Commercially driven, business leader and Non-Executive Director (NED), with significant international and executive experience and a culturally adaptive mindset. Rounded and varied experience in a variety of sectors, having spent more than fifteen years in strategic business roles, predominantly designing and delivering strategies related to the people agenda, ensuring commercial objectives were exceeded. Quickly builds engaging relationships and a solid understanding of complex business issues to foster a culture of accountability, innovation, commerciality, and pace. Commercially minded, with sound business judgement and a focus on value creation, for the business and customers. Exposure to acquisitions and driving business growth, both organically and via M&A. Experienced at influencing and advising across Boards and Committees. Creates diverse and talented teams and has a track record of identifying talent and developing succession capability. KEY PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS• Highly curious – always open to learning, exploring, and understanding. • Huge appetite for problem solving and challenging work.• Strong leadership – giving clear direction, inspiring, and influencing others. • Excellent communication skills – flexing and exercising these across the organisation.• Strong emotional intelligence - being highly empathetic and sensitive to others’ needs.• Genuinely customer-focused - motivated by developing customer-centric strategies and mobilising the business to deliver against them.• Professional and personal gravitas - able to build credibility across the organisation and externally to achieve commercial outcomes.• Collaborative - a team player who has the best interests of the whole business at heart.• Unquestionable integrity and a strong commitment to organisational and ethical values.• Loyal, committed, energetic, and passionate, with a ‘sleeves-rolled-up’, ‘down-to-earth’ style. Low-ego, easy to get on with and non-bureaucratic. Good sense of humour.
Listed skills include Human Resources, Talent Management, Management, Performance Management, and 13 others.