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Debra Lang

Director of HR and Professional Services
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Debra Lang leads the Professional Services directorate made up of People and Workplace, Legal/Company Secretary and Technology, Security and Facilities teams.

About the Professional Services Division

Our Human Resources team provides an insight into people issues and champions our organisational culture. By providing a professional and comprehensive service to support and champion our management and employees, its enabled people to achieve business, personal and organisational objectives. Meanwhile, our Legal team ensures legal compliance and guides us as an organisation on legal matters including contracts, data protection, administers the British Tourist Authority Board, the VisitEngland Advisory Board and the Remuneration and People Performance Committee. The Technology and Facilities department maintain our technology infrastructure and IT systems used throughout our organisation.

Debra’s biography

Debra joined us in January 2020 as Human Resources and Transformation Director. 

An experienced HR Director, she joined from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) where she held several roles including Director of People and Workplace, Director of HR and Organisation Development.  Before that she held positions in other government departments including HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.