Amy Thompson is an associate in the Employee Benefits Group, part of the Employment Department of the London office of Baker McKenzie. She is a member of the Firm's Global Employment and Compensation Practice Group, which provides tailored advice in respect of a variety of corporate, tax and labour law issues. Amy has joined Baker McKenzie from South Africa where she worked as a tax and employment lawyer.

Amy advises on a wide variety of employee tax matters relating to employee share incentives (including tax-advantaged awards), executive remuneration and the impact of corporate transactions. Amy assists UK and multinational companies with the drafting, implementation, review and administration of their broad-based and discretionary share plans in the UK and abroad. She also advises private and public clients on EBTs, malus and clawback, intra-group recharge policies and shareholding requirements.

Having spent time as an associate in South Africa, Amy also has experience in advising clients on multi-jurisdictional corporate transactional projects.

Rosemary has over 35 years’ experience of working in a wide variety of international industries where she has held Head of Reward positions - oil & gas (Texaco), container shipping & logistics (P&O Nedlloyd), luxury retail (Burberry), financial services (Legal & General) and she currently is Group Head of Reward for the global professional recruiting company Hays. 

Sarah is the Shareholder Services Manager at International Airlines Group (IAG), a global leader in the aviation industry, overseeing some of the world's largest airlines. With over 30 years’ experience in the corporate and financial sectors, Sarah plays a pivotal role in managing the Group’s long-term incentive plans and other share-related schemes, ensuring these programmes align with IAG’s strategic goals.

Her expertise extends beyond share plan management, as she is also responsible for key governance functions and company secretarial duties. Sarah works closely with shareholders, ensuring that their interests are represented, and all regulatory and compliance obligations are met. Known for her meticulous attention to detail and deep understanding of corporate governance, Sarah has become a trusted advisor within the company, contributing to its sustained success and strong shareholder relations.

Her career is marked by a dedication to fostering transparent and efficient corporate governance practices, making her an integral part of IAG and the wider group.

Gemma is the Share Plans Senior Business Development Manager at MUFG Corporate Markets managing all new business share plan opportunities. Gemma also manages new opportunities for Offshore Registration as well as management of the Proshare and GEO memberships and initiatives with both these bodies. 

Gemma has over 20 years’ experience in the share plans industry working in the service provider sector, having been in numerous roles such as operations, product management and development and relationship management. Gemma obtained the Cert. ICSA Employee Share Plans in 2016.

Jean has over 30 years’ experience in share registration and employee share plans, the last fourteen of which as Head of Share Plans at Legal & General prior to recently moving to a part time project role.  Jean started her career at ICI and BP when their share registers and share plans were administered in-house.  Jean subsequently managed the BP share plan team overseeing the operation of BP’s share plans in over 60 countries before moving to a project role where she managed various projects including the implementation of a new global share plan and international mobility tracking system.  

Nicola joined the Link Group Share Plans Client Relationship Team in May 2023 with over 20 years experience in share plans.  Previously, Nicola spent a number of years in the Diageo plc ‘in house’ Share Plans Team and before that with Company Secretariat and Reward Teams in Lloyds Banking Group.  Nicola’s background includes project managing the launch, maturity and vesting of all employee and discretionary option plans both in the UK and internationally, looking after corporate sponsored nominee along with related AGM and dividend events, and delivering employee engagement sessions.

Jack Waley-Cohen is one of the founders and COO of what3words, with overall responsibility for HR, finance, legal and all the behind the scenes operations to keep the company running efficiently. He has an entrepreneurial background, having previously grown a translation company from 5 to 150 staff and built various other businesses (with variable results!), and may be known by some in the UK as the lead question writer on the famously difficult BBC2 quiz show 'Only Connect'.