Barry Walsh

Barry Walsh is an accomplished HR Director and business partner with over 14 years of experience at Novartis in various global, regional, and cross-divisional roles.

His expertise lies in developing and leading talent acquisition, retention, and performance management strategies to create diverse, competitive workforces and high-performance cultures.

Barry excels in leveraging technology to enhance productivity and global processes while effectively managing restructuring, right-sourcing, and M&A activities aligned with corporate strategy.

His career highlights include creating HR strategies to support the global implementation of business strategies, designing and implementing organizational development programs, driving talent acquisition and development initiatives, and improving HR service delivery and productivity.

Barry Walsh's global responsibilities encompass HR strategy, M&A, organizational development, talent acquisition, retention and development, compensation and benefits strategy, performance improvement, HR capability building, transformation programs, coaching, and global functions.

Education-wise, Barry studied BA Hons in Economics with Politics & Government, CIPD in Human Resources, BTEC National Diploma in Business Studies, and A-Level Economics.

His professional journey includes roles at Abbott, Elanco, and various key positions at Novartis and SmithKline Beecham.

Barry has a proven track record of driving success in complex, international organizations and creating scalable, resilient capabilities to support business growth and development.