Transitioned to global group operations, driving collaboration through sharing knowledge and enhancing capability. Established platforms including regular HR events to improve transparency/colloboration and communications channels.Currently leading organisational and behavioural change across the WPP network bringing business together, building trust, upskilling and galvanising teams with a forward-thinking and pragmatic approach. Acts as a centre of excellence from an ER perspective in resolving difficult and complex cases within commercial and culturally sensitive frameworks. Highlights include:♦ People Agenda: positioned HR at the heart of business transformation, partnering with business heads across all aspects of global group activities, including start-ups, joint ventures, acquisitions and mergers through to closures. Effectively balanced speed and risk with commercial outcomes.♦ Change Management: harmonised multinational teams within the different agencies to ensure seamless transition of global matrix objectives. Facilitated new business models across L&D, talent, compensation, benefits, recruitment, ER, consulting, facilitation, performance management, compliance, mobility, strategic planning, and diversity and inclusion. ♦ EMEA ER model: moved employment law work in-house, which increased resolution of disputes through early-stage intervention. Developed the in-house app and case management tracking for the group delivering insights/tools and governance.♦ Restructuring: challenged traditional thinking with people solutions that minimised risk and enabled speed of delivery. Initiated strategy to offer voluntary exit packages that avoided recourse to compulsory redundancies. ♦ Diversity and Inclusion: brought D&I to the forefront of business model – driving education, collaboration and best practice. Led Gender Pay Gap work and rolled out anti-sexual harassment training groupwide.

Acquired end-to-end experience of a single brand, leading Landor people agenda across a federated environment. Established collaborative working environment across multiple offices by helping to create single culture.♦ Embedded consistent, best practice network and sense of shared business community that kickstarted behavioural change.♦ Cultivated talent through key initiatives that maximised retention and professional development. Enhanced regional L&D opportunities and shaped plans that targeted emerging global markets.

Harmonised brands through agile HR leadership of Specialist Communications businesses. ♦ Created collaborative environment that facilitated cross-sector business to appreciate true value of HR. Aligned Financial PR, Broadcast, Post-production, Workplace, Design, Sports Marketing, Call Centre, Promotional Marketing and Publishing entities with pragmatic, commercial approach.♦ Instilled mutual trust and confidence and developed short-, medium- and long-term strategies that closed skills gaps and optimised talent, succession planning, recruitment, retention and recognition of performance.

Consolidated technical skillset; created and implemented new shared HR service that required astute and incisive strategic advice and execution following group acquisition. Introduced shared service, outsourced payroll and raised standards through fit-for-purpose model that connected agencies.♦ Secured stakeholder buy-in and delivered transparent people frameworks and fostered trusted relationships that embraced cultural change.♦ Achieved greater business efficiencies through clear, cost-effective infrastructure that streamlined consistent, accurate and timely HR services, processes and systems.

Thrived on steep learning curve during interim leadership role; directed HR and Payroll team across busy operations without prior industry or sector experience. Integrated first pay review process that touched more than 1,400 staff.

Created new operating model and built team across multiple jurisdictions. Led client tender preparation and pitches. Directed separate legal entity and managed end to end accounting processes.Guided clients including Deutsche Bank, Nortel, Avaya, NCR, Crown Estate, Hammerson, Unilever and BankBoston.