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Conference Speakers

Sharon Dick

Sharon Dick is Head of Human Resources and Corporate Services at East Renfrewshire Council. She currently serves as an Office Bearer and Executive Member of SPDS, where she leads the Digital Portfolio Group—providing opportunities to influence and guide key decisions and priorities across local government.

Sharon’s career spans both public and private sectors, including previous roles in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, where she worked in process improvement, engineering, and HR. She has held senior leadership positions driving transformation, change management, leadership development, and employee engagement.

She is passionate about organisational development and modernising services to build digital capacity, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality customer experiences.

Conference speakers

Elaine Barrie

Elaine Barrie

Elaine has 35 years’ experience working in HR in the public sector. She started her career with Dunfermline District Council, followed by a short period at...

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Peter Cheese

Peter Cheese

Alongside his role as CIPD Chief Executive, Peter sits on many forums linked to wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, routes in to work and skills, flexible...

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Rachel Coates

Rachel Coates

Over the course of her career as a people and organisational change consultant, Rachel has worked with clients across the private and public sector both...

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