Experience

Activate Learning

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Non Executive Governor - Activate Learning

  • Nov 2020 - Present



The University of Salford

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Non Executive Governor - The University of Salford

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Marks and Spencer

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Service

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

  A member of the senior management team of Colleague Services, leading the service team and working collaboratively to deliver the business transformation plan and drive efficiency and best practice across services supporting over 70,000 colleagues in Retail, Distribution and Support Sites across the UK and overseas - Responsible for a multi disciplinary team designed to govern the smooth day to day of the service and ensure strategic alignment to key transformation activity - Responsible for leadership of the following functions - Compliance, Data Management & Risk , Business Planning, Colleague Experience, Programme, Process & Change, Communications & Engagement and Learning & Development.

• Head of Operations - People Services

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2019

  Leadership of the Operations functions within Colleagues Services that comprised, Pensions, Recruitment Operations, Programme & Project Management (covering Tech, Process, People and Change programmes and projects), Communications and Engagement - supporting over 70,000 colleagues across M&S Retail, Support and Logistics sites.



Moneysupermarket Group

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of People Operations & Tranformation

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

  Managing multiple large-scale projects related to business transformation programme in a financially regulated Group that included Moneysaving expert, Moneysupermarket.com and Travel supermarket. Supporting technology / digital, commercial and support employees across 3 UK sites - Managing a team, including payroll, benefits, HR Operations, Analytics and Transformation. Managing multiple large-scale projects related to business transformation programme in a financially regulated Group that included Moneysaving expert, Moneysupermarket.com and Travel supermarket. Supporting technology / digital, commercial and support employees across 3 UK sites - Managing a team, including payroll, benefits, HR Operations, Analytics and Transformation.



Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director Human Resource, Organisational Development & Communications

  • Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Board level position reporting to the CEO, Chair and Executives Team.• Responsible for HR, organisation development, external and internal communications, marketing, learning and development, clinical staffing and occupational services. • Supporting 8,500 employees and over 1000 volunteers cross 3 acute hospital sites and 22 community locations. • Board level position reporting to the CEO, Chair and Executives Team.• Responsible for HR, organisation development, external and internal communications, marketing, learning and development, clinical staffing and occupational services. • Supporting 8,500 employees and over 1000 volunteers cross 3 acute hospital sites and 22 community locations.



CSC UKI

• United Kingdom
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Human Resource Director - Procurement Services

  • 2013 - 2014

  Responsible for the development and implementation of the people strategy for Procurement Services and deliver required transformational change.- Supporting senior executive management team - Mergers and Acquisitions, TUPE - due diligence, risk management, transformation agenda- Reward - ER issues - local and global- Identifying areas for continuous improvement and making recommendations to ensure the business was at the forefront of innovation and excellence in their sector- Leadership of the HR and Procurement Services internal communications strategy - Managing a globally, dispersed multi disciplinary team - Building relationships working with senior stakeholders across the organisation - Managing the talent and succession agenda - Resourcing & Retention - Cultural Change



JLR

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of HR - Global Sales & Marketing

  • 2012 - 2013

  - Lead the HR function for the Sales and Marketing group- Extensive travel to all regional hubs - ER - Leadership geographically dispersed team - Talent acquisitions and succession planning - Performance management - Organisational design- TUPE and rationalisation- Commercial and innovation - - Lead the HR function for the Sales and Marketing group- Extensive travel to all regional hubs - ER - Leadership geographically dispersed team - Talent acquisitions and succession planning - Performance management - Organisational design- TUPE and rationalisation- Commercial and innovation -



Pearson VUE

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• HRD EMEA

  • Dec 2006 - Jan 2012

  The role had full automony for the strategic and operational day to day delivery of HR services to the EMEA region. Including Business Partnering, Learning, Development, payroll and benefits. The role had full automony for the strategic and operational day to day delivery of HR services to the EMEA region. Including Business Partnering, Learning, Development, payroll and benefits.



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Senior HR Project Manager

  • Mar 2006 - Dec 2006

  Led the HR project stream within the back office transformation programme to outsource all IT infrastructure services to IBM. Included 65 countries and 85 sites. Led the HR project stream within the back office transformation programme to outsource all IT infrastructure services to IBM. Included 65 countries and 85 sites.



Alfred McAlpine Infrastructure Services

• Head of HR

  • Dec 2003 - Jan 2006

  Setting and leading the HR operational strategy for infrastructure and managing the infrastructure HR team Setting and leading the HR operational strategy for infrastructure and managing the infrastructure HR team