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Katy Hanton

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Director, People, Culture & Talent at Prewave
📍 Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Katy is the Director of People, Culture & Talent at Prewave, a Series B SaaS scale-up. She is a data-driven talent acquisition leader focused on helping technology companies achieve their goals. Colleagues have described her as tenacious, thorough, passionate, and hard-working.

Outside of her core talent acquisition duties, she is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, having founded an Employee Resource Group (ERG) at a previous company. She identifies as a working mum and champions a positive company culture.

While at Amplitude, she was one of only five global employees to receive the inaugural Founders Award for her contributions.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Director, People, Culture & Talent
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Talent Acquisition
A seasoned expert in creating robust talent strategies for SaaS companies, with experience in both pre and post-IPO environments to help businesses scale effectively.
DEI Initiatives
A self-described DEI Champion and the founder of an Employee Resource Group (ERG), showing a deep commitment to building inclusive and equitable workplaces.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Director, People, Culture & Talent
Prewave
7-2025 - 10-2025
Interim Head of Human Resources
Prewave
11-2024 - 10-2025
Head of Talent Acquisition
Prewave
2-2024 - 11-2024
Global Leadership Hiring
MongoDB
12-2020 - 10-2023
Head of Talent Acquisition - International (APJ & EMEA)
Amplitude
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Education
Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Recruitment Services (CPRS)
Royal Holloway, University of London
1996 - 1999
BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
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