Melissa Hungerford
Group Director of Talent, Leadership + Learning, Currys
Melissa Hungerford is Group Director Talent, Leadership and Learning for Currys, a leading omnichannel retailer of technology products and services headquartered in the UK and a Non-Executive Board member for Ground Control, UK’s leading commercial landscaping and external solutions provider. Melissa brings 20+ years of experience leading talent agendas that help businesses compete and achieve sustainable growth. She has held senior leadership positions at world class companies across multiple industries, including The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola European Partners, Avon Products, Philips Electronics and Lighting, Bristol-Myers Squibb and The Home Depot.
Melissa has extensive international experience working across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia with deep experience in emerging markets. She has a proven track record strengthening leadership capability and succession, creating an engaged, high-performance culture, building organization capability and effectiveness, and supporting large scale change initiatives in businesses undergoing a strategic transformation in a dynamic, competitive environment.
She has a Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from Georgia State University and currently resides in London.