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Kirsty Gallacher

Kirsty Gallacher is one of the UK’s most respected and versatile live broadcasters and journalists. Kirsty previously enjoyed a successful 20-year career at Sky Sports News, anchoring their flagship show and interviewing several huge names, including Anthony Joshua, Jordan Spieth and David Beckham. Kirsty also fronted Sky Sports’ coverage of major annual sporting events including The Ryder Cup and The Masters. She is the host of her own live show on Smooth Radio every Saturday afternoon. Alongside her Broadcast work, Kirsty has worked with several recognisable brands including Sweaty Betty, Speedo, Ultherapy, Kinetica, Sloggi and HelloFresh. She is also ambassador of numerous charities including Born Free and Battersea Dogs Home. Kirsty has a huge passion for health and fitness and trains at least 3 to 4 times a week with her trainer. Kirsty lives in Berkshire with her two sons, Oscar and Jude.

Nicola Adams, OBE

Olympic Gold Medallist

Nicola Adams OBE is an Olympic Gold Medallist and the most successful female boxer in Great Britain’s history. She achieved a historic moment in August 2016 by becoming the first British boxer in 92 years to defend their Olympic title. Nicola holds the distinction of winning every major title available in her sport: Olympic, World, European, and Commonwealth championships. She became an icon during the London 2012 games, winning Great Britain’s first-ever female boxing Gold. Nicola’s remarkable career includes overcoming injuries and adversity, and she has also been involved in various initiatives promoting sports, health, and women in boxing. She has even dabbled in acting, with appearances in popular British soaps and TV dramas.

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.

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.

Hung Lee

Curator, Recruiting Brainfood

Hung Lee is the Editor of leading industry newsletter Recruiting Brainfood. He is an industry professional with over 15 years experience as an agency recruiter, Recruitment manager, Internal Head of Talent, recruitment trainer, founder of award winning online recruiting platform WorkShape.io, and now Editor and Community builder at Recruiting Brainfood – the best weekly newsletter in recruitment. Hung lives and works in London.

Poppy Nijjar

Global Research & Intelligence Leader, Executive Search, NBCUniversal

Poppy Nijjar has over 18 years of experience and is proud to be a sector generalist having worked across executive search, executive board succession planning, talent pipelining, diversity and competitive intelligence.

Poppy currently manages executive search research and intelligence at NBCUniversal globally across its 20 businesses including media and entertainment, film and television production and distribution, digital ad-supported streaming, theme parks and news operations.

Toby Culshaw

Global Head of Talent Intelligence, Worldwide Amazon Stores

Toby Culshaw is the Talent Intelligence Leader at Worldwide Amazon Stores, leading a diverse global team of economists, consultants, business analysts and researchers in talent intelligence. Previously, he was Global Head of Talent Intelligence and Executive Recruitment Research at Royal Philips, the Dutch health technology group. He was named by Recruiter Magazine as one of the 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters in 2017 and has consistently ranked every year from 2019 until 2022.

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.

Novo Constare

GM of Staffing Solutions at Indeed and CEO of Indeed Flex

Novo Constare is the General Manager of Staffing Solutions at Indeed and CEO of Indeed Flex. Novo co-founded the staffing platform Syft in 2015 in London, which Indeed acquired in the summer of 2019. In 2020, Syft rebranded as Indeed Flex and currently operates in the US and UK. Novo leads Indeed’s staffing efforts globally, setting out to dramatically improve the way in which people get access to temp and agency work via Indeed Flex.

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.

Mel McColgan

Senior Sales Director, Indeed

Mel McColgan leads Indeed’s Public Sector business in the UK. Mel joined Indeed in September 2022, prior to joining, she has previously held various leadership positions within market leading technology companies. Mel’s passion is working with our public service providers to match technology solutions with business needs to drive value, innovation and results.

Kerry Crompton-Harris

Director of People & Recruiting, Compass Group

Kerry Crompton-Harris has a HR Generalist background dating back over 15 years, joining Compass Group UK&I in 2014 and most recently taking the lead on Talent Acquisition through the use of technology. In 2021, the world of hiring changed especially within the hospitality sector; with lower levels of labour supply and vacancies being the highest ever recorded, led to a highly competitive marketplace. Kerry led the Compass team to think always through the ‘job applicants’ eyes’, streamlining candidates’ journeys, incorporating seamless technical integrations and driving data-led decision-making.

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.

Anna Steele

Global Product Solutions Lead, Indeed

Anna Steele’s career spans more than two decades in recruitment marketing. Having worked in both marketing agencies and in-house roles, she most recently joined Indeed as Global Product Solutions Lead.

Her extensive experience includes leading media strategy and insights teams to help employers get tangible results from their marketing budget, managing employer brand research and development projects, and developing volume attraction and candidate communications strategies to improve applications, quality of hire and retention.