Sharon Peake is an admired diversity and inclusion specialist, best known for becoming the Founder and CEO of Shape Talent Ltd in 2017. With over 20 years of industry experience working with global corporates, she has dedicated her career towards implementing positive change for women in business. Empowering individuals around the world to irradicate corporate stereotypes, Sharon has become a leading authority in her field and has become a highly sought-after keynote speaker to share her expertise with audiences.
After graduating from the University of Surrey in 2009, Sharon began her professional career by fulfilling various training, recruitment, and HR roles. Recognising her passion for leadership, she secured the role of Human Resources Manager at Reed Elsevier. Gaining over 10 years of experience at the company, she worked her way up the ranks and became their Group Director of Talent, Assessment, and Diversity. In 2011, Sharon secured the profound role of Talent Management Executive at SABMiller, and later became their Group Director of Talent Management and Diversity.
Taking the industry by storm, Sharon entered the entrepreneurial world in 2017 and became the Founder and CEO of Shape Talent Ltd. Creating a talented team of diversity and inclusion experts, she is utilising her specialist knowledge to advise multinational organisations on how to achieve gender equality in the workplace. A respected professional, Sharon is also a UN Women UK Commission Delegate on the Status of Women, a role which allows her to create positive change throughout society, side by side with a wide range of professionals.
A remarkable businesswoman, Sharon Peake is now highly sought-after to attend speaking engagements to share her knowledge on topics such as gender equality, women in leadership, and inclusion. Named the LinkedIn Top Voice 2022 in Gender Equality, she is admired for the illustrious career she has developed and the positive change that she has implemented throughout society. When looking to hire an empowering speaker, look no further than Sharon.
How to hire Sharon Peake
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Sharon Peake's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Inclusion
- Three Barriers
- Gender Equality
- Women in Leadership
- Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
- Change Management
- Career Development
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
"Sharon commands deep respect for her expertise on gender diversity & inclusion. She is passionate about supporting individuals as well as enabling organisations to achieve greater gender balance. Sharon is a great strategist, a pragmatic communicator, and an innovator. Her research based approach inspires and drives change, supporting meaningful and impactful solutions." - Louisa, IFC PPC
"I attended Shape Talent's Women’s Career Accelerator Programme in 2020 to work on developing my personal brand and career trajectory. The course was well organised with prep work in advance and the guided conversation by Sharon and Joss was excellent. We covered a range of topics including personal brand, values, managing conflict, power & politics and confidence. The group of women was varied in terms of backgrounds/experience, and everyone was highly supportive of each other throughout. I’d recommend Sharon to deliver any training for you or your organisation, particularly around diversity, inclusion and career advancement." - Claire, client of Sharon
"Sharon led an excellent session at one of our SWISH networking events on The 3 Barriers to Women’s Career Progression. She is an engaging and articulate presenter with a very authentic, calm and considered style. Her content is well researched, thought provoking and pragmatic. She has a lovely personable approach. Would highly recommend!" - Jane, Board Director, Erevena
"I was very lucky to come across Sharon as I was unsure what to do next in my career. Through the coaching sessions Sharon helped me to untangle the ideas in my mind and gave me the courage to try something different. She is extremely patient and knowledgable. I would highly recommend Sharon as a career coach." - Karen, Commercial Finance Director at Pleo
"Sharon is a leader, full of passion and energy with strong and solid international knowledge and experience in the HR area, specially in talent mgmt., career dev., engagement, succession and always results-oriented. Sharon built an strong Talent Management team worldwide in SABMiller that supported business priorities and goals." - Maria, Human Resources Talent Management Director, SABMiller
- 2023 - UN Women UK Commission Delegate on the Status of Women
- 2022 - CEO of D&I Consultancy of the Year
- 2022 - LinkedIn Top Voice in Gender Equality
- 2017 - Founder and CEO of Shape Talent Ltd
- 2013 - Group Director of Talent Management & Diversity at SABMiller
- 2011 - Talent Management Executive at SABMiller
- 2010 - Group Director of Talent, Assessment, and Diversity at Reed Elsevier
- 2009 - Business Psychologist & Lead: IT Capability Programme at Reed Elsevier
- 2008 - Career Coach, Consultant, and Facilitator at Sharon Peake Career Consulting
- 2006 - Group Head of Talent Management & Diversity at Reed Elsevier
- 2004 - Global Change Manager at Reed Elsevier
- 2002 - Head of HR Business Partners at Reed Elsevier
- 2001 - Human Recourses Manager at Reed Elsevier
- 1998 - Human Resources Manager Australia at Reed Elsevier
