Chris Jennings - FCIPD is a strategic HR leader, board member, and people-centric culture shaper with a proven track record across the Middle East and international markets, now based in Dubai. As Founder of WorkWell HR, he partners with organisations that want HR to move beyond administration into true strategic alignment of people, purpose, and performance.
With more than two decades of executive-level HR leadership, including Senior Vice President Human Resources for Jumeirah Group, Chris has led complex business transformations, organisational redesigns, and culture-shaping initiatives in high-growth, highly regulated, and people-intensive environments. He is recognised for combining commercial discipline with deep human insight, ensuring that structures, leadership, culture, and talent are aligned to real business outcomes rather than just policies and processes.
As a non-executive Board Member and Director of People & Community Engagement at Thrift for Good, and Director of People & Culture at Gulf for Good, Chris is at the heart of purpose-led, community-driven social enterprises that blend sustainability, circular economy principles, and social impact. He actively champions volunteer communities, inclusive cultures, and governance that enable organisations to scale their impact while keeping people, values, and wellbeing at the centre.
Through WorkWell HR, Chris supports organisations in building data-driven people strategies, leadership capability, and meaningful employee experiences that drive retention, engagement, and long-term organisational agility. His approach emphasises evidence-based decision making, people analytics, and leadership behaviour as the real levers of culture, moving HR away from guesswork and towards insight-led transformation.
On LinkedIn, Chris has built an influential platform with over 37,000 followers, where he consistently shares thoughtful perspectives on leadership, employee experience, internal mobility, data-driven HR, and the future of work. His posts often challenge conventional thinking in HR, highlighting uncomfortable truths while offering practical, empathetic guidance for leaders who want to build healthier, higher-performing workplaces.
Colleagues and followers describe Chris as a grounded, generous, and highly approachable leader who combines clarity with humanity. He is widely seen as a culture champion and mentor who invests real time in developing others, raising the bar for his teams while creating environments where people feel supported, valued, and inspired to grow.
Holding both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Human Resource Management and a Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD (FCIPD), Chris brings professional rigour, ethical leadership, and strategic foresight to every boardroom and engagement. Whether advising executive teams, shaping social enterprise boards, or coaching HR leaders, he continues to position himself as a trusted partner for organisations that want to align people strategy with meaningful, sustainable performance.
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