Peter has returned as Chair of the Judges for this year's FIRM Awards, and also heads up the recruitment advisory practice for RSM in the UK.

Emma is currently a Resourcing Partner and member of the Resourcing Leadership Team at LV=, a UK leading financial mutual.

David is currently a Director of Talent Acquisition & Management with over 18 years experience in international talent acquisition and management.

For the past 10 years, Jennifer acted as the Head of Global Talent Acquisition of SABMiller, the second largest global brewer and one of the world’s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola drinks.

Rachel Dalboth has been in resourcing for 18 years, the last 13 of which have been with Unilever.

James has over 16 years in global Talent Acquisition and has recently joined McKinsey & Co. where he leads recruitment across the globe for their Shared Services function.

Ryan is currently Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Expedia, one of the world’s leading travel companies. The brand portfolio includes leading sites such as, Expedia.com, a full service online travel agency localised in 31 countries, and Hotels.com, the hotel specialist localised in more than 60 countries.

Charu is currently head of global employer branding & digital projects at Ferrero SA whose brands include Kinder, Nutella & Ferrero Roche.

Alex is Head of Talent at DeepMind. DeepMind is the world leader in artificial intelligence research and its application for positive impact.

Anna leads the team responsible for the design of selection methodologies and smooth running assessment centres for a wide range of roles at British Airways

Sam is the Head of Resourcing & Employer Brand at House of Fraser and has lead the full transformation of the function including the development of their first Employer Brand. She is also responsible for leading the delivery of all hires across the business

Kevin has recently joined PepsiCo as the Head of Talent Acquisition for UK & Ireland following his role as Head of Resourcing at LV=. 

Chad Horne is currently the Head of Strategic Resourcing & Workforce Planning at Three, the mobile network operator, where he has worked since 2014. Initially employed as the Head of Resourcing, he quickly implemented a strategic direct sourcing model which transformed the way Three attracted and retained talent, whilst improving the customer experience.

Lyndsey has spent over 15 years in Resourcing roles and has worked both on agency side and in house for companies including Unilever, JLT, Kelloggs and BP. For the past 4 years Lyndsey has worked as the Head of Talent Acquisition for Rentalcars.com, the world’s leading car hire platform.