Elevate HR & Advisory

**Please note I am no longer available for projects due to starting a new CPO role** Fractional, Interim or Portfolio HR/People consulting and support to startup and scale up businesses I'm Lisa Thomson, an entrepreneurial Fractional/Portfolio Head of People/HRD with a niche background in building and leading HR and People functions in startup, high growth and scaling businesses. Previous clients have included some of Scotland's fastest growing and most exciting startups and scaleups including portfolio businesses of leading angel and VC investors. I thrive acting as an integral and embedded member of leadership and management teams in innovative purpose-driven environments. My significant experience in designing, setting up and operating international HR/People functions and working with founders, investors and leadership teams has involved successfully implementing future proof, scalable global People strategies. I am proud to have extensive generalist experience in UK/US and European HR. Having previously built and successfully sold and exited my last consultancy Purpose HR which was tailored to this market, I am entrepreneurial, highly commercial, pragmatic and perform my best work in fast paced environments where I can deliver and contribute strategically whilst taking a hands on approach to operational priorities. Values led, purpose driven and passionate about building diverse, inclusive cultures I enjpoy helping founders and leaders create human-centric workplaces where people and teams can achieve their potential. I also sits as a Board Trustee on several non-profit Boards, provide mentoring to startups via Codebase, Techscaler and Barclays Eagle Labs and hold an Executive Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring practice from the Edinburgh Coaching Academy, and is a qualified NLP Practitioner. I can provide 1:1 executive and leadership coaching to business leaders, founders, commercial people and executives.