Liz Jeffery
Trustee
With over 17 years’ experience working within HR, Liz is widely respected as a talented, innovative leader and a strong advocate for employees.
In her current role as Vice President, People Experience at Sony Music she is responsible for leading the HR strategy for the UK and Ireland. Her remit spans across multiple areas including employee engagement, leadership development, succession planning, organisational design, DE&I, wellbeing, employee relations and M&A activity. Throughout her time, she has been fundamental in leading cultural change across the business as well as refocusing the function’s efforts in the region, ensuring that the company reaches its goals.
Liz has been critical in creating a culture that puts employees at the heart of the business and has brought in key initiatives to reflect this. This includes introducing a first of its kind childcare support policy that supports female retention within the workplace; being the first private sector company in the UK to provide Neonatal leave, introducing industry leading policies such as equalised parental leave as well as creating the UK’s first masters in music therapy bursary in partnership with Nordoff Robbins.
Prior to joining Sony Music, Liz worked across a broad range of industries including advertising, service design, broadcast media and higher education. During her time at Livework and Talon Outdoor she was responsible for the creation of the HR functions from their inception, shaping strategy and helping to grow these start up organisations. One of her major achievements was designing Talon Outdoor’s engagement strategy, leading to the business being ranked first place in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for.
She also has experience of partnering with international markets across her career including North America, Africa, South America, and Europe.