Jill is a senior policy adviser for EDI at the CIPD. Her work focuses on many aspects of inclusive workplaces, including gender, age and neurodiversity, and she led work on race inclusion. Earlier in her career, Jill specialised in employee wellbeing and small business growth through good people management. 

Jill’s role is a combination of rigorous research and active engagement with policy makers, academics and HR professionals to inform projects and shape thinking on key EDI issues. She frequently presents on people management issues, leads discussions and is invited to write for trade press as well as offer comment to national journalists. 

Jill joined the CIPD in 2008. She has a BSc in Psychology, MSc in International Business and obtained her PhD in Management, examining the effect of the informal organisation on performance, at Reading University.