Olivia Hill was appointed to the role at ATT (the Association of Accounting Technicians) of Chief HR Officer in November 2014 at ATT. She has worked at the company since 2008 and is responsible for reward and benefits strategy, training and development, employee engagement and recruitment and retention. HRReview spoke to her about the gender pay gap and the recent government attempts to solve the problem.

Rebecca Clarke - Monday, May 9, 2016

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Video interview: A conversation with David MacLeod, OBE, Co-Chair of the Engage for Success Movement

David MacLeod, OBE, is an employee engagement guru. He is co-chair of the government sponsored, employer led Employee Engagement Task Force that was launched by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, at Number 10 in March 2011.

Robert Leeming - Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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Karl Simons: Staying ahead of the health and safety revolution

There are a whole plethora of risks that consume management time and attention at Thames Water, from trips and falls to Legionnaires Disease and the diversity of the company’s role is enormous. Thames Water has 15 million customers and represents a quarter of the UK’s water operation. Karl Simons heads the health and safety operation at Thames Water and is at the forefront of efforts to utilise a change in perception of the role of the Health and Safety manager that has occurred over the period of the last five years.

Karl Simons - Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Interviews

Exclusive: Carol Muldoon of Starbucks talks apprenticeships

To mark National Apprenticeship Week, we caught up with Carol Muldoon, vice president for partner resources at Starbucks and founder of the company’s apprenticeship scheme, at the Apprenticeship Week launch event atop London’s Shard.

Robert Leeming - Thursday, March 17, 2016

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