Carl has recently joined Southern Water as their Chief People Officer, prior to that, Carl was the Director of the Vodafone Learning Organisation, leading Learning, Talent, Leadership, Skills, People Performance, and Talent Acquisition activities across Vodafone. Under his leadership, learning engagement had doubled in the past two years, thanks to new platforms, content, and products that boost capability, performance, and leadership impact.

From joining Vodafone in 2014, Carl has held several key roles, including People and Property Director in the Czech Republic, where he drove local capability building initiatives, led the UPC integration, and advanced diversity and inclusion, earning Vodafone recognition as the Best Employer for LGBT+ inclusion. He also served as Head of Organisation Effectiveness, partnering with senior teams across Europe on mergers, acquisitions, cultural change, and team effectiveness.

Before Vodafone, Carl held international HR leadership roles in the oil and gas, power, and renewables sectors, focusing on significant organisational change and employee engagement.

An experienced HR Director, Carl is passionate about inclusion, culture, change, resilience, wellbeing, and technology. He holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre.

Morag Lynagh is an HR Leader who has honed her skills in the corporate world, most recently as the Global Future of Work Lead at Unilever, and is now working with other organisations to help them respond to and exploit the changes that are happening in the world of work, making them stronger, more resilient, more productive. In 2022 she was named as one of Forbes Top 50 Future of Work Thinkers. She combines creativity with a practical, down-to-earth and authentic approach. As well as pioneering future of work initiatives, she draws on her experience in change and transformation, employment law and policy and organisation design to work with teams to create workable solutions. A graduate of Edinburgh University, she now lives in south west London and in her spare time she enjoys photography and is currently grappling with learning to play bridge.

Gillian has worked as a senior HR practitioner and OD specialist for several organisations including Swiss Re, Vodafone and BAA. Prior to her HR career, she was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and is also a qualified solicitor. Gillian has written various CRF reports on subjects including HR strategy, organisation design and development, leadership development, coaching and diversity.

Matt Sigelman is President of the Burning Glass Institute and a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Named by Forbes to its Future of Work 50, Matt has dedicated his career to unlocking new avenues for mobility, opportunity, and equity through skills. The Burning Glass Institute advances data-driven research and practice on the future of work and the future of learning. Previously, as CEO of KKR-backed Lightcast, Matt and his team invented the field of real-time labour market data, a breakthrough innovation that transformed the way employers, education institutions, policy makers, and workers understand, plan for, and connect with the world of work. By mining billions of job openings and career histories, Matt led the company to become the global authority on the market for talent. Prior to Lightcast, Matt worked at McKinsey & Company and at Capital One. He writes widely on the job market, has testified before Congress, and is consulted frequently by public officials and global media. Matt holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

An accomplished and visionary executive with 25+ years of international experience driving workforce transformation, skills strategy, and organisational development. Widely recognised as a global thought leader in skills and the future of work, Meredith bridges operational leadership, strategic HR, and technology to deliver human-centric, adaptive, and impactful solutions. Meredith is widely recognised as a global thought leader in skills, reskilling, and the future of work, with a proven ability to align people, technology, and culture to deliver lasting impact for employees, customers, and organisations.

Beginning her career in Australia’s insurance sector, Meredith quickly advanced into senior roles in the logistics industry within one of the worlds largest multinationals (DHL Group). Her journey has taken her from regional leadership in the Middle East to global responsibility whilst living in Germany, overseeing programmes that span more than 220 countries and territories.

Now basing herself out of Australia Meredith is sought after for her expertise in leadership, learning and culture transformation, skills and workforce development, and talent management and acquisition. She holds a Master’s degree in Organisational Development and Learning, underpinning her deep understanding of how to design and implement strategies that unlock human potential in complex, technology-driven environments.

Her unique strength lies in bridging operational leadership, strategic HR, and cutting-edge technology, creating integrated solutions that enhance employee experience, elevate customer outcomes, and deliver measurable business results. Meredith has consistently championed skills-focused approaches to workforce strategy, helping organisations prepare for the demands of the digital economy while fostering human-centric, adaptive cultures.

As the founder of theSpark, Meredith brings her expertise, passion, and insight to help organisations, teams, and individuals ignite their potential. Through consulting, executive coaching, facilitation, and advisory services, she empowers clients to navigate transformation, embrace change, and thrive in the evolving world of work.