiko began her career in pensions and benefits management in the financial industry and over the 20 years, expanded her scope from the UK, where she is based, to EMEA, APAC and India, leading strategic direction with particular attention to global framework and local sensitivity.

In the post pandemic world, where benefits professionals are having to work at pace to develop strategy to respond to environmental, economic and demographic changes in the workforce, Reiko believes that benefits opens up opportunities for the employers to make a statement about their cultural authenticity which will resonate with the emerging trend in employees having renewed priorities in life.

Sarah Lambert

Director of Global Reward, Engagement and DE&I, Hilton Foods plc

Sarah Lambert is a values-driven HR Leader and Non- Exec Director with extensive expertise in Global Reward, Engagement, DE&I, and Change Management. Currently Director of Global Reward, Engagement and DE&I at Hilton Foods plc, Sarah has nearly 20 years of experience across global automotive and retail sectors, including roles at Jaguar Land Rover and Marks and Spencer. Sarah serves on the Board as a Non-Executive and RemCo member for a manufacturing and engineering skills charity, Enginuity.

Dame Joanna Lumley OBE

BAFTA Award-Winning Actress, Charity Campaigner and a British Institution

Dame Joanne Lumley OBE is a BAFTA Award-Winning Actress, Charity Campaigner and a British Institution.

Katie Lynch

CEO and Founder, ApiaryLife

Katie is the Founder and CEO of ApiaryLife. ApiaryLife is reimagining work-life support by providing tech enabled, personalised, and expert led help to employees navigating major life events and transitions. Prior to launching Apiary, Katie practiced as a family lawyer in London at one of the United Kingdom's leading law firms where she witnessed first-hand the devastating impact life events have on working professionals and their ability to continue to perform at work. Katie is on a mission to revolutionise the support systems in place in our personal lives, so that we may continue to thrive in our professional ones as we navigate life and all of its changes and transitions. Katie graduated from Trinity College Dublin before completing her Diploma in Law in London. She lives in New York with her husband and two young children.

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-lynch-23979b23/

Dr Subashini M

Medical & Sustainability Director, Aviva UK Health

Dr Subashini M is a Medical & Sustainability Director at Aviva Health, where she leads medical strategy, value‑based healthcare, and the integration of sustainability across healthcare delivery. A surgical doctor by training, she brings deep clinical insight into how poor health, particularly mental health, affects workforce participation and long‑term financial security. Dr Suba is a strong advocate for preventative, inclusive and culturally competent workplace wellbeing strategies that help people stay well and economically active for longer. She works closely with employers to align health intervention with wider business and pension adequacy goals.

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Hazel Mainwaring

Reward & Performance Lead, E.ON UK

Hazel is a reward professional with over 18 years’ experience in compensation and benefits roles within market leading businesses across a variety of sectors. 

Commercially minded, personable and highly competent in delivery annual reward processes, job evaluation and pay structures, benefits management and reward change projects. She is CIPD qualified, Hay Job Evaluation trained and analytical.

Davina McCall MBE

Television presenter

Davina is firmly established as one of the nation's most loved TV broadcasters, with hit series that include Long Lost Family, The Masked Singer, The Masked Dancer and the ground breaking documentaries Sex, Myths and the Menopause and Sex, Mind and the Menopause.

Davina has become a passionate advocate for raising awareness about the menopause and as well as fronting two critically acclaimed C4 documentaries and speaking at corporate events, she has also released her book Menopausing.

Davina has also built a successful fitness empire, encompassing no less than 15 fitness DVD releases with sales of over 1.4 million and an online site Own Your Goals Davina. 

In 2007 Davina was signed up by Garnier, where she remains one of their key brand ambassadors, and she is also an ambassador for retailer JDWilliams.

Naga Munchetty

Journalist and broadcaster

Naga Munchetty is known nationwide as a high profile journalist and broadcaster. Her career as a journalist began at the Evening Standard and The Observer newspapers, and soon moved into reporting for Reuters Financial Television. Her love of financial matters, news and television led her to CNBC Europe where she became an Executive Producer. She has also worked as a Producer and Reporter for Channel 4 News, before becoming an anchor for Bloomberg Television. There she fronted a daily show and regularly grilled major CEOs and Central Bankers.

In addition to her prolific television work, Naga is a familiar voice on radio. Golf is one of Naga’s passions and she plays as much as she can - she plays off a handicap of 9. In 2013, Naga was crowned the winner of Celebrity Mastermind on the subject of The Ryder Cup - she answered every question correctly on her pet subject.

In 2014, she was named by the Asian Power List as one of the UK’s most powerful Asian females. Naga is a supporter of many charities and causes close to her heart, including mental health, education, women’s rights and animal welfare.

She is always keen to combine a love of sport with taking on fresh challenges – she ran the 2013 London Marathon and in 2015 took to two wheels completing the Women V Cancer Ride The Night 100km cycling ride. Naga recently returned to the saddle completing a gruelling London to Paris bike ride and the 100 mile Prudential Ride London event.

Naga was one of the judges for The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, 2016, and in the same year she was a celebrity contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. In 2018, she collected ‘the ‘Media Personality of the Year’ award at the Asian Media Awards. As a seasoned and tenacious journalist and broadcaster, she is comfortable in all circumstances. One of her key skills is the ability to put audiences and interviewees at ease with her level-headed, considered, meticulous and thoughtful manner.

Alexzandria Murray

Head of Compensation and Benefits, Havas

Alexzandria Murray is the Head of Compensation and Benefits at Havas.

Gethin Nadin BSc MBPsS RSPH RSA

Chief Innovation Officer, Benifex and Zellis

Gethin Nadin BSc MBPsS RSPH RSA

Multi-Award-Winning Psychologist, two-times bestselling HR Author and Chief Innovation Officer, Benifex and Zellis.

Gethin is an award-winning psychologist, bestselling HR author, and one of the world’s most influential HR thinkers. Gethin was awarded seven trophies in 2024 for his work in influencing the global HR industry, most recently awarded two prestigious Stevie’s awards in New York for HR Thought Leader of the Year and HR Professional of the Year. He was also awarded PwC’s ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Industry’ at the 2024 The Rewards in London. Gethin is also a Fellow at the historic King’s College London, King’s Business School - a business school in the top 1% globally.

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Elaine O’Donnell

Director of Benefits and Reward Projects, Flutter Entertainment

Elaine O’Donnell is a seasoned reward leader with over 15 years of experience in compensation and benefits. Currently serving as the Director of Benefits & Reward Projects for Flutter Functions and having lead Reward across several Divisions within Flutter Entertainment Plc, Elaine has significant expertise in leading reward strategies in complex matrixed environments. Elaine has been instrumental in shaping and executing the company's reward strategy alongside driving strategic projects to ensure alignment of benefits and reward systems to Flutter’s organisational goals. 

In her current role, Elaine’s key focus has been to accelerate the roll out of benefit technology across the Group whilst leveraging Flutter’s size and scale to identify and deliver value to the Flutter Divisions. 

Prior to her tenure at Flutter, Elaine was the Compensation and Benefits Director for Viacom International Media Networks. In this role, she was responsible for crafting and delivering the reward vision for all Viacom countries outside of the United States. Elaine's career in reward management began at O2, the largest mobile network in the UK. 

Oluyomi Okunowo

VP Global Reward & HRIS, Wella Company

Oluyomi is currently VP Global Reward & HRIS at Wella Company, with responsibility for Total Reward (Compensation, Benefits and Mobility), HRIS, Payroll and HR Data Management across all Wella businesses in more than 30 countries. Prior to his current role he was VP, Global Compensation at COTY. 

Oluyomi has over a decade of experience leading Compensation and Benefits programs across multiple industries and geographies, including the Pharma industry with AstraZeneca as Regional Reward Lead responsible for Russia, Eurasia, Middle East and Africa (including Turkey) and in Banking as Compensation and Benefits Head for Citibank Africa. He has a keen interest in leveraging the link between Performance and Reward to drive business outcomes and is currently keen to see the evolution of Reward Management as Talent and Workforce Management evolve in the Digital age, more importantly in the post COVID world.  
 

Tim Perkins

CEO & Co-founder, nudge Global

With over 20 years of experience in HR and reward, Tim has been at the forefront of innovation in the industry. Prior to nudge, Tim was part of the team at Thomsons Online Benefits (now Darwin), the global benefits platform that brought employee benefits online. At Thomsons, Tim worked with HR and reward leaders from the world’s leading companies to share marketing-leading employee benefit strategies.  

In 2013, Tim co-founded nudge alongside Jeremy Beament. nudge is a market-leading, impartial global financial education solution for all. Combining behavioral psychology, data and personalized education, nudge empowers people to develop their financial skills and knowledge. A global solution without conflicting financial products, our inclusive approach is trusted by the employees of 4,000 of the world’s largest organizations across 160 countries. We're very proud to be improving the financial health and create brighter financial futures for these employees and their loved ones.

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Katharine Photiou

Managing Director of Workplace Savings, Legal & General

Katharine is Managing Director of Workplace Savings. It’s a growth area for the Legal & General Group, with over £85bn assets under management. She’s focused on driving better outcomes for its 5+ million members by understanding their financial needs and helping them plan for their retirement at every stage of their working lives. 

Katharine has been with Legal & General since 2015, joining LGIM as Head of Workplace Savings Product and Proposition before becoming Commercial Director – Workplace Savings. She has over 25 years' experience in the employee benefits and corporate consulting industry. That includes several senior roles at Friends Provident, Barclays Personal & Corporate Banking and Mercer, where she led the team that created Mercer Workplace Savings. 

She graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc in Marketing. She’s also achieved a range of Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications and more recently the plus SAFe 4 Agilist certification. She’s passionate about driving innovation in pensions and wider savings.  On a more personal level she’s married, lives in London and supports a number of animal welfare charities. 

Nia Pierce-Jones

Director Total Rewards EMEA, Aristocrat

Nia is Director of Total Rewards at Aristocrat, where she is responsible for compensation and benefits programs across the EMEA region. She’s passionate about building reward strategies and systems that are data-led and has a particular interest in championing wellness initiatives and fair pay and accessible benefit practices.

Dr Mridula Pore

CEO and Co-Founder, Peppy

Mridula has spent her career driving innovations in healthcare to make it more accessible and affordable. Most recently she has led commercial teams in the pharmaceuticals and digital health industries. Prior to that she was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. She has a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

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Tony Pugh

Head of DC Solutions - EMEA, Aon

Tony has 30+ years’ experience working in both the DC consulting and DC solution delivery business.  

Having spent 25 years advising global & UK clients on their DC, DB and employee benefit issues, Tony has led Aon’s DC solutions including the MasterTrust & GPP solutions since 2017. Tony also leads Aon’s global DC community, leveraging best DC practices around the globe and developing thought leadership.

Adele Ray

Head of DC Client Development , Mercer UK

Adele joined Mercer UK in July 2025 as Head of DC Client Development and is responsible for driving growth in the DC team. With a strong focus on strategic development and client engagement, Adele is dedicated to expanding Mercer’s influence in the defined contribution (DC) space. Prior to joining Mercer, Adele served as Business Development Director at Legal & General Asset Management, primarily responsible for growing LGIM's DC business. She is passionate about pensions and committed to delivering solutions that serve the best interests of UK savers, with the aim of ensuring a more secure and comfortable retirement for all future retirees.

Simon Reeve

Renowned Adventurer, BBC TV Presenter and New York Times Bestselling Author

Described as ‘British television's most adventurous traveller’, Simon has journeyed across epic landscapes, walked through minefields, and been detained for spying by the KGB. His deep insights into global issues and strength in the face of adversity provide great motivation to innovate and adapt in an ever-changing world.

Taking time out from his ‘To the Ends of the Earth’ national theatre tour, Simon joins us with stories and surprises as he explores resilience, head health, and our place on the planet.

Matt Russell

CEO, Zest and Epassi UK

Matt Russell is the CEO at Zest and Epassi UK.

Soraya Salem-Moreira

Senior Director Compensation and Benefits EMEA, IQVIA

Soraya has over 20 years dedicated international compensation and benefits experience. With first hand experience of the majority of compensation subjects and benefits management provision.

Indy Sangha

Senior Reward Change Manager, British Airways

Indy Sangha is the Senior Reward Change Manager at British Airways.

Shruti Singh

Senior Economist, Ageing and Employment, OECD

Shruti Singh is a Senior Economist in the Skills and Employment Division of the OECD. She currently leads the work on Ageing and Employment policies. She joined the OECD in 2007, and has since then, led and co-authored several landmark reports in the area of active ageing, career mobility and retention of older workers, promotion of age-inclusive workplaces, age diversity, disability, mental health and work policies. Shruti also co-leads the award-winning initiative Living, Learning and Earning Longer to support global companies reshaping employer practices and policies to nurture a multigenerational workforce. She has had articles, reviews and interviews published in a variety of publications including Journal of the Economic of Ageing, Forbes, Le Monde and Financial Times.

In her previous roles at the OECD, Shruti was the Manager of the OECD Centre for Opportunity and Equality (COPE), as part of the Inclusive Growth Initiative. She has also written extensively on a wide range of labor market policy issues including Active Labor Market Policies and Displaced Workers policies aimed at labor-market reintegration of
the unemployed and under-represented groups. Prior to joining the OECD, Shruti was a policy analyst at the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom where she was responsible for designing and providing policy advice on UK’s key labor market policies.

Josephina Smith

Reward Director, British Airways

Josephina Smith is the Reward and Benefits Director at British Airways.

Jo Whiley

Radio DJ and Television Presenter

With a twenty-five year affiliation with BBC Radio and extensive prime-time television experience, Jo Whiley helped to bring Nirvana to our teles and Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse to our radios. Jo presented Top of The Pops, and along the way became a celebrated radio and television personality.
As part of a station shake-up, Jo Whiley became the first woman to present a primetime drivetime show in 20 years, when she took to the microphone alongside Simon Mayo before becoming a hit in the evening show slot.

Jo has earned her name in part due to her interviewing style, which she has used to interview some of the biggest names in entertainment in a conversational manner. She is known for introducing new and exciting acts to the general public while playing established hits from a blend of genres. Born in Northampton, Jo undertook her university studies in Brighton and dabbled on BBC Radio Sussex before securing work as a presenter for WPFM, Radio 4’s youth culture and music show. She took her talents to television and joined Channel 4 as a band booker for The Word. Jo subsequently joined BBC Radio 1 in the spring of 1993 and in September she became the permanent co-presenter of The Evening Session with Steve Lamacq.

Soon after, her talents were acknowledged when she was crowned DJ of the Year at the 1998 Sony Radio Awards.
From February 2001 onwards Jo took charge of the new morning show, shifting to a 10am start. This allowed her more time to showcase her passion for music in a show featuring live guests and performances from the cream of the music crop.

Almost exactly a decade on Jo announced that after 17 years with BBC Radio One she would be moving to Radio 2 to present her own evening show which she started on the 4th of April that year.
Jo is also one of Britain’s most highly regarded media and television personalities. She has presented a new version of her Channel 4 show called The Cut and has fronted the BBC television coverage of the Mercury Awards. Her talent and unique style has earned her many plaudits throughout her career and she continues to go from strength to strength in the industry.

Kimberley Wilson

Host of BBC Radio 4 podcast 'Made of Stronger Stuff' and author of 'Unprocessed: How the Food We Eat is Fuelling our Mental Health Crisis'

Kimberley Wilson is a Chartered Psychologist, with a master's degree in nutrition and the author of How to Build a Healthy Brain (2020) and Unprocessed: How the Food We Eat is Fuelling our Mental Health Crisis (2023). Kimberley's philosophy of Whole Body Mental Health is a comprehensive approach to mental health care; integrating evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle factors with psychological therapy with an emphasis on the brain and nutrition.

Kimberley has written for BBC Science Focus and Psychologies Magazine, hosted the podcast 'Made of Stronger Stuff' and the scientific segment of One Dish both on BBC Radio 4, appeared regularly on Lorraine ITV and been the featured mental health expert on several Channel 4 series and documentaries.

Claudia Winkleman

Television presenter, radio personality and journalist

BAFTA award-winning TV and radio host, Claudia Winkleman, is one of the best-known broadcasters in the UK.

Known for her signature fringe and engaging on-screen presence, Claudia has hosted some of the biggest shows on television. She has been the co-host of the iconic Strictly Come Dancing since 2012, is Radio 2’s Saturday morning host, and has presented celebrated shows such as One Question and The Piano on Channel 4 and BAFTA-award winning The Traitors for the BBC. In 2023, Claudia won her first ever BAFTA, taking home the ‘Entertainment Performance’ award for her work hosting The Traitors.

Claudia is a trustee of Comic Relief and has fronted live television shows for Red Nose Day, Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, Sport Relief, and the Comic Relief Danceathon.

In 2022, Claudia’s debut book Quite was published to critical acclaim, earning her status as a Sunday Times Bestseller.