Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Commercial and pragmatic HR leader with experience in private equity and PLCs in a range of sectors, including digital marketing, legal services, technology & IT services, sales, contact centres, claims management, and manufacturing. Generalist with strong employment law background, and over 20 years’ experience with 10 at Board level. Qualified to level 7 in HR Leadership, Employment Law and Executive Coaching. Particular strengths in, • Developing people strategies and pragmatic solutions to business issues • Building award-winning HR and L&D teams that contribute to the bottom line • Reshaping organisations through reorganisation, redundancy and consultation • Effective, commercial and innovative talent acquisition, recruitment and selection • Leading cultural change to create high performance workplaces • Improving productivity and retention through employee engagement: Attained and retained position in Sunday Times Top 100 employers five times • Mitigating risk and developing talent through succession planning and talent management • Developing leaders and managers through executive coaching and development programmes that make a measurable difference
26PMX is the customer-centric performance marketing agency. We help ambitious brands such as Fortnum & Mason, Hoka and Victoria Beckahm unleash their digital growth potential. I lead the people strategy to support the exceptional talent who bring brands to life online; we offer a great employee experience in a top 100 Best Companies, with exceptional managers and fantastic benefits.
MMT Digital, create digital experiences, platforms and partnerships that clients such as Vodfone, Boots & Cancer Research to realise digital value. On secondment from 26, my role is to lead the HR function and integrate 26 DX, who provide digital solutions to great brands such as the CIPD, Arla, ASDA Money and Corinthia.
HR Director in a top 200 full-service law firm with a strong corporate and real estate offering, until acquired by Knights in 2021.
FMG is the UK’s leading provider of incident management and specialist recovery services to the fleet, leasing, broker and insurance markets. Member of the Operating Board, developed the people strategy and redefined the role of HR. Centralised recruitment to support rapid business growth; introduced robust management practices to mitigate risk as the business moved into new sectors and integrated with the PLC; developed leadership and management competence to improve employee engagement, wellbeing, retention and productivity.
HR Director to small and medium-sized businesses involved creating HR strategies, auditing existing HR capability and advising Directors and business owners on a range of employment matters.