The Rebellious Future of HR
14 speakers. 5 minutes. This is DisruptHR.
Are you tired of the same old approach to human resources? Are you looking for an information exchange designed to energise, inform and empower you?
DisruptHR is built on the belief that how we’ve approached people and culture in the past won’t be the best way to approach them in the future.
Get ready for the future of work.
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The Event
After 5 sold-out events, DisruptHR is back for its sixth event – and it's bigger than ever.
Join us for a lively evening of spirited, focused presentations by local professionals who will share their disruptive ideas on how to move our collective thinking forward when it comes to the world of work.
You’ll also have the opportunity to network with familiar faces, like-minded people, and our fabulous sponsors from Guernsey’s local business community.
14 speakers
From local Channel Islands professionals to international keynote speakers, our 2025 event is sure to have a topic for everyone.
5 minutes
Teach us something, but make it quick. Our speakers might be limited to five minutes, but they know how to pack a punch into it.
15 seconds
Slides only stay on screen for 15 seconds, so our speakers have to pace their presentation carefully if they want to keep up.
2025 Speakers

Sarah Ash
Group Partner at Walkers
Sarah is recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner and ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners. She has extensive experience advising companies across various industries, including financial services, insurance, legal, and media. She has been seconded to employment, legal, and HR teams and has spent time in a major international bank where she gained experience in employment matters from a client’s perspective.
Talk Title: TBC

Joe Dickinson
Founder of Call&Check
In 2012, Joe started to design and implement the Call&Check community service, evolving the postal operator’s existing infrastructure to deliver a new platform to support the community’s health and social needs. He won the World Postal Award (voted for by Postal Operators Globally), and was also voted 'The Sunday Times’ UK Social Innovator of the Year. Joe is currently developing the ‘Island of Longevity’.
Talk Title: Island of Longevity

Abigail Wilmore
Founder & CEO of People Flow
With 25 years of HR experience in the luxury industry, including CPO roles at Stella McCartney, Dr Barbara Sturm, and Tom Ford Fashion, she has worked alongside founders, CEOs, and senior executives throughout her career.
Abigail has an MSc from South Bank University HRM, is a Fellow of the CIPD, a triple-accredited executive coach from Henley Business School, a mentor at The Girls Network, and a guest lecturer at Istituto Marangoni and Future London Academy.
Talk Title: Step out of dousing flames and into your HR superpowers

Divya Mahendran
Head of Governance Development at CoSteer
She believes that meaningful transformation in organisations and communities begins at the individual level – when people develop self-awareness and emotional resilience, their growth naturally sends positive ripples. Through her writing and speaking, Divya shares insights on human governance, ethical leadership, and culture rooted in human connection.
Beyond her work, Divya enjoys reading about neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, exploring new cuisines, and trail running – her latest adventure being a two-week circumnavigation of Jersey.
Talk Title: From childhood to boardrooms

Giancarlo Quaroni
H&S Business Manager at Law At Work
Giancarlo is passionate about fostering business continuity through effective policy development and implementation. With a broad understanding of regulatory enforcement and compliance, he plays a vital role in ensuring environmental health standards are met, significantly impacting community and workplace wellbeing and safety.
Talk Title: The longevity of health and safety

Danielle Brouard
Senior Counsel, Employment Team at Walkers
Danielle spent 14 years practising in the London office of a major international law firm, working across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month client secondment with British Airways, advising on employee relations and trade union issues.
Talk Title: Cribbing ideas: Why Guernsey needs to stop taking baby steps

Poppy Murray
Director at Transformative Culture Consultancy
Poppy has delivered training to organisations, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), Metropolitan Police Service, BBC, Chelsea FC, Tesco Mobile, and Randstad.
In 2024, she was selected as a delegate for the UN Commission on the Status of Women and was named Runner-Up in the ‘Making Safer Spaces’ category at the NPCC Awards.
Poppy is the Director of Transformative Culture Consultancy, providing expert workplace sexual harassment prevention training.
Talk Title: Sexual harassment: stand by or stand up?

Jessie Sutcliffe
Business Development Manager at YuLife
You’ll usually find her outdoors running and staying active outside of work. Jessie is always looking for ways to blend her professional expertise with her personal interests to make a positive impact on the world.
Talk Title: Game-changing employee wellbeing: Using gamification to drive employee engagement and healthy behaviour change

Tom Noel
CEO & Founder of Accelerate Consult
Leveraging his strong academic background, Tom has a proven track record of creating, communicating, and delivering business strategies, consistently outperforming expectations and achieving a series of high-profile career moves across various sectors.
As a proficient stakeholder manager, communicator, and negotiator, he excels at developing and maintaining relationships both internally and externally, boasting an expansive network that encompasses government, industry bodies, large corporations, and regulations across both islands.
Talk Title: Automation for all: Empowering a whole organization to digitally transform

John Gamble
Director of Professional Services at C5 Alliance
As an experienced BI systems architect and strategist, John analyses business needs, assesses platforms, and delivers AI-powered solutions that enhance analytics, automate insights, and improve performance.
An expert in the Microsoft BI stack, including Azure AI and Microsoft Fabric, he has deep experience in the offshore finance sector. He applies AI and data analytics to support regulatory compliance, risk management, and business transformation.
Talk Title: Who needs HR?

Jean Peters Allen
Independent Psychotherapist, Personal Development Coach & Mediator at Autmn Consulting

Jean Peters Allen
Independent Psychotherapist, Personal Development Coach & Mediator at Autmn Consulting
Her professional experience and qualifications in all three disciplines provide Jean with a deep and genuine understanding of human behaviour.
With her psychotherapy coaching and mediation experience, Jean draws on a library of resources and her depth of knowledge to support her clients in finding ways to deal with their unique life circumstances through deep self-awareness, sustainable practices, and a renewed sense of self.
Talk Title: From conditioning to consciousness: Why does the patriarchy harm us all?