Anonymous

Skills

• Executive partnering and board level stakeholder management. Strategic thinker with the ability to translate into Operational actions and impact.
• Comfortable leading on Organisational design, transformation and restructuring projects.
• Employee relations expertise, including policy case management and Union/IR engagement.
• HR team development, coaching, mentoring and capability building.
• Demonstrated success in talent and Leadership programmes.
• HR Systems implementation and optimisation (Workday, Success Factors, MHR).
• Employee engagement, wellbeing and culture transformation expertise.
• Strong analytical mindset with a focus on data-driven decision making and impact measurement.
* Lead HR Teams with Talent, Recruitment, ER, Payroll and HR Admin functions.

About

I’m an HR Director and Chartered Fellow CIPD with more than 25 years’ experience leading people functions across retail, hospitality, leisure, automotive and consumer-facing businesses.

My background spans both strategic and operational HR leadership — partnering with CEOs and executive teams to deliver organisational change, build leadership capability, improve performance and create commercially focused people strategies that genuinely support business growth.

I’ve led HR teams across the full employee lifecycle, including business transformation, restructures, HR System implementations (SAP/Workday/MHR), TUPE transfers, employee relations, payroll, recruitment, talent development and HR operations. Most recently at Harwoods, I supported a significant business divestment, including the transfer of 500 employees, alongside restructuring the retained organisation and leading the HR function through a period of major change.

Prior to this, I spent four years at The Body Shop International leading the set-up and development of the HR Shared Services function. My remit included Employee Relations, Recruitment, Payroll, HR Administration and HR Business Partnering, with a focus on improving service delivery, operational efficiency and colleague experience across the business.

What sets me apart is a practical and commercially grounded approach. I’m comfortable operating at board level, but equally enjoy getting into the operational detail, building strong teams and helping organisations create clarity, structure and momentum during periods of growth or transformation.

Alongside my executive career, I’m also proud to serve as a Trustee for Aurora Academy Trust.

Outside of work....wherever Brighton and Hove Albion are playing.

I’m currently open to permanent, interim and consultancy opportunities where I can help organisations strengthen their people function, navigate change and build high-performing HR Teams.