Derek Tong

Derek Tong is Editorial Manager on the Strategy, Brand and Communications team at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development. Derek works with departments across the organisation and with external stakeholders to develop and implement a content and engagement strategy to help the CIPD increase its voice and influence as a champion of better work and better working lives. He has a background in news and publishing, in addition to experience in producing webinars and multimedia assets. The CIPD-sponsored Future of Work is Human initiative is one of Derek’s passions and core areas of focus — along with a newly formed taskforce he leads the program planning for the initiative, represents the CIPD in speaking engagements on the topic, and curates content on the futureworkishuman.org website.