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A former HR manager, consultant and editor of HRreview, James now leads learning and development for ethical food retailer Planet Organic, including introducing and heading their apprenticeship programmes. For the last year, he has also been responsible for the company’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, in which apprenticeships are already playing an important role.

Highly credible voice on Employee Engagement, Corporate Affairs, Leadership, Inclusion. Special expertise in work-life integration, transition and change, employee life stages, working parents & carers as part of diversity and talent retention.

Janine is our Bright Horizons HR Director.

Having previously held a number of board level positions in the retail industry, including with Arcadia, BHS and T.M.Lewin, Janine joined the organisation in January 2021.

She has also delivered business transformation and growth as an executive consultant.

Janine has a well-established background in operations and HR management and a successful record of leadership focussing on determining and delivering organisational change. An advocate of strong core principles and shared values, her expertise centres on building the relationships between corporate culture, the employee experience and performance.

Talks about performance, talent management, reward recognition, and workforce transformation. As a Partner in PwC’s People & Organisation consulting practice, he leads a team helping organisations with workforce transformation as we all prepare for future organisational and workforce needs. He is fascinated by how the skills, shape and structure of companies will change – and how the people experience needs to step up to meet that challenge.

She supports companies by sharing her expertise in flexible working, gender diversity and inclusion, the gender pay gap, fathers at work and family friendly working in different ways.

She does it by delivering compelling talks and lectures, chairing and facilitating events, conducting research, providing expert commentary, often to the media and devising and delivering workshops & focus groups andn training.