Fair Chance Hiring Employer Symposium
We are delighted to invite you to an exclusive employer symposium co-hosted by KPMG, DWP and Fair Chance Business Alliance, bringing together Business Leaders, HR Directors, ESG/CSR professionals and policymakers. This event is designed to showcase the transformative potential of fair chance hiring for your organisation.
Keynote Address:
- Baroness Sherlock OBE, Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions.
Key Speakers:
- Nicholas Fox, Partner and Sector Head for Government, KPMG
- Lisa Jackson, Head of Operations, Going Forward into Employment (UK Civil Service)
- Matthias Stausberg, Group Advocacy Director, Virgin
- Hoa Ngo, Managing Director, Comensura
- Cynthia Dugan, Head of Sales & Client Management, WTW
- Chris Leech MBE, Board member, RFA
- James Jenkins, Senior Strategy Consultant, Social Value Portal
Event Highlights:
- Employer Success Stories: Learn directly from senior leaders about how fair chance hiring has strengthened their businesses, fostered innovation, and enabled growth.
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals and explore collaborative opportunities to drive meaningful change at scale and pace.
- Lived Experience Perspective from Hassan Ali
Date: Thursday 6th March 2025.
Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm.
Location: KPMG, 15 Canada Square, London, E14 5GL
At the symposium, you will gain actionable insights and valuable connections to help you leverage the power of fair chance hiring – broadening your talent pool while making a positive impact on society.
Join us as we signal a new era of inclusive and economic growth.
Places are limited so please RSVP to secure your spot.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Event Speakers
Baroness Sherlock OBE was appointed as a Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions on 17 December 2024. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions from 9 July 2024 to 17 December 2024.
Minister of State (Minister for Lords)
- estates
- departmental oversight including Commercial and Research
- legislation coordination
- Disadvantaged Groups
- Shadow Fraud in the House of Lords
- Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) oversight
- Child Maintenance, Family Test and Reducing Parental Conflict (RPC)
I’m a Partner in KPMG, working as part of the Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare Management Consulting team. As KPMG’s Sector Head for Government, I’m responsible for KPMG’s central government practice and also lead our work in the justice sector. I’m a member of the UK IGH Leadership Team and sit on KPMG’s Global Government Leadership Board.
I was elected President of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) in 2024. As a Chartered Management Consultant, working in the industry for 30 years, I strongly believe in the value consulting delivers to the UK economy and the rewarding career that is available to those who chose to be consultants. The MCA is the voice of the consulting industry and the representative body for the UK’s leading management consulting firms. It also helps promote consultancy as an attractive career destination for school leavers and graduates.
Lisa is the Head of Operations at Going Forward Into Employment, a programme within the Civil Service which opens up employment opportunities to those that may have barriers to employment, including people with convictions. Having started her Civil Service career in the Prison and Probation Service, Lisa saw first-hand the challenges that can be faced by people who have experienced disruption or setbacks in their personal and working lives, and how these barriers can be both external (stigma from others) or internal (confidence and aspirations). With a career anchor in HR, Lisa strongly believes in the benefits of sharing best practice across the public, private and third-sector communities and designing the way we recruit to be inclusive for people of all backgrounds.
For more than two decades, I’ve been helping organisations in the private and public sector engage and communicate in a changing world.
Much of my work has focused on the intersection of sustainability and advocacy – advancing better environmental and social performance while seeking to meet the ever-increasing expectation that businesses (and their leaders) must be lobbyists for the greater good of humanity.
This journey has allowed me to form a deep understanding of the material ESG risks businesses face today and to deliver strategies, projects and campaigns that convert commitments into action and lasting impact.
In my current role, as Group Advocacy Director at Virgin, I navigate a wide range of global issues for one of the world’s most admired entrepreneurs and the iconic brand he founded. These issues include human rights, peace and security, criminal justice, climate change, drug policy, wildlife/ocean conservation, and refugee action, to name a few.
As part of this work, I collaborate closely with Virgin Group companies around the world, developing strategies and programmes to “walk the talk” and translate advocacy into meaningful corporate engagement, whether its second-chance hiring or the supply-chain integration of refugee-led businesses.
I have extensive line management experience, a proven track record of project delivery in time and budget and superb written and verbal communication skills in English and German.
I currently serve on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Human Rights, the International Council of Advisors to Global Dignity, and the Business Council of the Tent Partnership for Refugees.
I am a non-executive director at Spring Films, an Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning production company specialising in high-end feature and television documentaries.
Tony Hyland is part of the Strategic Relationship Team (SRT) at DWP, works at a senior level across Government Departments, and is acknowledged as a creator and sustainer of great relationships with all key stakeholders .He leads on the Care Leavers Covenant (CLC) and Employer Domestic Abuse Covenant (EDAC) for DWP, as well as the other Covenants ; he is also a Board Member for Deaf Roots, Stratford; National Mentoring Consortium Mentor, and National ‘Buddy’, for East London DWP.
He is also an NLP practitioner and a fully trained /certificated personal /professional life coach and does voluntary work with community organisations and Universities especially around providing Employability support. He believes in supporting young people to enjoy meaningful and sustainable careers. He is also an experienced mentor and has worked with several universities and has supported Young Black Graduates (YBG) with employability workshops across London. He is a published author and playwright too.
Hoa is a business leader with a proven track record of delivering highly effective workforce managed solutions in both the UK and Australia. Including corporate strategy planning; delivery of business growth; accelerated operational performance and improved employee engagement.
Cynthia is the Head of Sales and Client Management for Financial Solutions at WTW, where she drives client success through innovative solutions and strategic partnerships. A passionate advocate for inclusion, she chairs WTW GB’s caregivers’ inclusion network and champions initiatives that support working parents, recognising the connection between workplace equity and broader diversity. Cynthia played a key role in making Willis Limited a founding member of the Fair Chance Business Alliance, reinforcing their commitment to creating opportunities for individuals with criminal convictions.
Chris is a highly accomplished and respected business leader with an international track record of integrating measurable award winning crime mitigation and social impact strategies, into the heart of businesses.
I’m passionate about how improving collaboration and systems thinking can help us tackle our biggest problems. I work with organisations and collaborations across sectors to help them understand their challenges and find their own solutions to complex problems, drawing on organisational development, strategy development and systems leadership models. In particular, I have worked with a broad range of health and care organisations, teams and leaders to create common purpose, operational efficiencies, effective ways to communicate and convene and cultures of learning, safety and belonging.
I have a broad range of experience over 6 years in roles spanning operational and strategic domains and working with the VCSE, Public and Private Sectors. I’m currently part of the wonderful team at Social Value Portal, on a mission to engage, enable and empower people and organisations to work together in the pursuit of social, economic and environmental wellbeing.
