WEBINAR SPEAKERS

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams
Client relationship director
Glassdoor

Joining in early 2015, Stephen Williams is one of the founding members of the European Glassdoor team. As a client relationship director, he works with companies every day from all over EMEA, showcasing their brands and recruiting quality talent, in a very crowded marketplace.

Niall Cluley

Niall Cluley
Global HR director
Fitness First

Niall became Fitness First’s global HR director in 2014, after spending two years leading its culture change programme and developing the group’s people strategy through a major international rebrand. Before this, he held the role of global head of talent and development and led the group’s learning strategy. He implemented a structure to create compelling career pathways and to improve member experience. Before joining Fitness First, Niall held positions as head of access at Vodafone and in organisational development and operations roles for Royal Mail. Niall has also been a project director at consulting firms such as Leaps & Bounds and Together Group.

Urvashi Desai

Urvashi Desai
Strategic HR business partner
The Crown Estate

Urvashi joined The Crown Estate as a strategic HR business partner in 2014. Prior to this she was the group head of HR for Investment Property Databank which later became part of Morgan Stanley Capital Investments. Her experience includes over 15 years in business specialist roles working with a variety of clients in the financial sector. She moved into HR from business as she enjoys applying business and client expertise to drive business improvement through people. She is accomplished in leading HR functions and translating business priorities to HR actions in a fast-paced and commercial environments. 

Sarah Baxter

Sarah Baxter
Employee engagement manager
BMW

Sarah is the employee engagement manager at BMW UK, a role she has held for 14 years. Sarah is directly responsible for the engagement of all employees and she plays a critical part in changing the companies culture with the creation and integration of a new employee brand ‘What moves you’. She is responsible for driving change in the business at all levels, from the executive board to employees through multiple change activities over the last 24 months.