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London, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Leading and delivering People function projects to transform performance culture and practice at TrueLayer, and support readiness for the next stage of growth.

Berlin, De

At Beam I selected candidates looking to create their next startup for Beam's Entrepreneur in Residence program and supported them through validation to investment pitch and launch.I led people strategy at Beam, a Berlin-based startup incubator/company builder with a bias for logistics and technical challenges. I also built People advisory service support to launched startup founders to help them navigate the challenges of their early stage businesses.Beam offers pre-seed funding; access to potential customers; solid launch support; and, above all, validated business opportunities to potential Founders who want to build a startup.

Oakbrook Terrace, Il, Us

Delivered global client projects with the Mobility Experience Solutions team providing strategic insights and recommendations to Global Mobility leaders on their programs. Built thought leadership, products and services bridging Global Mobility and HR/Talent. With over 15 years HR and Reward experience in large corporations across diverse industries, I used this background to research and build solutions delivering value on the future of work, talent development and people analytics. Having Reward ownership of HR delivery at BGRS and in prior roles, I had a high interest in the convergence of data and people processes in in influencing organisational strategy and talent development.Founding member of BGRS' Sustainability Squad/ERG and kicking off our sustainability strategy as a business.

Oakbrook Terrace, Il, Us

Led EMEA HR team and regional delivery and Global Compensation Leader for BGRS, member of global HR strategic team. Delivered projects on Recognition, Total Rewards, Organisational Design and Global Leadership Development.At BGRS supported >100 recruitment placements over a year, high retention climate and excellent feedback on employee experience. Champion of wellbeing agenda and our flexible working practices in enhancing the employee experience.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Led and participated in a series of change programmes including applying new business models, site relocations, business divestiture, consolidations and outsourcing including TUPE and large employee consultations. Led reward redesign, improving management capability in employee relations and core people processes including talent planning and performance management with training, improved coaching skills and culture. Led HR initiative harmonising contractual and reward terms across the UK affecting over 1,000 employees with a high variance in starting cultures and conditions to support one Xylem culture.Supported employee populations based in the UK, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy and Poland.Board member of UK employment companies, member of Ethics and Compliance Review Board and Ombudsperson for the UK.Key skills and role focus: talent management including leadership development and coaching, change management including development of training materials and change programs, employee relations including collective redundancies, works councils, EWC engagement, individual consultation, disciplinary and grievance support, competency exits, dismissal, settlement agreement negotiation, employee engagement and communication, reward design and application, bonus scheme design, reward review, budget control, HR strategy build and roll out, HR team development, Business Director responsibilities.

Gb

HR Partnership to UK and EMEA leadership and employment base. Delivered re-organisations in the UK, Greece and Eastern Europe, and developed management training and performance management tools. Supported implementation of ADP payroll and HR systems.Key skills and role focus: performance management design and training delivery, redundancy consultation, organizational design, reward delivery, HR system implementation

Victoria, England, Gb

Built out BlueCrest's workforce from 2003 - 2009 as it grew from 40 - 400 and expanded from the UK into US, Germany and Singapore. Delivered full suite of HR support including Resourcing, ER, L&D, Reward and Global Mobility. Supported set up of offices in California, NY, Singapore, Germany and provided remote HR service delivery.

Open Org Culture Design, People Culture Design

Innovation Leadership Bootcamp, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Mcipd, Human Resources Management And Services

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, German Language And Literature, Classical Studies