The speakers and round table hosts this year are an impressive line up of industry experts, celebrities and senior benefits and wellbeing professionals:
Jo Whiley
Jamie Skelding
Jen Wilson
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.
Celebrity guest speaker with Radio DJ and Television Presenter, Jo Whiley Thursday @ 5:00 PM
Opening keynote with Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Economics, LSE Thursday @ 9:10 AM
Debi co-founded REBA in 2015 and is Director of REBA. Debi enjoys sharing insights, data and information about employee benefits and pay via articles, research, guides and videos. She believes it helps so many employees receive better reward packages than they would if REBA didn’t distribute this knowledge. REBA has a great community with a wide variety of people working in reward and benefits coming together through REBA events, both large and small.
Opening keynote with Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Economics, LSE Thursday @ 9:10 AM
Option 3 - Panel: Managing the impact of pay and employment legislation on reward strategies, benefits spend and salary sacrifice Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Option 3 - REBA Acumen’s emerging benefits trends for 2026 Thursday @ 3:25 PM
Celebrity guest speaker with Radio DJ and Television Presenter, Jo Whiley Thursday @ 5:00 PM
Caroline leads the Employment Tax Team in London and has over 30 years’ experience specialising in all aspects of employment taxes. This includes the off-payroll working rules (IR35), employment status for tax, termination/settlement payments, employment tax implications of agile working arrangements, management team advice on transactions, employee benefit reviews etc.
Caroline writes articles on employment tax and incentives issues and present widely at both industry and client events. Her clients range from fast growing entrepreneurial businesses to multinationals, FTSE100 and household names.
Option 3 - Panel: Managing the impact of pay and employment legislation on reward strategies, benefits spend and salary sacrifice Thursday @ 12:15 PM
***10:50-11:35*** Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Future-proofing EVP: Closing the gap between expectation and experience Thursday @ 10:50 AM
Option 6 - Insight Workshop (cont'd): Future-proofing EVP: Closing the gap between expectation and experience Thursday @ 11:15 AM
Option 2 - Living the EVP: White & Case’s journey to a future-focused colleague experience Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Jake is the Head of Strategy at Fair4All Finance where he leads on new initiatives and research to improve the financial services system for people in vulnerable circumstances. Jake joined Fair4All Finance in September 2021 from the Money & Pension Service (MaPS) where he led the development of the delivery plans of the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing with a specific focus on creating a Nation of Savers and the role employers and partnerships should have in improving the financial lives of people across the UK. Prior to MaPS, Jake was HR Director at T-Systems in the UK where he developed a holistic wellbeing and inclusion programme, implemented a responsible investment strategy for the company pension scheme and worked with partners and industry bodies to improve pension and benefit provision. Jake has a BA in History of Art & the History of Scientific Thought from Leeds University and holds a master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-brauer-9542688/
Option 1 - Getting ready for the EU Pay Transparency Directive: From compliance to best practice to confidence Thursday @ 10:50 AM
Luke Bullen is the Vice President and Head of UK & Ireland at Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where he leads the company’s efforts to transform employee wellbeing across the region. With over eight years at Wellhub, Luke has been a key driver in building strategic partnerships that promote physical and emotional wellbeing in the workplace. Prior to joining Wellhub, he held the position of Head of Risk and Regulation at Aston Carter, a global workforce solutions firm. This background has given Luke a unique perspective on the intersection of employee wellbeing and business performance. Passionate about helping companies embed wellbeing into their core strategy, he regularly speaks at industry events and works closely with HR leaders at clients including Tiktok, Tesco, and Barclays to create resilient, high-performing teams. Luke is a strong advocate for sustainable wellbeing as a catalyst for growth and retention.
Option 1 - Designing a wellbeing culture that speaks to the next generation workforce Thursday @ 11:25 AM
Zohra is a qualified chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor, with over 10-years experience including with KPMG in the UK and the Netherlands. She joined the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association in January last year, as a Senior Policy Advisor, looking after Tax and Motor Finance Policy.
Option 3 - Panel: Managing the impact of pay and employment legislation on reward strategies, benefits spend and salary sacrifice Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Stella has 35 years’ experience in UK pensions and slightly shorter in benefits, employee wellbeing, payroll and share plans and is a Chartered Governance associate. During her career she has worked for the BOC Group (now Linde), Centrica, DP World, TT electronics and now with SNC-Lavalin in a variety of pensions, benefits and project roles.
As Chair of the UK&E Health and Wellbeing Committee at Atkins, the team have been delighted to see the recognition of various wellbeing initiatives that support the workforce. Stella is an active supporter in her spare time of Christians against Poverty and has a keen interest in financial wellbeing.
Dana Citron is the Director of Global Health and Wellbeing at DHL Group. Through evaluating historical health risks and trends in a country and on a business unit basis, she works with the global, regional and local HR partners to offer tailored health and well-being guidance and solutions that specifically target primary cost and claim drivers. For the prior 12 years, Dana worked in the international insurer domain developing health products and promoting strategies that target and control healthcare costs while maximising employee health. This included working with local insurance affiliates to design and implement end to end market-leading health management and wellness solutions. Ms. Citron also worked with multinational clients, providing health analytics, thought leadership and support for the development of global health strategies. Ms. Citron earned her BA in Psychology from Boston University and MPH (Masters of Public Health) from New York Medical College with a concentration in Global Health.
Live Case Study 1-2-1: Managing health to control healthcare costs Thursday @ 1:15 PM
Debra Clark is Head of Wellbeing at everywhen. With around 30 years in the employee benefits industry, Debra is a mental health first aider, a menopause lifestyle coach and volunteer board member of a local counselling support service. A passionate advocate for workplace wellbeing, she actively contributes to UK Health & Wellbeing forums and is regularly recognized in industry publications. Debra firmly believes that people are a company's greatest asset, and their wellbeing is key to success.
Option 1 - Wellbeing trends or timebombs? Building future-ready benefits strategies that work for your workforce Thursday @ 2:50 PM
If you work in employee benefits, chances are you’ve come across David in one form or another. David has built a solid reputation as someone who believes passionately in the value of a clear, well considered benefits strategy. After all, employee benefits without a purpose risks being just another drain on budgets and resources.
With over 20 years delivering employee consulting services, David’s list of achievements is considerable. He has helped a broad scale of organisations – from SMEs to large FTSE 100 companies – and worked across a wide range of employee benefit areas.
What does David enjoy most about his role? It’s in seeing the value generated for clients by an innovative, well thought through employee benefits strategy. One that really meets the specific needs of an employer, as well as the people who work there.
Option 2 - Masterclass: Turning pension reform into a strategic advantage – Unlocking value across benefits and reward Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Based in Stockholm, Jenny leads Benifex’s global solution consulting team, spanning seven regions and supporting some of the world’s largest multinational organisations. With over eight years at Benifex, Jenny has played a pivotal role in shaping how we design and deliver complex global solutions. She brings deep expertise in employee benefits technology, solution architecture, and client consulting, ensuring every implementation delivers maximum impact and long-term value.
Jenny Dewulf (née Hagman) | LinkedIn
Option 3 - Insight Workshop: Think global: Building benefits strategies that scale Thursday @ 8:25 AM
With a background in Human-Computer Interaction and extensive experience in emerging digital technologies, Dr. Zoe Dimov has led pioneering research into how digital platforms can better engage and support employees. Zoe’s work at Mercer Marsh Benefits focuses on conducting research with clients, employees and internal teams to inform the design of inclusive, and insight-driven experiences that help organisations deliver greater impact through their benefits strategy. She is passionate about understanding and measuring experiences across digital to create stronger emotional connections and believes in the power of technology to solve systemic challenges, ultimately enriching people’s lives.
Option 5 - Masterclass: Closing the UK Health Gap: using Behavioural Science and AI to augment benefit choices and improve employee outcomes Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Ant leads on all aspects of employee benefits, pensions, and company car schemes for the Wolseley Group, across the UK and Ireland, having previously managed E.ON UK’s reward and benefits activity, including developing the E.ON Group’s first global employee benefits strategy.
Ant’s focus is on engaging Wolseley’s diverse workforce with their pensions and benefit offerings, and continuously improving employee experience and wellbeing, together with scheme delivery and cost-effectiveness. He regularly looks to implement new arrangements, to help meet colleagues’ diverse needs and keep the offering fresh.
Earlier in his career, Ant held several operational management roles at E.ON, Powergen and TXU (Eastern) Energy, and headed a number of significant organisational change programmes. He’s also a Chartered Accountant, with an initial grounding in internal and external audit.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
Alex designs and delivers reward and benefits portals for large, often global employers, covering flexible benefits, total reward statements and analytics. Over the last decade he has worked with complex multinational clients to turn messy data, legacy systems and competing stakeholder needs into usable, coherent employee experiences.
At Gallagher he leads on the future direction of the firm’s benefits technology, with a particular focus on analytics, AI and how platforms fit into the wider HR ecosystem. His work sits at the junction of product, consulting and delivery, translating real client problems into practical improvements in how people understand and use their rewards.
Option 5 - Innovation Demo: From data to decisions: The art of storytelling in people strategy Thursday @ 3:25 PM
Rebecca is a Specialist Practitioner in occupational health and an experienced wellbeing professional, having implemented wellbeing strategy in several large organisations. She currently leads an in-house Occupational Health and Wellbeing team at Cadent Gas. Rebecca isn’t afraid to break the traditional moulds for wellbeing and focus’ on having a measurable proactive impact on improving employee health and wellbeing. She focuses on embedding a culture of care and has a passion for ensuring that work has a positive effect on people’s wellbeing.
Option 1 - Designing a wellbeing culture that speaks to the next generation workforce Thursday @ 11:25 AM
I am the Reward and Executive Compensation Manager, and I have been at Centrica for 7 years working within the Reward Team. I look after our share plans for both all employee and discretionary, executive compensation and our recognition scheme.
Option 4 - Case study: How financial wellbeing strategies are shifting to meet workforce demands with lessons from Centrica Thursday @ 11:25 AM
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.
Option 4 - Masterclass: From Complexity to Clarity: Making Global Benefits Work Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Jeni is a Principal and a Senior Client Relationship Manager. She is an experienced DC consultant and provides advice to a wide range of corporate and trustee bodies in relation to their Defined Contribution (DC) workplace pension arrangements. This includes scheme design, restructures, ongoing governance and member engagement.
By working with corporate and trustee bodies, Jeni is acutely aware of the overarching aim of enhancing member outcomes and enables these by providing clarity and focus to our DC strategy advice and tailored solutions.
Option 2 - Masterclass: Turning pension reform into a strategic advantage – Unlocking value across benefits and reward Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Shamira Graham has been working in mental health research and clinical practice for over 20 years. She is a passionate mental health specialist providing mental health solutions, designing clinical pathways and building innovative evidence based mental health propositions for corporate organisations and large insurers at scale. These incorporate assessments, psychiatry, psychological therapy, and counselling pathways for both adults and children and young people, whilst always ensuring patient care and patient experience is optimised.
As a practicing clinician, Shamira delivers clinical services and specialist consultancy shaping wellbeing, mental health training, and organisational performance solutions. She has extensive experience working with global professional services companies delivering consultancy, specialist training and corporate insights delivering benefits to people and organisations.
Option 5 - Smarter workplace mental health solutions: blending human and AI for better outcomes and ROI Thursday @ 10:50 AM
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.
Option 1 - Building data capabilities for tomorrow: what will the future of data-driven decision-making in reward and benefits look like? Thursday @ 2:15 PM
David brings 17 years of experience in employee benefits consultancy, broking, and strategic advisory roles. As Aon’s Lead Strategic Broker, he has helped clients embrace innovative benefit broking by leveraging early market engagement and advanced analytics. This approach has delivered premium savings, bespoke solutions, and improved access to wellbeing funding for organizations of all sizes. Most recently, David has applied his deep understanding of the UK benefits market to evolve strategies for identifying and managing people risk. His work focuses on helping clients achieve better health and financial outcomes while maximising the value of their benefits spend.
Option 2 - Insight Workshop: Why AI is crucial in employee benefits to reduce cost and improve the employee experience Thursday @ 8:25 AM
With over 23 years’ experience in the funeral, crematoria, and cemetery profession, Michelle has built a career focused on raising standards and ensuring families receive compassion and clarity during life’s most difficult moments. Having held senior leadership roles, she has led large teams, new developments, and change initiatives across multiple sites, with expertise spanning business development, HR, training, and project management.
As a Senior Adviser at Everest Funeral Concierge, Michelle partners with HR professionals and employee benefit specialists to integrate funeral concierge and planning support into wellbeing programmes. She helps organisations recognise how this often-overlooked benefit can provide meaningful, practical support to employees and their families.
Known for her approachable, down-to-earth style, Michelle brings warmth, insight, and extensive experience to every conversation about bereavement, planning, and compassion in the workplace.
Option 2 - Future-proofing benefits to support life’s toughest moments: Navigating the realities of the working age we routinely ignore Thursday @ 10:50 AM
Gregg’s career has spanned over 20 years; starting in payroll and gaining experience across benefits, pensions and share plans, as well as wider reward. Gregg has worked in various sectors from aviation to construction and most recently financial services. He brings knowledge and expertise gained from companies like easyJet, Kering (Gucci, Alexander McQueen etc.) and Entain (Ladbrokes, Coral etc.) Gregg is a financial wellbeing enthusiast and has launched various campaigns and benefits to support multigenerational and global workforces with all things money. A self-confessed pension geek, he also loves to lead pension governance, education and engagement to support people preparing for their future. With a passion for diversity, equity and inclusion, Gregg has also chaired a previous employers LGBTQ+ employee network.
Gregg currently is the Senior Compensation and Benefits Manager at Santander.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
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.
Option 4 - The parenthood penalty: What reward and benefits leaders can do to close hidden pensions and pay gaps for working parents Thursday @ 10:50 AM
With over 12 years of experience in the Group Protection industry, Susannah is a leading advocate for proactive, practical approaches to employee wellbeing and organisational support. As Business Development Director at Everest Funeral Concierge, she partners with HR leaders to address the often-overlooked realities of the modern workforce—supporting employees through bereavement, caring responsibilities, and life events that deeply affect performance and engagement.
Susannah combines deep industry expertise with actionable insight—sharing proven techniques to help organisations enhance engagement, retain talent, and deliver meaningful support when it matters most. Her work is reshaping how employers approach care, continuity, and culture across the modern workplace
Option 2 - Future-proofing benefits to support life’s toughest moments: Navigating the realities of the working age we routinely ignore Thursday @ 10:50 AM
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.
Option 4 - The hidden superpower: Dynamic job architecture - How reward leaders are unlocking the DNA for work Thursday @ 3:25 PM
***10:50-11:35*** Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Future-proofing EVP: Closing the gap between expectation and experience Thursday @ 10:50 AM
Option 6 - Insight Workshop (cont'd): Future-proofing EVP: Closing the gap between expectation and experience Thursday @ 11:15 AM
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.
Option 1 - Designing a wellbeing culture that speaks to the next generation workforce Thursday @ 11:25 AM
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.
Option 2 - Fireside chat - Future-ready family support at Goldman Sachs: strategic approaches to stay ahead of the curve Thursday @ 11:25 AM
A Certified Principal Business Psychologist, Jennifer has been an influencer in the field of employer best practice for over 20 years, with particular focus on working families, wellbeing, gender inclusion and evidence-based approaches. She is a leadership coach, coaching supervisor and sought-after speaker, writer, conference moderator and consultant.
Jennifer was a pioneer of parent transition coaching in the early 2000s, and as a Director of My Family Care, then Head of Thought Leadership with Bright Horizons, as well as through her own consultancy People in Progress, she has worked for over 20 years with the US and UK’s largest banks and financial institutions, supporting their talent strategies through financial crisis, pandemic, return to office and more. Jennifer is known for translating trends, public policy and research insights into solutions and practical actions.
Jennifer Liston-Smith | LinkedIn
Option 2 - Fireside chat - Future-ready family support at Goldman Sachs: strategic approaches to stay ahead of the curve Thursday @ 11:25 AM
Sarah joined WEALTH at work in 2021 and heads up the new business team based from her home in Yorkshire. Sarah has extensive experience in financial wellbeing, pensions and share plans both broad based and executive compensation plans on an international level and has over 30 years’ experience in the equity plans/pensions/employee benefits market. She is passionate about all aspects of wellbeing in the workplace and in particular financial wellbeing to help improve people’s lives. A keen runner having participated in many marathons and is proud to have raised over £28,000 for Breast Cancer charities. In her spare time Sarah is also a Rugbytots coach.
Option 4 - Case study: How financial wellbeing strategies are shifting to meet workforce demands with lessons from Centrica Thursday @ 11:25 AM
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.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
Option 3 - Benefits that find you: How AI enables personalised discovery Thursday @ 10:50 AM
Fabio Mazetti is a Senior HR professional with over 20 years of experience. He excels in various HR subsystems, including staffing, compensation, benefits, organizational changes, business partnering, data analysis, business intelligence, analytics, and reporting. Fabio has led projects across the Americas Region and globally, working with multicultural teams.
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, Fabio holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology and certifications in Business Administration, coaching, and health & wellbeing programs. His diverse skill set bridges the gap between technology and HR, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
Lucie has worked in the health and wellbeing industry for over 20 years, drawing on this experience to help organisations create bespoke solutions to meet the ever changing needs of their employees. Lucie is responsible for developing and executing WTW’s market leading health data insights and predictive health analytics reporting proposition. She likes to challenge traditional thinking about health and wellbeing benefit delivery and reviews health tech trends to understand what is ‘transformational’ rather than ‘trendy’ in the digital health and wellbeing marketplace.
Before joining WTW, Lucie was Head of Client Management for Cigna Healthcare in the UK and previously worked for a number of large employee benefits consulting firms. Lucie’s broad mix of consultancy and provider experience, across health benefits, wellbeing and occupational health services gives her a wealth of knowledge to draw from when supporting her clients, colleagues and business partners.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciemcgrath/
***14:15-15:00*** Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Health benefits for tomorrow's workforce: preparing for employer-led provision under reduced state support Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Option 6 - Insight Workshop (cont'd): Health benefits for tomorrow's workforce: preparing for employer-led provision under reduced state support Thursday @ 2:40 PM
Emily Norris is a regional vice president of growth at Maven Clinic, the largest digital health company for women’s and family health. In her role, she specializes in working with multinational companies, oversee- ing growth and client retention. Emily has over 15 years of experience in the health care industry. An early adopter of artificial intelligence (AI), she most recently served as one of the first employees at an ML/AI start-up designed to support hospitals in improving clinical documentation. Emily has a uniquely holistic perspective on the industry, having worn multiple hats across the ecosystem—including roles that involve consulting payers, providers and vendors. She holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a B.A. degree in political science from Colgate University.
Option 5 - How digital benefits are transforming global family health support in the workplace Thursday @ 11:25 AM
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.
Option 1 - Panel: How AI is transforming reward and benefits strategy, teams and global benefits management Thursday @ 12:15 PM
I am passionate about employee benefits and delivering a ‘stand out’ employee experience that will drive high engagement levels with benefits, reward and the wider Employee Value Proposition (EVP). I’ve been supporting organisations for nearly 25 years to design benefit schemes, including Flexible Benefits, that are relevant and meaningful to employees. You need a great benefit design plus superb digital and communication tools to truly make a scheme successful. The benefits of getting this right and positioning your scheme effectively within your wider EVP can differentiate you as an organisation and make a good place to work a great place to work.
Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Data-led wellbeing: designing benefits strategies that drive better business outcomes Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Stephanie works within WTW’s health and benefits practice as the UK wellbeing lead. Having joined the employee benefits industry in 2006, Stephanie has many years of experience managing employee benefit, wellbeing and engagement programmes. This includes specialty vendor review work, ongoing cost and risk control, advising on organisational wellbeing strategy, and working proactively with clients to optimise employee experience and triage processes between providers. WTW has a network of global wellbeing consultants and the team in GB which Stephanie leads has DE&I subject matter experts as well as clinical and actuarial specialists.
Stephanie Parton-Corr | LinkedIn
***14:15-15:00*** Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Health benefits for tomorrow's workforce: preparing for employer-led provision under reduced state support Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Option 6 - Insight Workshop (cont'd): Health benefits for tomorrow's workforce: preparing for employer-led provision under reduced state support Thursday @ 2:40 PM
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.
Option 2 - Reimagining financial wellbeing: How AI is defining a new era of benefits engagement Thursday @ 3:25 PM
Mridula is co-founder and CEO of Peppy. She is passionate about making healthcare more affordable and accessible. Mridula started professional life as an engineer, studying first at Cambridge, and then completing her PhD and MBA at MIT. She was previously an engagement manager in the healthcare practice at McKinsey and a business unit head at Sandoz.
Option 5 - Innovation Demo: Can proactive healthcare really prove its ROI, or is prevention overrated? Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Reward leader with over 20 years experience in developing people strategies and leading teams specialising in employee Reward, including benefits, recognition and wellbeing. Currently working for BT helping enhance the overall Reward Experience for their 80,000 employees. Reward Consultant and former Head of Reward at Anglian Water. Trustee for SportAid Eastern - raising funds to support talented young athletes across the region.
Sara Redwood was the company’s first employee six years ago. She now leads relationships with key prospective clients and corporate partners, including top brokers, consultancies, and insurance providers. Driven by Peppy’s mission to expand access to expert-led support, Sara is deeply passionate about gender equity and healthcare accessibility. Having undergone IVF to have her son, she understands firsthand the importance of the services Peppy provides and is committed to advancing healthcare access.
Option 5 - Innovation Demo: Can proactive healthcare really prove its ROI, or is prevention overrated? Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
With over 12 years of experience in the benefits technology sector, Katie has successfully helped clients transform their benefits offerings and strategies using a digital first approach. Katie's expertise lies in leveraging technology to enhance employee benefits, ensuring that organisations can effectively meet the needs of their workforce while driving engagement and satisfaction. Her commitment to excellence and deep understanding of the industry make her a valuable asset to any organisation looking to optimise their benefits strategy.
Option 5 - Masterclass: Closing the UK Health Gap: using Behavioural Science and AI to augment benefit choices and improve employee outcomes Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Option 4 - Empowering employees to take control of their financial futures Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Option 5 - How digital benefits are transforming global family health support in the workplace Thursday @ 11:25 AM
Nicola has worked in the field of HR for more than 20 years since graduating university. Initially working in generalist HR roles, she chose to specialise in Compensation and Benefits 15 years ago and focussed solely on Benefits in the Global Benefits Team at Siemens, then in the EMEA Benefits Team at Amazon. In her personal time, Nicola is a passionate campaigner for neurodiversity, and was able to combine both her personal passion and career choice in 2018 to launch and lead the UK Neurodiversity Network at Siemens. Now she is the Global Rewards Manager at ERM.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
Alessandra Santiago works as Head of Pensions and International Benefits at Inchcape, where she looks after defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes and leads the company’s global health and wellbeing strategy.
She has an investment background with over 20 years of experience in pensions, asset management and wealth management. Her past 12 years were focused on pensions, having worked as an equity portfolio manager and investment committee member for the Brazilian Development Bank pension scheme and as an investment consultant for Hymans Robertson looking after defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes.
Alessandra is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has an MBA in Finance.
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
Option 3 - Panel: Managing the impact of pay and employment legislation on reward strategies, benefits spend and salary sacrifice Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Ross is a growth-focused technology leader with over a decade of senior experience in global benefits, HCM, and professional services. He has led major transformations across high-growth organisations, and is passionate about harnessing technology to revolutionise both customer and employee experience. Ross empowers global teams to turn bold strategy into measurable results through innovation, ownership, and a relentless focus on execution.
Option 3 - Insight Workshop: Think global: Building benefits strategies that scale Thursday @ 8:25 AM
Jon Stuart has been in the insurance industry for almost 25 years, initially with Legal & General, but for the past 20 years with Unum. Jon has held a number of leadership roles in that time across Finance, Change Management, and most recently as Head of Strategy.
Option 1 - Are we designing benefits for a workforce that no longer exists? Thursday @ 3:25 PM
Steve brings nearly 20 years of experience in workplace performance and wellbeing strategy. Throughout his career, he has helped organisations transform their cultures by connecting employee wellbeing with measurable business outcomes. His expertise lies in turning data into action, building strategies that energise teams, boost engagement, and drive sustainable performance.
Passionate about enhancing workplace performance through the lens of wellbeing, Steve combines data-driven insights with human-centric approaches to create environments where people thrive and businesses grow. He believes wellbeing is a performance multiplier, not just a perk, and works with organisations to make that connection clearer, stronger, and more actionable.
Option 6 - Insight Workshop: Data-led wellbeing: designing benefits strategies that drive better business outcomes Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Karen’s in-depth knowledge of Innecto's and Personal Group's operations and services gives her a unique insight into clients’ needs and how to continually enhance the company’s offering. She is committed to building on the business' impressive track record and translating the organisation’s unique business values into everything the team delivers.
Before joining Innecto, Karen held senior marketing roles across leisure, telecoms, and not-for-profit sectors, including Zonefit, Excalibur Communications, and RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises. She has led campaigns, developed brand strategies, and driven engagement initiatives that combine creativity with measurable results.
Karen holds a BA (Hons) in Management Studies and Business Administration from Reading University, specialising in Marketing. She is passionate about using her experience to strengthen client relationships, support growth, and ensure that the services consistently meet and exceed expectations.
Option 1 - Insight Workshop: Bridging the benefits divide: Engaging deskless workers to futureproof your business Thursday @ 8:25 AM
Jackie Waller is an Associate Partner in the UK Talent Advisory practice at Aon. She brings over 25 years of experience in HR consulting, with expertise spanning broad-based and executive reward, performance management, competencies, and HR strategy.
She has significant experience in all areas of international reward design and has worked on the design and implementation of schemes with a diverse range of clients. Recently she has supported multiple international organisations as they work toward implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
Jackie is an expert on equal value and serves as the European Job Evaluation Practice Lead at Aon. She is the firm’s leading expert in implementing the off-the-shelf job evaluation solution, JobLink™ and is well-versed in all major job evaluation methodologies.
Option 4 - Navigating EU Pay Transparency - Requirements, action steps and how to be ready Thursday @ 2:50 PM
Steve is NatWest Cushon’s Director of Policy & Research. He has spent over 30 years of his career advising organisations on all aspects of pensions and workplace savings both in the UK and internationally.
Option 2 - Improving pensions adequacy: Leveraging emotional engagement to drive meaningful change Thursday @ 2:50 PM
John Whitaker is a seasoned global benefits leader with over 20 years of experience driving strategy and innovation in employee benefits. Currently at Workday, he leads international benefits and employee experience initiatives, helping shape how organizations support diverse global workforces through modern, equitable, and high-impact benefit designs.
John is passionate about transforming benefits from administrative cost-centres into strategic enablers of engagement and wellbeing. He regularly speaks and writes about simplifying benefits, leveraging technology to elevate benefit management, and designing inclusive experiences that support employees at all life stages.
Known for his hands-on, problem-solving mindset (“I break things, I fix things, I build things”), John brings both practical and strategic insight into how organizations can reimagine employee benefits for the future of work.
Option 4 - Masterclass: From Complexity to Clarity: Making Global Benefits Work Thursday @ 12:15 PM
Jen is an experienced Commercial Director with extensive sales and marketing, P&L management and organisational change experience in the Healthcare and Health Insurance sectors. Her 30 year corporate career spans Director roles at Bupa, AXA Health, Nuffield Health and Simplyhealth.
As Group Sales Director for Simplyhealth, Jen championed the organisation’s purpose of making healthcare easy to access for as many people as possible by growing Simplyhealth and Denplan’s 2.5m customer base across both corporate and consumer markets.
Prior to this, Jen was Commercial Director for Nuffield Health's Hospitals division. She led the commercial development of all 3 key hospitals payors: PMI, NHS and Self Pay (Consumer paid) driving multi million pound revenues into Nuffield’s hospitals, physiotherapy and mental wellbeing services.
Before that she worked for both AXA Health and Bupa, where she led UK wide teams to develop and grow private medical insurance business and a range of health and wellbeing solutions.
Jen recently founded All About Clarity and now works freelance as a Board Adviser, Business Mentor and Executive Coach. Jen is also a keen Healthcare Industry Commentator and Influencer.
Justine Woolf heads up Innecto’s client-facing services in her role as Director of Consulting.
She has a strong reputation for delivering commercially focused reward and recognition programmes for clients that improve employee motivation and engagement, positively impacting the bottom line. Justine draws on more than 25 years of experience in pay and reward, both as a consultant and in in-house reward roles. She has successfully managed and implemented challenging reward agendas for a huge variety of clients, and her natural skill at building and developing strong client relationships is evidenced by the number of clients who return to work with Justine and Innecto year after year.
In 2021 & 2022 Reward Strategy recognised Justine as one of The Reward 300, an index of the industry’s most important influencers and decision-makers. As a recognised thought leader and commentator on reward, she is frequently asked for her opinion and comment by the media.
Option 3 - Beyond pay rises: Leveraging career pathways to retain talent and maximise reward ROI Thursday @ 2:15 PM
Curated roundtables or visit exhibition Thursday @ 4:15 PM
