Oracle: Tomorrow's World
Our next Tomorrow’s World HR community event will cover the following key themes:
Connecting and Engaging a Disparate Workforce
Join us on the day to hear the following speakers:
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at University of Manchester
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Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health at University of Manchester
Professor Sir Cary Cooper is the author and editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress. Over a number of years, he was voted by HR Magazine as the Most Influential HR Thinker and was elected to the HR Hall of Fame. He is the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work and the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.
Professor Cooper is the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
He is the Founder and Former Chair of the UK government think tank, The Sunningdale Institute and lead scientist on the UK Government Office for Science Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing. He was also Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Diseases and Mental Health for the World Economic Forum.
He has also worked closely with the European Commission, the European Council, the European Central Bank and the UN’s World Health Organisation and ILO in the health and wellbeing area. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.
Professor Cooper is the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
He is the Founder and Former Chair of the UK government think tank, The Sunningdale Institute and lead scientist on the UK Government Office for Science Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing. He was also Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Diseases and Mental Health for the World Economic Forum.
He has also worked closely with the European Commission, the European Council, the European Central Bank and the UN’s World Health Organisation and ILO in the health and wellbeing area. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.
Mel Newton
Partner, Insurance and Workforce Transformation at KPMG
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Mel Newton
Partner, Insurance and Workforce Transformation at KPMG
Mel is a Partner in KPMG’s People Consulting Practice in the UK which advises our clients on workforce, learning and HR solutions designed to address their key people and talent issues and drive business performance. Mel’s particular areas of focus are Organisational Change and Workforce Transformation. Mel has over 30 years of experience in this field, working mainly in global professional services organisations prior to KPMG. Mel has a reputation for leading programmes with energy, engaging effectively with leadership, programme teams and employees at all levels. Mel has worked across industry sectors with extensive experience in Financial Services, Consumer Business and Telecommunications.
Dr Sarah Pass
Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, Ambassador for Engage for Success and Member of the Engage for Success Steering Group
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Dr Sarah Pass
Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School, Ambassador for Engage for Success and Member of the Engage for Success Steering Group
Dr Sarah Pass is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Business School (NTU) and an Engage for Success Regional Ambassador and member of their steering group. Sarah leads the Engage for Success Line Manager Thought and Action Group (TAG) and co-leads the Engage for Success Behavioural Science Thought and Action Group (TAG). The focus of both TAGs is on case study research with both public and private sector organisations. Prior to working at NTU, Sarah has worked at the University of Nottingham, CIPD, University of Manchester, Cardiff University, and in consultancy. Sarah’s background is in HRM and psychology and she has worked on a range of research projects focusing on issues of engagement and motivation.
Jane Basley
Organisational Wellbeing Consultant & Movement Specialist at Body Manoeuvres Ltd
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Jane Basley
Organisational Wellbeing Consultant & Movement Specialist at Body Manoeuvres Ltd
I’m Jane Basley and I’m the founder of Body Manoeuvres, which I set up with the simple goal of keeping people moving.
I typically work with successful professional men and women on a one-to-one basis who are looking and feeling older than they would like to and want to rediscover the superhero inside themselves.
I’ve not always done this though. My professional life started in corporate HR, as a change management consultant, and remained so for 25 plus years. My true passion however was always in the realm of physical fitness and I subsequently retrained in fitness and movement.
There have been numerous periods in my life when I was not as active as I should have been, so I fully understand the challenges in finding time to look after one’s self physically, as well as working out what is it that we need to do to remain active.
We were all born to move, and my aim is that we all live our lives to the fullest and be independent for as long as possible.
“We should see movement as an opportunity, not an inconvenience.” (Dr. Paul Batman)
I typically work with successful professional men and women on a one-to-one basis who are looking and feeling older than they would like to and want to rediscover the superhero inside themselves.
I’ve not always done this though. My professional life started in corporate HR, as a change management consultant, and remained so for 25 plus years. My true passion however was always in the realm of physical fitness and I subsequently retrained in fitness and movement.
There have been numerous periods in my life when I was not as active as I should have been, so I fully understand the challenges in finding time to look after one’s self physically, as well as working out what is it that we need to do to remain active.
We were all born to move, and my aim is that we all live our lives to the fullest and be independent for as long as possible.
“We should see movement as an opportunity, not an inconvenience.” (Dr. Paul Batman)
Deborah Lee
Group Engagement Director at Compass Group
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Deborah Lee
Group Engagement Director at Compass Group
Compass’s group engagement director since August 2019, attracted by the strategic focus on performance, people and purpose, she enjoys helping Compass bring its commitment to more than 500,000 people to life every day. Her engagement remit includes responsibilities for employee voice, people and organisation effectiveness and culture, policy, and strategic business partnering.
As chief people officer at Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) she led a globally-diverse team to leverage the predominantly-female Millennial workforce and built the global platform and policy for HR solutions. She ran the people integration with Richemont post-merger, developed the executive and talent remuneration strategies and was involved in the due diligence work for the JV with Alibaba in China.
She joined YNAP from BT where she held the roles of chief HR officer for global services, chief learning officer, and HR director for BT Retail. During her time at BT she created the global performance policy; built its Academy and digital portal for learning, collaboration and knowledge management for 97,000 people; rolled out BT's flagship leadership training to 9,000 people; launched BT’s Tech Literacy campaign to 400,000 children via 15,000 teachers; led the initial people and cultural integration stream for the £12.5 billion acquisition of EE; and was part of the executive team to acquire Tikit and launch BT Sport in 2013 to air from London's Olympic Park.
As chief people officer at Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) she led a globally-diverse team to leverage the predominantly-female Millennial workforce and built the global platform and policy for HR solutions. She ran the people integration with Richemont post-merger, developed the executive and talent remuneration strategies and was involved in the due diligence work for the JV with Alibaba in China.
She joined YNAP from BT where she held the roles of chief HR officer for global services, chief learning officer, and HR director for BT Retail. During her time at BT she created the global performance policy; built its Academy and digital portal for learning, collaboration and knowledge management for 97,000 people; rolled out BT's flagship leadership training to 9,000 people; launched BT’s Tech Literacy campaign to 400,000 children via 15,000 teachers; led the initial people and cultural integration stream for the £12.5 billion acquisition of EE; and was part of the executive team to acquire Tikit and launch BT Sport in 2013 to air from London's Olympic Park.
Kirstin Hunt
Director, UK and Europe at Elliott Scott HR
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Kirstin Hunt
Director, UK and Europe at Elliott Scott HR
Kirstin’s career spans 20 years in recruitment where she has led teams across Financial Services and Human Resources. Kirstin has gained invaluable international experience across the UK and Asia Pacific. She worked in Hong Kong for four years and returned to London to focus on providing strategic direction and advice to HR professionals. Kirstin provides a personable, strategic and fast-paced approach to all of her resourcing assignments. Relationships and understanding at a senior level have been built quickly, providing high quality candidates who have proved to be current and future leaders.
Oliver Axnick
Oliver Axnick, Principal Organisation Development Consultant at Oracle
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Oliver Axnick
Oliver Axnick, Principal Organisation Development Consultant at Oracle
Oliver is a Consultant, Facilitator, Trainer and Coach. He is working in the Consulting and Learning & Organizational Development space of IT companies for more than 20 years. Being an Educational Psychologist Oliver has been able to apply, broaden and deepen his knowledge and experience at work. He is passionate about helping individuals, groups, and organizations to be capable of continuous adjustment and pro-activity. Oliver’s special interest areas cover coaching, positive leadership, leadership in humility, mindfulness, the future of work and society.
Alongside his professional career Oliver had been a High Performance Curler and later National Coach of Germany.
Alongside his professional career Oliver had been a High Performance Curler and later National Coach of Germany.
Ivana Sodano
Mindfulness Coach at Oracle
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Ivana Sodano
Mindfulness Coach at Oracle
Ivana is a Certified Chartered Accountant and Fiscal Advisor. Passionate of EPM processes, especially of Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning. As Account Manager she helps the office of the CFO to drive digital transformation and the new finance best practices to create more responsive, nimble finance organizations ,that are better prepared to support digitally-driven value creation strategies. She is passionate of Meditation and Mindfulness. Certified Mindfulness and MBSR Teacher she leads Mindfulness sessions at Oracle since 2015 and one to one mindfulness sessions, she also leads the Oracle EMEA Mindfulness Community. She believes Mindfulness give you the power to live your life to its full potential . She wishes to be able to make mindfulness accessible to all, so that more and more people can be empowered to increase clarity, resilience and happiness in their lives.
Rami Riachy
Cloud HCM Solution Engineer at Oracle
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Rami Riachy
Cloud HCM Solution Engineer at Oracle
Rami is a Cloud HCM Solution Engineer with experience in ECEMEA region helping organizations in their HR Digital Transformation
Debapratim De
Senior Economist at Deloitte
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Debapratim De
Senior Economist at Deloitte
Debapratim De is a senior economist at Deloitte. He advises clients on macroeconomic developments in the United Kingdom and other advanced economies and is an author of the Deloitte CFO Survey. Prior to joining Deloitte, Debo was a researcher in cryptography and applied mathematics at Microsoft. He was educated at the LSE.
Fiona McAdoo
Associate Director of Organisation Development at London Borough of Camden
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Fiona McAdoo
Associate Director of Organisation Development at London Borough of Camden
Fiona McAdoo is a public sector change agent who operates in a strategic policy, system change, HR/OD and leadership environment, and is also a qualified coach. She is currently the Associate Director of Organisational Development at the London Borough of Camden where she is responsible for developing the organisation, it’s culture, people and systems, as well as their learning and development programme and service design functions.
Fiona is a leader who continually works on complex system and organisational change to support organisations and public sector systems to deliver their ambitions and drive improvement. She has worked at both a regional (in Greater Manchester) and local level. Generating new ideas and knowledge to support organisations improvement journeys – coaching, challenging and influencing other leaders and the existing status quo to drive change.
Fiona is also the national lead for developing organisations for the PPMA (Public Service People Managers Association).
Fiona is a leader who continually works on complex system and organisational change to support organisations and public sector systems to deliver their ambitions and drive improvement. She has worked at both a regional (in Greater Manchester) and local level. Generating new ideas and knowledge to support organisations improvement journeys – coaching, challenging and influencing other leaders and the existing status quo to drive change.
Fiona is also the national lead for developing organisations for the PPMA (Public Service People Managers Association).
Anthony Nichols
Head of Global ICT Operations / Support at Norwegian Refugee Council
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Anthony Nichols
Head of Global ICT Operations / Support at Norwegian Refugee Council
Anthony is a Texan who’s been living Norway for more than 14 years. While he began his IT career in computer games, he has since worked on large government projects, instant messaging, grid computing, and oversaw global server infrastructure projects.
In 2019 he moved to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) as Head of Global ICT Operations/Support. NRC is an international humanitarian NGO serving nearly 14 million people displaced by war and conflict across 35 countries often in hard-to-reach and low-bandwidth areas.
In 2019 he moved to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) as Head of Global ICT Operations/Support. NRC is an international humanitarian NGO serving nearly 14 million people displaced by war and conflict across 35 countries often in hard-to-reach and low-bandwidth areas.
Neil Barrell
Director of People & Property Services at Three UK
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Neil Barrell
Director of People & Property Services at Three UK
Neil Barrell is Director of People & Property Services at Three UK, one of the country’s leading mobile network operators. In his role, he’s accountable for the delivery of services to Three’s employees and leaders, spanning Resourcing, Employee Relations and all People Shared Service operations and systems. He’s also accountable for Three’s Property and Workspace propositions.
Neil has over 30 years’ experience in HR. Prior to joining Three in 2015, he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland where he led large scale transformation programmes, including the implementation of an HR Shared Services model for the Bank’s US investment business and a new global reward platform. He also previously managed the European Benefits Outsourcing business for Towers Perrin for several years, leading the delivery of services to 70 clients across Service Centres in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
Neil lives in Dunblane, Scotland and is married with 3 children. He lists his primary interest as lowering his golf handicap and his driver as the biggest obstacle preventing him from doing that!
Neil has over 30 years’ experience in HR. Prior to joining Three in 2015, he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland where he led large scale transformation programmes, including the implementation of an HR Shared Services model for the Bank’s US investment business and a new global reward platform. He also previously managed the European Benefits Outsourcing business for Towers Perrin for several years, leading the delivery of services to 70 clients across Service Centres in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
Neil lives in Dunblane, Scotland and is married with 3 children. He lists his primary interest as lowering his golf handicap and his driver as the biggest obstacle preventing him from doing that!
Steven Thompson
Talent Acquisition Director at the AA
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Steven Thompson
Talent Acquisition Director at the AA
Steven Thompson is an experienced HR leader with over 15 years’ experience across different HR specialisms. Currently the Talent Acquisition Director at the AA and previously worked for a number of telco companies in senior HR roles. Steven is passionate around driving inclusivity, people data and analytics and developing leading practices that focus on candidate and employee engagement. Steven is married with two children and outside of work any spare time can be found hiking in the Lake District.
Tama Perez
Senior Director Human Resources EMEA at Novocure
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Tama Perez
Senior Director Human Resources EMEA at Novocure
Tama is currently the Senior HR Director for Novocure focus on leading the people strategy and HR team across Europe Middle East and Africa. Novocure is a Life Sciences company making a difference in cancer and tumour treatment.
Tama has over 20 years HR experience having begun his career in IT with Philips Electronics and Human Resources Consulting with Willis Towers Watson. 12 years of his career has been in Life Sciences working initially with Merck and Syngenta. During this time, he has been very fortune to work across the global in Spain, Switzerland and the US where he held senior HR roles and was able to learn and adapt his leadership style to new and different cultures.
He returned to Switzerland in 2018 and moved into the role of HR Head EMEA at Trinseo before he joined Novocure. Throughout his 20 years within HR, and across multiple industries Tama has continue to focus on his personal learning and that of his team. His passion for learning and talent develop is a key part of the what he sees can powers organisations. Tama is a graduate of INSEAD and IE Business School where he has a masters in e Business.
Tama, lives in the beautiful spot of Luzern with his wife, Victoria, and two daughters, Leticia and Victoria. His passion and hobbies include reading literature, watching Marx brother’s movies and being Spanish of course football.
Tama has over 20 years HR experience having begun his career in IT with Philips Electronics and Human Resources Consulting with Willis Towers Watson. 12 years of his career has been in Life Sciences working initially with Merck and Syngenta. During this time, he has been very fortune to work across the global in Spain, Switzerland and the US where he held senior HR roles and was able to learn and adapt his leadership style to new and different cultures.
He returned to Switzerland in 2018 and moved into the role of HR Head EMEA at Trinseo before he joined Novocure. Throughout his 20 years within HR, and across multiple industries Tama has continue to focus on his personal learning and that of his team. His passion for learning and talent develop is a key part of the what he sees can powers organisations. Tama is a graduate of INSEAD and IE Business School where he has a masters in e Business.
Tama, lives in the beautiful spot of Luzern with his wife, Victoria, and two daughters, Leticia and Victoria. His passion and hobbies include reading literature, watching Marx brother’s movies and being Spanish of course football.
Clive Smit
Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry
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Clive Smit
Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry
Clive is a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry based in London. For the past 30 years he has worked with companies in industrials, life sciences, transport and defence industries to design and develop their organisations, to transform their cultures and to enhance their people performance.
He has led numerous operating model reviews, organization design projects and culture transformation initiatives. He has also led leadership assessment and development programs and has provided individual coaching to leaders and executives.
Clive’s current interests and research are in the role of business in sustainability (ESG), the future of work, and the impact of digital and crisis on organisations. He is a firm believer and practitioner of continuous education, learning and improvement practices.
He has led numerous operating model reviews, organization design projects and culture transformation initiatives. He has also led leadership assessment and development programs and has provided individual coaching to leaders and executives.
Clive’s current interests and research are in the role of business in sustainability (ESG), the future of work, and the impact of digital and crisis on organisations. He is a firm believer and practitioner of continuous education, learning and improvement practices.
Simon Cunniffe
People Services Director at easyjet
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Simon Cunniffe
People Services Director at easyjet
Simon is the People Services Director at easyJet. easyjet is the 7th largest airline in the world with 340 aircraft servicing 48 million customers throughout Europe. Simon today has operational responsibility throughout the employee cycle covering - HR Experience, People System, Employee Relations, Payroll, Analytics and Property.
Simon has over 15 experience of designing, delivering and transforming the People experience for all employees. He has implemented shared services in three differing industries using multiple differing platforms.
Simon is passionate about simplifying HR and putting the consumer experience at the centre of the operating model.
Simon has worked across a range of industries covering, Consulting, Telecommunications, Outsourcing and Aviation.
Simon has over 15 experience of designing, delivering and transforming the People experience for all employees. He has implemented shared services in three differing industries using multiple differing platforms.
Simon is passionate about simplifying HR and putting the consumer experience at the centre of the operating model.
Simon has worked across a range of industries covering, Consulting, Telecommunications, Outsourcing and Aviation.
Rae Avatar Barnett
HR Director at Centrica Trading
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Rae Avatar Barnett
HR Director at Centrica Trading
Rae’s career in HR spans nearly 30 years. In the 1990’s working for US tech start- ups, working at pace to deliver rapid growth across Europe. In the 2000’s she moved into global Oil and Gas working for BP and Foster Wheeler focusing on talent development and attraction. For the last 11 years Rae has been at Centrica Plc holding a variety of roles, highlights being;
• HR Director, British Gas Field Services managing 12,000 largely remote unionised colleagues throughout the UK. Focusing on delivering great service to customers, increased digitisation and greater career choices for colleagues.
• Chief of Staff for Centrica’s trading business accountable for business strategy, people, regulations and facilities. A commercial role focused on changing the operating model, increasing talent and developing a culture balancing compliance and growth.
Her passion is to create change and transform businesses to deliver excellent customer journeys and create better experiences for colleagues. She believes that if you invest in your people and your people reflects your customers, your business will thrive.
Rae is a Fellow of the CIPD and is a Henley qualified executive coach as well being an accredited psychometrics and MBTI practitioner. She is an active mentor of women and girls to help them realise their full potential and really motivated to increase diversity and difference in organisations. She lives in South Buckinghamshire and has five children, two cats and the most spoilt Whippet – Louis!
• HR Director, British Gas Field Services managing 12,000 largely remote unionised colleagues throughout the UK. Focusing on delivering great service to customers, increased digitisation and greater career choices for colleagues.
• Chief of Staff for Centrica’s trading business accountable for business strategy, people, regulations and facilities. A commercial role focused on changing the operating model, increasing talent and developing a culture balancing compliance and growth.
Her passion is to create change and transform businesses to deliver excellent customer journeys and create better experiences for colleagues. She believes that if you invest in your people and your people reflects your customers, your business will thrive.
Rae is a Fellow of the CIPD and is a Henley qualified executive coach as well being an accredited psychometrics and MBTI practitioner. She is an active mentor of women and girls to help them realise their full potential and really motivated to increase diversity and difference in organisations. She lives in South Buckinghamshire and has five children, two cats and the most spoilt Whippet – Louis!
Nikki Craig
EU Operations Community Engagement Lead Amazon and previously CHRO UKI DHL Supply Chain
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Nikki Craig
EU Operations Community Engagement Lead Amazon and previously CHRO UKI DHL Supply Chain
Currently Nikki leads Amazon’s Operational Community Engagement team across Europe.
Nikki has over 25 years in HR and 10 years in senior executive positions at both Global and Regional level where she held the roles of Head EU HR Transformation and UKI SVP/CHRO. During her career she has lead transformation programmes across HR and IT as well as led business change programs to drive growth and strategy alignment.
As Community Engagement lead, Nikki works with business leaders across Europe to drive long-term and innovative programmes that will have a lasting, positive impact in communities around the world. With a clear focus on children and young adults, especially those who reside in communities where Amazon have a physical presence, she delivers programs to support childhood cancer, homelessness, hunger, basic educational needs and employability. These programs offer opportunities for employees, across the Amazon operation, to get involved in supporting local charities to give back to the communities in which they live and work.
As CHRO UKI for DHL Supply Chain, Nikki held pivotal roles in multiple change programs such as M&A integration of two newly merged organisations, the introduction of Shared Services to the global HR organisation, transforming the DHL IT business across Europe to create a central service centre in Prague, as well as the development and launch of a new UKI strategy in which she led the business reorganisation as well as restructuring and refocussing the HR team to respond to the changing needs of the business and customers.
Nikki is the proud mother of 2 girls. She enjoys horse riding and has recently started the couch to 5k in an attempt to get fit.
Nikki has over 25 years in HR and 10 years in senior executive positions at both Global and Regional level where she held the roles of Head EU HR Transformation and UKI SVP/CHRO. During her career she has lead transformation programmes across HR and IT as well as led business change programs to drive growth and strategy alignment.
As Community Engagement lead, Nikki works with business leaders across Europe to drive long-term and innovative programmes that will have a lasting, positive impact in communities around the world. With a clear focus on children and young adults, especially those who reside in communities where Amazon have a physical presence, she delivers programs to support childhood cancer, homelessness, hunger, basic educational needs and employability. These programs offer opportunities for employees, across the Amazon operation, to get involved in supporting local charities to give back to the communities in which they live and work.
As CHRO UKI for DHL Supply Chain, Nikki held pivotal roles in multiple change programs such as M&A integration of two newly merged organisations, the introduction of Shared Services to the global HR organisation, transforming the DHL IT business across Europe to create a central service centre in Prague, as well as the development and launch of a new UKI strategy in which she led the business reorganisation as well as restructuring and refocussing the HR team to respond to the changing needs of the business and customers.
Nikki is the proud mother of 2 girls. She enjoys horse riding and has recently started the couch to 5k in an attempt to get fit.
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