Cambridge Professional Academy

University of Birmingham

Delivering the very best possible experience for our people on the largest construction project in Europe

People our are greatest asset. I'm responsible for providing a stand-out experience right across the employee lifecycle and all our touchpoints to help our people to thrive.

EDF (UK)

Head of HR

Set and delivered the strategic communications vision, strategy and narrative in line with company
and project objectives to enable year-on-year performance improvements.
Provided daily strategic communications expertise to the Managing Director and Executive
management team.
Collaborated with stakeholders internal and external in the UK, France and worldwide.
Directed and managed crisis communications for the construction project including during the Covid-19
pandemic maintaining safe operations and an engagement score from the team of 83%
Responsible for communication to a matrix organisation audience of c.5,000 that is multi cultural, multi location both in office and field.
Delivered a compelling engagement approach to an audience of c.7,000 and maintained it through
Covid by being innovative and agile to move fast and maintain delivery.
Owned and delivered a schedule of high impact leadership engagement/visibility events and migrated them to a hybrid of virtual and face-to-face.
Led , developed, coached and manage a quality and results orientated team of seven
Champion of innovation to deliver multiple new channels to adapt to changing times (e.g., Poppulo , digital screens, SharePoint and an industry leading app)
Budget management of £ 500k
Recognised by Managing Directors Award for outstanding performance in 2019

EDF Energy

Senior Manager Internal Communications

Manage all internal communications for the construction workforce at HPC. Brand management, agency management, campaign and multi channel management.

Senior Internal Communications Consultant

Responsible for managing all internal communications and development of an engaging visitor strategy for the HPC Project.

Sanders Charlie