Workforce Track
Oct 20, 2026
9:30 AM9:50 AM
Top down and bottom up at once: building an AI operating model at Somerset Bridge
Speakers:
Katherine Hawkins Jones
Somerset Bridge GroupChief People Officer
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Katherine Hawkins Jones
Somerset Bridge Group
Chief People Officer
Description
Katherine Hawkins Jones is a business psychologist and Chief People Officer with over 15 years’ experience across automotive, financial, and professional services. She specialises in organisation design and development, business transformation, and leadership, with a particular interest in how AI is reshaping organisations and work.
At Somerset Bridge Group, Katherine is translating the potential of AI into practical organisational change, building capability, enabling adoption, and exploring how emerging and agentic technologies can augment individuals and teams.
A passionate advocate for human-centred AI, Katherine believes the opportunity is not simply to automate work, but to redesign it: combining the capabilities of people and technology to enhance performance, unlock human potential and create better experiences of work.
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