John Athanasiou is a Director of People and Culture at Hearst UK. He possess expertise in talent management, recruiting, strategy, human resources, organizational development and 33 more skills. He is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe him as "John is a brilliant leader, whose support and counsel I valued as an executive colleague. I relied on his good judgement and calm advice to resolve complex issues, and benefited from his help as we successfully grew the Collins business. John is widely respected and admired for his contributions to company culture and people strategy, but in my experience, he is also able to get into the detail of issues and find effective approaches and solutions. This particularly stood out on multiple… Show more" and "John and I have worked together for over 8 years but known each other for more like 15! He is a strong commercial and creative CPO who is authentic and a strong leader. While working as a partner for him at Harper Collins he has trusted in me and my business and enabled us to create an award winning L&D Strategy together. He is always ambitious and pushes hard for what he believes is the right thing for the people within the business. As a CPO he is is people first, not afraid to… Show more"