Early Careers Conference, Manchester 2026

Experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in various industries. Skilled in Emerging Talent Programmes, Interviewing, Recruiting, Human Resources and People Management. Takes pride in coaching and managing people helping them to get the best out of themselves. Has strong stakeholder management skills and can easily adapt to any environment.

Charlotte Housely is a Senior Resourcing Business Partner, who partners with senior business leaders to strategise and implement recruitment campaigns and projects whilst working towards a marketing leading time to hire.

She coaches and develops a fantastic award winning direct hire team, recruiting across all specialist recruitment areas including Finance, Risk, Audit, Digital, IT & product. Leading on graduate and emerging talent campaigns for successfully fill skills gaps.

Charlotte is a passionate leader focused on providing fantastic service to both hiring manager and candidates.

Orianne Wightman is a high impact Early Careers and Emerging Talent leader with over 10 years of experience across agency, in house, and consultancy. Known for turning ambition into action, she continues to build thoughtful strategies that connect attraction, hiring, and development to real business outcomes. Expect pace, high standards, and a bias for action wherever she goes. 

An multi award-winning business psychologist, Jamie has designed or overseen the design of embedded end-to-end selection processes in over a third of the UK’s top 100 employers across varied sectors, winning numerous industry awards for improving validity, candidate experience, and EDI outcomes.

Caroline is a passionate, adaptable, and innovative Partnerships and Engagement professional with experience working with third sector organisations and within the higher education sector. She currently manages corporate partnerships with national and international brands to support talent attraction, increase brand awareness, and engage students aged 11–18.

Previously, she worked with higher education students to develop their employability skills and create social enterprises. She also has experience working overseas with an international development organisation, as well as in the management, recruitment, and coordination of family activities within the leisure industry.

An award-winning business psychologist with a genuine passion for helping organisations improve performance through their people.

Ali believes that identifying the right people and providing them with the right development opportunities can create a significant business impact. His expertise has enabled him to design, implement, and deliver a wide range of assessment and development solutions that help organisations thrive and get the best out of their talent.

He has a particular interest in innovation in assessment, diversity and inclusion, resilience, and Situational Judgment Testing.

Paige is an experienced organisational psychologist specialising in early careers and high-volume assessment solutions. She has led complex, international sifting and assessment programmes for clients across manufacturing, professional services, FMCG, not-for-profit, emergency services, and the public sector. Paige delivers end-to-end solutions that create immersive, engaging candidate experiences while generating robust, actionable insights for recruiters and HR leaders. 

Paige is passionate about helping organisations modernise their talent practices in sustainable, practical ways, balancing innovation with the realities of technical, logistical, and budget constraints. As a trusted advisor to Talent Acquisition teams, she champions assessment rigour and evidence-based design, enabling stakeholder confidence and driving continuous improvement across the hiring lifecycle.

Deeply passionate about digital transformation, data, and implementing enterprise software to help customers drive step-changes in efficiency, speed, and pace of innovation.

Natasha Preocanin is the Managing Director for In-house Recruitment (IHR), the largest and most engaged community for In-house Recruiters. Our 20,000+ community benefit from over 70 live and virtual events each year ranging from our 1000-strong exhibitions and high profile awards to exclusive half-day breakfasts and targeted dinners for Recruitment Leaders. We also produce industry leading digital whitepapers, webinars and leadership videos alongside high value community forums and an all-inclusive supplier directory.

With a background in events, Natasha's joined the company in 2012 as an Events Executive and quickly progressed up the ranks to her current position as MD. She now leads the company in becoming the go-to resource for all In-house and Talent Acquisition teams who are looking to become better recruiters. Natasha can often be seen on stage, hosting our events or behind a microphone, interviewing a host of industry experts.