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Lighting the way to HR success for over 20 years

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Innovating for better practical solutions

For more than 20 years, Brightmine™, formerly XpertHR, has continued to provide innovative, yet practical people data, analytics and insight solutions.

As we’ve grown in both the depth and breadth of our products, solutions and markets served, we continue to focus on helping our customers navigate the ever more complicated world of work with confidence.

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AI-enabled talent economy

As we enter the era of AI, we know it will be more complicated and challenging for HR leaders to be successful. As Brightmine, our aim is to continue to rise to the challenge—to dig deeper and discover new opportunities and possibilities for HR leaders like you to be more successful. We know there will be more changes ahead, but we believe that with our community of more than 10,000 customers, partners and employees, the future has never looked brighter.

Brightmine is a part of LexisNexis@ Risk Solutions, a RELX (NYSE: RELX; LSE: REL) business that provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries and employs more than 36,000 people worldwide.

Brightmine leadership team

Emily Mackenzie


AVP Market Planning & Product

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Chris Shell


Senior Director, Global Sales

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Frank Klein


Country Manager, NL

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Jane Sutton


Business Development Director

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Hilary Beck


Change Management Lead

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Elizabeth Hofman


Deputy General Counsel, Data Services

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Matt Holmes


AVP Technology

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Alex Ward


Chief of Staff

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Rishi Upple


Lead Finance Analyst

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Leading organisations trust Brightmine

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Julie Preston

HR Manager

“I think the Brightmine HR & Compliance Centre is a valuable tool and always use it for templates and advice. It has helped me through a redundancy and VR process. I am a stand-alone HR Manager and the Brightmine HR & Compliance Centre saves me so much time having a one-stop shop for all my queries”

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Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund


Pete Thompson

Head of HR

“Well done, Brightmine, you listened to your customers and acted by delivering a fantastic platform that supports today’s ever-evolving workplace challenges.”

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Ansaldo Nuclear Ltd


Nigel Ormerod

Business Partner

“From representatives to site support and information availability, I have found the company to be very professional and informative.”

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DeNOVO Solutions LLC


Katherine Gerson

HR Manager

“The Brightmine HR & Compliance Centre has been extremely helpful in ensuring we are operating in alignment with current legislation and ones we were not aware of.”

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