Leading resourcing programmes supporting functional transformation, executive talent pipelining, building Talent Acquisition capabilities and practice, within a €2bn revenue 17,000 FTE Private Equity owned and recently divested business (from Unilever) - the global leader in its category

Leading the Global Corporate Talent Acquisition function, with team members and RPO partners principally in India, UK and US, providing recruitment services and hiring professionals for all Corporate Functions, particularly IT and Finance, supporting transformations, offshoring/shared service centres

[Voluntary leaver]

I led the Global Talent Acquisition CoE with a focus on modernisation and evolution of how HEINEKEN hire great talent• Global TA strategy - supporting and building proactive TA teams in various markets, creating HEINEKEN's first Talent Sourcing Hubs in APAC & Central/East Europe• Digital Talent Management - stream lead for developing global Talent Management playbook for company-wide Digital transformation: digital role definition, workforce planning, build/buy/partner guidelines, digital EVP framework• Ownership of HEINEKEN’s highly publicised employer brand - designed and deployed Go Places 2.0, the global employer branding campaign, focused on employee engagement, great experiences and authenticity• Design and implementation of global SuccessFactors Recruiting technologies (Global Business Process Owner) across 80 diverse and decentralised OpCo's• Management and evolution of the global International Graduate Programme (30,000 applications in 2018), introducing innovative start-up technology for assessment and candidate experience• Design and launch of global 'Open Sourcing' (practice, policy and technology configuration) delivering transparency of internal vacancies across all countries, better employee engagement and quality hiring

Promoted to Global HQ in Vevey, Switzerland I held two strategic roles with group-wide remit, building Talent Acquisition capability, practices and proposition to deliver on 30,000+ permanent hires a yearGlobal Stream Lead, Talent Acquisition transformationAs Talent Acquisition global stream lead during major group wide HR functional transformation (Hire to Retire) I led a virtual team of senior experts:• Process design and programme lead: resource planning, talent identification and outreach, selection and pre-boarding/on-boarding. • Integrating process and principle within Talent Management • Organisational design of future global Talent Acquisition structure• Configuration of full SuccessFactors Talent Acquisition suite of technology modules, including advising design of future CRM with SFHead of Global Talent Acquisition CoE• Global Talent Acquisition behavioural competency framework and learning path design • Competency based assessment content design aligned to Nestle Leadership Framework• Corporate social media strategy, technology and global employer branding

I managed the UK & Ireland Recruitment function, from the graduate and school leaver Nestlé Academy through to senior executive hires. Led a team of up to 20 recruiting and support professionals providing expertise to the full portfolio of Nestlé businesses in the UK & Ireland (c.8000 employees) including retail (Nespresso), factory RPO contract and numerous corporate and field-based positions . Within a 2 year period, significantly improved operational delivery, KPIs, stakeholder engagement and functional credibility within the market.

Promoted to lead senior executive recruitment (Director level+) for the UK Life business of one of the world's largest insurance companies across all functional disciplines. Board level, -1 and -2 stakeholder management and performance relationship of various global and boutique executive search firms

City-based consultant positions for both contingent and retained search firms, recruiting primarily VP and AVP finance professionals into global investment and retail banking