Anna Gowdridge is the head of strategic people initiatives and the B Team with Virgin Unite in the United Kingdom. For the last three years, Anna has worked on developing and driving the 100% Human at Work initiative. 100% Human at Work aims to build a more equitable, prosperous world for all through work as a source of dignity and purpose, for everyone, everywhere. To achieve this, the initiative has built a global network of over 250 organizations that are creating workplaces that put people at the heart of everything that they do and are collaborating to shape and drive the future of work. Until December 2016, Anna held a dual role as head of people at Virgin Unite. Prior to Virgin Unite, Anna held a stand-alone head of HR role at Hotcourses, an international educational publishing company and was responsible for advising on strategic human resource issues for the company in the United Kingdom whilst also helping to lead the establishment of international offices in India, Australia and America. In addition to this she ran their charitable foundation, supporting children impacted by HIV in Kenya and remains a Trustee. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Sussex and a M.A. in personnel and development with honors from the University of Westminster.