HR Power Moves 2024
Last year, Honch tracked more than 30,000 HR decision-makers joining UK companies. As they begin their first full budget cycle, we've outlined 100 of the key moves from 2024. These Chief People Officers and HR Directors are now responsible for some of the biggest budgets in Europe, and will be implementing new initiatives in 2025.
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Our Top 100
- Unilever - Mairead Nayager
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: Haleon - Amentum - Sam Hannis
Title: VP of Human Resources Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Jacobs - Royal Mail - Paula Stannett
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Heathrow - Hilton Foods - Lizzie Downes
Title: Global Chief People & Culture Date Appointed: December 2024
Previous Company: Pendragon - SGS - James Roberts
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: Holcim - QIMA - Noor Tarin
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: December 2024
Previous Company: Mitel - Virgin Atlantic - Becky Woodmansee
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: December 2024
Previous Company: Whitbread - Boots - Helen Charles
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Medivet - Babcock - Louise Atkinson
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: CBI - Haleon - Line De Decker
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Aliaxis - Travis Perkins - Janes Davies
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: HallamHR - Matalan - Alyson Fadil
Title: Global Chief Marketing Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: N Brown Group - AllSaints - Alex Didymiotis
Title: Global People and Culture Director Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: Cabinet Office - Bolt - Nicholas Walker
Title: VP People & Workplace Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Wefox - IVC Evidensia - Ella Bennett
Title: Group Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: EasyJet - Foot Locker - Ben Boylan
Title: Vice President Human Resources, EMEA Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: River Island - Skipton Group - Roberto Caneti
Title: Group Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Cortona Consulting - Greystar - Angela Fanning
Title: HR Director - UK&I, Europe Corporate Date Appointed: December 2024
Previous Company: GLG - Valtech - Rebecca Boyle
Title: People & Culture Director Date Appointed: December 2024
Previous Company: Only People - ARM - Charlotte Eaton
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: OVO - Biffa - Allison Green
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: B&M - Huws Gray - Rachel Wheeler
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: October 2024
Previous Company: Carpetright - Grayling - Rochelle Smith
Title: Global People Director Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Teneo - SES Satellites - Veronika Ivanovic
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Ericsson - Center Parcs - Cathryn Petchey
Title: Group Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Superdry - Pinsent Masons - Hannah Lindsay
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner - Viasat - Rebecca Grattan
Title: Group Chief People & Culture Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Page Group - Strada - Anna O’Shea
Title: Vice President Human Resources Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: Alight Solutions - King - Suzie Carr
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: October 2024
Previous Company: Activision Blizzard - Marie Curie - Cathryn Richardson
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: myArgo - HCA - Francesca Ehmann
Title: Chief HR Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: British Airways - Chubb - Laurent Matthys
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Emerson - Highbourne Group - Rachel Baldwin
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Pilgrim’s UK - Buro Happold - Karen O’Brien
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: Mace - Hitachi Rail - Claire Magee
Title: HR Director Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: Thales - ZIGUP - Emma Ayton
Title: Group Human Resources Director Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Sage - Rotork - Beatriz Rodriguez
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: Bayer - SharkNinja - Naeem Matimi
Title: Chief People Officer EMEA Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Netflix - GlobalData - Katherine Lunn
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: LexisNexis Risk Solutions - Iris - Benita Meswania
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Plus Company - Brown & Brown - Leah Clancy
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: LV= - Wasserman - Nancy McIntyre
Title: Vice President People, EMEA & APAC Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: CSM - Flutter - Cheryl Bosi
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: HSBC - Darktrace - David James Smith
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: 10x Banking - Burson - Beckie Akers
Title: Chief People Officer, EMEA Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: BCW - dunnhumby - Robbie Dagger
Title: IChief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Tesco - Ricardo - Diane Christensen
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: RPS - Culina Group - Dominic Kerrigan
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Chivas Brothers - Planet - Sarah Waller
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: Adobe - N Brown Group - Natalie Rogers
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Moonpig - Selina - Emilio Gracia
Title: Global Chief People Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: World Travel & Tourism Council - Permasteelisa - Nathalie Lion
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: UpLead - Macmillan - Francesca Okosi
Title: Chief People and Culture Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: NHS North East London - Sitecore - Sophie Gelsthorpe
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: OpenTable - TalkTalk - Wendy Doherty
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: BBC - Whittington Health - Liz O’Hara
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: March 2024
Previous Company: UCL Hospitals NHS Trust - Brandon Trust - Donna Colley
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: March 2024
Previous Company: UK SBS - Fenwick - Susan Gordon
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: Hush - Mercedes-Benz F1 - Anca Raines
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Dyson - Culligan - Aarif Aziz
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: Diageo - BlackLine - Oli Morris-Husemeyer
Title: Vice President, International HR Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Keboola - Evoke - Anne Sewell
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: Dentsu - OSB - Orlagh Hunt
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Yorkshire Building Society - Vantage - Rae Avatar Barnett
Title: Vice President of People and Culture Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Laing O’Rourke - Moove - Ruth Fletcher
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: SVP People - Bensons for Beds - Linda Sleath
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Topps Tiles - Ipsos - Kerri O’Neill
Title: Chief People Officer UK & Ireland Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Ofcom - Ocorian - Jeanette Rooms
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: NED - Pico - Rosy Pang
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Galaxy Entertainment - ICAEW - Pamela Harding
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: RIBA - Oatly - Christine Shillington
Title: Chief People & Transformation Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: Nichols - United Living - Alex Price
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Amazon - Superbet - Emily Bowller
Title: VP People Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Ocado - Rightmove - Jennie Barker
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: Trustpilot - BMS - Ali Trauttmansdorff
Title: Group Chief People Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: Rothschild & Co - LexisNexis - Sunil Malik
Title: VP of Human Resources Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Virgin Media O2 - Ardonagh - Mark Skinner
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: Evoke - Bestway Healthcare - Lisa Pearl
Title: Chief Human Resources Officer Date Appointed: June 2024
Previous Company: Anchor - RNIB - Sean Mileusnic
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Avast - Reassured - Zoe Odusina
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Compre - Aston Martin F1 - Sophie Ackland
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: WAE - Stella McCartney - Sarah Day
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: February 2024
Previous Company: Nelsons - CBI - Asha Musoni
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: Ofcom - Brompton - Grace Chatten
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Talent Tide - AESSEAL - Paula Carter
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Ministry of Justice - Unite Students - Amy Round
Title: Group People Director Date Appointed: March 2024
Previous Company: Vertical Aerospace - EasyPark - Tara Tapper
Title: Chief People & Culture Officer Date Appointed: July 2024
Previous Company: Cloudreach - Tokio Marine - Karen Gent
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Credit Suisse - PortmanDentex - Gordon Dunn
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: John Lewis - Boku - Victoria Rodgers
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: March 2024
Previous Company: Universally Speaking - WPP - Lindsay Pattison
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: January 2024
Previous Company: GroupM - EasyJet - Suzanne Peacock
Title: Human Resources Director Date Appointed: October 2024
Previous Company: Ole & Steen - Kantar - Sofia Kouzinopoulos
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: November 2024
Previous Company: Vestiaire Collective - Amey - Claire Robinson
Title: Human Resources Director Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: GEOAmey - Valtech - Ruth Kemp
Title: Group VP, People Date Appointed: August 2024
Previous Company: Kin + Carta - Rolls Royce - Clare Sandman
Title: People Director Date Appointed: September 2024
Previous Company: Hope Charity Project - DHL - Linda Avis
Title: Human Resources Director Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: BT - AXA - Fiona Gillingham
Title: HR Director UK Date Appointed: May 2024
Previous Company: ACAS - Pharmacy2U - Laura Turnbull
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: April 2024
Previous Company: LloydsDirect - Atom Bank - Ayshe Robertson
Title: Chief People Officer Date Appointed: October 2024
Previous Company: Zen Internet
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