Experience

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  Catalyst Contractors Ltd

  • Director of HR and OD practice delivering improvement through project or consultancy solutions

    • Jan 2008 - Present

    Strong people and project management skills, optimising business performance is key to achieving commercial success. Adept at developing and implementing HR Strategy that requires radical change in medium, large and complex organisations. Experienced in initiating and delivering a broad range of HR programmes, “inception through to delivery” is our forte.Specialisms: HR Strategy; Organisational Development and Change; Mergers & Acquisitions (TUPE); Reward; Performance Improvement.Assignments: HR & OD Director, Scope June 2011 – August 2013Member of Executive: modernising structure and systems: strategic review of residential care services, IT modernisation, improving Scope’s public profile; balancing budget constraints by developing new income streams, etc.HR & OD strategy: designed people plan; restructured department, built new Executive team, coached leadership of change; project managed major projects e.g. modernised the remuneration and reward system, performance management process, leadership and management programme, and provision of HR consultancy service. Restructured senior operations management structure Change Consultant & Project Manager, Cambridge Education March 09 – September 2011Organisation supports Education Sector. Set up of several Academies; streamlining policies for the educational market, providing consultancy and project management to projects including restructuring remuneration systems. HR Director, Alzheimer’s Society August 09 – January 10 HR Strategy/Organisational change: Stabilised HR team during a challenging period of organisational development; completed consultation on major restructuring project. Project Manager, Rural Payments Agency (Defra) May 08 – March 09Part of the Defra family of central government.Performance improvement: Responsible for the project management and implementation of a new performance management system for 4000 staff; resolved trade union concerns.

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  Turning Point

  • Assistant Director - HR Strategy

    • Mar 2004 - Dec 2007

    Assistant Director running the strategic HR group. Delivered several major HR improvement programmes including: harmonisation of terms and conditions, implementation of new performance management and reward systems, development of modern, succinct HR policy and management guidance documents.

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  KBR, Inc.

  • Australia & UK

  • HR Director

    • 1976 - 2003
    • Australia & UK

    2000 - 2003 Global HR Director of KBR Infrastructure product line. Responsible for HR strategy spanning operations in US, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.1997-2000 HR Country Manager for Halliburton & KBR combined operations in Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Malaysia and Singapore1996-1997 HR Project Manager implementing major HR projects 1983-1996 HR Manager