Recruitment Leaders Conference, London 2026

Maria Dinu is Senior Director, Culture & People Experience for Europe at The Coca-Cola Company, leading Culture strategy across 23 countries. With 20+ years across Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola HBC and P&G, she specialises in organisational design, leadership alignment and culture transformation in complex, fast-moving environments. An ICF-accredited coach and LBS alumna, Maria is known for translating strategy into the leadership behaviours that make change stick, without losing trust, momentum, or the leaders themselves along the way.

Matt is a talent acquisition expert, speaker, and advisor with over 20 years of experience helping organisations navigate change. He specialises in emerging trends, technologies, and forward-thinking strategies, supporting leaders to stay competitive while empowering the next generation of talent leaders to build successful careers.

Lorna leads the recruitment technology strategy for Police Scotland, where she is dedicated to transforming talent acquisition through forward-thinking innovation. With deep experience in driving large-scale change initiatives, she specialises in implementing cutting-edge tools that move recruitment beyond administrative tasks to focus on strategic impact. Lorna has a proven track record of streamlining complex processes and removing friction to drive efficiency. She is committed to leveraging automation to support her teams, enhance the candidate experience, and ensure Police Scotland meets its broader organisational goals.  

Christina is an international Talent Acquisition leader with over 15 years’ experience hiring high-performing talent across EMEA, APAC and North America. Currently at Kong, Christina brings deep expertise in global sourcing, diversity hiring, go-to-market and technical talent acquisition, with previous senior roles at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rapid7, Symantec, Intel Security and McAfee. Known for her innovative, process-driven approach, she has led large-scale sourcing strategies, diversity initiatives, hiring transformations and talent programmes within fast-paced, high-growth organisations.

As the Group Head of Recruitment at Royal London, Richard helps develop the resourcing strategy and offers operational support to the UK's largest mutual life insurance, pensions, and investment company. He joined Royal London in November 2023, bringing with him over 18 years of experience in HR and recruiting, as well as a passion for excellence and innovation.

Rav is a person-centred Head of Talent Acquisition at Social Interest Group, passionate about building teams that make a real impact. She focuses on supporting organisational change, shaping talent strategy, and bringing a marketing lens to talent attraction. Her work centres on employer branding, EVP, and scaling teams in a competitive environment to drive growth, while keeping a close eye on retention.

Charles is the Founder and CEO of Oleeo, a company he guided to a successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange within five years. His expertise lies in enabling organisations of any scale, from emerging startups to established corporations, to undergo significant change by leveraging AI-powered talent acquisition technology.

Outside of the office, his happy place is definitely in the water — whether enjoying a relaxing dip in the pool or an adventurous open-water swim.

Paul is the CEO and co-founder of PerchPeek, the digital relocation service that helps anyone live anywhere. Previously at Amazon, Paul launched Perchpeek in 2019, and has enjoyed massive success as supporting relocations became a central feature for attracting and retaining talent for remote companies.

Amanda is a Chartered and HCPC-registered Occupational Psychologist with 30+ years’ experience in consultancy and research with UK and global public, private and third sector organisations.

At PeopleScout she directs psychology services and thought leadership on how AI is impacting assessment practice and strategy, and leads the team of psychologists in delivering evidence-based diagnostics, data-driven insight and high-impact, fair assessment solutions that demonstrably strengthen talent quality and organisational outcomes.

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.