Josephina Smith

Josephina Smith is a senior HR professional with a successful 20-year career in HR and background in Reward Management. She has an MA in Human Resources Management and constantly refers to herself as businessperson first. Her journey ‘growing up’ in HR and rising to extremely visible leadership roles with board/executive level interaction has being exciting, enlightening challenging and rewarding. She is passionate about all things HR, reward, leadership, helping people grow, making a positive difference in personal or professional life and Costa coffee. She mentors (and loves interacting) with talented HR professionals who are keen to make their mark as HR continues to evolve. Josephina has contributed to, and spoken at REBA, CIPD, and Employee Benefits conferences and often shares a unique perspective that challenges existing HR practice.

Josephina leads the HR team at YouGov.