Indeed FutureWorks London – 2024

Louis Theroux

Journalist and Presenter

Louis Theroux is a genre-defining documentary presenter, best known for producing immersive documentaries that explore the controversial and complex aspects of the human condition. Over the years, Louis has kept true to a way of working that is uniquely his own: offering rounded portraits of the people involved in complex social issues and human dilemmas, whilst always resisting easy judgements. Louis has won numerous awards, including three BAFTAs, an RTS award, and Grierson’s Trustees’ Award.

Chris Hyams

CEO, Indeed

Indeed CEO Chris Hyams joined Indeed in 2010 as VP of Product, responsible for technology strategy and innovation. Since April 2019, Chris has led Indeed’s mission to help people, all people, get jobs.

Bill Richards

Managing Director, UK/IE, Indeed

Bill Richards is the Managing Director of Indeed in the UK and Ireland. Bill is tasked with driving strategy for the business, helping clients source and attract job seekers and enjoys opening meaningful dialogue on how innovation can enhance the experience of engaging job seekers with leading employers. Bill has led UK/IE since 2013 and under his leadership has built a team in both London and Dublin who—together—have forged Indeed’s most significant international market outside the US.

Valerie Roush

Vice President, Sales and Customer Success, Glassdoor

Val Roush is the VP of Sales and Customer Success for Glassdoor’s Employer business. A skillful and impassioned Sales Executive, Val brings more than 20 years of accomplishment in sales operations management, business development, account management, strategic partnership building, and team training and leadership. Committed to providing customers with right-fit solutions through a consultative and tailored approach. Val led teams in driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth and market expansion within highly competitive environments.

Omobola Odutayo MBE

Recruitment & Events Coordinator – Promotions & Publicity, Department for Work and Pensions

Bola has over the years displayed exemplary passion for interacting and engaging with people on a human level with impactful and outstanding results. Marrying the world of youth unemployment with employment opportunities, Bola has encapsulated the social justice agenda within her remit to ensure that no one gets left behind.

With her wealth of experience networking, Bola uses her passion and skillset to influence and gently coerce key national and diverse employers to embark on a journey with the DWP to add value to the lives of others.

Her commitment to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable in society has been recognised by national employers and led to a number of awards including an MBE.

Becky Williams

Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed

Becky Williams is a Talent Strategy Advisor at Indeed. An award-winning Recruitment Marketeer with 15 years experience in Talent Acquisition, client and vendor side across Professional Services, Telecomms and Not-for profit. Becky specialises in Early Careers Strategy, Disability + Neurodiversity, Employer Brand, and volume recruitment.

Matt Burney

Senior Talent Strategy Advisor, Indeed

Matt Burney is a Talent Strategy Advisor at Indeed and is a well-known figure in the recruitment industry, with a career spanning over 20 years. Matt has worked both sides of the table, as an in-house practitioner managing major global and APAC specific projects as well as working on the vendor side. Matt has a huge amount of industry knowledge and experience to share.

Jack Kennedy

Senior Economist at Indeed Hiring Lab, Indeed

Jack Kennedy is an economist on the Indeed Hiring Lab specialising in labour market trends in the UK and Ireland. He has an extensive background as an economist in the financial services industry and in the production of macroeconomic indicators. His research is published on the Indeed Hiring Lab blog, while he is also a regular commentator on the labour market to the media and speaker at events.

Danny Stacy

Senior Manager, Talent Intelligence, Indeed

Danny Stacy is well known for commitment to allyship, using his knowledge and experience to deliver insightful research and actionable recommendations to support business leaders in making diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging part of their company DNA.

From project management roles within the UK government to consulting for LinkedIn, Danny is now Indeed’s go-to person for telling their story to the market – on stage at events, during industry-wide webcasts and in conference rooms at various companies around the globe.

Clíona Hayes

Senior Director of Global Brand and Advertising, Indeed

Clíona Hayes is a Global Brand Director at Indeed and an executive board member of Indeed Ireland Operations Ltd. She has over 20 years global marketing experience, successfully building brands and driving commercial success across multiple industry sectors and organisations including FMCG, media, & tech. She is currently leading and overseeing integrated marketing campaigns across Indeed’s global markets. Clíona is a non-executive director with West Cork Distillers and is a member of the global community Virtual Advisory Board. Clíona held the position of board member of the Marketing Society of Ireland 2017-2020 and is currently Co-Chair of Women@Indeed EMEA.