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For over two decades, James Tastard, Ph.D., has served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in the global energy and oil and gas sector, leading people strategy across more than 15 countries. He has helped scale businesses from $25 million to over $2 billion in revenue while stewarding more than $18 billion in organizational value through efficiency, development, and M&A. James has designed and led talent strategies for over 10,000 professionals and 3,000 leaders worldwide, giving him a front‑row seat to what truly drives performance, culture, and leadership at scale.

His HR career journey started in Los Angeles, California, to Houston, Texas, you’ll hear how a kid from Los Angeles built a global CHRO career with stops in Saudi Arabia, the UK, Norway, and Russia along the way. James shares candid stories of his childhood and how he found HR as a career, through to his globetrotting assignments that led to senior executive roles as VPHR, SVPHR, and Chief Human Resources & Administrative Officer.

Today, as a fractional HR Executive/CHRO, board member, and executive coach, he helps current and emerging leaders create and accelerate their impact, navigate transformation, and build organizations where people and performance both win . If you’re an executive, an HR leader, or a rising leader looking for an edge, you’ll walk away with real‑world insights you can put to work in your own career and organization

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⏩ Rachel’s background is in People leadership and organisational effectiveness, with almost 20 years’ experience working in international, fast-growth businesses.

✈️ She joined Skyscanner in 2014 and has held a number of senior leadership roles within the global People team. Over that time, she has led organisational design, strategic workforce planning, and the evolution of performance and reward frameworks across a 1,600+-person matrixed organisation, supporting the company through significant growth and change. Rachel has held senior HR roles at Amazon and Royal Bank of Scotland.

💻 As organisations navigate the impact of AI on skills, performance and operating models, Rachel helps guide senior leaders through the structural and workforce implications, emphasising employers' responsibility to ensure that technological progress continues to create opportunities and employment for future generations.

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Lucy’s background is business psychology with almost 30 years of international experience developing leaders, teams and organisational culture through programme design, coaching and facilitation, including 9 years with Unilever before becoming a consultant.

She is CoFounder of Collaboration Equation - a leadership framework built around the mindset and behaviours of Curiosity, Care and Courage to create cultures of human connection that drive collective success. https://lnkd.in/eZHU_egR

Lucy also co-hosts the Finding Your Collaborative EdgeTM podcast together with cofounder Anni Townend where they invite leaders to share their collaboration stories and the insights they have gained along the way.
https://lnkd.in/e2YcwsWT

If that’s not enough, Lucy is also co-creator of the WITHIN personal growth framework, together with Jane Baggott, inviting women to realign, rediscover and reignite their inner power.
www.within-retreats.com