Perry Timms has over 30 years of experience in business transformation, leadership and performance, including more than two decades in HR and organisational development. He is , the Founder and Chief Energy Officer of People and Transformational HR (PTHR), with a mission to create better business for a better world.

A Chartered Member of the CIPD and Fellow of the RSA, Perry is one of the most influential global voices in HR. He is a five-time member of HR Magazine’s HR Most Influential list, ranked #1 Most Influential Thinker in HR in 2022, and inducted into the HR Most Influential Hall of Fame in 2023.

In 2024, Perry received a Lifetime Achievement Award from WorldBlu for his contribution to self-managed and freedom-centred systems of workand was named a People & Culture Global Icon.He is also a two-time TEDx speaker, international keynote speaker, and an award-winning author focused on the future of work, HR, and learning.

Perry has authored three highly acclaimed books, including Transformational HR (2017) and The Energized Workplace (2020). His latest book, The HR Operating Model (2025), became an Amazon HR Best Seller shortly after release.

He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Hult International Business School and Ashridge Management Schooland a visiting fellow at Cranfield School of Management and Sheffield Hallam University.Perry is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor and an active member of leading global HR and organisation design communities.

His company, People and Transformational HR,is one of the world’s leading examples of self-managed, flexible, and climate-positive organisations.