• Established a Talent Attraction CoE operating across 5 Pernod Ricard group companies based in the UK. Built in house team, managing internal and external recruitment for a population of 2,400 across 22 sites. • Developed Talent Acquisition strategy aligned to business demands that resulted in a 25% decrease in time-to-hire and 25% increase in diversity-of hire.• Built and implemented talent-centric processes that drove greater talent mobility (50% of all vacancies hired internally) and saved c.£400k in recruitment costs.• Part of teams delivering programmes such as skills-based Talent Marketplace implementation; led D&I initiatives such as a Reverse Mentoring programme, balanced recruitment shortlists, and delivered recruitment initiatives contributing to eliminating both gender and ethnicity pay gaps.

• Established the Talent Acquisition function, including design of service delivery model and governance.• Delivered various HR Transformation enablers to support the new operating model: HR Technology implementation, processes and controls.• Lead Talent Acquisition globally, scaling the organisation to 11 global locations and 1,000 employees through c.350 hires per annum with a team of 4.• Partnered with and advised C-level stakeholders to define the people agenda, identifying people priorities to meet future business needs.

• Lead Talent Acquisition across all seniorities, business lines and locations, responsible for c. 150 hires p.a.• Grew recruitment team and established a mature recruitment function, including partnering with local EXCO and HR teams.• Transformed employer brand among early careers populations.• Designed and delivered redesign of graduate talent attraction and assessment model leading to improved quality of hire and retention.

• Lead consulting engagements across a variety of HR topics.• Advised senior decision makers and developed relationships with C-level stakeholders.• Collaborated with other EY service lines to deliver cross-functional projects and to identify new business opportunities.• Coached and developed client teams of c. 5 consultants.

• Industrial placement year during university studies.• Generalist HR remit across recruitment, reward, business partnering and HR operations.