Rob is a specialist in bringing positive psychology to life within organisations. He is the founder and Chief Positive Deviant of Tailored Thinking, a pioneering and award-winning, evidence-based positive psychology, wellbeing and HR consultancy.

Rob was named #8 Most Influential Thinker by HR Magazine in 2023, is a TEDX speaker, author of Personalization at Work and Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and the Australian HR Institute. He has written for the likes of Harvard Business Review and Work magazine and is world-leading when it comes to enabling and encouraging job crafting and personalised people experience. His work, ideas and research has been presented at academic and professional conferences around the globe.

A Fellow of the CIPD, one of 2020’s UK 50 Leading Lights in Kindness & Leadership and HR Magazine’s most influential practitioners, Philippa has extensive international corporate experience across the whole HR remit in both the private and public sectors. As People & Business Services Director for the ONS (6000 people), she is responsible for human resources, estates, facilities management, H&S, business services and the customer contact centre. She is also the HR Director for the Government Analysis Function (17000 people) and the Government Statistical Service, a member of the Civil Service HR Function Board and the lead for Civil Service People Analytics and Data. She extends her work and research to charities and global organisations notably focused on teamworking, leadership, values and behaviours. She is a trustee and People Committee chair for Beyond the Streets. She is co-founder of a global thought leadership club which includes virtual conferences and a podcast series where she interviews a range of fascinating global senior execs who stand out in their fields.

Rob is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and Associate Research Director at CRF. He is also currently a Visiting Professor of Evidence-Based HRM at Birkbeck University of London and Professor at Oslo Nye Høyskole. He was previously co-founder and Scientific Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and has held positions at the Institute for Employment Studies, London School of Economics, Kings’s College (University of London), Bath University and University of Edinburgh. His publishing and research focus on topics including wellbeing, emotions, stress, motivation and everyday work behaviour.

Stephen has dedicated his career to all aspects of HR expertise and has worked for the likes of Arthur Andersen, Walmart, Unilever and Expedia Group in a variety of UK and International roles. His spike is being able to bring the outside in and helping companies to build their own talent marketplace.

Olga Martens-Stuurman has worked for 28 years at HP in various international leadership roles. In her last role at HP she was leading the Future Ready Work Experience programme which included testing new ways of working across the globe, focused on enabling people to do their best work. She has a Master degree in Political Sciences from the University of Amsterdam.

Neil joined Severn Trent in August 2017 as Director of Human Resources and has responsibility for the HR as well as the internal and external communications teams. Neil started a career in HR management in 1996 and has worked across a range of different sectors and FTSE 100 companies, including Rentokil Initial and GUS (which latterly became Home Retail Group). Before joining Severn Trent, he led the merger that created Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher. 

Emma is Professor of Human Resource Management (HRM) and Head of the Changing World of Work Group at Cranfield University. She is a recognised expert in HRM, particularly in relation to the impact of the changing external context on work, the workplace and the workforce. She was named in the top 5 Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine in 2022 and has worked with a range of organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors to help them to take a more evidence-based approach to considering the future of work.

Emma is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and Academy of Social Sciences, Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies. She is currently the Chair of the British Academy of Management and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Human Resource Management. Emma has authored or edited several books in the areas of HRM and the changing world of work and has published numerous academic papers and practice focused articles in these areas. She is regularly invited to speak on these topics at scholarly and industry conferences, and to comment on relevant issues for media outlets.

Tim is currently Chief Learning Officer for Anglo American PLC, leading the capability agenda for 100,000 colleagues globally. Tim joined Anglo American as the Group Head of Reward and later moved to be Group Head Future of Work, leading Anglo American’s long-term thinking on the changing nature of work and how to get the organisation, the workforce and wider society ready for a technologically advanced future.

Tim’s interest sits at the intersection of technological development, societal change and the role of the company within society. He sees a need for HR to take a broader and more external focus as organisations operate in more dynamic and complex systems. Prior to Anglo American, Tim has worked in a range of leadership roles across sectors and geographies in PLC, private equity and consulting environments.