Introducing Gareth Whalley, our Founder, CEO, and Chief Connection Officer.

Gareth has spent over 20 years in generalist and specialist HR leadership roles in UK and multinational organizations, including Procter & Gamble, IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, and Levi Strauss & Co. During this time, he has developed deep expertise across a wide range of HR disciplines, including Shared Services management, HR transformation and consulting, HR business partnering, change management and communications, Total Rewards design and delivery, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leadership. Building connections to enhance workplace experiences has been a consistent, central theme throughout his career.

Over the past five years Gareth has focused his efforts on driving meaningful culture change through DEI, first leading the global inclusion practice at Coca-Cola, and most recently serving as the Head of DE&I for Europe at Levi Strauss & Co.

Gareth describes himself as a human being with passions for language and beautiful design, and a personal purpose to help make work life better for as many people as possible. He’s principled and values-driven, a strong connector and relationship builder, a safe space, a wellbeing advocate, and is determined to help people not take everything so seriously. He is based in the North East of England.