Growth Through People - Ethical Enterprise

Lisa Powney

Senior Consultant, Curium Solutions UK

Lisa is a highly accomplished professional with over 13 years of success in the Banking industry, where she received numerous leadership awards. For the past decade, she has been dedicated to the development and improvement of individuals and teams.

 Lisa has extensive experience in delivering leadership workshops, providing one-on-one coaching, and managing and designing culture programs, customer experience plans, and communication plans for major organisations. She is particularly passionate about communication and employee engagement and has achieved remarkable results in leading change adoption initiatives during challenging times. Additionally, Lisa is a wellbeing practitioner, focusing on promoting wellbeing in the workplace. She has recently authored a book on this topic and is an award-winning speaker. 

Currently, Lisa leads the People Solutions practice at Curium and oversees major client events, including large-scale conferences and impactful interventions.

Rebecca Parnell

Managing Director , SF Recruitment

Rebecca is Managing Director for our East Midlands region, overseeing the Leicester and Nottingham operations. She joined SF Recruitment eleven years ago and became a shareholder in 2021. With over 25 years in recruitment, she brings a wealth of experience in building and managing high performing teams, increasing market share and maximising opportunities for new sectors as well as geographical expansion. Rebecca opened the Leicester operation in 2014 which became profitable within its first year. She is also responsible for launching SF's Engineering division, operating on a national basis. Outside of recruitment Rebecca enjoys running, and proudly completed the 2023 London Marathon. She's had a life-long passion for dance and theatre started which when she was just 5 years old.