University of Surrey

University of Westminster

VP HR • Head of HR • HR Consultant • News UK • Kantar • Post Office • Thomas Cook • Dolby • Revlon • EA Games • Shell

London, England, United Kingdom

Freelance

Campaign Director

Engaged by Centrepoint to carry out a sensitive HR investigation into an internal matter.

Centrepoint

Senior Human Resources Consultant

Retained to lead on the project to establish a cross brand UK operating model, impacting over 400 individuals. Key outcomes: - Established the project office and plan to ensure project delivery, despite considerable ambiguity - Developed and delivered leadership and employee representative briefings, as well as all the announcement and collective consultation documentation - Successfully set up and ran the collective consultation process, which included nomination and election of employee representatives, collective meetings over a 4-week period as well - Co-ordinated the response to over 20 counter proposals and 350 questions - Coached the HR Team, business leaders and employee reps through the collective consultation and change process - Delivered exceptional results in a short period of time

ViacomCBS

Human Resources Project Lead

Engaged as the part-time interim EMEA HR Director, supporting the US based VP Human Capital, providing HR guidance to c800 employees employed in Sales, Software Engineering and Customer Support. Alongside day-to-day responsibilities, outcomes include:- Restructure of the EMEA Sales organisation to align the structure to the strategy- Reduction of the Professional Services function reducing operating costs by $100k- Increased HR impact and profile through providing a sounding board to key leaders- Developed an HR Business Partner model, as well as undertook an evaluation of current HR practice and policy- Appointment and orientation of the new Senior HR Business Partner, EMEA

Flexera

Interim Human Resources Director

Working for News UK, part of News Corp who reported 2018 revenues of $2.69 billion, employing approx. 3,000 employees and publish The Times, Sunday Times, The Sun and Sun on Sunday newspapers. Initially engaged as the interim Group HR Director of Wireless, which operates 23 leading radio brands across the UK and Ireland including Virgin Radio, talkSPORT and talkRADIO, leading a geographically dispersed HR Team supporting a business of over 500 employees, talent and freelancers. Subsequently moved to a strategic role supporting the Group HRD. Key achievements:- Delivered integration of the Irish Wireless business into News UK aligning payroll, policies and processes including manager induction- Developed an HR plan of work which prioritised and created areas of focus as well as sought to demonstrate the importance of people led activity to achieve the commercial goals- Managed a complex cross functional programme of work - Instigated and led a multi-disciplinary project to audit employment status in response to HMRC changes- Responsible for an annual budget of £3 million

News UK

HR Director

Retained as the Interim HR Director for Kantar TNS, which is home to some of the world’s leading research, data and insights brands, and part of WPP who reported revenues of £15.2 million in 2017. In this role provided HR strategic direction to the TNS and Kantar Millward Brown businesses as well as leading tactical HR projects. Key achievements:-  Developed the Insights UK & Ireland HR plan in line with the wider Insights global and HR strategies-  Addressed critical issues around talent and time to hire-  Delivered the annual pay review process, to time and significantly within budget, against a background of uncertainty- Headed-up the cross functional Kantar project team to access and use the Apprenticeship Levy-  Sponsored the ‘People Matters Marketplace’ initiative to showcase the many facets of the wider HR function- Member of the UK & Ireland Insights Board and the Global HR Insights Leadership team

Kantar

Interim HR Director, UK & Ireland

Reporting into the HR & Engagement Director with a dotted line into the Head of People & Engagement, for the Post Office which is the UK's largest retail network and financial services chain, who in 2017 announced a profit of £13m for the first time in 16 years. Responsibility for a complex client group of approx. 300 across 3 Corporate functions. Subsequently appointed as the Interim Head of Leadership Development, Performance, Talent and Diversity. Key achievements:- Developed and co-facilitated a 2-day development programme for the Group Executive- Co-facilitated the Transformational Leadership Programme for the top business 300 leaders- Led the application process for The Times Top 50 Employers for Women, which resulted in recognition for the Women in Leadership programme

Post Office

Interim Head of Leadership Development, Talent and Diversity

- Developed and deployed the plan to address the OD and ER issues across the Governance function leading to its realignment and reorganisation- Lead a cross-functional team to decentralise the Group Security function resulting in savings of £500k per annum - Member of the Governance, People & Engagement and Business Transformation Leadership teams- Ran the multi-disciplinary project to develop and deliver the Post Office Modern Slavery Act statement- Member of the Governance, People & Engagement and Business Transformation Leadership teams

Interim Head of HR - People, Transformation & Governance

Engaged on a fixed term contract, reporting into the OneIT Change Director, to lead the HR side of the pan European IT transformation project impacting approx. 1000 employees. Thomas Cook is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups with annual sales in the year ending September 2014 of over £8.5 million. The OneIT Project was established to centralise IT services and exit key 3rd party supplier agreements. Key achievements:- Developed and delivered the HR Change Plan to deliver the projects key HR activities and milestones to drive the change- Drove the project to review the Group IT organisation structure, identify skill gaps and determine resources required.Partnered closely with Talent team to develop and implement a OneIT talent acquisition strategy- Developed sourcing strategies and implemented an external resource augmentation model- Engaged with local IT leaders to transition key resources into the OneIT organisation- Established an engaged and motivated OneIT HR Team

Thomas Cook

Interim HR Transformation Lead

Engaged for a global leader in the creation of audio, visual, and voice technologies for cinemas, PCs and mobile devices who reported a total 2014 revenue of $960 million, to carry out specific HR projects to enable the business to streamline its European Sales operation and implement key HR activities post an acquisition in Europe. These projects were delivered to time and budget and as a result the European Sales operation saved the business over $400k per annum.

Dolby Laboratories

Interim HR Director

Appointed as a Senior HR Leader for the US owned global cosmetics, hair colour and beauty care brand with a global employee base of approx. 5,000 employees and annual net sales of $1,941 million in 2014. Reporting into the Global EVP HR, as Regional HR Director EMEA, with a dotted line to the EMEA Managing Director. Responsible for providing talent, people development, recruitment and wellbeing solutions through an internationally based HR Team of 8 who supported a client population of approx. 500 people with.Key achievements:- Increased talent retention, development and employee engagement resulting in reducing turnover from 22% to 18%- Realigned the UK Sales, International Sales and UK Marketing functions resulting in a 45% increase in International Sales- Implemented significant business changes as a result of a closure of the French manufacturing plant- Streamlined the Italian business model and strategy resulting in an improvement to EBITDA of $800k- Implemented a restructure of the local South African Operations, realising costs savings of $100k within one year- Implementation a new UK payroll solution resulting in an immediate annual saving of £10k- Reviewed the talent acquisition strategy and implemented the first talent review for the EMEA business- Sponsored the review of the UK Pension provision and UK Employee Benefit programme which resulted in increased benefits at no additional or a reduced cost to the Company- Member of the EMEA Regional Leadership and Global HR Leadership teams

Revlon

Regional HR Director, EMEA

Reporting into the EVP HR for the US owned Discovery Networks, the world’s no. 1 pay TV programmer with 250 billion subscribers in 220 countries and territories with a 2011 revenue of $4.235 billion. Key achievements:- Streamlined the Enterprise organisation through a global review and restructure to enable it to better serve and meet the needs of the business- Implemented a review of key HR processes including recruitment and payroll to ensure these were fit for purpose and met the needs of the business- Responsible for highly sensitive employee relations cases, requiring the need to balance the needs of the employee with the reputation of the company

Discovery Communications

Vice President HR, Western Europe

Reporting into the CEO for the leading provider of audio content at historical sites, lead a worldwide based team of 3 HR Managers providing HR services to approx. 180 permanent employees plus an additional 1,000 global site staff and subsequently 8 European based HR Directors and Managers supporting approx. 500 pan-European employees. Key achievements:-  Partnered with the CEO and CFO of Antenna Audio to develop and implement the business and commercial strategy, resulting in a global restructure of the business to prepare it for the sale-  Executed and managed all the HR aspects of the sale of Antenna Audio to a PE including due diligence, resolving complex employment law issues, addressing employee and industrial relations matters as well as implementing transition service agreements-  Led the project pre and post-sale to establish new HR systems and processes including the implementation and set-up of a new payroll and employee benefit plans for the US part of the business-  Successfully navigated a complex landscape of senior stakeholder across 3 organisations-  Coached the Antenna Leadership Team and steered them throughout the sale process

Antenna International

Global HR Director

Working for EA Games, a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, supporting teams who localised games into up to 22 languages and in doing so contributed approx. $1 billion to EA’s annual profit. Client group of approx. 270  permanent employees based at 7 locations across Europe, rising to 450 during the annual ‘peak’ period. Key achievements:-  HR Lead for the successful project which established a centralised games testing centre in Spain, which resulted in relocating 103 employees from across 7 European countries to Madrid over a 7-week period-  Success of the project was demonstrated through an individual take-up rate of 84%, exceeding the 30% budgeted-  Line manager of an HR Advisor and two HR Assistants. Member of the Shared Service Centre Leadership Team- Led the project to outsource the European Certification Group recruitment of temporary Product Testers to a 3rd party supplier. As a result significantly improved the annual recruitment processes for Peak Testers and in doing so brought cost savings to the business of £100,000

Electronic Arts

HR Business Partner

- Generalist HR Advice including: extensive external recruitment and internal resourcing; remuneration; managing organisational change; reward and benefits; training and development; job evaluation; managing all aspects of poor performance and disciplinary cases; communicating changes in employment legislation and HR policy- In-depth international experience gained as the lead HR Advisor for Shell Financial Services (SFS) whose employees were based at other locations c. 180 in the USA, 160 in The Netherlands and 70 staff at various satellite locations including Singapore and Melbourne. Worked closely in a culturally aware manner with managers and HR departments globally- Partnered with the Senior SFS Managers and their respective Management Teams to provide operational and strategic HR advice. Proven ability to: partner with different client groups; operate independently; make and implement decisions with confidence- Managed all HR aspects of the TUPE transfer of 8 employees- Globally coordinated and managed the annual remuneration and stock options processes for all SFS employees- Peer lead and coach to Central Finance HR team

Hannah Dalton

Hannah Dalton