Richard L.

About

Global people leader experienced in large corporations and scale-ups. I partner senior leaders to build leadership capability and organisations that can execute strategy at scale through change and transformation. I specialise in translating business ambition into practical people and operating models — spanning people strategy, organisational design, and change — to drive growth, performance, and sustainable transformation. I’ve led teams across Tech, FMCG, and Pharma, working across regions and cultures in complex, fast-moving environments where clarity, pace, and leadership depth matter. What motivates me is building high-performance organisations through data-informed, human-centred decision-making and continuous learning — enabling leaders and teams to perform today while scaling for tomorrow.

Experience

• HR Head, Global HR at NEC Corporation
  Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  - Strategy and organisation transformation - Organisation design and development - Culture transformation - Governance leadership for Remco management, executive compensation and BoD - Talent, Reward and Performance management leadership - Leadership Development design - M&A and PMI

• Head of HR, HR Transformation at Reckitt
  Apr 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  - HR transformation (total operating model, organisation design, capability) - Talent, Reward and Performance Management - Data/analytics - Employee Relations.

• Senior HR Manager at Procter & Gamble
  Feb 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

  - Organisation, talent and reward strategy - Culture and leadership transformation - Organisation design and development - Productivity and workforce planning - Time and workforce management transformation and technology leadership.

• Sony (4 yrs 10 mos)
  • Global HR Planning Manager, CoE, L&OD & HRBP
    Apr 2017 - Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    - Talent transformation - Talent Acquisition transformation - Employer Value Proposition design and implementation - Workday design and development - Culture and engagement transformation - Strategic HR planning facilitation - Leadership development - HR Technology adoption leadership - Culture, inclusion and engagement project - System implementation - Organisation development planning.

  • HR Business Partner
    May 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs

    - Restructuring, organisation change - Employee Relations - Leadership Development - M&A PMI - Start-up partnership - Performance Management and Leadership Development change management.

• HR Generalist at BTG plc
  Dec 2012 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  - Scale up organisation - Large scale recruiting - HR policy, process and culture enhancement - Employee relations.