Experience

Codat

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of People

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2023

  London, United Kingdom The first People hire at Codat, responsible for the entire People lifecycle. Growing & leading the Talent and People function to a 20 person team. Created, implemented, scaled and iterated processes, policies and practices as the company headcount grew 1400% over three years (from 25 to 350+) across 3 offices in the UK, US & Australia. Highlights: - Strategy: Developed People strategy over multiple years, aligned with business goals, cementing our values and further building an… Show more The first People hire at Codat, responsible for the entire People lifecycle. Growing & leading the Talent and People function to a 20 person team. Created, implemented, scaled and iterated processes, policies and practices as the company headcount grew 1400% over three years (from 25 to 350+) across 3 offices in the UK, US & Australia. Highlights: - Strategy: Developed People strategy over multiple years, aligned with business goals, cementing our values and further building an exceptional & unparalleled culture. - Hiring: Owned hiring plan, built recruitment function, drove candidate experience as a priority. Designed scalable processes (incl. role purpose forms, hiring criteria, job specs, interview formats, panel creation & scorecards) for positions across the whole company, at all levels of seniority. Established a high quality of hire from the start and maintained an exceptional offer acceptance rate. Covering all areas from Sales, Engineering, Support, Finance, Legal, Customer Solutions, Strategy, Operations, Delivery, Product & Design; VP to entry level graduates. - Employee experience: 5* rating on Glassdoor, employee engagement >95%, retention >90%, attrition <3%, consistently featured on ‘Best Places to Work’ lists. - Progression: Built full and robust progression frameworks and structures for each role within each function, created transparent, externally benchmarked and competitive pay banding frameworks for every level of every role. - People system design at scale: Built onboarding processes for rapid scaling, hiring at volume (often 60+ interviews per week on average), extensive background checking and references for security and compliance. - Policy: Policy creation with a people-led mindset, exceeding statutory requirements and focusing on doing what is right. - Team: Managed a team of Talent Leaders, Talent Managers, Talent Specialists, Talent Coordinators, People Leaders, People Partners, People Managers & People Coordinators.

• People Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  London, United Kingdom



Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Recruitment Consultant (.NET)

  • May 2016 - Jul 2019

  London, United Kingdom



COOK Trading Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager

  • 2013 - 2016

  London, United Kingdom



MVF

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• CRO Executive

  • 2013 - 2013

  London, United Kingdom



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Customer Service

  • 2011 - 2013

  London, United Kingdom



Hollister Co.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Retail Associate

  • 2008 - 2011

  London, United Kingdom