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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Drives the UK learning agenda across Commercial Banking and Global Private Banking. This includes establishing learning requirements and collaborating with outsourced L&D solution teams, external vendors and global learning/HR teams to ensure UK learning needs are met.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Drives the UK learning agenda across Wealth, Mortgages, Insurance & Asset Management. This includes establishing learning requirements and collaborating with outsourced L&D solution teams, external vendors and global learning/HR teams to ensure UK learning needs are met.

Worcester And London

Appointed to develop capability across DEFRA and its Agencies, with emphasis on strategic partnering its 17 Heads of Profession to fulfil their emerging leadership roles in capability development, workforce planning and talent management in line with DEFRA’s ambition to become one business.

Worcester And Weybridge, Surrey

Developed organisational capability and drove key elements of APHA’s (part of Defra) transformation programme following its’ three-way merger (Animal Health, VLA and FERA Agencies). Role expanded in 2013 to lead APHA’s new HR Advice team, overseeing strategic HR projects, recruitment and workforce planning. Key achievements include:- Collaborating with Directors to agree APHA’s Organisational Capability strategy/plan. This covered leadership, management development, professional, and technical development.- Designed and co-ordinated specialist leadership development, coaching and talent programmes to encourage and embed culture change.- Led the L&D and HR Advice teams, introducing ‘best practice’ and continuous improvement approaches within the two teams.- Created and introduced Talent Programmes for all APHA staff, developing supporting talent tools and succession planning approaches.

Worcester, United Kingdom

Led on all Organisational Development activities within AHVLA (part of Defra), providing specialist advice and consultancy to Directors, HRBPs, individuals and teams. Focused on the delivery of a number of key projects and business transformational initiatives:- Defined core business values and designed AHVLA’s Competency Framework- Completed organisational skills analysis/assessment- Developed the organisations Capability Strategy & Work Programme to address capability gaps - Successfully project managed strategic L&D programmes and the L&D team

West Bromwich

Within this role I successfully:- Analysed business strategy and identified organisation and people capability implications.- Initiated a group-wide programme to underpin the development and launch of the newly defined corporate values and behaviours.- Provided strategic and operational support on talent management, succession planning and development decisions.- Created and championed a group-wide Leadership Development programme to align activity to corporate plans and build future capability.- Introduced leading edge recruitment strategies to create value at every stage of the process enabling activity to increase by 29%, cost per hire to fall by 61% and time to fill by 31%.- Developed the talent management, employee engagement and employer branding agenda within the overall HR Strategy.

West Bromwich

Key achievements in this role included:- Instigating and designing a CEO Succession/Selection Strategy. This included a Director Development Programme that culminated in the successful internal appointment of a new CEO.- Launched a development programme for all ‘emerging talent’. This programme generated a 90% increase in performance, 13% increase in retention and a return on investment of nearly £500k.

West Bromwich

Set up the Management Department department. This included initiating, leading and delivering a Society-wide Coaching/Culture Change programme to 200 Directors/Managers. This delivered a step change in the Society’s culture and performance and established HR as a key business driver.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mercuri Urval are one of the world’s leading international management consultancy firms. They work with major multi-nationals to smaller owner-managed operations across all industry sectors and specialise in Recruitment and Selection (Executive to Middle Management level), Board and Executive Assessment and Coaching, Talent Management and Business Transformation.Within this role:- Built long term client relationships and sector expertise in; Pharmaceuticals, Power Generation, Telecoms, Financial & Professional Services (including Law), Manufacturing and Automotive.- Developed board and executive teams, providing coaching to business leaders to improve individual and team performance.- Assessed and reported on individuals, board and management teams. Compared their fit to current and future business needs and recommended and initiated robust follow up action.- Led high profile Recruitment and Selection activities, including board and executive, middle management and graduate programmes.- Analysed client’s business situation and intended strategy. Acting as a change agent, constructively challenged client perceptions, presented solutions and influenced direction.- Developed and introduced Culture Change and Performance Management solutions.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Initiating and managing a portfolio of key HR projects including designing training solutions for 16,000 staff and leading the multi-site Training Design & Evaluation team

Mba

Civil Service Od Capability Programme - Level 7, Organisational Development, Grade - High Standard

Chartered Mcipd

Diploma In Financial Services

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