I support businesses to get the best from their people through expertise in 4 key areas:• Organisation Design and Leadership & Talent Development• Strategic Business Partnering• Shared services and process improvement & design• End to end M&A.

Elliott Scott HR is an award-winning specialist in HR recruitment. We serve the global HR community through our offices located in Delhi, Hong Kong, London, New York, Sao Paulo and Singapore and have placed HR leaders in over 30 countries.

Serving as a pivotal link between HR and the INSEAD Leadership, the role required robust influencing and relationship-building abilities. Pivotal in strengthening HR's position as a trusted advisor, whilst ensuring strict adherence to HR compliance standards.• Responsible for overseeing the Strategic People plan across multiple business areas, reporting directly to the Executive Team and senior leadership teams.• Collaborate closely with business leaders to develop and implement a tailored people plan that aligns with the organization's strategic objectives. This includes addressing key performance issues such as employee engagement, wellbeing, market-facing compensation, remuneration, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with centers of expertise to contribute to the formulation of the People strategy. Ensure that People solutions and initiatives are aligned with organizational goals and effectively implemented.• Utilize employee engagement indices, verbatim feedback, wellbeing monitoring processes, and focus groups to influence and coach business stakeholders. Proactively identify areas for improvement and recommend interventions to enhance employee satisfaction and performance.• Lead change initiatives and maintain strategic focus during periods of volatility, taking a hands-on approach to driving key projects. This includes supporting global and people process improvements in preparation for major digitalization efforts while prioritizing the enhancement of the overall employee experience.• Serve as the appointed officer responsible for managing end-to-end harassment investigations, fostering a safe and respectful work environment for all employees and students.

Developed and lead an HR team of 14 covering all HR disciplines, supporting c1200 employees over multiple business lines. Established a “One HR” culture, initiating continuous improvement activities and advocated the implementation and delivery of a shared services model for resourcing and operations ensuring seamless HR support for business stakeholdersAchieved business driven targets around recruitment and productivity through talent acquisition strategies and performance management Drove culture change including:- Initiation of development programme for junior managers, - Implemented focus groups for employee feedback- Lead the Inclusion and Diversity programmes

Managed relationships with Regional Executives as Key HR Business Partner across a range of support functionsManaged the delivery of HR initiatives across the APAC region Ensured the successful delivery of Global Projects across the RegionImplemented a bi-annual full talent review across the finance function (c250 employees) and subsequently delivered a Finance Leadership Development program

Responsible managing and delivering a number of change programmes most notably:- Japan HR Functional Review and Transformational change Programme- Region wide business restructuring project - Finance Transformation project, implementation of region wide corporate cards and expenses system- Development and implementation of harmonised Fixed Term Contracts across the Region

SecondmentResponsible for the end to end HR processes for the Japan business of c 600 employeesMember of the RBS Japan Executive Committees, driving culture change and supporting the business strategy including business restructuringContinued the management of the HR change program, embedding an HR Business partner model for the HR team of 9

Managed the HR due diligence relating to a significant strategic disposal by RBS in Asia of Retail and Commercial businesses in 10 countries, incorporating c8,000 employees and 4 separate sales processes.Developed the virtual data warehouse and data management process for all elements of the HR workstream including, manpower, organisation structure, resourcing, remuneration & benefits and policies & procedures. Managed the query process from multiple bidders which involved reviewing questions daily, responding against aggressive timeframes and ensuring the accuracy of information within the agreed governance process, ensuring adherence to data protection principles and legislation.Engaged with the new purchaser to support the migration planning process for each country, using in depth understanding of the sale and purchase agreement to ensure legally binding clauses were considered. Led the integration phase to the new purchased in relation to employment policy and communications for c4000 transferring employees.

Responsibility for all aspects of HR Management and Consultancy within Shared Services implementation programme. Liaison with the European HR function to ensure that decisions are consistent with Strategic direction in Europe and that country considerations were factored into the project plan.