Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2017, which took place on 10-11 October 2017 at Olympia, National.
Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.
Keynote speakers:
K1: Using strategic workforce planning to optimise the impact of your employee benefits
Ross Sparksman, head of strategic workplace planing, Facebook
K2: What can sports teach us about workplace values?
Jon Norfolk MBE, Team GB para-cycling head coach
K3: How to make progress and impact with diversity and inclusion in an evolving workplace
Pamela Hutchinson, head of diversity, EMEA, Bloomberg
Slides not available
Jazz Bhogal, deputy director, civil service workforce strategy and inclusion, Cabinet Office
K4: Google insights: How can HR lead the workplace and digital transformations?
Speaker: Yuval Dvir, head of EMEA online partnerships, Google.
Slides not available
Day one
A1: Strategies to improve member outcomes
David Pugh, managing partner Lemonade Reward
Gregg McClymont, retirement savings head, Aberdeen Asset Management
Heike Avramovic, head of reward & policy and pension trustee, Siemens
A2: Boosting retirement prospects for employees
Ian Baines, head of pensions, Nationwide Building Society
A3: Masterclass: Getting auto re-enrolment right
Helen Farr, partner, Fox Williams
B1: Getting proactive with mental health at work
Judith Grant, associate director - health and wellbeing, Mace Group
Claire Douglas, health and wellbeing manager - Europe, Pitney Bowes
B2: Sleep tight: Helping your employees' productivity, morale and wellbeing
Kevin Anderson, chief marketing officer, Westfield Health
James Wilson, expert in sleep behaviours, environments and products, The Sleep Geek
B3: Managing health and wellbeing at work
Gareth Mullen, head of safety, health, wellbeing and security retail and group services, Thames Water
Dr. Shaun Davies, global director of safety, health, wellbeing and sustainability, Royal Mail Group
C1: Creative and cost-effective employee engagement strategies
Tammy Palmer, head of people development and engagement, Age UK
Simon Grosse, chief executive officer, Foundation SP
C2: Engaging a multi-generational workforce through their benefits needs
Amarjit Khaira, compensation and benefits, Sanofi
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C3: Practical and common sense methods on building and sustaining engagement
Dr Neil Lancaster, people and social responsibility director, Gamestec Playnation
D1: The emerging role of digital in employee health and wellbeing strategies
Phil Austin, general manager, domestic health and travel, Cigna
Jason Sinclair, pensions and benefits manager, Standard Life
Catherine O'Connell, head of occupational health and safety, Standard Life
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D2: Bridging organisational and individual goals to develop and retain future talent
Tony Cooke, HR director, Adidas
Helen King, non-executive director, Vanarama
D3: Gender pay gap reporting: Getting it right
Emma Codd, managing partner for talent, Deloitte
Stephen Ravenscroft, partner, White and Case
E1: What makes a winning benefits and reward strategy?
Sam Kirk, reward director, TalkTalk
Spencer Roach, EMEA benefits manager, Gartner
Guy Hayward, chief executive, Goodman Mason
E2: A holistic appraoch to employee wellbeing
Rosemary Lemon, group head of reward, Hays
Patrick FitzGerald, commercial director, Salary Finance
E3: A rebel's approach to reward
Debra Corey, group reward director, Reward Gateway
Fiona Hunter, head of people, BrewDog
Linda Jodrell, HR director, Citation
Day two:
A4: Panel discussion - How are employee's benefiting from financial wellbeing strategies?
Heidi Allan, head of research, Neyber
Nick Burns, chairman of advisory board, Neyber
Naomi Austen, head of reward, Axis
James Devine, executive director of HR and OD, Medway NHS Foundation Trust
A5: The financial wellbeing journey
Paul Nelson, group head of reward, Travis Perkins
Rosemary Lemon, group head of reward, Hays
A6: Long-term savings: addressing the challenges ahead
Graeme Wyllie, senior pensions manager, policy and proposition, HR, Royal Bank of Scotland
Margaret May, research fellow, University of Birmingham
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B4: Digital strategies driving user experiences on benefit offerings
Jane Earnshaw, senior director - reward, Asda
B5: When artificial intelligence met health benefits - a tale of risk, prediction...and improved health.
Dr Umang Patel, clinical director, Babylon
Mark Savory, vice president international benefits and payroll, IHS Markit
C4: The changing nature of international HR and global reward
Claire McDonagh, international mobility services, HR, UBS
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Maura Sheehan, PHD, professor of international management, Edinburgh Napier University
C5: Evolving working models in light of the gig economy
Julian Sansum, partner, PWC
C6: Global engagement and reward strategies
Kathy Allison, global HR director, FitFlop
Anna Kadanya, group HR reward, Kingfisher
D4: Masterclass: Championing a diverse and inclusive culture in benefits strategy
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, global diversity and inclusion adviser, Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion
Adam Gibson, strategic workforce planning leader, Metropolitan Police
D5: Supporting carers in the workforce
Andrew West, HR manager, reward and system, Royal College of Nursing
D6: Understanding the pressures on employees who work and care for elderly and loved ones
Raman Sankaran, chief commercial officer, Simplyhealth
Robert Nicolson, independent market researcher, Morar HPI
E4: Structuring a cost-effective and fluid benefits strategy
Neil Goodwin, head of reward, Countrywide
Karen Rayfield, director of people and performance, Helping Hands
Alison Macleod, group head of reward, City and Guilds Group
E5: Optional remuneration arrangements: What does the change from salary sacrifice mean for you?
Vaneeta Khurana, partner, national head of employment tax, Mazars
E6: Fun, value and universal appeal: Enhancing employee lifestyles through benefits
Stephen Holt, business development director, Grass Roots
