Bottled water giants’ HRD to deliver keynote session at #HrNC26 in May

Hr NETWORK is delighted to announce that one of the SIX keynote sessions at our ‘TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY’ themed Conference & Exhibition in Edinburgh on Wednesday 13th May will be delivered by Highland Spring Group’s HR Director, John Jarvie.

Highland Spring is the UK’s number one bottled water brand, where over the past four years, the business has grown sales year on year and doubled profit — proving that culture building, when done well, can be a powerful commercial engine. Entitled: ‘Why Culture-Building is Hard Work – and why it’s worth it‘, John will share mistakes made and lessons-learned along the way and why the effort is worth it.

Also delivering Keynote sessions on the day:

• Kat Gray, Director of Talent & Culture, ASOS
  Session Title: Fashioning a Culture for the Future

• Gary Crawford, Chief Advisor/Partner & Rebecca Hastings, Partner, Owendale Advisory – Session Title: How HR Makes – Or Breaks – AI Success

• Lorraine Mills, Principal Consultant, Right Management – Session Title: To be confirmed

• Senior HR Leaders Forum Panel – (Panellists to be confirmed)

The Hr NETWORK National Conference & Exhibition will take place on Wednesday 13th May 2026 at the home of Scottish Rugby, the magnificent Murrayfield Stadium.

   

The delegate booking form for 2026 is NOW OPEN and this is your chance to SAVE £50 on each delegate booking between now and Saturday 28th February 2026 – EARLY BIRD DELEGATE COST: £165+VAT

Please note when the EARLY BIRD booking expires on 28th February, the cost per delegate will increase to £215+VAT.