Speakers & Hosts
Your 2025 Headliners
Katie Piper OBE
Renowned author, inspirational speaker and TV presenter Katie Piper OBE takes to the #RecFestUK 2025 Stage!
Katie takes to the RecFest Inspire Stage with a powerful story of resilience, healing and empowerment to share. Raw and honest, she’ll explore the importance of mental and physical recovery, and the transformative power of self-love and confidence.
Her story will challenge TA professionals to reflect on their own resilience, explore ways to thrive through adversity and emphasise the importance of mental well-being in the workplace.
Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, the master of unconventional thinking and behavioural alchemy takes to the RecFest stage this July. Expect wit, wisdom, and wildly transformative ideas from the TED speaker, that will change the way you see the world—and your work!
Renowned expert in marketing, branding and human behaviour, Rory’s sessions will demonstrate how nudge theory can help TA & HR pros move beyond traditional approaches and uncover overlooked, cost-effective solutions that drive efficiency and employee satisfaction.
Your 2025 Hosts
Chris Long
Founder
@ Elev8 Group
Emi Beredugo
Senior Manager, Recruiting Enablement
@ Elastic
Louise Triance
Managing Director
@ UK Recruiter
Theo Smith
Director/Founder
@ Neurodiversity at Work Ltd
Clair Bush
CMO, NED & Mentor
@ Ambush
Chad Sowash
Co-Host & Producer
@ Chad & Cheese Podcast
Joel Cheesman
Co-Host & Producer
@ Chad & Cheese Podcast
Mary Ball
Founder
@ BallPoint Consultancy Ltd
Your 2025 Speakers
Hung Lee
Curator
@ Recruiting Brainfood
Sven Elbert
Head of Analyst Services
@ Fosway Group
Molly Sly
Global TA Enablement Manager
@ Sage
Rebecca Causey
Global Head of Talent Attraction, Sourcing & Internal Communications
@ Siemens
Bas van de Haterd
Professional Snoop
@ TA Audit Institute
Milimo Banji
Founder & CEO
@ TapIn
Tom Kenward
Talent Acquisition Lead –
UK MCAPS
& EMEA Leadership Hiring
@ Microsoft
Sarah Holton
Director of Consulting
@ Talogy
Mark Harbottle
Head of Talent
@ Cronofy
Matthew Jeffery
Former Director of UK Talent Attraction and Acquisition
@ EY and 2025 RL100 UK Member
Robert Newry
Co-Founder and Chief Explorer
@ Arctic Shores
Mark Kunaseelan
Head of Resourcing
@ University of the Arts London
MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED
With multiple Stages and Workshops, 100+ talks and 10+ hours of learning across the whole day, we’ll have plenty more speakers ready to be announced over the coming weeks.