Strategic roundtable discussions
Share your successes, challenges and changes within TA with your fellow strategic leaders
72% of recruitment leaders report feeling under increased pressure to deliver faster, more diverse, and higher-quality hires, all while balancing tighter budgets and growing compliance demands. With evolving expectations from leadership, the pressure to scale recruitment efforts efficiently has never been higher.
At #IHRLeaders25, we’ll tackle the most pressing challenges facing recruitment leaders today head-on with actionable insights, expert speakers, and networking opportunities to help you advance your career and strengthen your leadership presence.
Join us on 2nd April to gain the confidence and knowledge needed to drive success in 2025 and beyond, while networking with like-minded professionals who are facing the same challenges you are.
Premium Members can unlock FREE tickets (worth £295) using their Membership ID (found in My Account) as the promo code at registration.
Speaker Topics
ED&I
Understanding local data to embrace ED&I innovation
Leadership
Gaining your seat at the table
Development
Going from TA, to CPO, to CEO
Culture
Scaling your teams with culture in mind
Speakers
Have a look at our speakers from 2024 who have inspired us with their insights and expertise. This year promises to be just as spectacular!
Why attend
Strategic roundtable discussions
Best practice sharing
Hear from your peers on their best practices
Unrivalled speaker content
Unrivalled speaker content
Be inspired by success stories from talent professionals from tech, healthcare and retail industries
Expert guidance
Learn from industry-leaders from world-class organisations
Offers, goodies & competitions
Offers, goodies & competitions
Pick up some treats for your team and be in with the chance to win big prizes!
Networking opportunities
Grow your network at our dedicated lounge areas and post-event drinks
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Previous attendees
“The event was packed with insightful presentations, roundtable discussions, and networking opportunities. It's always refreshing to step away from the day-to-day and hear about the latest themes and developments in the TA space.”
“It was an excellent conference, with lots of new connections made and follow ups booked. I particularly enjoyed the variety of topics discussed, and the excellent organisation of the whole event.”
“The event was really informative and a great insight into what other companies are doing.”
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Venue
Congress Centre, London
020 7467 1318
The Congress Conference Centre is in a fantastic location in the heart of London’s West End, just three minutes’ walk from Tottenham Court Road Underground Station and a short walk from Oxford Street, Covent Garden and theatre land.
The conference venue benefits from excellent transport links by tube (direct to Euston, Charing Cross, Waterloo and Liverpool Street mainline stations), and has two public car parks in the immediate vicinity located in Great Russell Street and Museum Street, as well as metered on-street parking. Cycle racks are available for those preferring to arrive on two wheels, and a ‘Boris Bikes’ Docking Station is conveniently located in Great Russell Street.
Kate Ager is a former Paralympic Swimmer, representing Great Britain for 10 years, Competing at European and World Championships and the highlight of her career; the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
Since retiring from swimming in 2012 Kate has worked as a Sports Broadcaster, Athlete Mentor and most recently an Inclusion Consultant.
Marisa is an energised, fearless, tenacious, and honest person. She has nineteen years’ recruitment experience in both consulting and leadership roles. After establishing a market-leading practice placing senior tax executives with multinational businesses across the EMEA region, she went on to join an Executive Search firm where she placed senior commercial and operational roles within the Energy & Utilities sectors. Prior to joining KPMG she led and drove inclusive recruitment (Tax, legal and Pensions) and the flexible careers network for PwC. In addition to partnering with senior stakeholders to drive a talent engagement approach that ensures quality of hire by challenging perceptions, thoughts, and processes.
Marisa is currently is driving a programme of work designed to further enable KPMG’s people strategy of attracting and retaining high performing and diverse talent by offering our people a positive employee experience, rewarding careers and inclusive culture.
Marisa is a Law graduate of Queen Mary’s College, University of London.
When she is not working you will find her winding up in a Zumba or boxercise class and winding down in a yoga class or scuba diving.
Hannah King
Head of Global Employer Brand
Hannah is a results-oriented, collaborative and people-focused Employer Brand and Talent Acquisition Leader, with a proven track record of success building partnerships across organisations to conceptualise, construct and implement comprehensive strategies to attract and retain top talent.
“I manage the Selection side of the Graduate Recruitment team at Newton, leading on supplier relationships, pre-face to face screening, as well as organising over 250 assessment centres and interviews across our Milkround period. We have a strong strategic focus on growth, quality of hire, EDI and candidate experience.”
I am a Senior level Recruitment professional with over 15 years experience across a variety of industries both in the UK and the GCC.
During this time I have been responsible for leading search assignments up to Executive level positions across a vast range of industries including Construction, Engineering, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Property Development , Real Estate and Rail.
My many accomplishments including the setting up of talent acquisition teams, devising and implementing efficient and measurable strategies as well as successfully delivering on the staffing requirements for multi-billion dollar projects within strict timeframe and budgetary constraints.
I have led both onsite and virtual teams and have demonstrable leadership capabilities in fast-paced, change-oriented environments.