The consumer product HR and talent network
The power of collective knowledge.
Benchmark, sense check, problem solve, and develop with 140+ HR, Talent and People professionals from other consumer product organisations.
Free until 1 January 2027 for members who join now.
Members work at businesses including
A sounding board before you commit.
Put a practical question to the group and hear from people who have dealt with, or are dealing with, the same issues. All forum members are people professionals from other consumer product organisations.
A member reviewing their pensions asked other businesses to share their pension contribution schemes. 20 relevant businesses responded within an hour.
A HR Director set up a poll for the group and had over 50 respondents the same day.
A member dealing with a complex ER issue asked if any senior HR professionals were available to sense check their plans. Three people responded to arrange a conversation.
Member chatMember Chat
The always-on group chat. Informal, real time, and somewhere to ask quick questions.
Members Directory
See the members, the brands they represent and the level they operate at.
Community Feed
Polls, weekly topics and questions from the CTF team and members.
The only large networking group for consumer product HR and talent.
Members come from teams and remits of every size, so the forum gives you the ability to ask, compare and contrast.
Benchmark quickly and accurately
Ask the group and get real answers on what peers are doing, quickly and with real relevance.
Sense check big decisions
A sounding board before you commit. Put the question to people who have dealt with, or handled, the same challenges or indeed innovations.
An always-on community
Message each other or post a query at any time, and others respond when it suits them. Members also set up individual meetings and interest groups.
Built specifically for consumer
Only people professionals from consumer and FMCG businesses, so all content, communication and topics are relevant.
Ideas from across consumer
Transferable thinking from other parts of consumer: beauty learning from food and drink, personal care from electronics, not only from direct competitors.
Ahead of policy and regulation
Shared discussion on what is coming, such as pay transparency, the Employment Rights Act changes to probation periods and sexual harassment duties, or setting up entities abroad.
Market answers, straight from your peers.
Find out how other consumer businesses handle pay, benefits and policy, from the people who manage them.
- Put a benchmarking question to 140+ HR, Talent and People peers
- Run a quick poll to test an idea with the group
- Run a member survey when an issue needs a fuller picture
Recent questions in the group
Pensions
Pay and benefits
Maternity and paternity returns
ATS systems
Benefit schemes
Parental leave
Learn how leading consumer brands really do it.
Real strategies from established brands you would never normally get to see inside, and insight you can't find on Google or ChatGPT. Each session doubles as best practice you can borrow.
Bend the Curve
Rob Twigg, Head of Talent Management, Kraft Heinz
Designed to Stay
Victoria Horner, People Director, HelloFresh, with Chris Dickenson
Know Your Talent
Rabinder Jhinger, Talent Lead and DEI Lead, Mondelez UK and Ireland
Everyday AI
Fran Newman, People Director, Hero UK and Ireland
Join live or catch up any time.
It's your choice. Every session is recorded, and the library holds:
- Session recordings to watch back
- The slides from each talk
- Member ebooks and worksheets that turn a session into material for a business case with your board
When a topic becomes relevant to your team later, revisit it and ask the group what has changed since.
What members say.
Great external information for benchmarking, and insights to share with my team.
Overall, a great session. Loved the honesty and transparency.
A very helpful, bite-sized opportunity to reflect and learn from others.
All of the topics so far have been insightful and useful to me in my role.
We are on the AI journey ourselves and found the call very insightful. Keep it going.
It was great to hear how a larger organisation manages their talent process. Really enjoyed my first session.
This for me was the first one and it hit the mark. Love the insight and the questions. Made loads of notes. More of this.
A clear return, from day one.
Think insight. Think L&D. Think sense checking. Think development. Your return on investment will be clear, and it will be loud.
- No cap on numbers
- Monthly card payment
- Three months' notice to cancel
- Transfer a place if someone leaves
£195£0until 1 January 2027
Then £195 per month + VAT
Your first named member
+£95per month + VAT
Each additional named member from the same organisation
Questions people ask.
Who can join the Consumer Talent Forum?
Current HR, Talent and People professionals working in consumer product and FMCG businesses: HR and People Directors, Heads of Talent, Talent Acquisition leads, and specialists in areas like reward, learning, employer brand and workforce planning. Suppliers, agencies and other functions are politely declined, which keeps every conversation relevant and peer level.
How much does membership cost?
£195 a month for your first named member and £95 a month for each additional named member from the same organisation, plus VAT, with no cap on numbers. Members who join now pay nothing until 1 January 2027.
How often are the sessions?
Regularly, online, with a guest practitioner from a consumer business followed by open discussion. Every session is recorded, so you can catch up on demand.
Are conversations confidential?
Yes. Three house rules protect that: members only, no discussion of unreleased products or launches, and no sharing of personal employee data or non-public information about products or people.
Is this a recruitment network?
No. The forum is hosted by The Advocate Group, a specialist consumer recruitment business, but it is built around members, insight and honest peer conversation, not recruitment sales.
What happens after I apply?
The team checks that the forum is the right fit, usually with a short call, then sends your invitation to the member platform.
Join the conversation shaping consumer talent.
Speak to us about places for your team and the next session.
Free until 1 January 2027 for members who join now
What happens next
- Send a short application.
- A quick call to check fit and talk about places.
- Your invitation to the platform and the next session.