I am currently working as an independent HR Consultant, providing expertise in the areas of Talent Management and Leadership Assessment & Development. I work across the UK and Europe supporting organisations to select talented individuals and develop their leadership capabilities.

My role at Syngenta was in the Centre of Expertise for People and Organisation Development (POD). I was responsible for the North Europe Territory which included the UK, Nordics and Benelux. I was responsible for the quality and provision of POD processes, tools and solutions across the disciplines of Talent Acquisition & Management, Learning & Development and Organisation Development. I worked with HR Business Partners across the Territory to effectively implement changing global policies into local practice. Specifically, my work included the following:- Introduction of the POD role within the territory, including communicating scope of role, building relationships and education of the HR Business Partner community in POD processes and expertise.- Working within the context of a global HR transformation programme, moving towards an operating model which consisted of HR Services (local and offshore), HR Business Partnering and Centres of Expertise. This required me to work with both local and regional colleagues to determine key boundaries of work, areas of responsibility and changes to working practice.- Introduction of a new global talent development process, including being part of a regional team leading the training of HR Business Partners in the technology, approach and process for talent development.- Introduction of a new global performance management system, including HR Business Partner upskilling and feedback to regional and global teams.- Responsibility for the North Europe Learning and Development portfolio, including providing direction to HR Services for the administration of programmes, vendor management, sharing best practice across EAME, working towards an increasingly regional & global L&D programme, preparing the team and portfolio for forthcoming outsourcing and offshoring of learning and development.- Planning for implementation of a global refresh of Syngenta's culture and values.

I led a team of business psychology consultants to deliver a broad range of talent management assignments both in the UK and internationally. I consulted with clients in the following areas:Talent Identification – design, delivery and project management of recruitment and selection processes including job analysis, competency frameworks, screening, competency based interviews, bespoke business simulation exercises, Assessment Centres, psychometric testing, feedback. Talent Management & Hi Potential Development - design, implementation and project management of events for graduates, ‘hi-pos’ and leaders. Included behavioural assessment, interviewing, centre managing, workshop design & facilitation, feedback, succession planning, 1 to 1 coaching, personality and 360 feedback, Development Centres. Learning & Development - identification of business/training needs, design and delivery of a range of recruitment / development programmes.Alongside client delivery, I had responsibility for business development including client relationship management for a mix of UK and Global clients. This included securing meetings, writing proposals and tenders, pitching and developing successful partnerships with key accounts.I also managed my internal team of consultants which included recruitment and induction of new staff, coaching, assessing individual and group training needs, performance management, resourcing, contribution to consulting group strategy and budget.During my time at a&dc, I progressed through the roles of Consultant, Senior Consultant and Managing Consultant before taking on the Director of Consulting Services role.

I worked at QinetiQ delivering and managing a range of consultancy and research projects for MoD, the UK Armed Forces, Department for Transport and BAA. - Design and development of competency frameworks and measures of job performance.- Development and administration of paper-based surveys (employee attitude, safety culture, retention incentives and motivation surveys).- Design and delivery of bespoke assessment centres including: the design of Internet based self selection tools; business simulation exercises; management of assessment centres; interviewing; assessing; providing candidate feedback and making selection decisions. - Development and facilitation of training for senior managers and leaders.- Evaluation of selection measures and their validation including analyses of predictive accuracy, reliability and ethnic/gender fairness.- Provision of best practice guidance and recommendations regarding recruitment, selection and assessment processes to senior military personnel. My work was a mix of longer term research projects for MoD customers and consultancy and I also contributed to account development and business winning within my key client groups.

During my time as a human factors pscyhologist I:- Was a member of a multi-disciplinary team engaged in applied human factors research.- Conducted usability assessments for different military systems and software.- Ran experimental trials to evaluate the effectiveness of new technology from the technical and user points of view.- Was involved with the design of software to provide performance feedback to staff.- Conducted statistical analyses to determine the impact of changes to procedures.

My work involved the following activities:- Supporting team members in the design of experimental trials of Defence equipment.- Running and supporting trials at client sites involving liaising with points of contact and briefing client representatives.- Conducting statistical analyses and contributing to customer reports.