Andrew Piper Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Athora is a fast-maturing start-up in the insurance sector, specialising in reinsurance and the life insurance market. It is backed by venture capital equity of Euro 3.2bn to acquire businesses in Europe. It presently has 3,600 employees in the Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Bermuda and with aggressive plans for growth.

County Dublin, Ireland

Tandem is an Irish HR tech start-up specialising in enhancing the delivery of feedback, coaching and a high performance culture. It operates predominantly in Ireland and North America.My focus was on:- UK business development, building a network of leading organisations benefiting from the Tandem product.- Thought leadership, advising organisations on how.

Benfleet, Essex

From December 2009, I have been providing independent reward consulting and interim management support to a range of organisations.Through my own company and working with associates where required, I have specialised in the following support to small, medium and large organisations:- Reward strategy design- Performance management process re-design.

London, United Kingdom

A new role created within the Marketplaces Division of 3,500 employees, to be based in Barcelona.Massive change as the function is established. Leadership of:- The annual performance bonus cycle- Communications around a new bonus plan and changes to the performance process- Taking a new Group LTIP to the Group Board- Baton passing in a range of other.

Slough, United Kingdom

• Led the O2 side of Reward integration planning work in preparation for the acquisition by Three. Achieved team objectives to time, budget and jointly agreed strategic objectives.
• Developed and gained agreement to the O2 three-year strategic plan for Reward & Performance.
• Completed successfully the planning work for the planned, but delayed IPO.
• Led a small operational team responsible for all remuneration (including for all executives), recognition, grading, share plan, change support and performance management policies and processes in line with global/local.
• Developed the plan to transform the performance management framework.
• Concluded the preparations for the imminent communication of the company’s gender pay gap.

London, United Kingdom

• Reporting to the Global Reward Director, I managed a complex caseload of senior executive recruitment and terminations cases, spanning the UK, Spain and Germany, managing successfully local stakeholders and the path.
• Developed and implemented a new total reward strategy for Telefónica Alpha, a new digital innovation hub based in Barcelona.
• Acting for 6 months as Head of Reward for the global Digital and Commercial Organisation, I led a small team to successfully operate the pay and bonus cycle across 26 countries.
• I established the reward strategy for the UK Global Hub (in preparation for the planned disposal of the main UK business), launched a new defined contribution pension plan, with associated risk benefits and a new.

Munich Area, Germany

• Led all reward and performance management elements of the planned acquisition by Telefónica of E-Plus in Germany. This was achieved through large-scale cross-functional, cross-company working.
• Gained agreement for and implemented the employment terms for all 75 senior management across the combined business within a very tight timescale. I was awarded a special achievement award for this from the Telefónica.
• My team developed a suite of ‘Day 1’ policies and processes prior to merger (incl. severance, relocation, harmonisation planning, new all-employee cash incentive plan).
• Following the successful takeover, I led the operation of the first joint pay, bonus and performance cycle across 18 legal entities and established a new team across the newly merged business.

Ireland

• Implemented an overhaul of all employee benefits in support of a business turnaround strategy, including the introduction of an updated flexible benefits platform.
• Facilitated Board agreement to the implementation of the Telefónica global performance management and bonus model: we were the pilot Telefónica business to do this.
• Re-vamped the recognition programme to align to Global Telefónica behaviours: Again, we were the pilot Telefónica business to do this.
• Implemented a new grading and pay management model.
• Redesigned two sales commission plans in line with new business strategy and gained agreement to design principles adopted across the European region.
• Led all reward aspects of disposal planning upon the sale of the business to Three.

Slough, United Kingdom

• Operated the annual pay review and share plan processes for the European executive population to global timescales and budget. Supported country HR Directors in complex hiring and terminations.
• Managed the annual reporting process for Directors through to approval by external audit.
• Proposals accepted following a review of the European cash LTIP.
• Was part of an award-winning team, launching a new global all-employee share plan.

London, United Kingdom

• Implemented a new job evaluation-based grading, pay and benefits structure across the UK and for the Executive population internationally.
• Closed two final salary related pension schemes. Introduced a new Group Stakeholder Pension Plan.
• Introduced more commercially focused expatriate and tax equalisation policies.
• Implemented a ‘root and branch review’ of the Directors Remuneration Report, leading to significantly enhanced ratings by external analysts.
• Built a strong reward team, comprising expatriate, payroll and employment tax specialists.

I was a senior reward consultant specialising in reward strategy design, incentive and bonus design, grading / pay management reviews and reward implementation programmes (including reward communications design and delivery).

• Responsible for all UK Plc executive remuneration, share plans and UK benefits.
• Gained Board agreement to the group’s first global reward strategy, involving new Job Levels internationally and revised annual bonus arrangements in Europe.
• Gained remuneration committee agreement to Board remuneration changes, incl. new LTIP rules.
• Won ‘Best Voluntary Benefits Plan’ award from Employee Benefits Magazine in 2003.
• Managed the annual pay and bonus processes across the HQ and Europe country management population.
• Delivered to time and budget all reward integration planning throughout the takeover by Exel Plc.

• Successfully implemented the re-grading and market pricing of the management population of 200.
• Gained agreement to a total reward strategy and a three-year implementation plan.
• In conjunction with trade unions, developed new career/pay progression arrangements for skilled/semi-skilled employees.

• Introduced a very well received innovative stores incentive plan for large-format stores.
• Implemented simplification to management grading (for stores and HQ).
• Presented the results of my MA Dissertation to the Board on ‘Do Incentives Work?’, which led to changes to the company bonus.
• Managed the annual pay and bonus cycle across HQ and stores to time and budget.
• Developed a suite of policies in preparation for the sale to VCs.

Heathrow

• Through an international cross-functional project team, developed and implemented the Group’s first global reward strategy following flotation.
• Contributed c7% of annual Group net profit via launch of HMRC Tax Approved Profit Related Pay.
• Managed all separation issues, including pensions, at the time of the separation from Forte Plc.

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