Description

Senior HR Leader | People Strategy, Transformation, M&A, Integration & Organisation Effectiveness | Available for Interim, Contract, Fractional & Permanent Roles. Based in London but used to working globally

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

Heidrick & Struggles
Global Vice President Human Resources
PRIVATE EQUITY
June 2017 - May 2026 (8 years and 11 months)
London, United Kingdom
A global, private equity–backed professional services firm specializing in leadership advisory with annual
revenue exceeding US$1.2bn and approximately 3,000 employees worldwide. My portfolio included
revenues of over US$400m and 600 employees working across all major service lines and all geographies
• Architected global organisational design, defining and implementing new operating models,
establishing Global Leadership Teams, and leading deal teams through M&A due diligence,
compliance, and post-merger integration
• Recruited, negotiated, and onboarded over 80 revenue-generating consultants, collectively
delivering approximately $150m in annual revenue
• Led all people-related aspects of M&A activity, including the acquisition and integration of the
€100m Atreus business (Germany’s largest on-demand talent provider), alongside transactions in
Finland and South Africa, divestments in Russia and Hungary, and expansion into Israel, Ukraine,
and APAC
• Advanced the global talent agenda by improving gender balance across revenue-generating roles,
launching graduate programmes, and strengthening succession planning frameworks
• Recognised as a global expert in employee relations, reducing litigation costs by £500k in 2025
through proactive management and effective negotiation.
• Delivered significant commercial impact by reducing external talent acquisition spend by $500k
while achieving record hiring levels, executing a $3m global restructuring with zero litigation, and
embedding culture, DEI, and wellbeing initiatives through a global Champions network and flexible
working practices.
• Transformed talent systems and lifecycle processes by implementing Workday-enabled career
frameworks, redesigning performance management around collective goals and mentoring, and
optimising a $1m learning curriculum (reduced from $3m with no loss in quality).
Talent Acquisition and Workforce scaling Leadership Development Talent Management and Employee Development
Sepura Plc
Group Chief HR Officer
May 2014 - May 2017 (3 years)
Delivering advanced radio systems to public safety and critical infrastructure customers globally, with annual revenue of £140m and approximately 400 employees worldwide.
• • Architected the strategic People Agenda to support the transition from a single-site organisation to a global group structure, expanding across the US and LATAM following a major acquisition in Spain
• • Led RemCo transformation, redesigning long-term incentive plans and sales compensation structures, while embedding greater leadership accountability post-integration.
• • Delivered operational cost efficiencies, including €500k in integration savings, and developed an offshore and low-cost geography strategy to unlock a further €1m in savings.
Leadership Development Organizational Design Talent Management and Employee Development HR leadership & business partnering Compensation and Employee Incentives Programs
THALES
HR & Comms Director
DEFENSE AND MILITARY
March 2005 - September 2013 (8 years and 6 months)
The UK subsidiary, contributing £1.4bn in annual revenue to the group’s global revenues of over
€22bn. My portfolio included revenues exceeding €400m and 2,000 employees across Europe.
• Led the turnaround of seven underperforming businesses, integrating them into a cohesive
organisation and delivering a shift from loss to profitability within 12 months.
• Harmonised terms and conditions for a 7,500-strong UK workforce, consolidating 22 legacy
contracts while managing complex industrial and employee relations, including union negotiations,
site rationalisation, downsizing, TUPE, and pensions).
• Designed and implemented a strategic HR operating model, removing organisational layers,
outsourcing recruitment, and establishing a shared services centre, delivering £2m in cost savings
Strategic HR HR leadership & business partnering Talent Management and Employee Development Talent Acquisition and Workforce scaling