Lee Panglea, Head of the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Lee is responsible for promoting the CIPD as the indispensable voice in people and development, and a career partner to around 15,000 members across both nations. Her focus is on building relationships with key stakeholders, including local public policymakers, HR leaders, employers, strategic partners and business communities to encourage key contributors in the world of work to value people and development as indispensable to better work and working lives.

With over 25 years of commercial experience across the consumer, retail and professional services sectors throughout the UK, Lee brings significant personal experience of the world of work to her current role. Since joining the CIPD in 2013, Lee has developed expert knowledge in all areas of HR and the people profession. She regularly speaks on platforms, chairs conferences and judges on regional HR awards.

Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser

Marek leads our public policy work in Scotland and Northern Ireland, focusing primarily on fair work, skills and productivity. 

He writes our annual job quality report, Working Lives Scotland, and has written several policy and research reports around skills and the labour market in Scotland and Northern Ireland. He provides evidence to Parliamentary and Assembly committees, responds to government and executive consultations and inquiries and engages with ministers and civil servants.

Before joining the CIPD, Marek spent nearly a decade working at the Scottish Parliament as a political adviser responsible for policy making across devolved areas of public policy. He has written several election manifestos, dozens of policy papers and coordinated a series of independent policy commissions.

Vivien Struthers, Senior Employer Solutions Manager

Vivien’s passion is unlocking the true potential of individuals and the companies that they work for, which is why she loves her role as Senior Employer Solutions Manager for the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Working directly with organisations, Vivien partners with clients to build the capability, impact and credibility of their HR and people functions in order to deliver business outcomes.

Having held multiple senior roles specialising in people development and organisational change, Vivien brings her extensive experience, expertise and energy to this role.

Whether it's establishing what good looks like, assessing current capabilities, providing industry-leading people development programmes, professionalising the people function, or becoming organisationally recognised as a CIPD People Development Partner, Vivien is the person to speak to.