Hanson Wade Limited

Hanson Wade Limited is a commercial events company that organizes the LEAP HR forums, producing industry-specific conferences for HR leaders—particularly within higher education. Their stated mission is to ‘provide industry-specific environments to challenge traditional thinking around how to build better companies’ and to ‘create a movement of bold, ambitious business leaders.’ The site notes the LEAP HR: Higher Education series is multi-year (the 7th edition will return in 2026).