Estera Anghelescu is the Recruiting and Employer branding director at Kaufland, with over 20 years of experience in the field. She has played a key role in the company's expansion into the Romanian and Moldovan markets since the opening of its first stores. Thanks to the innovative projects she has implemented, she has won numerous international awards. In 2022, she was recognized as the Global Employer Brand Leader of the Year by Kantar and Employer Branding Professional of the Year by Evensys. Since May 2023, she has also served as the Vice President of the Romanian Diversity Chamber of Commerce, committing to promoting diversity and inclusion both within the company and in society.

Alex is an award-winning recruitment marketing and employer brand professional, with over 20 years’ experience working on the ad agency side and more recently in-house, within Boots and now JLR. Alex believes that employer brand is critical to bringing to life what it’s really like to work at an organisation, showcasing the culture and encouraging employees to be true brand advocates by telling and sharing their stories. At JLR, Alex manages a small team in the UK, connecting with the wider global HR teams to promote Life at JLR via social media, recruitment marketing digital activities, employee advocacy and more. She has recently been part of a team developing a new EVP for JLR and is about to start work on the creation of the new employer brand.

Roger is the Group creative director of LEAP Create. He has worked as a creative professional, helping organisations and businesses communicate with people for three decades. His career has taken him on various adventures, including pitching to Disney in Orlando, working on recruitment campaigns for secret government stuff (he's not allowed to mention,) and riding a giant polystyrene battering ram into an international bank, all in the name of creative communication. He considers himself very lucky to be surrounded by the talented team at LEAP Create.

Mark is a seasoned professional in the field of human resources and marketing, specialising in talent attraction and Employer Branding. Mark oversees the global talent attraction initiatives across all divisions of Airbus worldwide, and leads a transnational team of more than 25 experts in employer branding, talent attraction, and digital marketing. One of Mark's key responsibilities includes growing Airbus' strategic academic partnerships, fostering academic collaborations to make aerospace an attractive industry for talent worldwide. With a keen eye for talent acquisition and a passion for creating impactful content, Mark plays a vital role in shaping Airbus' workforce and ensuring its continued success in a competitive global market.

Lyndsay has held the position of head of talent attraction at NatWest Group since early 2022, where she started as a graduate. She is responsible for shaping and executing NatWest’s Talent Attraction strategy, ensuring that they secure the best talent needed to drive the business forward. With a passion for project management and digital innovation, she enjoys environments where technical and creative teams intersect, bringing recruitment and marketing together and ensuring that strategies are both effective and aligned with the evolving needs of the business.

Sian has worked in employer marketing for nearly 15 years, a decade of which has been at Havas People. From retail, energy, large public sector to transportation, travel and tech, Sian has been fortunate enough to work with a wide variety of clients, winning several awards along the way. In more recent years she has been Client partner on some of Havas People’s global commercial accounts, enabling her to expand her knowledge and understanding of market deployment.

“I love to learn and being a core member of the team enables me to feed my thirst for knowledge by getting to understand a variety of companies and industries, as well as meeting a host of great people who I can work closely with.”

Kerri is a seasoned Lead creative designer with eight years of industry experience. She specialises in employer brand creation for global businesses like Marriott and Ancestry and excels in crafting compelling recruitment campaigns, particularly for the tech industry. From concepts to execution, her expertise spans photography, video shorts and art direction. Known for blending strategic and creative thinking, Kerri meticulously designs brand guidelines that marry beauty with functionality. Her award-winning work really showcases the talent and teamwork at LEAP Create. 

Nina Goswami leads the UK inclusion team at Clifford Chance, where she is responsible for developing and implementing the law firm’s inclusion policies and campaigns within the London and Newcastle offices.

Before Clifford Chance, Nina was the BBC's Creative Diversity Lead and headed up 50:50 The Equality Project. The multi-award-winning initiative uses data monitoring to ensure media content better reflects society. It is the biggest ever collective action on increasing women’s representation in BBC content.

Nina also worked as a journalist. She was a reporter for national newspapers prior to working at the BBC, where her roles included TV News Editor.

Suzanne is a client partner in the Employer Brand Advisory Team at AMS, with over 15 years experience in Employer Branding, 10 of these spent with AMS where she has developed authentic employer brands, compelling EVPs and created digitally-enabled talent communication experiences for global organisations. Suzanne is also responsible for the strategic direction of all the Early Careers work undertaken in Employer Brand Advisory as well as setting up our recent team expansion in India.

David is a recognised leader in employer brand and talent attraction. He has experience driving marketing for one of the UK’s largest PLCs. Beginning his career at Capita in 2008, he moved to CGI in 2018. He excels in crafting authentic employee value propositions and delivering award-winning marketing campaigns. His work highlights organisational culture and employee purpose to boost candidate attraction and employee retention.

Nathalie is a Global employer brand manager with over 13 years of experience in Employer Branding and Recruitment Marketing. She joined TUI as Global employer brand manager in January 2022, to lead the post-pandemic EVP and employer branding strategy for the global tourism group.  Nathalie has previously worked in market-focused and global roles within BMW Group and Airbus. Her key achievements include leading an Award-winning EVP for TUI, setting up BMW Group UK’s HR marketing function and implementing Airbus’ EVP across different locations in four continents.

Julie has over 25 years of experience as a strategic communications expert. Working in some of the best marketing and advertising networks in the world including AMV/Proximity, McCann and Rapp Collins. She came into the world of employer branding over five years ago joining Ph.Creative to take employer branding to the next level applying all her years of experience in consumer branding to the employer branding space. 

She is a knowledgeable and captivating speaker that really knows her subject matter and can deliver inspiring and insightful talks that lift the lid on how to achieve great employer branding. Recently taking the stage at the WEBD conference in Lisbon. She regularly writes articles and thought pieces, also being a pivotal part in Ph.Creative the Sprint series which is a training platform where participants get a chance to learn how to create great employer branding from the experts.

Ben leads MSL UK’s Employee Experience team and Centre of Excellence in London. He brings more than nine years of experience in employee communications, ranging from running graduate fairs to handling mergers and acquisitions. In his role, Ben leads strategic projects that span the employee lifecycle; from creating enticing talent attraction and recruitment campaigns, crafting impactful internal communications, or launching employee engagement initiatives.

Sabrina is the global lead for brand and talent engagement at Mimecast. She has worked across different industries and regions and leverages this experience and strategic insights to build meaningful and authentic connections between people and employers. With over 18 years of experience in marketing and brand, Sabrina has worked for global brands such as Shell and Qatar Airways Group, with clients such as Campari Group, Vodafone, and PWC on the agency side.

A thought leader in his field, Nimai has held various global leadership positions in large organisations bringing experience having worked in people and culture over the last 20 years. During this time, he has lead employer branding and talent acquisition in addition to wider people transformation programmes, winning numerous industry awards. 

Currently Nimai leads employer branding for Coca-Cola HBC and prior to this he was at Philip Morris since 2018 leading employer branding and cultural transformation across the group. Previous to that Nimai worked at Diageo where he led global talent acquisition having moved from the British Army where he also led talent acquisition and employer branding for the Army.  Nimai worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland as their global head of employer branding and then head of diversity in 2010. Nimai started out in the TA and employer branding space in 2005 with Shell where he led employer branding for the group. In his early career, Nimai worked in numerous commercial and marketing roles for Centrica PLC.

Caroline brings 25 years of experience across various sectors, having tackled complex branding challenges for clients such as PwC, RWE, Enterprise Mobility, AXA, and adidas. Since joining Havas People in 2017, her role has allowed her to explore diverse company cultures, look at what makes business’ tick, and understand their unique appeal. Caroline regularly liaises with C-suite stakeholders and offers strategic direction in people and employer branding. The variety and ever-developing nature of the industry keeps Caroline passionate about solving these business challenges.