Speakers

Charlie Simson is the external Chief People Officer for founder-led companies scaling from 50 to 200 people. She partners with Founders who want to grow without the growing pains. The challenges of scaling are predictable and solvable - but the solutions are not obvious. Charlie has seen it all:

● Leadership teams that agree in the room, but not in the corridor
● Loyal early hires who are now out of their depth
● Leaders avoiding performance conversations until it's too late
● Founders who know the product roadmap by heart but don't have an org chart

Charlie combines a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology with 20+ years in practice — including four years as Head of People and Culture at Bellroy. Most HR sets out to keep you out of Fair Work. That's a low bar. Your people are your biggest asset and your biggest liability: too important to manage defensively. Charlie partners with Founders to build companies where getting amazing work done feels simple.