Experience

Independent Governance Group (IGG)

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trustee Director

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Waters Corporation

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Global Benefits for EMEA and APAC and Global Mobility

  • Aug 2022 - Sep 2023

  Responsible for the strategy and governance of all employee benefit plans for c40 markets under my remit, including DB & DC pension plans, health and wellbeing, insured arrangements, car schemes and total reward platform and technology, together with leading our Global Mobility function. Responsible for the strategy and governance of all employee benefit plans for c40 markets under my remit, including DB & DC pension plans, health and wellbeing, insured arrangements, car schemes and total reward platform and technology, together with leading our Global Mobility function.



GSK

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director, Benefits EMEA and Asia

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for the strategy and governance of all employee benefit plans for c150 markets under my remit, including pension plans (Defined Benefit liabilities of £14bn UK, £7bn ROW), healthcare, share plans, car schemes and total reward platform and technology, together with leading our UK and Ireland employee benefits operational teams. This included participating in, influencing and advising the GSK fiduciary committees and Trustee boards, including the appropriate local governing bodies, on the effective management of benefits assets and liabilities, expenses and funding strategies. One of my key strategic objectives in this role was to determine the global benefit strategy for the GSK Biopharma and Consumer businesses as they prepared to separate into two entities from mid-2022. This included the global review and assessment of benchmarking data, budgetary requirements and reward philosophies to enable me to determine the new benefits strategies, in conjunction with key stakeholders, for both entities going forwards. Show less

• Director, Benefits Strategy & Governance, Europe (Incl UK)

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2017

• Director, UK Benefits

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  In this role I was responsible and accountable for leading a strategic and operational team in the overall comprehensive management and delivery of the UK & Ireland benefits plans, including pensions (UK Plans c14bn liabilities), share plans, healthcare, cars schemes/car allowances, tax free plans and the employee total reward platform. I was also responsible for ensuring the compliant and appropriate delivery of benefit plans to international assignees as part of the Global Mobility Programme.

• UK Benefits Manager (Pensions & Savings)

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

  My responsibilities in the role of UK Benefits Director were to lead a team in the operational and strategic management and delivery of the GSK UK Pensions and Benefit plans to c14,000 UK employees. This included overall responsibility for managing and governing 14 vendors and an annual spend of circa £30 million. • Leading the UK Benefit aspects of a three tier deal comprising of a divestment, acquisition and formation of a joint venture. • Leading the selection of a payroll managed service provider during Q1 2016 and the project to implement a new payroll system over the course of 2016. • Leading the UK Benefits aspects of the project to introduce a new HR system (Workday), ensuring that benefit administration continued to be efficient, compliant and improved.• Reviewing the financial education strategy to introduce new innovative methods of communication including the introduction of a dedicated website. • Reviewing the car policy, introducing changes which resulted in cost savings of circa £500k. Show less



Conduent HR Services

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Benefit Consultant

  • Sep 2006 - Jul 2012



CSC UKI

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

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2006



Co-op

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Officer

  • Jul 2003 - Sep 2005



Ciba Speciality Chemicals

• Macclesfield

• Pension Scheme Administrator

  • Mar 2002 - Jul 2003



The University of Manchester

• Manchester

• Senior Pensions Administrator

  • Jun 2001 - Mar 2002



The Greater Manchester Pension Fund

• Manchester, United Kingdom

• Pensions Officer

  • Oct 1998 - Jun 2001