Experience

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  BBC Studios

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Head of Business

    • Sep 2021 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Currently Head of Business at Global Distribution, part of BBC Studios. Leading a team of project and delivery managers. Focus currently on launching a FAST channel in the USA. Main sector - commercialisation of BBC News in the international marketplace.

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  BBC Global News Limited

  • Programme Manager,

    • Sep 2018 - Jul 2021

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  BBC Global News

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Program Manager and Head of Business Operations

    • Sep 2018 - Jul 2021
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Responsible for the business operations (HR, facilities, technology, Internal comms, business continuity, Health&safety) for our global team of c 400 employees in c 14 international locations from Sydney to Los Angeles. Including during the CoVid pandemic. Leading a team of multi-disciplinary subject matter experts, based in London and delivering business change to enhance commercial performance.

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  BBC

  • United Kingdom
  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Project Manager

    • Jan 2014 - Sep 2018

    Delivering a portfolio of Projects across the BBC - currently Senior Project Manager in Corporate Finance working closely with Finance and Strategy on the BBC's strategic agenda for the next 5 years..Recently Project Lead for Payroll Simplification: Delivering a new payroll operating model in the BBC, transitioning more than 3,000 staff from weekly to monthly pay.Prior to that, working to the Director of BBC North on the BBC Academy Review: leading a team of staff and external consultants which delivered a strategic review of the BBC’s Academy – resulting in savings of £6m per annum, an organisational restructure and relocation from London to Birmingham. Additionally supported the implementation of the BBC's London property strategy and relocation of additional roles to out of London locations (mainly Salford and Birmingham).

  • HR Project Lead, Television Change Programme

    • May 2012 - Dec 2013

    HR Project lead for a major OD and change programme affecting c500 staff across the UK, Delivering in three phases, detailed communication and stakeholder engagement, formal consultation with managers, staff and unions, developed key processes and documentation (briefing packs, letters, intranet pages), and ensured effective implementation of the organisation design, co-ordinated business change and concluded the redundancy/redeployment process. Detailed MI was achieved throughout to satisfy both internal audit and NAO requirements.

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  BBC

  • United Kingdom
  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of HR Operations - Project North

    • Feb 2008 - Mar 2012

    The BBC’s move to Salford is the largest relocation project in broadcasting history impacting 1,500 roles based in London and 1,000 roles based in Manchester. It was a complex programme where HR worked closely with the teams delivering 3 new buildings, significant new technologies in advance of the BBC's London relocation programme, and the creation of a new Division. As Head of HR Operations I led the key people elements of the programme: • relocation of 800 staff (and their families),• successful redeployment of more than 150 staff into alternative roles (mitigating the risk of talent loss for the organisation), • a complex redundancy programme affecting all divisions of the BBC – demanding a clear and consistent approach, bespoke documentation and engagement with unions, senior managers and staff• the training delivery programme for the new technologies and ways of working being introduced into the BBC in Salford..

  • HR Project Manager

    • Mar 2006 - Feb 2008

    HR Workstream Lead for the Finance Change Programme which delivered savings of £35m per annum. Phase 1 was the design and delivery of a new organisational structure and operating model for finance in the BBC, resulting in a redundancy programme impacting c650 staff across all BBC locations in the UK, a volume recruitment exercise for 300 new roles, and the creation of a new Service Centre in Cardiff. In parallel, the BBC was procuring a second generation BPO with TUPE implications in the UK, and offshoring. When the programme concluded I was also responsible for the PMO and Benefit Realisation - including the formal close down reporting to the BBC's Executive.

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  CB Richard Ellis

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Associate Director

    • Mar 1996 - Mar 2006
    • London, United Kingdom

    Specialised in corporate organisational change initiatives • A global integration programme • Opening a joint venture in Northern Ireland• Integration of a fund management company • Implementation of an integrated data network across 13 countries throughout EMEATrained in the YCA project management methodology in USA.

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  Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

  • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Director

    • Oct 1986 - Mar 1996
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Created a commercial venture within the RICS in Scotland organising CPD across the UK and generating c£500k revenue. As part of the senior management team, contributed to the strategic planning for the RICS ensuing it developed and maintained a high profile in the Scottish business community.