Anonymous

About

With over twenty years of experience shaping and supporting People & Workforce planning strategies at the international level with UK and US headquartered companies, I have consistently delivered transformative HR initiatives, which align management efforts with organisational growth and long term business objectives.

In my most recent London-based role as Senior Vice President ‘People & Capability’ with Mastercard (Payments Tech), I led their regional HRBP function for Europe, supporting over 8,000 employees across 30+ countries. This role has provided me with a wealth of relevant experience for this People & Business Planning Growth opportunity. Key achievements include:

• Helping to double regional net revenues and triple the workforce through a multi-year growth period, while cultivating an agile, inclusive culture that empowered employees to thrive through change
• Guiding multiple complex M&A integrations of fintech, cybersecurity and health tech companies into both Mastercard and Baxter respectively, both at the regional and national levels
• Restructuring Mastercard’s European Sales and Customer Operations (as well as Baxter’s Manufacturing operations), to better align with a customer-centric, data and digital-first ‘Change’ strategy
• Leading the regional HRBP team through a series of geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges, including COVID-19, the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict, and Middle Eastern unrest—balancing regional business continuity with an unwavering commitment to employee well-being and organisational resilience
• Building high-performance talent pipelines, implementing a Country/Senior Manager development and succession planning framework that increased internal promotions, significantly reduced external recruitment costs as well as their timelines to productivity
• Partnering with the Regional President and Board to align workforce and risk planning with a multi-year growth strategy, enabling the business to scale into additional markets and new business adjacencies.

I contribute with an authentic leadership style that balances strategic foresight alongside operational excellence, underpinned with a commitment to fostering inclusive, high-performing cultures.

My experience spans complex, multi-site and multi-country operating environments, and I am adept at navigating change, managing risk and ensuring compliance, while enabling a broader culture of partnership and innovation, not least, utilising HRIS (Workday) and AI tools.