Interview: Simon Linares (HR Director)

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Interview: Simon Linares (HR Director)

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Jun 3, 2020

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Lucy interviews one of the UK's most prominent HR Directors, Simon Linares. Simon has worked at many of the UK's biggest brands and we were delighted that he took some time to share what his idea of Better Normal looks like.

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Jun 3, 2020

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