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Head of Client Delivery

Brook Allston is Head of Client Delivery at HBHR, responsible for how clients are onboarded onto the platform and supported day to day. Brook works closely with HR and payroll teams to turn compliance requirements, from right to work checks to the single central record, into processes that hold up in practice.

Natalie Cowell

Chief People Officer

Natalie Cowell is Chief People Officer at HBHR, leading the people function across HR strategy, employee experience and workforce policy. Natalie works with UK employers on fair, compliant and human-centred approaches to managing people, from absence and wellbeing to performance and everyday HR practice.

Jenna Lightfoot

Head of Payroll Operations

Jenna Lightfoot is Head of Payroll Operations at HBHR, where she oversees how the platform keeps flexible and complex workforces compliant from rota to payslip. She reviews HBHR's payroll and HR content for technical accuracy.

Alexandra Applin

Payroll Manager

Alexandra Applin is a Payroll Manager at HBHR. She works with UK employers on the day to day realities of paying people correctly, from irregular hours and holiday pay to keeping up with changing employment law. She writes for the HBHR Knowledge Hub on the practical side of payroll and workforce compliance.

Callum Pennington

CEO & Co-Founder

16 years across technology, product, operations and commercial leadership

• Co-founded HBHR and helped build the foundations of the business from the ground up, shaping its proposition, technology and direction from the earliest stages. • Led HBHR’s technology and product direction for many years, determining what the business should build, why it should build it and when, translating real customer and market needs into the platform as it evolved. • Helped take HBHR from an early-stage HR technology business through significant product, team and commercial growth. • Played a central role in HBHR’s evolution into an AI-powered HR and Payroll platform, including the development of increasingly intelligent automation across the product.