The panel discussion, led by vice chairman of KPMG Melanie Richards, also featured: Ross Fraser, vice president and managing director of UK & Ireland at EMC; Michael Keegan, chairman UK & Ireland at Fujitsu; Amy Sawbridge, head of people strategy at Virgin Group and Helmut Schuster, executive vice president and group HR director at BP.
Together, panellists debated the future of work, what capabilities this requires from the HR function and what human resources leaders can do to partner more effectively with those on the C-suite.