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Hayley Tatum

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Hayley Tatum

Senior Vice President – People,
Asda Stores Ltd

Employment and Skills Leadership Team

Hayley Tatum has worked in retail all her working life, both in luxury goods in airport retailing and then over 20 years with Tesco, where her last position was UK and Republic of Ireland Operations Human Resources Director.

Hayley has worked her way up from the checkouts to the boardroom and, along the way, established herself in both senior HR and retail operations leadership roles.

In August 2011, Hayley joined Asda to become Senior Vice President – People. She is responsible for developing and leading the HR strategy, supporting 170,000 colleagues. At the beginning of 2015, Hayley temporarily extended her remit to lead more than 600 Asda stores to cover the role of Chief Operating Officer until the permanent appointment was made. This brought together, customer service, retail operations and leadership of the stores’ business.

Hayley has a masters degree in human resource management, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a qualified neuro-linguistic programming practitioner.

She is passionate about talent, skills and education, and has been an active member of the Ambassadors Apprenticeship Network since 2007. More recently, she has been invited to join the Employment and Skills Leadership Team for Business in the Community (BITC) and is a member of the CBI employment and skills board.

Mums are both a key customer and colleague demographic in Asda, so Hayley is proud as a working mum herself to champion and lead the influential Mumdex Report.

About BITC’s Employment and Skills Leadership Team

Each area of work BITC undertakes is led by a group of senior executives who provide strategic guidance and support us in achieving our objectives.

The purpose of Business in the Community’s Employment and Skills Leadership Team is to help create a UK where everyone, regardless of their background or experience, can access the education, employment, and skills they need to thrive throughout their working lives.

Find out more about BITC’s work on employment.

Anne Marie Verstraeten

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Anne Marie Verstraeten

BNP Paribas Group UK Country Head,
BNP Paribas Group

Global Goals Leadership Team

Anne Marie Verstraeten was appointed UK Country Head for the BNP Paribas Group in October 2016.

Previously, she held roles as Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of BNP Paribas in the Netherlands, and CEO and Country Head of BNP Paribas Canada, where she was also a member of the BNP Paribas North America management team.

Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Anne Marie was Global Head of Energy of Fortis bank, where she oversaw the bank’s worldwide energy structured finance business, and relationship management for the utilities, oil and gas sectors.

In her role as UK Country Head, Anne Marie is committed to delivering the BNP Paribas Group’s corporate social responsibility strategy, which is closely aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, she is a champion of mental health within the BNP Paribas Group and in the wider financial services industry and is a proud supporter of The Marylebone Project, one of the UK’s largest women’s hostels providing shelter, essential facilities, community and training for women affected by homelessness.

Anne Marie is a member of the Guild of International Bankers and a Freeman of the City of London. In 2006, she was awarded a knighthood in the Leopold II Order of the Kingdom of Belgium for services to the financial industry.

Anne Marie holds a degree in applied economics from the University of Antwerp and a master’s degree in international economics from the University of Louvain. Anne Marie was appointed Chair of the Global Goals Leadership Team in 2021. Anne Marie believes that as the landscape for business continues to evolve and tackle challenges such as climate change and inequality, new opportunities to mobilise collectively will arise from efforts to secure a responsible recovery and create a greener, more resilient economy.

About Business in the Community’s Global Goals Leadership Team

Each area of work Business in the Community (BITC) undertakes is led by a group of senior executives who provide strategic guidance and support us in achieving our objectives.

The purpose of BITC’s Global Goals Leadership Team is to accelerate business progress towards being purpose-driven and deliver on the Global Goals also known as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Find out more about BITC’s work on the Global Goals.

Anna Russell

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Anna Russell

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Director for Bupa Global, and UK and Bupa UK Foundation’s Director

Employment and Skills Leadership Team

Before joining Bupa in 2014, Anna worked in telecoms, first with O2 and then at Vodafone for ten years, holding roles as Global Head of Internal Communications and Global Head of Brand. Before that Anna co-founded the IT news and recruitment service silicon.com where she was Content and Marketing Director.

Anna joined the Business in the Community (BITC) Education Leadership Team in January 2020 and moved to the Employment and Skills Leadership Team in December 2020. She is leading Bupa UK Foundation’s new programme to support educator wellbeing and resilience. She also has been a Performance Energy coach at Bupa for the past five years.

The Bupa UK Foundation supports younger people’s wellbeing through its partnership with Mind, the mental health charity. Fully funded by the Bupa UK Foundation with a grant over three years, the Mind Children and Young People Resources are designed for young people and provide guidance on how to improve their mental health and access the support they need.

Anna lives in London and has two school-age daughters.

About Business in the Community’s Employment and Skills Leadership Team

Each area of work Business in the Community (BITC) undertakes is led by a group of senior executives who provide strategic guidance and support us in achieving our objectives.

The purpose of Business in the Community’s Employment and Skills Leadership Team is to help create a UK where everyone, regardless of their background or experience, can access the education, employment, and skills they need to thrive throughout their working lives.

Find out more about BITC’s work on employment.

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Steve Cox

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Steve Cox

Engineering and Technical Director,
Electricity North West Ltd

Net Zero Carbon Taskforce

Steve Cox is leading a team that is aiming to pioneer the way in which electricity is made, used and stored as the energy industry undergoes a huge transformation. Electricity North West is aiming to lead the north-west of England to carbon neutrality by 2038.

Steve has over 30 years of experience across the electricity supply industry in safety, commercial management, asset management, regulation, operations, training and development. Eight years of this was within a multi-industry utility.

He has managed teams of more than 400 employees across all aspects of distribution engineering and has a proven track record of successful programme management of major capital and IT investment projects.

Steve chairs the Distribution Code Panel and is a member of the Grid Code Review Panel. He has also been appointed to the board at Pro Manchester, a business development organisation in the north west, supporting growth and development.

Steve is leading Electricity North West’s innovation, strategic planning and policy activities and has overall responsibility for its safety programmes.

Jonathan Jowett

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Jonathan Jowett

Company Secretary & General Counsel,
Greggs PLC

Climate Action Leadership Team

Jonathan Jowett is Company Secretary & General Counsel at Greggs. He is a lawyer by profession and has worked for international manufacturing and brand-owning companies across sectors including food production and retailing, consumer healthcare, and automotive.

Jonathan’s responsibilities include legal, governance, and government affairs, risk management, internal audit, food safety, health and safety, pensions administration and sustainability. He is Secretary to the PLC board and its committees, and also chairs the Greggs risk committee, and the sustainability committee.

Jonathan is also Chair of the Trustees of the Percy Hedley Foundation, a £30m revenues charity leading the way in the provision of specialist, high quality and innovative services for disabled people with cerebral palsy, communication and sensory impairments, and complex learning and therapeutic needs. Jonathan is a non-executive director of The Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust, chairing the people committee of the board. In his spare time, Jonathan is Company Secretary of Darlington FC.

About Business in the Community’s Climate Action Leadership Team

Each area of work Business in the Community (BITC) undertakes is led by a group of senior executives who provide strategic guidance and support us in achieving our objectives.

The purpose of BITC’s Climate Action Leadership Team is to help business drive innovation that turns the threats of the climate emergency into opportunity for people and nature.

Find out more about BITC’s work on the environment.

Martin Port

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Martin Port

Chief Executive,
BigChange

Yorkshire and Humber Leadership Board

Yorkshireman Martin Port is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and business advisor.
 
Martin founded the telematics firm Masternaut in 2002. After selling this firm in a multimillion-pound deal, in 2011 he started BigChange, whose JobWatch system and 150 people help companies reduce their carbon footprints, comply with health and safety legislation, and, ultimately, save lives by improving how they plan, manage, schedule and track their mobile workforce.
 
Based in Leeds, BigChange boasts more than 40,000 users and 1,200 customers worldwide. Sales grew 65 per cent in 2018, taking turnover to £11m, and securing the company a place in the Sunday Times Tech Track and the Deloitte Fast 50.
 
Martin supports many charities, and BigChange donated £250,000 to worthy causes last year.

He has joined the Yorkshire and Humber Leadership Board of Business in the Community (BITC) because he believes in the organisation’s mission and is passionate about the role that businesses can play in building healthy communities. Many of BigChange’s customers are members of BITC.

Lee Mellor

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Lee Mellor

Vice President Europe
SC Johnson Professional UK

The Prince’s Responsible Business Ambassador – West Midlands
Business in the Community Community Leadership Board

Lee Mellor is a UK-based, pan-European business leader with a wealth of experience across the business-to-consumer and business-to-business product markets, with a proven track record of business transformation, a successful history creating growth, driven by values and purpose. He is a strategist with a deep commitment to building, leading and supporting high-performance teams.

Lee is currently the head of SC Johnson Professional’s business for Europe. SC Johnson rests its purpose on the positive impact they make on people and communities around the world and at SC Johnson Professional, we aim to be most trusted to provide safe, healthy and sustainable environments away from home. Lee joined SCJ Professional in September 2020.

Lee’s purpose and sustainability driven background started at commercial flooring manufacturer Interface.

He joined Interface in July 2018 as Vice President & General Manager UK, Ireland, Nordic & MEA. Interface is a global flooring company specialising in carbon-neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring. His role at Interface is to strategically deliver and manage the region’s sales and business strategy and build effective and engaged teams across the regions.

Lee has extensive experience encompassing commercial, operations and corporate planning across EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) regions. He has significant experience in implementing change programs with an ability to function effectively at both a strategic and tactical level.

Will Smith

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Will Smith

Office Senior Partner,
KPMG

South East Leadership Board

Will Smith has spent much of the past 25 years working for KPMG across the south of England. 

He has been an audit partner for more than six years and spends most of his time supporting management teams as they deliver their goals.

Will is Vice Chair and governor of Highcliffe Academy and was previously a governor at a college. He is also Treasurer to the parents committee of the local Air Training Corps Squadron.

KPMG South Coast has worked with Business in the Community for many years as part of its wider involvement in supporting the community.

Tom Mullan

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Tom Mullan

Chief Finance Officer,
Gresham Technologies PLC

South East Leadership Board

Tom Mullan has been Chief Finance Officer at Gresham Tech since March 2018, a high-growth LSE listed financial software and services company that that specialises in providing real-time solutions for data integrity and control, banking integration, payments and cash management.

Prior to joining Gresham, Tom spent two years as CFO at Fadata, a European-based global insuretech business; eight years as EMEA Finance and Operations Director at Guidewire Software, a Silicon Valley headquartered global insuretech business; and seven years at EY in their audit and assurance function.

Tom is passionate about growing businesses that have a positive impact on their communities. Largely based upon his own experience and challenges faced, he has a particular interest in finding opportunities for businesses that operate on a global level, that are not thought of as small but only have a limited number of people in any single location, to have a meaningful impact on their communities.

Tom grew up and started his working life in Southampton before transferring to London. He is a proud advocate of apprenticeship style schemes having joined EY without a degree at 18. He now lives in Wandsworth Town with his wife.

James York

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James York

Group CR Director,
Costain Group

South West Leadership Board

James York is the Group Corporate Responsibility Director for the smart infrastructure solutions firm Costain. Costain provide engineering and technology solutions to energy, water and transportation industry clients across the UK.

Based in the south west, James is responsible for developing and implementing Costain’s sustainability strategy and targets. A major part of his role is to manage the corporate responsibility reporting. This includes producing the corporate responsibility section of the Costain annual report, as well as leading on the annual sustainability report, modern slavery statement and gender pay gap report.

James has helped shape Costain’s EDI strategy and acts as a ‘white heterosexual male ally’ to the company’s employee networks. He is particularly proud to support Costain’s first pride march in London in 2017.

James has a passion for youth equality, regularly volunteering with the Prince’s Trust and promoting STEM careers in schools as a STEM ambassador.

James is client-focused and works closely to support their sustainability or responsible business priorities, ensuring that Costain remains focused on its material issues.

James joined Costain in 2008 as a trainee site engineer, before fulfilling various roles including: community engagement, stakeholder engagement, communications management and leading the community relations team. James was appointed as the Group Corporate Responsibility Director in November 2019.