The ERSA Conference, Exhibition and Awards 2022
(Updated 15 November 2022)

See the conference page for full details and to book your places here. 

Speaker line up…

Keynote: Alison McGovern MP, Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) and Labour MP for Wirral South

• Adrian Bird, Head of Employer Engagement, The Growth Company
• Alex Howley, Director for Youth and Careers, The Growth Company
• Amy Kimbangi, Senior Service Manager – Employment Services, St Mungo’s
• Annie McKerrow, UK National Manager, Pure Insights
• Ashley Ryan, Director, ENABLE
• Bradley Ebsworth-Willis, Associate Director of Continuous Improvement, Reed in Partnership
• Brendan Ross, Skills & Employment Manager, St Giles
• Camila Rigby, Co-Founder, The Women’s Work Lab
• Caroline Fox, Chief Executive, Twin Group
• Caroline O’Donnell, Project Account Manager, Ufi VocTech Trust
• Christoph Bretgeld, Director of Strategy, Skills Lab
• Darryl Cook, Operations Manager, The Growth Company
• David Hinton, Project Lead, Catch 22
• David MacDougall, Managing Consultant, 50 Degrees
• Dr Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight & Intelligence, West Midlands Combined Authority
• Dr Katy Jones, Research Fellow, Centre for Decent Work and Productivity
• Dr Nancy Doyle, Occupational Therapist and Chief Research Officer, Genius Within CIC
• Elizabeth Taylor, Chief Executive, ERSA
• Fiona Miller, Operations Manager, The Growth Company
• Gemma Parrick, Head of Operations, The Business Services Association
• Ian MacArthur, Director, GM Good Employer Charter
• Jackie Winston, Clinical and Relationship Manager, Pure Insights
• Jagdeep Soor , Head of Strategic Partnership, Pathways Group
• Jane Mansour, Programme Director, The ReAct Partnership
• Jayne Garner, Head of Integration Greater Manchester, Ingeus
• Jim Carley, Managing Director, Carley Consult
• Kathy Marcham, Portfolio Manager, Social Tech Trust
• Lauren Bailey-Rhodes, Operations Director, Transform Lives Company
• Lianne Williams, Depute Director, ENABLE Works
• Liz Sewell, Programme Director of the GRoW Programme
• Mat Ilic, Co-founder and CEO, Greenworkx
• Mauritz Plenby, Executive, International Partnerships, Geographic Solutions
• Melanie Wilkes, Head of Research, The Work Foundation
• Michelle Leeson, Managing Director – Employment, The Growth Company
• Mysha Williams, EDI Manager, The Growth Company
• Naomi Clayton, Deputy Director, Learning and Work Institute
• Natasha Freeman, Project Lead, Employment and Skills, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Nikki-Dee Haddleton, Black Country Futures Partnership Strategic Lead, Steps To Work
• Paul de Pellette, Chief Executive Officer, Triage Central
• Paul Stevenson, Tourettes Activist and Award Winning Photographer, Genius Within CIC
• Rachel Mostyn, Co-Founder, The Women’s Work Lab
• Richard Brooks, Director, Setas
• Richard Clifton, Managing Director – Employability, Shaw Trust
• Safaraz Ali, CEO, Pathways Group
• Sheila Sturgeon, Chief Executive, Yes Manchester
• Sonya Kumar, Senior Youth Engagement Manager, Volunteer it Yourself
• Stephen Evans, Chief Executive
• Tanya Sealey: Programme Lead, Working for Carers at Carers Trust
• Tim Reading, Chief Executive, Volunteer it Yourself
• Tony Carr, Director, 4 Front Partner