Speakers

Huw Morris

Huw is currently on a full-time secondment to the Institute of Education from the Welsh Government to work on research development work and policy engagement activities. 

Prior to taking up this role he was Director of Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning for nine years overseeing the work of universities, further education colleges, apprenticeship providers in Wales. He previously worked in the higher education sector for 27 years holding positions from research assistant to dean, pro vice chancellor and deputy vice chancellor in universities across the UK. 

Huw was a member of the education sub-panel of the Research Excellence Framework in 2021 and has been a member of the ESRC Grants Approval Panel since 2021. He is a member of the editorial board of Policy Reviews in Higher Education and a trustee of UK Research Integrity Organisation (UKRIO).

Lisa Patel 

Lisa has been in the Employee Benefits industry for 30 years. She joined Aon in 2018 and was appointed as Head of Health and Talent for EMEA in 2024. She sits on both the EMEA and Global Human Capital Executive leadership teams.  

Lisa has a broad knowledge of all areas of employee benefits including flexible benefits, risk, healthcare, talent and pensions. Lisa holds a B.Sc. in Maths and Economics from the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute in the UK.

Dr Claire Tyler 

Claire joined ISE as Head of Insights in April 2025. Working closely with Stephen Isherwood, Claire is responsible for developing ISE’s labour market intelligence and thought leadership within the emerging talent market. She manages ISE’s research and analysis activities, including the two core ISE annual surveys (Student Recruitment Survey and Student Development Survey). She works closely with ISE members and stakeholders to identify knowledge needs and with ISE Solution Provider partners to deliver co-created research activities.

Claire is also a Senior Research Fellow in education and labour market economics at the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities where she specialises in education to work transitions, including early careers recruitment, social mobility, people analytics and diversity data. She has over ten years’ experience building data-led research collaborations with large UK employers including building an ‘early careers recruitment data hub’ containing detailed job application and EDI data on over 2.5 million ‘entry-level’ job applicants – the largest research data resource of its kind.

Prior to joining ISE and UCL, Claire held corporate training and senior leadership roles at BPP meeting the education and training needs of large employers and aspiring young professionals in the financial sector.

Chloe Combi

Organisations across every sector face a critical challenge: understanding the generations that will define the next decade. Chloe Combi is one of the world's leading authorities on Generation Z and Generation Alpha, having interviewed more than 20,000 young people to build a body of research that goes far beyond theory. Her work provides the data-driven insight that global brands, governments and educators need to navigate rapid social change, shifting consumer behaviour and the evolving expectations of younger generations. As both a futurist and trend forecaster, Chloe helps leaders prepare for what's coming next, translating the voices of young people into strategies that shape policy, innovation and organisational culture.

Chloe's credibility is built on decades of hands-on research and real-world impact. She wrote the first major study of Generation Z with her book Generation Z: Their Voices, Their Lives in 2015, and her forthcoming work on Generation Alpha will explore the decade ahead, covering everything from technology and artificial intelligence to the future of work and social transformation.