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Emma Ayton
VP People Operations, Sage
Emma Ayton is an award-winning HR professional and has spent more than 20 years working in large, complex organisations. She has significant experience in operational and strategic roles across many elements of HR, recruitment, talent development and change management. Emma specialises in understanding current and future talent requirements and partnering with business leaders to align people and organisation strategies for business success. She is currently the VP People Operations at Sage, leading a global team of people operations experts, across people services, payroll, HRIS, programme management and people processes.