Meet the Executive Team
Our senior team are our business builders - they make strategic decisions about PeoplePlus, spot opportunities for growth, solve the big problems and manage the dilemmas. They design our operating model, collaborate to create group systems, work on our business development plans and ensure we trade legally and ethically.
Kenny Boyle
CEO
Kenny has a mission to make PeoplePlus a great place to work, so that colleagues can focus on delivering the very best experience for their clients, customers and service users; to give people the skills, training and support to overcome the barriers they face to get into work and progress in their careers - creating better futures for themselves and their families.
Kenny joined PeoplePlus as Chief Operating Officer in 2018, bringing with him extensive experience in outsourced public services. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of the successful Automatic Enrolment (AE) Contract with The Pensions Regulator and DWP at Capita. Earlier in his career, he worked as a strategy consultant, advising major brands such as Apple, Sainsbury’s, BT, and Rolls-Royce.
In addition to his role at PeoplePlus, Kenny serves as a trustee and Chair of the disability charity Tourism for All. He holds an MBA from Cambridge University and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Employability Professionals.
Heather Waterhouse
People Director
Heather is a Fellow of the CIPD and a qualified executive coach and mediator. She has joined PeoplePlus this year, having previously led an HR team at GEOAmey who sit within the justice sector. During her extensive HR career Heather has worked across many sectors including professional services, financial services, heavy manufacturing and engineering. Heather loves to learn and embraces change and challenge in equal measure.
Emma Yorke
Divisional Managing Director for Justice
Emma has worked in senior roles in the education and training sector for over 20 years and has a particular passion for supporting adult learners who are looking for a “second chance” into learning. Emma has a proven track record in driving the quality of curriculum and its delivery, challenging new and innovative ways of learning and development at every opportunity. Engaging with commissioners as a trusted partner to achieve the strategic ambition and intent of our contract portfolio is a primary focus for Emma in her current role alongside ongoing research into critical challenges including literacy and digital skills.
Chris Harrison
Divisional Managing Director for Community
Chris oversees our Community Division which delivers contracts in employability and independent living in England, Wales and Scotland that support people with access to employment, training or mainstream programmes. Chris has over 20 years experience across a range of operational, strategic and business development roles, from front line to Executive and Non-Executive Director level, within public, private and VCSE organisations covering the employability, skills and justice sectors.
Laura Savage
Partner Services and Social Value Solutions Director
Laura oversees our Partner Services Division, which encompasses our Social Recruitment Framework, the national Employer Relationships and Social Value Solutions teams, and our online learning platform LearningPlus. She is an Executive Lead on the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group and Social Recruitment Covenant.
Laura and her team support a growing network of employers to embrace social recruitment as members of the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group, and signatories to the Social Recruitment Covenant, opening up new opportunities for businesses to thrive while adding social value.
Steven Bell
Governance Director
Steven Bell is the Governance Director for PeoplePlus and Staffline, and has been with the business since 2009. Steven has extensive experience of working with commissioners and regulators, and has designed and oversees our control environment management systems across the businesses to ensure that all statutory, regulatory, and contractual compliance requirements are adhered to.
Andrew Turnbull
Business Development & Partnerships Director
Andrew Turnbull is the Business Development & Partnerships Director for PeoplePlus, and has been with the business since 2016. Andrew has over 15 years’ experience of leading business development teams, developing growth strategies and managing large scale complex bids in a range of sectors, including justice, welfare to work, skills, financial and legal advice, and health and social care
