YTL Group UK includes Wessex Water, YTL Construction, YTL Developments, YTL Hotels, YTL Arena, Pelican Business Services, Turnbull and Geneco.Responsible for leading the strategy on talent attraction, development and inclusion to ensure we remain as a great place to work and provide a first class service to all our customers.

Responsible for all resourcing, learning and development, apprenticeship, early careers and graduate recruitment for the Wessex Water group of companies. Effective talent attraction, selection, on-boarding, personal and organisational development to promote successful progression within the Group and drive a culture of diverse and inclusive succession planning.Continuous improvement of the recruitment and training proposition for both prospective Wessex employees and our hiring managers, facilitated by contemporary, technological solutions. We have a strong culture of learning here and both our virtual and physical training environments are state of the art. All new Wessex employees receive an outstanding welcome with us including induction, full on-going training, coaching and access to mentors across the business. #LetYourJouneyBegin #WessexWater

Jointly owned by Wessex Water and Bristol Water, Pelican provide a key role in the customer journey for both parent companies. As Head of People, this is an influential role within the business working alongside the Senior Leadership Team. Ensuring the organisational development, employee engagement and human resources practices are fully aligned to the strategic business objectives and effectively executed company wide. Leading both the HR and learning and development teams, responsible for the creating and implementation of the people strategy and subsequent 'people promises'. Achieved #20 in the Sunday Times Best Companies list 2018 and placed #19 in 2020.

Leading the L&D team, I am responsible for our talent development and employee engagement strategy ensuring Pelican Business Services stands out from the crowd as an exceptional place to work. I have created a tiered leadership programme, implemented a coaching framework, a mentoring programme and designed and delivered a blended learning solution and built capability right across the business to impact on organisational performance.My team won 'Inspirational L&D Team of the Year' in 2016 at the Employee Engagement Awards. #proud

Operate as a strategic partner with executive stakeholders to identify organisational development needs.Designed, delivered and evaluated core skills blended learning solutions across all departments including development, infrastructure, IT operations, sales & marketing, customer services and finance.Manage the development and continuous improvement of learning solutions, working with subject matter expert groups in their design and delivery, providing greatest value from the investment. Source best practice and cost efficient learning solutions from delivery partners.Advise and coach line managers to identify development needs of their staff and recommend tailored solutions.

Responsible for the design, delivery and evaluation of many personal development programmes including management development, motivation, leadership, coaching and presentation skills.Established competency frameworks for approximatley 2000 staff to identify skills gaps and development solutions.

Responsible for a team of seven trainers, designing and delivering development soutions for on-site outsourced recruitment teams.Established an in-house resourcing model to recruit talent across 20 RPO on-site delivery teams.Managed a team of two resourcing consultants to deliver a direct recruitment model.