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Salute 100 more top performersWe are proud to announce, for the second year running, a fabulous line-up of 100 leading players in benefi ts

management. They are the movers and shakers of the benefi ts industry and are therefore our ‘Hot 100’. Over the next 10 pages, you can see who made this exclusive list, in strict alphabetical order.

These are people who, during 2012, were featured in our magazine or on our website for the great work they are doing with their organisations’ benefi ts packages; or people who have spoken at our events or taken part in our roundtable discussions; as well as those who won gongs at the annual Employee Benefi ts Awards in 2012.

They now join our Hot 100 from last year and automatically become members of our 100 Club, which now consists of 200 UK benefi ts leaders. There is an associated LinkedIn group as well as an invitation-only exclusive party.

For this year’s list, we have deliberately selected people who were not on last year’s list (many of whom continue to provide great contributions to the industry) in order to spread the recognition as wide as possible for the good work that gets done for millions of employees across the land.

Given the huge challenges facing the benefi ts industry, not least the implementation of auto-enrolment, this year is a great opportunity for benefi ts practitioners to step up to the plate and maximise this opportunity to show what they can truly bring to their organisations. It is not often that the spotlight is shone on benefi ts departments like this. It should throw up some cracking names for our list next year.

I would also like to take this opportunity to extend a special thank-you to Employee Benefi ts’ deputy editor, Debbie Lovewell, who put a tremendous amount of work into pulling this list together. She was ably assisted by our events co-ordinator, Elena Harris, who spent weeks inviting people, gathering biographies and photos and fi lling last-minute gaps.

Debi O’Donovan, EditorFollow on Twitter @DebiODonovan

Louise Beardmore,United Utilities:Keynote speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live

Masha Boldyreva,Mondelez International: Triple Employee Benefi ts Award winner and speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live

Francis O’Mahony,BT Group: Winner of Benefi ts specialist of the year at the Employee Benefi ts Awards

Elliot Rees-Davies,Santander UK:Employee Benefi ts Award winner and profi led in the magazine

Maria Strid,HSBC Bank: Employee Benefi ts Awards judge

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Mike Acred pensions manager - performance and reward, LV= Acred was appointed

pensions manger of the LV= Employee Pension scheme in 2011. Before that, he developed the client service manager role for the corporate pensions division of fi rm London and Manchester (now Friends Life).

He is a member of the Aberdeen Asset Management Advisory Panel and AonHewitt’s development forum. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Pensions and Workplace Savings Summit 2012

Kate Adderleyhead of planning and performance, Youth Hostel Association (YHA)Adderley has been

head of planning and performance at YHA for three years. She is responsible for strategic and operational

planning, ensuring that strategic business plans and priorities are communicated effectively and key performance indicators and reporting procedures are in place. Adderley also undertakes key projects aligned to organisational development strategy and managing business risk.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award 2012 winner

John Athanasioudirector of people,HarperCollins PublishersAthanasiou joined HarperCollins in

October 2008. He is responsible for overseeing all areas of talent management, recruitment, staff development and employee relations, plus compensation and benefi ts across the organisation in the UK and internationally.

He came to HarperCollins from Time Warner, where he was director of executive search and recruitment operations – international. He has also worked in a number of HR roles in

blue-chip multinational, private and public sector organisations.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/WmjnBb

Louise Beardmorehead of organisational development and HR operations,

United Utilities. Beardmore initially joined United Utilities in its operations function, managing business change and transformation across the company’s water and wastewater operational sites. She moved into HR four years ago as head of employee engagement to defi ne and drive the organisation’s engagement strategy.

She is now head of organisation development (OD) and HR operations, managing all aspects of OD.

She is also a senior member of the UK Employee Engagement Task Force. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Louise Benthamgroup reward director, Kingfi sher After qualifying as a chartered

accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Bentham spent the fi rst part of her career in fi nance roles. From there, she moved to Dixons (now Currys), where she spent 13 years, initially in a number of fi nance roles before becoming group reward director during her last fi ve years with the organisation.

From Dixons, she moved to Tesco, where she spent fi ve years as head of reward and policy. She then moved to her current position at Kingfi sher.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/UeST5Y

Val Bertramhealth and wellness manager,Unilever UK and Ireland

Bertram leads Unilever’s UK and

Here is our second annual roll-call of the movers and shakers of the benefi ts

industry who have made Employee Benefi ts headlines, spoken at our events

or been involved in the Employee Benefi ts Awards as a winner or a judge

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Ireland health and wellbeing programme. She has more than 25 years’ experience as a nurse and as a health and wellbeing specialist, gained in a variety of environments. Bertram’s main areas of interest are sustainable behaviour change, physical and mental health. She also has a particular interest in coaching and positive psychology.

At Unilever, the Fit Business Lamplighter Programme, on which she works, gives staff the tools and information to enable them to choose a healthy lifestyle. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/UeTtRk

Masha Boldyrevacentre of excellence (COE) compensation and benefi ts lead,

UK and Ireland,Mondelez InternationalBoldyreva started her career in recruitment and joined a utilities company as an HR graduate. She then moved into a specialist international mobility role before spending 10 years in global mobility roles in the investment banking and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors. Boldyreva joined Cadbury in 2003 and progressed through a variety of corporate, project and business lead roles. Reason in Hot 100: Winner of three Employee Benefi ts Awards 2012, speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live and Employer profi le: bit.ly/UeU31q

Gary Brewerhead of reward and organisational development,William Grant and Sons

Before joining drinks fi rm William Grant and Sons, Brewer held senior HR and reward roles across various sectors in organisations such as Quintiles and Scottish Widows. He is also a fellow of the

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Institute of Administrative Management, has had a number of board-level appointments and is a member of the Employment Tribunal service.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/XL6kZo

Sharon Brownassistant human resources director,Mid Yorkshire Hospitals

NHS TrustReason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Gemma Bullivanthead of HR,Bluefi n SolutionsBullivant took up her current post in

March 2013, joining Bluefi n Solutions from Lebara Mobile, where she was head of HR, reward and engagement.

Before joining Lebara, she held various senior HR roles across a variety of industries, including Channel 4 Television, Johnson Controls, Coca-Cola and Carphone Warehouse.

Bullivant has extensive senior corporate experience in HR, reward and employee engagement. She has run large-scale strategic HR transformation projects. In the fi eld of reward, she has developed and launched several commercially relevant global incentive programmes.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Jim Carsonhead of reward,Spire Healthcare Carson is a commercial HR professional with

experience of delivering market-competitive, affordable and sustainable reward solutions in

the UK and internationally. His early career was spent developing a working understanding of the HR delivery model, including reward, employee relations, technology and systems.

Leading teams in roles such as HR business partner and reward functional specialist enabled him to extend his contribution to include wider commercial matters and contribute to the acquisition and growth strategy of a number of businesses.

For the last fi ve years, Carson has led the reward function at Spire Healthcare, where he has played a signifi cant role in HR’s contribution to the development of the new business.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/VSAUUH

Ian Clokevice-president HR, global reward,UnileverCloke has 20 years’ experience in

global mobility management, gained both in a commerce and consulting capacity. After fi rst qualifying as a chartered accountant, he switched to HR management while working in the banking industry. As a consultant, he worked closely with many expatriate employers, including Procter and Gamble, Shell, Johnson and Johnson and Siemens. As vice-president HR, global reward at Unilever, he has, among other things, responsibility for global mobility policy. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Sue Connelly global health and wellbeing manager, AstrazenecaConnelly has been with AstraZeneca for 25 years. From a background that includes working in HR and occupational health, she has developed a counselling and life management programme to support mental wellbeing in the organisation. She has been involved in developing wellbeing

initiatives at AstraZeneca, targeting both proactive and reactive interventions. Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/VU1o8i

Bob Costahead of executive reward,Vodafone GroupCosta heads the executive reward

and share plan teams at Vodafone, where he has been responsible for developing and implementing executive reward policies, managing remuneration committee activities, and leading the delivery of group share plan activities since 2010.

Before that, he spent four years at Unilever as vice-president of executive compensation and global reward, having responsibility for both executive compensation and the development and implementation of global reward policy.

Before starting his corporate reward career in 2006, Costa worked for Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson) for eight years, where he was a senior consultant in the executive compensation practice. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/VSB9iG

Rosemary Crabbsenior manager, fl exible benefi ts,Nationwide Building Society Crabb has worked

in a variety of personnel and training roles throughout her career, mainly in the fi nancial services sector but also in retail staff management. She joined Nationwide Building Society in 1996. After a period specialising in absence management, she moved into reward in 2004 and has managed the integrated reward platform and fl exible benefi ts scheme since 2006. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/WmloNG

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Lawrence Cramerhead of HR,YHA England and Wales.Cramer is an

experienced and strategic HR professional with specialisms in people development, employee engagement and change management. As head of HR at YHA since 2009, he has focused on incremental change.

He is passionate about valuing staff and aligning individual development with organisational objectives and has been instrumental in unprecedented culture change and employee engagement in three organisations in the past 12 years. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Melanie CrowtherEuropean compensation and benefi ts director,

Electronic ArtsCrowther has 20 years’ experience across a variety of industries, mainly in the high-tech sector. Formerly an HR generalist, she has specialised in compensation and benefi ts over the past 12 years.

Crowther is experienced in working with international HR functions and business leaders from a breadth of geographies including Europe, the US and Latin America. She has worked at Electronic Arts for nine years. Her remit is to look after all European reward and benefi ts needs. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

David Curtisgroup head, pensions and benefi ts,Standard Chartered Bank

Curtis joined Standard Chartered in November 2003 and is

responsible for pensions and benefi ts strategy and governance across the bank’s 70-plus markets covering 80,000 staff.

Curtis is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and started his working life at Bacon and Woodrow, where he spent 12 years as a consulting actuary.

He then spent fi ve years at Siemens, heading its UK pension arrangements and fi ve years at Alstom, where he moved from establishing and running its UK pension plan to a global pensions and benefi ts role.Reason in Hot 100: News story

Emma Cutbillbenefi ts manager, Incisive MediaCutbill is responsible for the sourcing,

communication and engagement of benefi ts for Incisive Media’s 650 UK employees.

She was instrumental in the launch of its in-house fl exible benefi ts portal/programme in 2009 and has built up the benefi ts on offer to 27 products and services created to appeal to the diverse lifestyles of employees.

She has worked for Incisive since its inception in 1994 and has been benefi ts manager since 2008.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/12ySNFI

Rebecca Dalton HR project manager, YHADalton’s career has been in HR and recruitment with

organisations in the private, public and not-for-profi t sectors.

She has held many roles in her six years at YHA, most recently as HR project manager, focusing on change, restructuring and terms and conditions. She has also set up and managed a shared services function in the HR department and worked as a

regional business partner in London and the south of England.

Before joining YHA, Dalton worked for a sheltered housing and care home organisation.

Previously, she worked for a leading electrical retailer in Australia, specialising in IT recruitment, employee relations and generalist HR.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Evan Davidgehead of reward, programmes and data management,Ove Arup

and PartnersDavidge specialises in total reward and employee benefi ts solutions and has wide-ranging experience in fi nancial services, telecommunications, not-for-profi t, and central and local government organisations. His career has also included roles at Nationwide Building Society and Carphone Warehouse.

Davidge is a founder partner of Reward Consulting Partners and a specialist reward trainer for the CIPD and World@Work Association.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Jenny Davidsondirector of compensation and benefi ts, Europe, Middle East and Africa

(EMEA) region, CSCBefore taking on a wider reward role, Davidson specialised within the UK pensions industry, having worked as a group pensions manager or a consultant for various household names, including Alliance Boots and Novar.

Davidson is also a regular speaker on workplace savings.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Pensions and Workplace Savings Summit 2012

Andrew Deveney head of reward and HR operations, CofundsDeveney took up

his current role in November 2010. He is responsible for developing and implementing remuneration strategies and polices, and managing HR operations. Previously, Deveney was group head of remuneration and reward at NYSE Euronext. Earlier jobs include compensation and benefi ts manager at Liffe and HR manager at BT.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/VWrLoN

Jill Dugganhead of HR services and reward,Trader Media Group

Duggan has diverse experience across all areas of HR and reward management. She has worked in large structured environments and in growing start-ups, mainly in the technology sector in the UK and across Europe.

She has been with Trader Media Group for nine years.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Jane Earnshawhead of reward and recognition, AsdaEarnshaw has been with Asda for 17

years. She began her career in the retailer’s company secretariat and is a qualifi ed company secretary. She was part of the Asda shares team in the late 1990s that introduced the successful all-employee share plan. In 2001, Earnshaw moved into the reward arena and has gained experience in all areas of reward. She has led the reward team for 12 months. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012, and Up close profi le: bit.ly/X74dRD

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Claire Ecketthuman resources manager (reward and benefi ts),University of Reading

Eckett joined the University of Reading more than 10 years ago, initially to work on a project to modernise pay and grading structures and implement job evaluation. In 2012, she project managed the implementation of salary sacrifi ce arrangements for the university’s pension schemes.

Her role includes the design, delivery, communication and management of the university’s reward and benefi ts package, job evaluation, equal pay reviews, staff engagement surveys, and project management. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/RQFSdr

Rob Edwards, head of HR, The Ashmore GroupEdwards took up his role at investment

management fi rm The Ashmore Group in September 2008. Previously, he was head of HR at Threadneedle Asset Management.

Before that, he was HR manager at Harrods.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/U80XVx and article case study: bit.ly/XOrXbs

Andrew EvansGB compensation and benefi ts manager, XeroxEvans has been GB compensation

and benefi ts manager at Xerox since 2010.

After joining Rank Xerox as a sales representative in 1986, he began his direct involvement in compensation by managing the UK sales compensation planning and administration teams, during which time he introduced a sales commission system and gross profi t-based sales plans.

Evans joined EMC in 2001 and then Securicor (now G4S) in 2004, where he experienced very different methods of motivating and rewarding employees.

Returning to Xerox in 2006, he managed a Europe-wide project to rationalise and develop compensation plans to suit multiple countries and different internal organisations. His current challenges include the integration of benefi ts and improving the employee value proposition.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/Trxq4V

Paul Farrellhead of group benefi ts, Virgin MediaFarrell started his reward career as a

compensation specialist at AstraZeneca. He then worked in the healthcare market at Bausch and Lomb and UnitedHealth Group, practising both tactical and strategic compensation and benefi ts.

He has wide and varied reward experience throughout the EMEA region. As head of reward for Virgin Media, his particular areas of focus are risk, health benefi ts and corporate compensation.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/15cxIF7

Mary Gilescompensation, benefi ts and operations manager,Microsoft

Giles joined Microsoft in 1992. She initially joined as an HR associate, before working her way up to her current position. She took on responsibility for HR operations alongside her compensation and benefi ts role in 2007. Prior to joining Microsoft, Giles held the position of HR administrator at PC manufacturer Nippon Steel Computer.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Connect 2012.

Dennis Gissing head of people and practice, BTGissing and his team have overall responsibility for

equality and diversity in the company. They have developed a range of people policies and practices that aim to support BT’s business ambitions, while promoting positive values and effortless inclusion within a diverse workforce.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012 and Employer profi le: bit.ly/UawCpT

Ann Govierhead of senior remuneration, employee share schemes and global mobility,

Marks and SpencerDuring her 25 years with Marks and Spencer, Govier has worked across a number of business areas, including retail operations, fi nance, corporate governance and, most recently, HR. As well as managing the complex subjects of executive remuneration and global mobility, Govier has been instrumental in setting the retailer’s all-employee share scheme strategy, helping to increase share ownership across all age groups in the business.

Govier also developed and implemented one of the UK’s fi rst company-wide fi nancial education programmes. Reason in Hot 100: Feature article: bit.ly/X3sYgi

Joanna Gordon-Uttingreward and benefi ts manager,OcadoGordon-Utting

joined Ocado’s HR leadership team in September 2011.

With nearly 10 years’ experience in compensation and benefi ts, she took up the role of reward and benefi ts manager to

progress Ocado’s reward and benefi ts strategy.

Gordon-Utting began her career in HR by joining Canadian telecoms company Nortel Networks in 2000 after completing Sainsbury’s retail graduate management programme. There she worked on HR projects before becoming Nortel’s UK compensation and benefi ts manager in 2003. She moved to a similar role at Avaya after Nortel’s Enterprise business was sold in 2009.Reason in Hot 100: News stories: bit.ly/Vj5dwU and bit.ly/Vg2UiH

Sue Grant former projects manager, global reward, GKNGrant has more than 25 years of

benefi ts and business process improvement expertise in diverse, dynamic businesses, including areas such as global mobility, employee wellness, health insurance and administrative process review. In 2011 she designed and launched GKN’s bespoke UK benefi ts scheme, a self-funding benefi ts programme.Reason in Hot 100: News stories: bit.ly/X76XOM and bit.ly/WpMW4Z

Jamie Greenglobal benefi ts analyst,American Express Services EuropeGreen started his

career in pension systems administration/consulting at Mercer and Xafi nity before moving to a pension systems implementation role at Nestle. He later broadened his experience into international pensions and benefi ts management and analysis at global commodities fi rm Cargill before moving into his current role at American Express. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012 and Employer profi le: bit.ly/Uf2VEq

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Mike Hazelgravereward manager, AsdaHazelgrave has more than 35 years’ experience

in reward and benefi ts in the retail sector. His current role includes management of the organisation’s payroll, expenses system, long-term and restricted stock plans, all-employee sharesave plan and company car scheme.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/QzjFFR

Simon Hemmingshead of compensation and benefi ts, ICAPHemmings has

worked in the reward fi eld for over 20 years and has built up a wealth of experience across pensions, benefi ts and compensation. He joined ICAP in 2007, having previously worked for Goldman Sachs.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/YrpItb

Robert HicksHR director, Exponential-eHicks joined Exponential-e in January 2008. His

role covers all areas of HR within the business, and on the benefi ts side he is particularly interested in staff wellbeing, engagement, development and retention.

Working with the board, he is responsible for various HR strategies, including the Exponential-e Academy, development programmes, recruitment activities and retention plans.

Hicks’ previous experience includes HR roles at Workspace and the British Council. He is also involved in the central London branch of the CIPD and the London HR Connection. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Kerry HigginsGlobal mobility specialist – international relocation and vendor

management,Lloyd’s Register Group Higgins has spent 15 years in the relocation industry. She started at Lloyd’s Register in January 2012, managing the international assignments and UK benefi ts team. Her team is responsible for sourcing and delivery of all employee benefi ts for UK staff. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/X3uWNI

Darren Hockadayhuman resources director, London Overground Rail Operations

Hockaday joined London Overground Rail Operations (LOROL) at the start-up and mobilisation phase, building a new HR team and introducing business partnering. HR’s contribution has been to impact the bottom line through productivity increases, effi ciency savings, talent development and performance management, while doubling the size of the workforce and reorganising management teams.

His previous HR roles include Airbus, Burger King and Tube Lines, and he has line management experience in the banking and retail sectors.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/XA8zwW, Up close: bit.ly/ZaASZq and news stories

Rachel Howarth personnel director, TescoHowarth became personnel director UK and Ireland at

Tesco in August 2011. Before that, she was head of HR corporate and legal affairs at the retailer.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Alison Hunterhuman resources director, Dennis PublishingHunter started her HR career in 1995

at the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust before moving to JT International in 1997 as HR adviser. She joined Dennis Publishing in 1999, initially as personnel manager before working to establish a credible and infl uential HR department at the media company.

Promoted to HR director in 2001, she balances her role as a board director with responsibility for Dennis’s people strategy, while also running an HR department whose remit includes payroll, reward, employee relations, training and development and in-house recruitment. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/ VZpDO4

Euan Hutchinsondirector of rewards, EMEA,Johnson and JohnsonHutchinson has

held his current role since December 2011. He is responsible for driving the organisation’s compensation and benefi ts activities across the region. He is also leader of the global centres of expertise on reward communications.

Hutchinson was previously director of reward at Skype from 2009 to 2011, and before that worked for Hewlett Packard and Compaq for 10 years in total reward roles. He spent his early career consulting with PWC and Arthur AndersenReason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/VSEdvg

Philip Hutchinsoninterim reward manager,Lloyds Banking Group

Over the last couple of decades, Hutchinson has worked with a range of organisations developing and delivering initiatives ranging from full reviews to simple advice and delivery in most areas of global reward and benefi ts.

He has 30 years’ experience in general management roles, 15 of which were spent in HR and change management consultancies. In the last 15 years, he has specialised in global reward, in particular mergers and acquisitions, developing strategies, fl ex and pensions.

Hutchinson took up his current post in January 2013, having previously served as interim manager, reward at Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012 and News story: bit.ly/WmtsOr

Marie Jaygroup head of HR, CountrywideJay took up her current position in 2009. She moved

to Countrywide from automotive and asset fi nance software solutions provider Whiteclarke Group, where she spent fi ve years as associate director of HR.

Before that, she was fi nance and HR manager at V-ten, then part of DaimlerChrysler.Reason in Hot 100: Up close profi le: bit.ly/Va6YU6

Matthew Johnsonhead of compensation and benefi ts, Adecco Group UK

and IrelandJohnson is a chartered member of the CIPD and has worked across various industry sectors. He specialised in compensation and benefi ts in 2003 while at BDO before moving on to Steria and then the Adecco Group.

During his career, Johnson has delivered a range of projects

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including the closure of DB pension schemes, rationalisation of money purchase pension schemes, the launch of a fl exible benefi ts and share scheme, and the introduction of new pay and grading structures. He is currently leading the implementation of auto-enrolment at Adecco.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/Uf7RZG

Vance Kearneyvice-president – human resources, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),

Oracle CorporationKearney joined Oracle in November 1991 as UK director of human resources. He now has overall responsibility for all aspects of HR for Oracle’s 25,000 employees across 60 countries in the EMEA region.

Kearney has a special interest in HR systems. Oracle has acquired more than 10,000 staff from over 50 organisations in the last fi ve years and he has integrated their pay and benefi ts into Oracle’s structure. Having served as a trustee on two pension plans for almost 20 years, he brings a perspective as both a trustee and HR leader to the issue of retirement planning.

Before joining Oracle, Kearney held senior HR positions with Data General, STC and Rolls-Royce.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/X8grXd

Tim KenseyHR director, group reward and Saga services, AcromasKensey is group reward director for

Acromas with additional HR responsibilities for Saga services. His reward responsibilities impact 40,000 UK staff and include executive compensation, pension strategy, benefi ts harmonisation and employee engagement.

Before joining Acromas,

Kensey was international employee engagement director at The Body Shop, where he relaunched its UK benefi ts programme and introduced a global banding system. He previously held reward and generalist roles at Shell. He has also worked at Nestle, BOC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/12gnuE7

James Kirklanddirector of remuneration and pensions, Axa UKKirkland is responsible for

reward, benefi ts, recognition and pensions for Axa’s UK companies, which have 11,000 employees.

Before taking up this role in January 2013, he spent seven years as head of pensions, benefi ts and recognition at Telefónica Europe. There, he was responsible for benefi ts, pensions and recognition.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Connect 2012 and Up close: bit.ly/12gnRhX

Alana Knightonreward manager, CPPPrior to taking up her current role as reward manager at

CPP in February 2011, Knighton’s background lay in the payroll profession. She embarked on this career path as payroll supervisor at Gamestation, a position which she held for six years. From here, she moved to Virgin Media to take up the role of payroll manager.

She joined CPP in late 2009 as payroll manager.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/12LYhRI

Ken Lawriehead of reward, EasyjetAs Easyjet’s head of reward, Lawrie is responsible for pay,

performance and incentives, share schemes and benefi ts.

He has spent 25 years in pay and reward and has experience both internally, in reward roles, and externally as a consultant. This includes hands-on experience of designing, gaining approval and implementing most aspects of reward. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/S1G2bO

John Lionisreward manager, SelfridgesLionis joined Selfridges in 2006 after graduating.

His current role includes responsibility for the full reward agenda, including performance-related pay, remuneration and benchmarking, incentive plans, recognition schemes, benefi ts and pensions. Lionis’ background in research sees him managing the organisation’s customer insight programme and he is also responsible for all HR reporting and analytics.

Lionis sees reward as a dynamic HR fi eld that can add value to the business. He is currently developing a new methodology that involves the use of research data and related metrics for compensation and fi nancial forecasting.Reason in Hot 100: The Big Question response: bit.ly/Vac6Yk

Grant Loregroup pensions director, Thomas Miller and CoGrant has over 30 years’ pensions

and employee benefi ts experience, having worked for an insurance company and a benefi ts consultancy before joining Thomas Miller in 2006. As an account director for an employee benefi ts consultancy, he worked extensively with both company and trustee boards.

His current role involves

running Thomas Miller’s UK and overseas pension schemes, also acting as secretary to a number of trustee boards, and helping the company to manage its pension liabilities. He is also involved in the management of Thomas Miller’s employee benefi ts arrangements. Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/X3AWG5

Lorraine Makepeacehead of amazing, ChemistryMakepeace has worked for the

Chemistry Group for eight years. As head of amazing, her responsibilities include reward and recognition. She also ensures the organisation has amazing people doing amazing work.

Before joining Chemistry, she held operational roles across a variety of industries. Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/XAPUVn

Ben MarksHR compensation and benefi ts director, L’OrealMarks joined L’Oreal in 2012 with

a remit to defi ne and implement a reward and recognition strategy for UK and Ireland, spanning: compensation, long-term incentives, pensions, benefi ts, policy, wellbeing, engagement and recognition.

Before joining L’Oreal, Marks gained international experience in the professional services sector in specialist and generalist roles.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/14WEBZX

Jonathan Marshbenefi ts manager – EMEA health and benefi ts, American Express Services Europe

Marsh has worked for American Express since 2006 and joined the EMEA health and benefi ts

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team as EMEA benefi ts manager in July 2012. Before that, Marsh was EMEA HR lead manager within global business services, partnering a variety of teams to implement international e-payroll to EMEA markets over four years, having been a member of the global compensation and benefi ts team when he fi rst joined Amex.

Marsh has spent 15 years in HR and compensation and benefi ts, working with British Telecom and pharmaceutical organisations.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/Uf2VEq

Janet Mckenzieinternational reward, policy and mobility manager, The Body ShopMckenzie took up

her current role with The Body Shop in June 2012. She and her team manage employee pay, bonuses, benefi ts, pensions, policy and mobility. The Body Shop, part of the L’Oreal group, has 9,000 staff in 65 countries.

Adding mobility to her skillset is giving Mckenzie great experience of other approaches to the challenge of attracting and engaging employees.

She entered reward via IT and service delivery management with Capgemini and has held reward roles at Lockheed Martin, Arqiva, MIB Group and Nats. Reason in Hot 100: Up close profi le: bit.ly/WmxztU

Jennifer Meadhead of human resources,Matchtech GroupAfter completing a degree in HR

management, Mead has gained experience in generalist HR roles that have taken her to such places as China and Australia.

Mead joined Matchtech Group in March 2013 as head of human resources after spending seven years with D Young and Co. Reason in Hot 100: News stories

Sarah Minterreward manager, Barbon Insurance GroupMinter has been reward manager at

Barbon Insurance Group since 2008, during which time she has designed and implemented a full fl exible benefi ts and reward package for all staff.

Before joining Barbon, Minter was compensation and benefi ts offi cer and HR systems manager at Erinaceous Group.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner and Employee Benefi ts Live speaker

Sonia Morganhead of employee relations,Capital One (Europe)Morgan heads the

associate relations team at Capital One. Her responsibilities include defi ning the employee relations strategy, which involves the development and delivery of an inclusive policy strategy; HR risk and compliance, including a full case management service; evolving and delivering staff forum; leading change and delivering performance-management initiatives.

Morgan is also a member of the HR leadership team and partners the head of benefi ts and HR operations in defi ning the health and wellbeing strategy for staff.

She has worked at Capital One for 13 years. Her previous HR roles include project management and recruitment.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Samantha Neaves reward and HR information systems manager, Mills and Reeve

Neaves’ earlier career was in HR management, specialising in HR systems. She now manages

fl exible and core benefi ts and the suite of HR technology used at Mills and Reeve. She project-managed the implementation of fl ex and online benefi ts technology at the law fi rm in April 2006, having previously done the same at Ceridian (UK). Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/YtmB40

Donna Nindhead of compensation and benefi ts – UK and Ireland, CSC Nind is part of

CSC’s global compensation and benefi ts centre of expertise, responsible for all elements of reward for its 7,500 employees in the UK and Ireland.

She has led a number of key reward initiatives at CSC, including the redesign and improvement of its UK fl exible benefi ts scheme, the launch of a voluntary benefi ts programme and the launch of an online recognition scheme. She led the design and deployment of the Mymoneyworks corporate wealth management platform. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

David Noakescompany secretary and pensions manager, SvitzerAt Svitzer, Noakes

initiated a change strategy to replace numerous DB and DC pension schemes with a single group self-invested personal pension (Sipp), leading to higher pension membership and less volatility for the employer.

With more than 24 years’ company secretarial experience in industry, he has previously worked for a printing group, a textile group and a subsidiary of British Coal. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012 and Employer profi le: bit.ly/11GDKPi

Stuart Nolanglobal reward director, ENRCNolan joined ENRC in May 2012 and has responsibility

for reward strategy and policy across all its global businesses. He is responsible for the group’s reward strategy, which is a key enabler of ENRC’s business strategy of bridging its current position as a diversifi ed natural resources group largely based in Kazakhstan to become a broader global mining group.

Previously, Nolan was group reward director for Dixons Stores Group International and head of international reward for Experian. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/YZqobt

Francis O’Mahonyhead of employee share plans and share registration, BT

O’Mahony is responsible for driving forward strategy, communications and administration of BT’s UK and global share plans. Previously, he was a share plans consultant at Mercer for two years.

Before that, he was employee share schemes unit manager at HM Revenue and Customs for six years, during a time when the UK share incentive plan (Sip) and UK enterprise management incentive legislation were introduced.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Pensions and Workplace Savings Summit 2012 and Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Karen Orrsenior HR manager,NetApp UK and IrelandOrr has more than

20 years’ experience in high-tech, retail and professional services organisations. At NetApp, she oversees all aspects of HR for the

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UK organisation, while playing a strategic business partnering role in pre- and post-sales initiatives in EMEA.

Previously, Orr was HR director at Chesterton Humberts.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Connect 2012

Sarah Oxford, head of compensation, benefi ts and international mobility, BNP Paribas Securities ServicesOxford joined BNP Paribas in January 2011. Prior to this, she spent six years working in compensation and benefi ts at Barclays Capital.

Before that, she worked at Credit Suisse Private Banking, Merrill Lynch, Nomura Securities and the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi ce.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/UhOSO9

Jackie Palmersenior manager, compensation and benefi ts, Freshfi elds Bruckhaus

DeringerPalmer joined Freshfi elds in 2005, specialising in employee reward and benefi ts, with particular emphasis on health and wellbeing. Previously, she spent four years at law fi rm Herbert Smith, working as a compensation and benefi ts manager and an HR generalist.

Other previous roles include generalist HR and graduate recruitment with engineering and management consultancy fi rms.Reason in Hot 100: News stories, such as: bit.ly/VTFoul and bit.ly/ZWKbJx

Stephanie Palmer head of reward, development and relations, Peugeot

Citroën AutomobilesPalmer started her career in 1999 at Rolls-Royce Aerospace as an

HR adviser. She joined Peugeot in 2001 as a personnel offi cer and progressed rapidly to achieve the role of management development manager.

In 2007, she became head of HR for Peugeot, and in April 2011 was appointed head of reward development and relations. She leads four teams in developing policy and strategy for all fi ve group companies in the UK.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/U8hQ0Y

Elly Parsellehead of global mobility, Tesco StoresParselle joined Tesco in October

2011 as head of global mobility. She is responsible for strategy, governance and operations for Tesco’s 500 expatriates. Previously, she spent six years in the oil and gas industry, responsible for employment tax and expatriate management.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Norma PearceHR director, EMEA PlantronicsPearce joined Plantronics in 2000, initially

taking up the position of HR adviser for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2005, she then took on the role of employee relations manager EMEA, before becoming HR director in 2008.

Before joining Plantronics, Pearce was HR adviser at Akzo Nobel Coatings and HR adviser EMEA at Baxter Healthcare.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/RDYRcC

Sarah Perkinshealthy living manager, UK,American ExpressPerkins’ role involves managing

the evolution and implementation of proactive and reactive integrated health services to improve the health and wellbeing of American Express employees. This includes engaging stakeholders across the business, managing vendor partners, and ensuring seamless service.

Perkins joined American Express from a consultancy, where she advised on medical education and public relations activities for international pharmaceutical companies and non-government organisations. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Awards 2012 judge and Employer profi le: bit.ly/Uf2VEq

Louise PhillipsHR European, Middle East and Africa benefi ts leader, IBM Phillips has been

working on enhancing IBM’s health principles in the Middle East and Africa and has established compensation and benefi t strategies for new African countries where IBM operates.

Her background includes working in most areas of HR; compensation and benefi ts global strategies; global HR outsourcing and engagement; transformation of the IBM HR service centre from UK to Budapest; and process redesign of HR policy global tools and processes. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Connect 2012

Lisa Proctorgroup reward manager, FirstGroupAfter graduating, Proctor took up her

fi rst reward post in the oil and gas sector. She moved to FirstGroup in 2006 to take up her current role, where she is responsible for delivering the reward package to 38,000 UK employees. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Deb Rankinhead of HR shared services,3663After spending 15 years as a people

and process leader, Rankin changed career by moving into HR at 3663. After a grounding in general HR, she has spent four years as a reward and benefi ts manager, updating and enhancing 3663’s benefi ts offering and driving the reward strategy.

She is now head of HR shared services, with responsibilities in reward, payroll and HR administration, HR and payroll systems and reporting services.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/XO960f

Elliot Rees-Davieshead of reward, Santander UKRees-Davies joined Santander in 2011

and is currently responsible for reward, policy, engagement and health and safety. Before joining Santander, he was head of reward for Aviva’s UK business for three years and head of employee benefi ts and share schemes at Lloyds TSB for three years.

Before that, he spent 10 years with Arthur Andersen, Ernst and Young and Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson). Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner and Employer profi le: bit.ly/YZrYu5

Phil Rixonpensions and benefi ts manager,LadbrokesRixon spent more than 10 years in

pensions and benefi ts consultancy before joining Ladbrokes in September 2011. His primary responsibilities include the development, construction and delivery of Ladbrokes’ pension aims and strategy.

While focusing on the UK’s DB

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and DC arrangements, including auto-enrolment, he is also responsible for the wider pension architecture, mainly in the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar. Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/YZs9oZ

Tim Robertsonsenior reward manager, SantanderRobertson specialises in cash compensation for all the banking group’s retail, asset management, private and investment banking segments. He held similar roles at Barclays, supporting the Barclaycard business, and American Express as director for the consumer businesses in EMEA. Previously, he worked for Ericsson and Glaxosmithkline. Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/YZrYu5

Jo RossHR quality manager,BromfordRoss manages the payroll and

benefi ts team at Bromford, which she joined in 2005. She has been responsible for managing the transfer and integration of three payrolls into one, the change from a managed to a bureau payroll service, the move from paper to online payslips, and the admin and payroll processing when it went through a terms and conditions harmonisation project in 2010. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012 and speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Kerrie RowlandUK pensions and benefi ts manager, GERowland joined GE in October 2011 as

UK pensions and benefi ts lead. She moved to GE after fi ve years at Shire Pharmaceuticals as reward manager – rest of world.

While at Shire, Rowland

designed benefi ts plans for 22 new locations across the globe, introduced a fl exible benefi ts programme in the UK and led the reward design for two key European developments. Other previous roles include EMEA reward manager at Merrill Lynch. Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/YisXsI

Emily Scammellengagement and employee insight manager, Virgin MediaScammell has

more than eight years’ experience in internal communications, specifi cally in the areas of technology, HR and change. She has delivered a communications strategy to support a diverse workforce of about 12,000 at Virgin Media. In 2010, Scammell moved to specialise in employee insight and engagement. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Mary Jane Seddonsenior manager, reward and policy, Specsavers Optical

SuperstoresSeddon has been senior reward and policy manager at Specsavers Optical Superstores for three years. Her role incorporates reward support across the 13 countries in which Specsavers operates. Previously, worked in generalist HR within the retail sector.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012 and Employee Benefi ts Award winner

Trevor Sparrowhead of international pensions and benefi ts, Lloyds Banking Group

For over 30 years, Sparrow has worked in pensions and benefi ts

for nine multinational employers across over more than 100 countries. Currently with Lloyds Banking Group, his banking sector experience includes time with Barclays, Citigroup and JP Morgan.

Sparrow has also worked for Lloyd’s Register, KPMG, Alcatel, Cable and Wireless and Caltex.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Maria Stridhead of performance and reward UK bank, HSBC BankBefore joining

HSBC in January 2011, Strid was head of reward and international mobility at Santander UK, where she was responsible for redesigning and executing the bank’s reward strategy following multiple business acquisitions.

Strid started her compensation and benefi ts career at Arup. Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Awards 2012 judge

Kathy Swindleygroup human resources director, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment

Swindley joined PartyGaming, based in Gibraltar, in October 2006 with the remit to build a strong HR team and put in place an employee proposition that would attract and retain talent.

Before joining PartyGaming, Swindley worked in the UK fi nancial services sector.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Wendy TaylorHR director, central services,MorrisonsTaylor leads a team of 50 HR

specialists whose employee relations, industrial relations, employee benefi ts, systems and strategy work covers 135,000

employees in the UK. Having acted as programme

director for corporate strategic initiatives at Morrisons, she is now HR director for its response to pensions auto-enrolment. Reason in Hot 100: Article case study and news

Jacky Thompsonemployee relations manager, Zurich. In her current role, Thompson has

responsibility for Zurich’s HR policy and wellbeing programme. She is also a member of Zurich’s corporate responsibility council.

Previously, Thompson held a variety of roles in the retail and avionics sectors before moving into fi nancial services.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Miriam Valten-Agnew head of share plans and UK benefi ts, Rolls-RoyceValten-Agnew joined Rolls-Royce in November 2010 from Philips International, where she was manager, stock option and share centre. Before that, she worked for Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson) and for Ernst and Young.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/YaH7Wz

Debbie WaddingtonUK HR reward consultant, AvivaWaddington is part of Aviva’s HR

reward team. She has been with the company fi ve years and has played an instrumental role in a number of reward projects, including the senior manager pay review, recognition scheme and fl exible benefi ts scheme.

Before joining Aviva, she was an HR reward consultant at HBOS and spent the previous 25 years in management roles at BT.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

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Richard WaldenHR director, Barbon Insurance GroupWalden has been HR director at

Barbon Insurance Group since 2008. He has extensive HR experience from previous roles in the professional and fi nancial services sectors. He has worked as UK HR director for CB Richard Ellis and has held senior HR roles at NatWest/RBS and Nationwide Building Society.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner and speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Catherine Wardformer group director, people and communications, BMI Healthcare

Ward has extensive experience in HR management and consultancy. She has acted as HR director for BAA and the BBC. She has worked for KPMG as a consultant and for SHL as consultancy director. Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012.

Ingrid Waterfi eldUK head of performance and reward, KPMGWaterfi eld has led

KPMG’s in-house performance and reward team since returning from travelling the world in 2009. Her responsibilities include the strategic development and delivery of performance and reward strategy across the UK, including total cash, benefi ts, recognition, wellbeing and performance development.

Before taking her career break, Waterfi eld was reward manager for two years. Before that, she spent eight years in KPMG’s client-facing reward practice.Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/Yt1peq

Lynne Wellergroup reward manager, The Phoenix GroupWeller started her career as an HR

generalist before specialising in reward eight years ago. As group reward manager for the Phoenix Group, she is responsible for the management and implementation of remuneration policy and benefi ts design, implementation and communication.Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/RGrmY6

Kate Whateley interim HR director, UKTVWhateley began working in HR administration at

Harrods, where she was an HR officer from September 1996 until 2001. She moved on to become HR officer at social rented sector group the Richmond Housing Partnership. Whateley returned to the retail sector in 2002, joining Laura Ashley as assistant HR manager. She then became HR business partner at EMI Music, where she worked for five years.

Whateley joined BBC Worldwide as HR business partner in February 2010. She was then seconded to UKTV to provide maternity leave cover. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/QGsRUa

David Whitfi eld head of reward, BAAWhitfi eld joined BAA in January 2013. He moved to

the role from his previous position as head of compensation and benefi ts, UK, Ireland and Nordics at DHL Supply Chain. He was with the organisation for fi ve years and was promoted to this position in 2010, having started out as a reward analyst.

Whitfi eld joined DHL from

Royal Mail, where he began his career on the graduate training scheme, progressing to the role of recognition manager.Reason in Hot 100: Employer profi le: bit.ly/XE0n2t

Ann Williamson group reward manager, WarburtonsWilliamson has been group reward

manager at Warburtons for six years. She joined from Reebok, where she was compensation and benefi ts manager (Europe) for three years. Before that, she was Reebok UK’s HR operations manager for three years. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/ROVccZ

Deborah Wills reward director, Arthur J Gallagher UKMuch of Wills’ career has been in

the fi nancial services sector or as a consultant. As reward director at Arthur J Gallagher, she has an international remit. She took up the post in 2011.

Previously, Wills was interim senior reward manager at Barclays, senior reward manager at HSBC Bank and senior reward consultant at Prudential Assurance. Reason in Hot 100: Article case study: bit.ly/XaSOgx

Ashleigh Witchersenior benefi ts and pensions administrator, Serco

Witcher mainly looks after staff on long-term absence in the UK and Northern Ireland, where Serco has 30,000 employees.

She has experience in most areas of HR, including payroll, benefi ts, organisational development, HR policy and relations, and recruitment.

She has helped reduce sickness absence at Serco and streamlined costs related to absence. She also manages the processes, which include clear communication.Reason in Hot 100: Employee Benefi ts Award winner 2012

Hailey WojcikHR director, Northern Europe,GrouponAfter joining Groupon as a

recruiting intern in February 2010, Wojcik helped grow the small start-up, with fi ve staff, to a national business employing hundreds of people.

Her strategic approach to scaling up the business quickly while laying the foundations for a solid and sustainable future launched her into her current role, where she oversees six countries and a large HR team.

Before joining Groupon, Wojcik was a fi gure-skating coach in her native Canada.Reason in Hot 100: Speaker at Employee Benefi ts Live 2012

Carol Youngpensions manager,Heineken in the UKYoung leads the

team responsible for all aspects of Heineken’s UK pension strategy, covering the Scottish and Newcastle Pension Plan, a closed £2.4 billion DB scheme, and the Heineken UK Flexible Retirement Plan, a DC arrangement launched in 2011.

Young’s career includes almost 10 years as an investment consultant with Mercer and she has also served as an independent trustee on a number of DB and DC boards. Reason in Hot 100: News story: bit.ly/11SSPK2

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