Peter Sheppard

Peter heads up the Learning Ecosystem team at Ericsson, a company of over 100,000 employees connecting people all over the world through mobile networks. In his current role, Peter has global responsibility for creating the environment and infrastructure for learning at Ericsson, leading a central group of learning experts. His team have received Brandon Hall and Learning Technologies awards for their work to date.

In addition to his day job, over the last three years he has led a cross-functional team to design and implement a simple, dynamic, and automated job and skills architecture. The focus of this work now is to utilise the infrastructure to drive a shift towards becoming a skills-powered organisation.

A Fellow of the CIPD with over 35 years’ experience in HR and Learning & Development, Peter has previously worked for Philips Electronics and IBM. He is driven by a strong belief in the business value of learning and a desire to support individuals to achieve the best of who they are.