Helen Foster is the Director of Total Reward for Sodexo UK & Ireland, based in Salford. She joined Sodexo in 2020, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the pensions and employee benefits industry across the North-West, in both consultancy and in-house leadership roles.

Originally recruited to lead Sodexo’s complex pensions function for over 35,000 employees, Helen’s role has since expanded to include responsibility for benefits, wellbeing, reward, and HR data analytics. Her work focuses on creating fair, inclusive, and engaging people strategies that recognise and support the needs of a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce.

Helen is deeply committed to improving the employee experience and advancing social mobility through purposeful, people-centred initiatives. She is passionate about ensuring that reward and wellbeing programmes contribute not only to individual fulfilment, but also to stronger, more inclusive communities.

Through her role at Sodexo and her wider involvement with Business in the Community, Helen seeks to champion responsible business practices that help individuals and organisations thrive together in a changing world.