Skills
HR Director | People Director | Head of People | VP People | Head of Talent | People Strategy | HR Leadership | People Partnering | Talent Management | Succession Planning | Future Capability | Leadership Development | Organisational Transformation | Organisational Effectiveness | Employee Engagement | Employee Voice | Workforce Transformation | Future Workforce | Workforce Planning | Workforce Insight | People Analytics | AI-enabled People Analytics | Change Management | Culture Transformation | Employee Experience | Governance & People Risk | C-suite & Board Advisory | Employer Brand | Learning & Development | Performance Culture | Inclusion & Belonging
About
Senior People leader and trusted advisor to C-suite and Board stakeholders, with broad experience across people strategy, talent, succession planning, leadership capability, engagement, organisational transformation, workforce insight and people risk. Oxford-educated, with an MSc distinction and postgraduate public policy qualification, bringing strong analytical judgement and evidence-led decision-making to complex people and organisational challenges. Seeking a HR Director / People Director role that builds on my enterprise leadership experience and supports my longer-term ambition to progress towards Chief People Officer.
Operate at scale across 25,000+ colleagues and 70+ markets, leading global teams, managing £2M+ budgets and partnering across HRBPs, Talent, People Operations, Legal, Reward and Finance to improve organisational performance. Calm, pragmatic and commercially minded, with a low-ego style that builds trust across C-suite, senior leaders and cross-functional teams. Known for creating clarity in ambiguity, building strategies from the ground up and delivering measurable outcomes including c.£10m annual workforce-related business savings, engagement increasing from 78% to 82%, voluntary attrition reducing by 8% globally and a 22% increase in hiring across growth markets.
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