Leena Patel Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

London, England, Gb

Cambridge, Gb

Managing global communications at #CMRSurgical. Transforming surgery. For good. Responsible for communications around major RIF. CMR Surgical is a global medical device company, looking to bring the benefits of Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) to everyone who needs it. To do this, we have developed #Versius, a next-generation surgical robotic system.

Cambridge, Gb

Internal Comms Lead at #CMRSurgical. Transforming surgery. For good. CMR Surgical is a global medical device company, looking to bring the benefits of Minimal Access Surgery (MAS) to everyone who needs it. To do this, we have developed #Versius, a next-generation surgical robotic system.

Chair of a registered charity established to enhance and enrich the lives of the children at the school• Trustee board member along with two other colleagues• Developing a calendar of events and organising and executing fundraising events that include quiz night, Easter egg-stravaganza, summer fair and a Christmas fair amongst many other initiatives• Leading the AGM and managing and overseeing a committee of volunteers and working with the school head and employees

Copenhagen S, Dk

Lantmännen Unibake UK is a leading supplier of high quality bakery products to retailers, wholesalers and the foodservice industry. In the UK, the company has two modern bakeries at Milton Keynes and Bedford - producing breads and Danish pastries respectively. In my role, I was responsible for a variety of internal communications related tools and processes including quarterly business performance updates, monthly team briefs, bi-annual magazine, information screens, the intranet (both company and HR self-service portal), conferences, company wide campaigns etc. I was accountable for the Group employee engagement survey, managing all charity events and maintaining and evolving the existing internal communications plan and programme.

Hoofddorp, North-Holland, Nl

• Managing internal communications using multiple channels (including print, email, intranet, f2f etc.) delivering business, people and charity messages to a diverse audience including drivers out in depots with no email/phone access • Delivering a fortnightly e-newsletter and a bi-annual printed newspaper• Keeping the intranet up-to-date, using CQ5, with relevant information• Delivering integration communications from FedEx• Supporting the communications for projects across the business including leading the comms for Customer Week• Working with SVPs, VPs, MDs and Directors to deliver functional communications• Working with the digital team to ensure social media platforms were engaging and relevant• Supporting the marketing and events team with customer and internal communications• Providing holiday cover and support with crisis communications and high level complaints

Milton Keynes, Bucks, Gb

• Developing and implementing a stakeholder engagement and communications strategy for the P3M3 Improvement Programme covering 15 projects delivering into 4 Regions and 3 National Programmes• Supporting Project Managers and Heads of Programme Management with their Communications plan and deliverables

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Gb

Developed and implemented an employee engagement and internal communications strategy across Marketing and Student Recruitment & Financial Support.• Developed a communications framework and strategy that included: channel audits; target audience and stakeholder mapping; terms of reference and key messages grid and looked at defined success criteria and ROI• Identified risk and dependencies on communications and engagement projects• Built a network of champions across the unit to focus on internal communications and employee engagement initiatives• Developed a sub unit briefing based on university messages for cascade• Created and piloted an induction programme for new starters• Developed a programme of events for the leadership team to have face time with all employees e.g. skip level sessions, town hall sessions, operations briefings, quarterly briefings• Developed and maintained a monthly newsletter with a message from the Director• Organised, facilitated and delivered monthly Wider Leadership Team events• Managed business as usual and operational communications on a day to day basis• Cascaded employee pulse survey results and worked with Leadership Team and Team Leaders on action planning• Worked on major change and unit transformation communications

Windsor, England, Gb

• Delivered the British Gas employee survey and assisted in coordinating survey for Centrica Group • Implemented initiatives based on the surveys feedback and results (looking for continual improvement opportunities)• Project managed national projects as part of employer brand development programme. For example: - Sunday Times Best Big Companies list entry and Great Places to Work list entry • Led steering group for the redesign of the employee recognition scheme which delivered cost savings and significantly improved MI, processes and employee advocacy • Built relationships with external companies to share best practice and benchmark our engagement model against• Successfully delivered annual awards event to budget across British Gas• Worked with Communications, PR and Marketing teams at divisional and Group level for proactive involvement in Group-wide programmes

Leicester, England, Gb

• Designed and delivered an engagement strategy for my business area that delivered in line with business goals • Facilitated and encouraged completion of the annual/interim engagement surveys and analysed the survey results and delivered presentations to the senior management team with recommendations which was well received by senior management• British Gas Business had the highest engagement score across all of British Gas• Managed Great Places to Work submission, where British Gas Business received a laureate award for being in the top 25 list for 5 years running• Co-ordinated and monitored the delivery of business employee engagement action plans• Recruited volunteers and managed and motivated the charity team • Acted as the point of liaison for external companies when it came to corporate social responsibility - this involved looking after all the volunteering opportunities, sponsorship requests, team building activities and external PR of these events• Assisted with large corporate/social events such as the team days (where over 1,600 people attend), Christmas parties, BBQ’s, quarterly briefings etc. • Looked for opportunities where we could be recognised as a great business to work with and to do business with (e.g. European Call Centre Awards and National Sales Awards - both accolades which we won)• Supported recruitment activities, ranging from organising assessment centres, short listing candidates, conducting telephone interviews, running interviews and providing candidates with feedback

Leicester, England, Gb

Leicester, England, Gb

Leicester, England, Gb

Leicester, England, Gb