Experience

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  FT Davidson Consultancy Ltd

  • Glasgow,

  • Director

    • Jun 2014 - Present
    • Glasgow,

    Offering a range of HR services, including consultancy, interim management, project management and Executive coaching. Recent assignments include:- Interim People Director for UK Consultancy business (part-time)- Organisational review for international non-profit organisation, leading to coachin...

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  Wondrous

  • Partner Coach and Consultant

    • Jan 2019 - Present

    Partnering with clients as an executive coach and HR consultant to drive their growth and success.

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  Wondrous

  • London, United Kingdom

  • People Director (Interim)

    • Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    I supported Coachmatch (now Wondrous) to deliver their ambitious growth plans, by leading on OD, recruitment, reward and retention strategies.

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  Royal Bank of Scotland Group

  • Head of Policy and Governance, Group Talent

    • Feb 2008 - Feb 2014

    • Development and maintenance of key HR policies within Group wide ‘Global Policy Framework’ to mitigate risk and support the people strategy (including Pre-Employment Screening; Contingent Labour; Performance Management; Reaching Performance). - Provided interpretation and advice on impact of changing legal, regulatory and business requirements to ensure policies and processes remain fit for purpose in 47 countries of RBS operation - Harmonisation of ABN AMRO screening policies and processes post acquisition to ensure consistency, reduce processing costs and mitigate group-wide risk - Revision of UK contingent labour policy and process in line with Agency Worker Directive and impact assessment of use of “on-call / zero hour” workers - Revision of US and Singapore screening policies to meet changing local regulatory requirements - External benchmarking of key policies to baseline against best in class practices- Supported acquisitions and divestments by advising on policy interpretation, development and governance• Rationalisation and simplification of polices and process to improve user experience and reduce cost - Reviewed UK screening process using LEAN principles resulting in process improvements that reduced time and cost to screen and improved candidate and client experience- Refreshed UK Reaching Performance process to reduce number of appeals/grievances raised. Managed global roll-out of generic process. - Completed a 5 week on-site diagnostics of India recruitment policy and processes to address local risk and audit findings. Implemented recommendations with local management team and agreed on-going governance requirements• Implementation of new global ePerformance Management system delivering business savings by rationalisation of existing platforms and extending reach to additional 20,000 employees.

  • HR Programme Manager - ABN AMRO Acquisition

    • Sep 2007 - Feb 2008

    • Led a functional team to analyse and identify opportunities and gaps in key Talent policies across all countries of ABN AMRO presence • Co-ordinated activities with Consortium partners to ensure consistency in approach as ABN AMRO was split between 3 partners (Forte, Santander and RBS) • Tracking of RBS benefit realisation identified during due diligence

  • Divisional Head of Resourcing

    • Mar 2004 - Sep 2007

    • Established and managed a centralised recruitment team facing off to 6 sub divisions (approx. 26k FTE) and delivered cost savings of approx £370k in first year of operation • Led the streamlining and centralising of key process in the Operations Recruitment Team resulting in significantly improved client and candidate experience • Built management capability of c 1300 managers through upskilling on interview best practice and general recruitment capability• Transitioned Divisional Operations Recruitment Team to centralised group wide model to deliver group-wide synergies and savings through the utilisation of technology (iGrasp)• Sponsored design and implementation of new ‘Accredited Interview Skills’ Programme, ‘Future Leaders Programme’ and Divisional Graduate recruitment and development programmes.

  • HR Programme Manager / Senior HR Consultant

    • Jun 2001 - Feb 2004

    • Responsible for creation and implementation of UK HR Advisory Centre (HRAC). Key activities included design and communication of operating model and service proposition, securing property and systems, recruitment and training of new advisors, and management of divisional and functional stakeholders. The project was delivered in 6 months, on time, on budget and with excellent user and client feedback. Offered a permanent contract with RBS on successful completion of HRAC. • Programme managed the design and implementation of RBS Insurance HR model, including assessment of incumbent population and appointment to new roles; establishment of HR skills matrix and capability audit; design and delivery of HR Induction programme • Programme Manager for Manufacturing divisional leadership change initiative (Good to Great) encompassing 3 separate projects targeted at c3500 people managers which embedded key leadership behaviours. • Provided internal consultancy on the design and implementation of a new HR Business Support function – Finance, Risk and Management Info teams – including creation of role profiles, recruitment and induction• Project Sponsor for Divisional Pay project – liaison between leadership team and project team responsible for delivering the implementation of pay and bonus processes for 22000 employees.

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  ScottishPower / Calanais

  • Head of HR

    • May 1997 - Feb 2001

    Calanais Ltd was an IT services business formed in May 2000 as a 50/50 joint venture between ScottishPower and SAIC. The contract provided for over £400M work from ScottishPower to Calanais over the first 5 years. Key achievements included. I was a key member of the senior management team tha...

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  B&Q

  • Regional HR Manager

    • 1992 - 1995
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  The Hamilton Irvine Consultancy

  • Consultant

    • 1989 - 1991
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  Marks and Spencer

  • HR Manager

    • 1981 - 1986