Debs Chapman
Lay Member of University Court
Debs Chapman (MCIPD) is Director of Reward, Inclusion and Colleague Experience at The Very Group, which operates digital retailer Very.
Debs has over 25 years’ HR experience gained across reward, pensions, DEI, employee relations and shared services.
Since joining The Very Group in 2015, Debs has played a central role in developing the organisation’s reward responses to changing market conditions, developing its inclusive culture, launching its first ever
diversity and inclusion commitments, and overseeing large scale HR systems transformations in its shared service centre.
In her previous roles at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Debs led cultural transformation around hybrid working and shaped the organisation’s approach to global reward and benefits.
Debs is truly passionate about making a difference by driving engagement, wellbeing and equality.
In her spare time, Debs is a yoga enthusiast, runner and gym goer. She is married with two teenage children and they live on the Wirral having relocated from Edinburgh a few years ago.