Engaging with businesses looking to grow their talent, explore cutting edge employee engagement and develop a great place to work. #peopleareyourbiggestassetHR headaches can and should always been addresses, only then can you truly seek a high performance and value adding culture, with engaged teams and managers who leadRecent projects include:- Interim People Director,- People strategy workshops to create high performance for growth- Developing a high performing business partnering team working- Employee Value Propositions (EVP)- Facilitating the acquisitions of organisations, TUPE & integration of team members - Change management strategy and implementation- Employee engagement/internal communication to create a great place to work - Candidate experience improvement programme- L&D strategy, design & delivery - Mentoring - Coaching - D,E & I initiatives- Culture development

Supporting industry experts who put people at the heart of whatever they do. Striving to create forward-thinking and future proofing people indicatives that enable members to build the social and economic infrastructure which vital to economic and sustainability growth.

Supporting industry experts who put people at the heart of whatever they do. Striving to create forward-thinking and future proofing people indicatives that enable members to build the social and economic infrastructure which vital to economic and sustainability growth.

Supporting an amazing charity which promotes the reuse of reclaimable or lost resources for environmental and community benefit. Successfully diverting around 50 tonnes of waste each year through our Scrapstore, outreach work, volunteering and artistic adventures.Scrapstore is a fantastic supermarket-style treasure trove presenting waste as arts and crafts materials to inspire creativity.https://www.workandplayscrapstore.org.uk

Working alongside Environmental Industries Commission members to create proactive people plans which enable member organisations to continue to nurture and develop environmental markets and positively influence government, and other stakeholders in Westminster and across the UK.

Head of Human Resources and People Development; leading and developing a team responsible for the employment, development, engagement and wellbeing of global employees, driving the delivery of effective, efficient and innovative HR management initiatives

Providing a full range of HR and management consultancy services to clients across a variety of sectors including:- Interim & retained services- Policy reviews- Pay and reward benchmarking- HR & H&S audits- Training and development including design and delivery- Employment law advise

Key Achievements• Significantly raised the profile of HR with senior managers, in terms of adding value, through high visibility, taking the lead on addressing employee relation issues and introducing innovative solutions.• Designed and implemented annual appraisal system, giving employees more clarity on process and understanding on what they contribute to the organization. • Strategic involvement in the reorganisation of key functions, including the pre-planning, trouble shooting, risk evaluation and coaching of managers on the process and requirements • Major contribution to change management and High Performance culture by leading the introduction of ‘What does good look like’ workshops and coaching managers on their management techniques• Design and implementation of 5 group wide training and development course, attendance of 75% of employees across all levels, Managers are more empowered and are facing local ER issues • Coach and mentor to 3 Head of Department and middle managers, enabling an environment to explore development needs through their strengths, a key outcome has been the promotion of 3 middle managers in the last 6 months • Member of the relocation team involved in planning two office relocations. Handling all issues on manpower restructuring including recruitment, redundancies, costs and health and safety

Blockbuster Entertainment, Middlesex 1998 - 2007International leading rental and retail business, International turnover of $1.39 billion, (UK £203 million) – 7,000 UK employees, 701 storesHR Advisor 2006 - 2007• Supported and shaped the Company’s collective redundancy process, at a time of significant change, providing a clear and concise procedure which ensured legal compliance • Chaired the employee consultation committee consisting of 22 employees, delivery of 10 workshops per year for 100 employees including presentations on legislation across the UK. • Planned, organised and coordinated National Store Managers conferences to launch the 4th quarter sales incentive, introduce new product lines and increase management morale• Created a recruitment competency question bank for all recruitment providing uniformity across all vacancies, improving the level of appointments made leading to more stable teams, with the aim to increase retention • Researched and implemented an evaluation of a new benefits scheme for 7500 employees, ensuring inclusivity for all with a minimal set up costs. Benefits were rated 3rd ‘most reason why you stay at Blockbuster’ employee survey 2006• Designed and produced from scratch an Employee Handbook as part of the drive for better employee communication• Developed and implemented a competency based appraisal scheme for all staff where none previously existed, increasing morale, motivation and employee performance Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd Personal Assistant to the VP of HR 2004 – 2006Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd Customer Service Advisor 2000 – 2004 Blockbuster Entertainment Ltd Store Manager (Various location) 1998 – 2000