• Providing specialist HR consultancy advice and project management for the people related aspects of global M&A Deals and Workforce Restructuring programmes. • Supporting across the full deal cycle: from due-diligence, preparing for carve-out, managing mergers and acquisitions, supporting post-deal integrations and leading restructuring/change programmes. •Advising clients on legally complaint employee transfers across multiple jurisdictions, whilst highlighting barriers to successful change and identifying opportunities for post-deal value.

LexisNexis, a division of the global publishing company Reed Elsevier Plc, (FTSE 100), is a leader in professional publishing and a pioneering solutions provider, operating in the science, medical, legal, risk and business sectors. BP experience across the full organisation (c.1200 FTE), with primary remit of advising management in Finance and Sales c. 250 employees. First point of contact and functional specialist, influencing business productivity through holistic support and pro-active input (recruitment, reward, employee relations, talent, performance and organisational change).Full HRBP remit, including:• Lead for restructure / outsourcing / off-shoring / TUPE projects across multiple functions to focus on 'value add' activity, and drive change management programmes to ensure a profitable and effective internal workforce structure; • Extensive experience across full spectrum of Employee Relations: Performance Management, Grievance, Disciplinary, Absence Management, Flexible Working, Maternity etc• Learning and Organisational Development: Solid demonstration of authorship, facilitation and delivery of key training modules

The NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme is a fast-track, two-year training contract, for which there were 12,000 applicants, comprising three operational, strategic and private-sector contracts, recently voted The Top Graduate Employer (2011 Guardian)HR Advisor across 3 different organisations: 1. NHS Norfolk: Commissioning Primary Care Trust, c. 350 employees 2. May Gurney: Infrastructure Services, responsibility for circa 500 employees 3. Norfolk &Waveney: Mental Health, c. 3500 employees Key Achievments:Assessment Centre Project Manager: • Assessment centres affecting c. 60 staff, when merging teams across two public sector employers to create a new legal entity• Collaborative working across two sets of Trade Unions/Executive Teams, demonstrating excellent communication skills: e.g. Redundancy/Appointments Paper for CEO sign off, Staff Briefings etc. •Developed robust competency framework and redundancy scorecards to determine successful candidates and establish ‘best-fit’ between business needs and future workforce requirements. •Job Evaluation lead: redesigning JDs and contracts and running parallel job evaluation schemes for symmetrical results across the two different salary structures to ensure equal pay.HR Generalist: •Extensive experience of providing business-focused advice and coaching with regard to the full spectrum of complex Employee Relations: Sickness Absence, Performance Management, Grievance and Disciplinary, including: •Organisational ‘Champion’ for revision and ratification of key HR Policies to reflect evolving Employee Legislation and initiate business savings•Holistic management of numerous restructure and redundancy consultations as part of the NHS’s £20 Billion cost-efficiency drive since 2009, involving preparing an organisation for abolition through site closures, departmental shut-downs, extensive administration reviews and continuous FTE reduction