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Kerry McAtkin
Senior HR Director, IRIS Software Group
Kerry McAtkin is a senior HR leader with global experience. She has held leadership roles at Capita, RM Education, and IRIS Software Group, partnering with executive teams to drive organisational transformation, talent strategy, and culture change at scale.
Kerry is passionate about inclusion and wellbeing, having led enterprise-wide initiatives to improve employee experience and create more equitable, high-performing workplaces.
As a trusted business partner, Kerry works at the intersection of people and technology – aligning workforce strategy with rapid technological advancement to deliver real, sustained enterprise value. She brings a practical, outcome-focused perspective on how organisations can thrive through change by putting people at the heart of transformation.