KEVIN EMPEY

Kevin has specialised in people strategy, organisation change, leadership and career development for over 30 years. He is International Head of Future of Work Strategy & Solutions with Lockton People Solutions and author of “Thrive in the Future of Work”. A former partner in Willis Towers Watson he was also the founder of WorkMatters.ie which provides range of Future of Work services for clients including organisational agility solutions, ways of working enablement and AI strategy & tools for HR. Kevin has won several national and international awards for his work in the areas of employment activation, social entrepreneurship and Future of Work research and has been named on the HR Most Influential Thinkers list.

With a background originally in technology and business development, he is a qualified executive coach and a member of the associate faculty for the Irish Management Institute (IMI) where he is the Programme Director of the their flagship Senior Executive Programme and teaches on a number of other leadership development programmes both with the IMI and as a Partner with Dynamic Partners. Kevin is a chartered fellow of the CIPD and was appointed for two terms to the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) which advises Ministers and Government Departments on the selection of senior civil service appointments. An author and leading expert on organisational agility and the Future of work, he is a former member of the Irish Government’s Labour Market Council and was also the founder of Worklink, an award winning coaching and mentoring network set up to help unemployed jobseekers into full time employment.