Victoria Sydenham Chartered FCIPD

About

A highly professional, dedicated and results driven Chief People Officer, displaying a solid track record of success gained in Financial Services, Banking and Insurance. A pragmatic business focussed C Suite HR professional demonstrating proven experience in successfully building, delivering and embedding People Strategies, and transformational change through a team. Strong capabilityin building relationships, managing a complex mix of stakeholders with conflicting priorities. Able to apply sound judgement to decision making, including mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

• Lloyd & Whyte Group (10 yrs 1 mo)
  • Chief People Officer
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Group Director of People Development
    Jul 2016 - Jan 2022 · 5 yrs 7 mos

• Qualified Mental Health First Aider at Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England
  Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

• CPD Secretary for the Exeter Local Institute of CII at Chartered Insurance Institute
  Mar 2017 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Lloyds Banking Group (7 yrs 6 mos)
  • Senior HR Change Partner
    Feb 2012 - Jun 2016 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • HR Business Partner
    Jan 2009 - Feb 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Providing business-focused HR consultancy services within the Life, Pensions and Investments business. Line management responsibility for 2 HR Managers.

• HR Operations Manager at HBOS
  2006 - Dec 2008 · 3 yrs

  Operations Manager for the Investments business (circa 3000 colleagues). Deliverables included the programme management of a significant cultural change programme which focused on reinventing a declining brand.