Gillian Mcipd is a highly accomplished HR professional with an impressive track record of transforming global systems and integrations across various sectors, including retail, FMCG, engineering, and accounting. She is a senior HR leader with a wealth of experience in using business insights and people analytics to develop effective people strategies that optimize the HR experience right from the first day. Gillian is a Chartered Member (MCIPD) with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), where she studied Personnel, and she is also a registered practitioner of the British Psychological Society. She also holds a BA (Hons) degree in Linguistics and English Language from the University of Durham.

Gillian's career spans several reputable organizations, including Ericsson, where she currently serves as the Talent Acquisition Director, and Dyson, where she previously held prominent positions as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition Excellence and a Senior Project Manager, Talent Acquisition. She has also worked as a Resourcing Development Manager at John Lewis Partnership, Talent Acquisition at Amazon, Recruitment Programme Manager at Fonterra, and Recruitment Manager at Allegis Group. With a passion for developing and leading agile teams, Gillian is a proven relationship-builder who excels in cutting across organizational boundaries to cultivate strong, trusting relationships among stakeholders.

Gillian's professional interests revolve around employee value proposition, advertising, and attraction, diversity and inclusion, GDPR in Recruitment, systems integrations and implementations, redeployment, outplacement, Workday, Avature, Fieldglass, process design, green belt, assessment and selection, continuous improvement, robotic process automation, recruitment and selection, international and strategic recruitment, procurement, HR, and-public sector recruitment. Her extensive experience in various sectors and expertise in selection and assessment methodology, including psychometrics, positions her as an exceptional talent acquisition leader who can deliver complex global projects seamlessly.