WealthTech Matters The Adviser 2023

Speakers

• 

  Annette Andrews

  Founder & Director, Acaria Coaching & Consulting

  Annette Andrews is an experienced former Chief People Officer. She has worked cross sector on a global basis for over twenty-five years, with deep knowledge and expertise across the people agenda. MBA qualified and a Fellow of the UKs’ Chartered Institute of Personnel Development; Annette is also a qualified Executive Coach, and a certified Mediator. She was also the Master of the Company of Human Resource Professionals 2020/1. Named in 2019 as one of UK’s top 50 most influential HR practitioners. She has worked on a global basis in regulated organisation’s; including Ford Motor Company, Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyd’s Insurance; integrating best practise and adapting this to individual business needs. In 2020 she left her role as the Chief People Officer at Lloyd’s of London to set up Acaria Coaching and Consulting Ltd. She now has a rich portfolio career, working cross sector and on a global basis as a Coach, Consultant, Mediator, Non-Executive Director and as a Speaker and Event Facilitator. As a speaker she enjoys sharing her knowledge and expertise, inspiring others with her passion and engaging with attendees - no matter the size of the audience. Equally comfortable in person or virtually, she provides high energy and insightful content; very focused on everyone being able to take something from the event that they can apply and learn from. She has a very natural style and approach, is very comfortable sharing her own story as an Executive female leader and, in addition to being a single parent, the challenges she encountered along the way. She weaves knowledge and expertise with business acumen and a great sense of humour. Having lived and worked globally she is able to adapt her style and approach to different audiences. As a real subject matter expert on a wide range of topics related to People and Culture; she takes a coaching style, integrating best practise and changing norms; she is able to apply her knowledge and experience to meet client needs and speak on a wide variety of topics including ‘Inclusive Leadership’, ‘Culture & Change’, ‘Wellbeing’, ‘Diversity & Inclusion’, ‘Creating those moments that matter’ etc. Experienced at facilitating groups discussions, from small to large scale, Annette also moderates events. She also participates in podcast discussions, roundtable events and webinars. She is an expert at adapting her knowledge and experience across a broad range of People related topics to meet the needs of the client and audience.