Jeremy Edwards is a Partner and Head of the Employee Benefits Group, part of the Employment Department of the London office of Baker & McKenzie.

Jeremy has over 17 years’ experience as an employee benefits lawyer and 2 years experience as a corporate lawyer. Jeremy has extensive experience in connection with the implementation of share plans globally and working with multinational clients. Jeremy also advises on all aspects of employee share plans, executive compensation and the taxation of employees. Jeremy has substantial UK experience, including implementing plans for UK listed companies, advising on UK tax issues and dealing with share plans in the context of corporate transactions.

Richard joined Barclays in November 2002, he is currently Head of Corporate & Employer Solutions (C&ES), which is part of the Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) division of Barclays. He is also the division’s Accountable Executive for Entrepreneurs. Richard holds an MA in Land Economy from Cambridge University. While at Cambridge he competed in and won three Boat Races, Richard also competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Richard is a member of the British Airways advisory board and also a member of the Management Comm. of Henley Royal Regatta.

Katharine heads up the workplace savings team within Corporate & Employer Solutions.  She has recently driven a new proposition to market called Barclays Beyond Benefits based on generational insights in the workplace.   Katharine has over 20 years of experience in the employee benefits industry and prior to Barclays worked at Mercer, where she was responsible for building its workplace savings proposition. She has also worked in a number of senior roles at Friends Provident on proposition and strategy for corporate employee benefits including their workplace savings vision and design. Katharine is a member of the Society of technicians in insurance.