Creating a gender-inclusive wellbeing benefits strategy – 6-4-2023

James is an organisational learning and development specialist and has worked as an HR manager, consultant, in-house recruiter and trainer with expertise in both management strategy and HR policies and processes. A former editor of HRreview, James then spent seven years at specialist retailer Planet Organic as the architect of their learning strategy and apprenticeship programmes before moving to Guardian News Media in June 2022. He has continued to work closely with HRreview as a podcast presenter and the regular chairperson of their award winning webinar series, InsideHR.

Laura Carter-Penman is a Deputy Director for Fertility and Women’s Health from Peppy. She is a successful and dynamic Fertility Nurse with proven expertise in all aspects of multi-site nursing management. Current co chair and secretary for the Senior Infertility Nurse Group ,positively promoting nurse education in and outside Peppy Health.

Helen has 30 years clinical experience in urology, the branch of medicine that focuses on the urinary tract system and male reproductive system. Her interest in bridging the clinical gap between hospital and home led her to join the commercial sector in 2005 with Convatec, then Bbraun Medical in 2010 as a Lead Clinical Specialist Nurse, developing home urology services. She has lectured widely across the UK for the British Association of Urology Nurses, amongst other high profile associations. At Peppy, Helen is the clinical lead for Men’s Health Services.