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Leading People, Culture and Change at Legal & General
As Legal & General undergoes a bold cultural and strategic transformation, Chief Transformation and People Officer Emma Hardaker-Jones shares with Criticaleye Senior Editor Bridgette Hall how she’s helping shape the future of the business — putting people, performance and trust at the heart of change.

Through a combination of targeted mentorship, strategic guidance and immersive learning experiences, Criticaleye empowers HR leaders with the skills, insights, and network necessary to navigate the path to CPO.  
 
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The Board's Role in M&A
In this exclusive interview with Criticaleye, Oliver Tant, Non-executive Director at UK household name B&M Retail and former CFO of FTSE 100 stalwart Imperial Brands, highlights the vital role of the Board in providing guardrails around potential M&A transactions, drawing on his 40-plus year career.

Criticaleye provides Chairs, NEDs and SIDs with bespoke support designed to nurture high performance at Board level. With 93 percent of respondents in our Chair & NED Research recognising the need for Boards to have external reference points, Criticaleye facilitates a unique environment to benchmark with Board-level peers from various organisations, sectors and regions.
 
 
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Engineering a Sustainable Future
Spirax Group specialises in thermal energy management and fluid technology, providing solutions to help customers improve the efficiency, safety and sustainability of their industrial processes. Group HR Director Jim Devine sits down with Criticaleye’s Senior Editor, Bridgette Hall, to talk about how the performance of the business is what propels HR

Criticaleye supports senior executives from a variety of businesses, sectors and geographies. With 80 percent of CPOs in our research agreeing that mentoring improves leadership capabilities, our global leadership community provides a confidential and trusted space, offering diverse views that CPOs can draw from when making decisions for themselves and their organisations.
 
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Seeing the Bigger Picture
From driving the company’s Vision 2030 to embedding a ‘Kabegoe’ culture of ‘overcoming barriers’, Kyowa Kirin Chief People Officer and Global Human Resources Head, Shoko Itagaki, shares with Criticaleye Senior Editor Bridgette Hall how she is aligning HR and business strategy, fostering a unified culture and developing global leadership capabilities.

Criticaleye supports senior executives from a variety of businesses, sectors and geographies. With 80 percent of CPOs in our research agreeing that mentoring improves leadership capabilities, our global leadership community provides a confidential and trusted space, offering diverse views that CPOs can draw from when making decisions for themselves and their organisations.
 
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Leading Through a Crisis as a First-time Group CEO
Once a major importer of Russian gas, Uniper faced financial turmoil in 2022, culminating in an adjusted EBIT loss of €10.9 billion—due in large part to the non-delivery of gas from Russia—and stabilisation measures implemented by the German Government. Michael Lewis, who took on the Group CEO role in 2023, talks to Criticaleye about a bold strategy to rebuild the company as a sustainable energy provider

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