Frances Talbot Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Self-employed consultant providing corporate services in two main areas for a number of clients:• HR services: Advising and supporting company owners and department managers on all aspects of people management including: implementing and advising on HR policies and procedures; providing guidance on employee relations activities, including performance and absence management, discipline and grievance issues and managing the full circle of transactional HR processes including but not limited to recruitment, on boarding, compensation and benefit structures, monthly payroll and the exit process.• Co-secretary: Delivering key co-secretary functions across a number of jurisdictions including Company House filings, board meeting (UK, US, Barbados, Singapore)) and managing the liquidation process of a number companies (UK, Cayman Islands, Ghana, Indonesia, Panama and Mexico). Performing company compliance functions including KYC checks and performing anti bribery reporting and training.

Mayfair, London

• Head of the HR function, reporting directly into the Company’s Managing Director and the President of the Oil Services division, with the HR Manager’s in Houston and Venezuela as direct reports. • Partnership: Strong and regular partnership with other heads of department including Legal, Finance, IT and Offshore Operations. Partnering with the business to support their people agenda and strategy including activities such as compensation, mobility, employee relations, performance management, recruiting, retention and redundancy. • Building Infrastructure: Responsible for the creation of PetroSaudi’s HR infrastructure including the introduction of range of benefits (including health, income protection, life insurance and pension), policy creation and deployment, creating PetroSaudi’s intranet site, introducing employee screening and creating employee performance and engagement processes. • Financial: Responsible for the HR budget in both the UK and the Oil Services division. Attained year on year reductions to HR costs through negotiation with suppliers on benefits and insurance costs and by standardizing procedures across the business. Ensure all salaries, benefits, expenses and termination payments are tax compliant. • Employment Law: Experience includes various personal injury claims, unfair dismissal cases, employee grievance and sexual harassment. Responsible for ensuring all operations are compliant with the relevant employment law which includes dealing with complex employment matters in Venezuela and Houston. Work with external legal counsel on projects such as setting up a Global Employment Company (GEC). • Business Restructuring: Involved in all business restructures across a number of jurisdictions including Indonesia, Venezuela, Trinidad, US and UK. Work with HR team to deliver change strategy post business restructuring. Sole HR lead involved in executive terminations and settlement negotiations.

London, United Kingdom

• Compensation: Delivered senior (MD/D) compensation. Liaised regularly with CIB EMEA CEO’s to brief on compensation market data and year-end pool analysis. Created formulaic approach based on business revenue, previous year performance rating and retention risk to generate pool ask. Worked with Regional Group Heads to find solutions to compression issues within their senior and junior populations. • Performance Management: Instrumental in transforming the year-end performance process from a manual, labour intensive task of offline performance appraisals, to an efficient process which makes use of Citi’s Talent & Performance Management Systems. • Business Restructuring: Partnered with Senior Management to assess where human capital fixed costs can be reduced and which area of growth can be optimized through mobilizing talent. Calculated Reduction in Force savings and redundancy calculations for Quarter 4 2012 and Quarter 1 2013 restructuring tasks.

Manhattan, New York

• Senior management: Liaised with senior management supporting all aspects of Talent, Diversity and Performance Management. • Analysis: Generated key regional and global analysis/presentations in the following areas for senior executives: Headcount, Compensation, Talent Review, Performance Distribution, Recruitment, Turnover Statistics and Low/High Performers. Generated weekly report which tracks total cost for new hires based on salary, guarantees and replacement rewards. Created a Temp cost analysis resulting in a significant yearly saving for Citi Private Bank North America. • Performance: Heavily involved in the design of the 2012 Scorecard System (an online system which creates balanced assessment through partner reviews, a common scorecard, and long term potential) and 2013 initiatives. Project managed a global team of HR representatives in order to strengthen a seamless process for the Scorecard System.

Paris Area, France

• Provided efficient and responsive administrative and human resource support. • Responsible for recording company expenditure and claims, maintaining client databases, and providing HR support including maintaining personnel files, inductions, starters and leavers, attendance and leave management.

Koh Tao, Thailand

Langkawi, Malaysia

Master'S Degree, Strategic Hr Management & Development

Pgc, International Business, Merit

Bachelor'S Degree, French Spanish And Cosmology, 1St Class Degree With Honours

Activities and Societies: Newcastle Swimming and Water Polo Team