Meet the Board
Our senior team are our business builders - they make strategic decisions about PeoplePlus, spot opportunities for growth, solve the big problems and manage the dilemmas. They design our operating model, collaborate to create group systems, work on our business development plans and ensure we trade legally and ethically.
Kenny Boyle
Divisional Managing Director for Employability
Kenny Boyle
Divisional Managing Director for Employability
Kenny is responsible for our operations in Scotland and Wales; for our self-Employment contracts (notably, New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) in both Scotland and England); for our Social Recruitment Framework (SRF) which provides rapid routeways into employment for those impacted by Covid; and for our delivery of the government’s flagship employability programmes – Restart and Kick Start. An experienced operator in outsourced public services, Kenny joined PeoplePlus as Chief Operating Officer in 2018 from Capita, where he was the Managing Director of the highly successful Automatic Enrolment (AE) Contract with The Pensions Regulator/DWP.
Emma Yorke
Divisional Managing Director for Adult Education
Emma Yorke
Divisional Managing Director for Adult Education
Emma has worked in senor roles in the education and training sector for over 20 years and has a particular passio for supporting adult learners who are looking for a “second chance” into learning. Emma has a proven track record in driving the quality of curriculum and its delivery, challenging new and innovative ways of learning and development at every opportunity. Engaging with commissioners as a trusted partner to achieve the strategic ambition and intent of our contract portfolio is a primary focus for Emma in her current role alongside ongoing research into critical challenges including literacy and digital skills.
Lauren Abela
Divisional Managing Director Health & Social Care
Lauren Abela
Divisional Managing Director Health & Social Care
Lauren joined the business in 2005 and has 13+ years employment and training services experience. Lauren is a change professional, well-practised and qualified, in delivering and embedding change into the organisation. Lauren has led a wide and diverse portfolio of projects and programmes including, delivering new technologies, target operating models, contract mobilisation, acquisitions, and transformational change. Lauren is very passionate about what we do, and why we’re here. The social purpose of the organisation, alongside our agile, fast-paced, ambitious attitude, keeps her motivated and committed to the cause.
Tom Feeney
Finance Director
Tom Feeney
Finance Director
Tom joined the business in 2021 and has 20+ years employment in Finance roles primarily in the Business Process Outsourcing sector. Passionate about change and performance improvement, Tom has a history of developing first class finance functions that “bring the numbers to life”. Tom is very passionate about ensuring there are strong financial controls in place that can then be used to support key decisions in the business.
Jessica Chadwick
People Director
Jessica Chadwick
People Director
Jess is an experienced HR professional with significant experience from both an operational and strategic perspective covering the full range of HR disciplines with a strong background in developing and delivering HR strategy and best-in-class people solutions that drive commercial success. Jess’s experience spans across talent acquisition, recruitment & on-boarding, organisational design, performance management, reward & recognition, talent development & succession planning, employee engagement, employment law, Trade Unions and HR policies. Jess has been with the business for 11 years and is proud to work for an amazing organisation that makes such a profound difference to people’s lives.
Ben Dale
Group Chief Information Officer
Ben Dale
Group Chief Information Officer
Ben joined the business in 2017, having previously held a variety of Technology Leadership roles with the NHS, one of the UK’s leading construction organisations and a Global IT Managed Service Provider. With over 20 years in the technology sector Ben has designed, built, sold, implemented and delivered a vast array of services in a wide range of situations. Ben passionately believes in the social purpose and impact of the organisation, its innovative and fast paced culture lend themselves perfectly to harnessing the power of technology and data led solutions in realising its ambitions
Sophie Sterling
Business Development and Partnerships Director
Sophie Sterling
Business Development and Partnerships Director
Sophie is responsible for driving growth across the end-to-end PeoplePlus portfolio and leads our Business Development, Partnerships and Employer Engagement functions. Sophie joined the business in 2019, and has extensive experience designing solutions on behalf of the Central and Local Government Commissioners that we deliver services on behalf of, having previously held strategic leadership roles with several large public sector outsource providers including Capita and Amey Plc. Sophie is passionate about building new propositions and solutions through innovation and collaboration with colleagues and partner organisations, that deliver value not just to the end users of our services but more widely within the communities in which we operate.
