Sarah Eglin
In her current role as Director of People & Culture at Barnardo’s, leading a period of transformation as the Charity’s refreshed strategy is launched and embedded, Sarah Eglin’s aim is to leverage the People function and new ways of working and to use the drumbeat of colleague sentiment to facilitate participation and inclusion, and inspire a connection to purpose in order to make Barnardo’s a place where everyone can belong, grow and thrive. With a multisector background, Sarah has always undertaken roles with a transformation focus. After early days in New Look, Boots and Britvic; Sarah’s first HRD role at the age of 28, was as a HR Director in Balfour Beatty Rail. Moving on to become an Executive Director for Your Housing Group, Sarah’s remit grew to include Marketing, Project Management, Legal, Governance, Risk and Business Performance and she led the Group through a merger and a Regulatory downgrade. Prior to joining Barnardo’s, Sarah headed up the People Team for Co-op Operations covering 65,000 colleagues across Stores, Retail Support, Logistics and Funeralcare, her role has focused on the delivery of the Co-op’s ambitious Culture & Transformation agenda.
