Careermap Media Group co-host

Cohesion Early Talent co-host

Chris Rea: Head of commercial services - HEDD and Prospects at Jisc

Chris has worked in the industry for thirty years and regularly writes and speaks on crucial student and graduate matters, including postgraduate funding, internships, social mobility and career planning.

Sarah Wardle : Relationship Development Director - Eli Onboarding

As Relationships Director at Eli Onboarding, Sarah helps organisations onboard and engage with early talent through their multi-award winning, experience-led, personalised technology. Her 20-year career spans all manner of talent and branding communications as a client partner for several high profile agencies across the talent attraction, engagement, early careers and employer branding sector. Sarah now works with employers including NatWest Group, Cognizant, Fidelity and Police Now to set their graduates, interns and apprentices up for success, and create inclusive onboarding experiences for all.

Victoria Rowland: Early Careers/Pride Network UKI Lead - Sage

Victoria is an Early Careers Specialist, responsible for overseeing the engagement, attraction, strategy, development and diversity hiring of Apprentices, Graduates and Interns for Sage UK. Victoria holds a number of accolades, including: British LGBT Awards 2022- Top Ten Business Ally An advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and leads Sage’s LGBTQ+ network ‘Pride at Sage’ for the UK. Finalist in 2019 for the Sage Global Diversity and Inclusion awards for 'Inspirational Woman of the Year'. Mentor at @mygwork - LGBT+ professionals & allies

Shanttel Kemawor

Shanttel graduated from the University of East London in 2021 with a degree in Computer Science. In 2022 Shanttel started her graduate career at Sage as a Machine Learning Engineer.