Bernadette Bruton

Bernadette is currently Fujitsu’s HR Director for the largest countries in the EMEIA region. Her responsibilities include leading the team of HR Directors in over 20 countries, co-creating the people and organisation strategies that deliver the business ambitions and developing the HR function to support this. Prior to Fujitsu, Bernadette was Organisation Health Director at BT where she focused on diagnosing and designing organisational changes that promoted the desired company culture. Working from a strategic, transformational level, she looked at re-wiring decision-making structures and accountability in a way that helped correct and reinforce the behaviour of leaders and subsequently strengthened the cultural health of the business. She also led the overall cultural agenda in partnership with the business heads, diagnosing areas for attention, prioritising in line with the business strategy and supporting implementation. She will be sharing her unique expertise on how to hardwire culture to promote the behaviour that lives up to company values.