Director of own consultancy partnering with global clients on training and projects to support their senior leadership boards, HR & management teams. Experienced with designing and delivering training face to face and through live webinars, as well as designing content for e-learning, with courses designed specifically around each client’s training needs.Training & coaching - recent examples are:- Training for Senior Leadership teams, Managers and HR teams: Effective talent acquisition strategies to meet labour market challenges & optimisation of AI, Consciously inclusive recruitment, Managing great development conversations, Interviewing & assessment, Performance Management and Stakeholder management.- Workshops on technology & AI in recruitment such as CRMs, chatbots, video interviewing software & how to assess potential as well as a wide range of applicant tracking and contingent hiring software.Projects - recent examples are:- Consulting on people development strategy, and delivery of training to managers, for a start-up digital business going through a period of growth- Partnering the Senior Leadership Team for a major public sector client to advise on their approach to diversity & inclusion.- Advice on new organisational structure for a global FMCG client, designing job descriptions, competencies & creating new assessment materials.- Consultant on improving the gender balance in a global STEM business with attraction & retention.- Recruitment audit for large NHS trust group with recommendations on transforming the recruitment organisation structure and strategy.- Market intelligence and research to identify talent for a senior leadership role within a global airline.Recent clients include: British Airways, BBC, Nestle, Westminster City Council, Ambitious about Autism, Octavius Infrastructure (civil engineering), NHS, Volkswagen, Abcam (Biotech), Deloitte, Unilever, Gousto & smaller technology & online start ups.

Consultant employed through own business as a Project Manager for both retail and investment banks to introduce a new managed service to control all UK temps. Introduction of a new recruitment system and negotiation of contracts with the managed service provider.

Currys plc are a retail group who own the Carphone Warehouse, PC World, Dixons and Tech Guys brands.Accountable for leading recruitment for UK operation, in Retail, Head Office, Services and Supply Chain to hire approximately 12K people per annum.The purpose of this role was to develop a strategy for the newly centralised Recruitment team supporting the UK businesses.

Headed up the Debenhams resourcing function for Retail and Head Office to recruit circa 1000 employees p.a. in Head Office from graduate to director level and 9000 across retail stores.

May 2000 to Dec 2000 Senior Consultant – Executive Search & Selection Management of retained assignments up to £250K salary level recruiting for roles from marketing, buying and operations to property and HR. May 1998 to May 2000 Team Leader – Human ResourcesGrowing the HR business by 400% and recruiting and developing a team of five consultants.Jan 1997 to May 1998 Consultant/Senior Consultant – Buying and Merchandising