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Howden’s consultancy model isn’t just expanding but evolving. In our latest REBA Meets series, Glenn Thomas, CEO and global practice leader, Howden Health and Employee Benefits, chats to REBA content director Jo Gallacher about how the organisation is redefining what strategic, data-led consultancy looks like in today’s market.

Taking a step back, listening to employees and really understanding what matters was central to the benefits changes brought in at Virgin Group. Here REBA’s content editor Dawn Lewis sits down with Rachel Richards, reward and people operations director at Virgin Group, to find out more about their benefits approach and the introduction of its Loved Ones Leave. 

Vicki Twigg, senior reward manager at telecommunications infrastructure provider CityFibre, details how its focus on cohesion and clarity of healthcare pathways is improving the navigation of services. This case study features in REBA’s The health divide: Access and affordability of employer-funded health benefits report, published in association with Mercer Marsh Benefits.

Maria Dowdeswell, global total reward specialist at engineering consultancy firm Haskoning, details how the inclusion of neurodiversity diagnosis in PMI supports a growing proportion of its workforce and their families.  This case study features in REBA’s Health and Wellbeing Research 2025, published in association with AXA Health.

Writing in REBA’s Health and Wellbeing Research 2025, Sharon Midwinter, head of benefits and wellbeing at NatWest, details how simplicity is the key to both engaging colleagues in prevention and facilitating cure with early intervention

Writing in REBA’s Health and Wellbeing Research 2025, Sandra Dyball, director, global health, wellbeing and benefits at Centrica, details how its private healthcare trust brings cost-efficiencies as well as wider productivity benefits.

Lisa Whelpdale, president of total reward at Wood Group, explains how it addresses the challenge of having a consistent approach to recognition in a company with 35,000 employees spread across 60 countries.

Sara Hill, CEO and founder of tech firm RoleMapper, sits down with REBA's content director Jo Gallacher, to talk about her journey to create the job architecture business, challenges with job mapping, and how data and AI can support compliance, fairness and performance.

Speaking during REBA’s Future of Health & Protection Summit, global pensions and benefits director Pieter Kiveron explains why it is taking a holistic approach to analysing regional healthcare trends to provide local solutions.

Recognition must be a day-to-day, consistent and peer-to-peer, for organisations to develop effective cultures, says O.C. Tanner's client strategist.

Writing in REBA’s Health and Wellbeing Research 2025, Ray Brumwell, senior reward and benefits specialist at Sopra Steria, explains how a digital approach to health benefits is helping to support employees.