London, England, United Kingdom
I provide specialised Reward solutions to companies in search for a tailored and business aligned approach to their Reward needs. I bring with me extensive consulting and corporate experience in multinational companies across varying industries and countries. My expertise extents from articulating the reward strategy to designing specific solutions (levelling, incentives, and more), down to implementation planning. I also provide retainer services for companies not looking to hire a permanent senior reward expert but would like access to the appropriate knowledge as required. I am also available for short-term contract assignments.
My role has global responsibility for the IP & Science business unit and a regional overview of Europe Middle East Africa. I also am a member of the global Reward team. Focus of my role is to ensure global reward policies and practices are fit for purpose and supports the business. I play in key role in reviewing and defining global reward programs, and their effective implementation. I also provide innovative reward solutions for the business, managed key global reward activities and integration of acquisitions.
Responsible for key reward projects within the region, focussing on ensuring BAT’s employer proposition is delivering the strategic people objectives critical for business growth.
Part of the Regional Centre of Expertise (CoE) team and manage the Reward portfolio across several major commercial units in the Europe region. Key objective is to ensure consistency and robustness in all reward applications within the region and contribute to the Global Reward strategy. I have developed local reward agenda in line with the business strategies/realities and Global/Regional Reward agenda while balancing alignment, consistency and local sensitivities, requirements. I have also undertaken several projects, including designing a Sales Incentive framework applicable for all commercial business units.
I was responsible for the Reward Integration agenda for a major acquisition in 2008, which places BAT as a market leader in the Nordics region. I led the project management of the reward integration plan which comprised of due diligence, designing new reward structures, embedding BAT's reward strategy and philosophy and establishing a new operating model. With the rest of the project team, I also supported the organisation in the change journey (design of organisation structure, culture, change management, etc).
Managed the operational reward activities in one of the biggest market in the region. Activities include, but not limited to, organisation payroll budget, HR budget, regular review and on-going management of policies, managing local and expatriate taxation changes/issues. Assisted in the implementation of the new organisation structure following a regional re-structuring exercise and responsible for preparing the organisation in migrating to the new regional operating model.
My role as a consultant involves being part of multiple project teams and delivering on client’s requirements. The key subject areas that I have been engaged in include: • Executive Director & Non-executive Director Remuneration • Short-term and long-term incentive/share plans • Organisation Reward philosophy, Reward strategy and practices e.g. salary structures, incentive plans, etc • Industry-specific or sponsored compensation and benefits surveys • Performance management systems and Competency Models • Communication and training materials • Employee Opinion or Engagement Surveys