Experience

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  Questt Ltd

  • South Buckinghamshire

  • Managing Director

    • Mar 2010 - Present
    • South Buckinghamshire

    General commercial and H.R. consultancy via Non Executive Director appointments and punctual projects.

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  Workplace UK Ltd

  • Non Executive Director

    • Aug 2010 - Sep 2013

    Specialists in the design and build of commercial property interiors including fit-out, refurbishment, space planning and company relocations: creating optimal corporate working environments in partnership with a wide range of national and international clients

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  Links Life Sciences

  • Beaconsfield

  • Director

    • Feb 2012 - Jan 2013
    • Beaconsfield

    Executive Search Consultants to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

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  Servier Laboratories Limited

  • HR Director

    • Mar 1983 - Mar 2010

    As a member of the Executive Board, I had full responsibility for the direction and strategic development of the HR function comprising HR Operations, Compensation and Benefits and Facilities, the latter comprising site management, car fleet and Health & Safety.Key initiatives included: review & upgrade of total benefit package; planning & delivery of major recruitment exercises to complement rapid succession product launches; strategic review and streamlining of corporate structures including commercial, clinical research and biopharmacydivisions; member of the project directorate charged with designing and implementing the transition to a key account sales model within the commercial subsidiary.

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  John Laing Construction

  • Divisional HR Manager

    • 1978 - 1983

    Provision of generalist HR support to the Industrial Engineering Division comprising offshore, nuclear power and pipeline construction projects in the UK and overseas