About Workgroup
Now, what on Earth is a "workgroup?"
The format of each of our events is "workgroups" - small group discussions, each run and attended by the attendees. Imagine 10 CMOs sat in a circle, chatting for an hour.
For our General Counsel event, GCs run the discussion groups. For our CMO event, it's the CMOs who run the discussion groups. For our Chief People Officer event - you guessed it - the CPOs themselves run these "workgroups".
There's not an exhibition or sales pitch in sight. We reckon your time's better spent with people who face the same day-to-day stuff you do. The goal is for you to step out of your bubble, and check in and benchmark with people who share the same job title as you.
The result of this super informal setting, run by the people who attend, is nothing less than proper group therapy for senior execs.
We heavily limit sponsors in the room, meaning 90% of event attendees are the GC, CMO, CPO, CFO, etc.
So, elevator pitch... we run sales-free group-therapy-style events for super senior execs. Supported and attended by the biggest brands in the UK.
The Faces Of Workgroup
Peter Daniels
Founder & Director of Workgroup Legal
I run Workgroup. Less than three wee years ago I organised my first event for General Counsel in London, with the mad idea that I'd get the GCs themselves to run the event for me.
Now, our GC events up and down the country are the most attended in the UK, which means we get to bring community to senior execs not just in London, but for people outside of the capital too (Yorkshire, Midlands, Northwest).
Aside from growing the Workgroup team to offer events for CPOs, CMOs and soon CFOs, I don't shut up about travel. Ask me about the 17 new countries I visited last year! š
Charlotte Hudson
Director of Operations & Head of Workgroup Legal Birmingham
Charlotte loves all things ops! She began her legal career in 2003 and has had experience of a range of areas with a particular interest in immigration and asylum work. Having made the decision to move away from legal practice, Charlotte worked in the not for profit sector focusing on the operational and regulatory side of the organisation before moving into legal events.
Claire Dunn
Director of Workgroup HR
Claire looks after all things Workgroup HR and she's the unofficial Head of Experience! She's always loved planning events, but it took her 8+ years working as an emergency medicine doctor to realise that this was her true calling. Claire's been described as "a breath of fresh air" - and not just because of her love for a loud pair of dungarees!
Hannah Parsons
Director of Workgroup CMO
Hannah is the Workgroup Welshie! She loves hearing about peopleās life paths, what makes them tick and learning about how and why they are, where they are, right now. Events are her bread and butter. Hannah is big on work-life balance. Outside of work youāll find her cooking, at the beach, (sometimes cooking at the beach) in the forest, or at a gig! She's always up for a virtual panad (Welsh for cup of tea)!
Nicola Berlin
Head of Workgroup Legal Leeds & Manchester
Nicola is taking over the North (for GCs!). Her love for science led her to earn a genetics degree but her passion for people has taken her on a global adventure - from my home country, SA to Portugal, the US and now the UK! When she's not chatting to GCs, Nicola is usually surfing, up a mountain or lost in a good book!