Paul Kearns is Director of PWL a specialist, strategic HR, learning and performance measurement consultancy which he founded in 1991.

After extensive research into HR’s impact on organisational effectiveness he developed a whole system, strategic approach to maximising the value of human capital through HR strategy. In particular he has been in great demand to put a value on intangibles and his work in this area has led to him becoming a world authority in this highly specialised area with a long list of satisfied clients in the UK, mainland Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. He was a member of the UK CIPD’s working party on Human Capital.

A highly original thinker, he has brought to the HR world a blend of strategic vision and operational pragmatism. He is the author of the highly acclaimed works “The Bottom line HR function” and “HR Strategy: Business Focused, Individually Centred."

Please visit his website here.

Denis Barnard is an HR professional with extensive all-round business experience stretching back over 35 years. He is a co-founder of the highly-respected independent consultancy HRmeansbusiness Ltd, and has interests in a number of other global business activities.

He and his colleagues are continually challenging the accepted Human Resources “status quo” and are successfully delivering business enhancements to a range of clients of varying sizes in both Public and Private sector. He has acquired a niche reputation for harnessing and project managing IT solutions to make HR functions more effective.

Tracy Cartland-Ward has almost 20 years experience in the IT industry. Having achieved a solid background in IT delivery and resource management, in several verticals, Tracy has since moved into IT Sales and Management, currently specialising in the relationship management of partners and alliances.

A focused individual with a proactive application ability to translate business need into technical solutions, which added to her educational background centred in Mathematics, has helped provide a proven ability in problem-solving and processing complex issues with a mix of rigorous methodology and real inventive flair.