Kathryn Owen

In this role, I work alongside the UK MD to bring the UK Management team together as a cohesive group focused on delivery of the UK strategy, working in conjunction with the Commercial function to bring together the team to deliver results. Driving the promotion of the DE&I agenda with particular focus on neuro diversity and supporting females with the organisation. I am responsible for the UK HR Business Partner team and work closely with the Global Centres of Excellence to deliver on a local level.

In this role, I am responsible for HR across global locations covering HR services, integration of global acquisitions, and working alongside the Executive Committee. I have developed the long term recruitment and sourcing strategy including employee retention, attraction, and succession planning activities for the Commercial, Finance, and Government/Regulatory functions. I work in partnership with leadership teams including managing employee relations and engagement as part of building the people culture and delivering performance outcomes. I liaise with the Chief People Officer to support the development of the 2021 and 2022 HR Strategy including diversity and inclusion priorities. This has included successfully developing the new recruitment strategy underpinned by diversity and inclusion as well as effective rewards and benefits, attraction, retention, and succession planning leading to an increase in team diversity and a significant reduction in attrition rates.

In this role I am responsible for leading the people strategy working in partnership with the HR Director and Chief People Officer. This includes developing, implementing, and managing the ongoing support services across business leaders consistently and dynamically. I have successfully worked across Employee Relations and Change projects to support the delivery of transformation projects as part of the Group's strategy. I have contributed significantly to the creation of a comprehensive Employee Engagement Strategy and Plan including internal communications and performance monitoring of employee engagement. My role also includes working with senior and business management to develop HR and Talent Management processes and procedures as part of recruitment, training and development and succession planning. I have also been tasked with leading the people aspects of new company acquisitions while also leading key people initiatives in line with company strategy. As part of this role, I have also worked with colleagues to develop an organisational wide wellbeing strategy while considering the role of reward and recognition for staff. My experience in general HR support including providing HR reports and leading Workforce Planning activities. This has helped underpin the organisations action plan to be recognised as 'the best place to work' ambitions. I also generally oversee attendance management, training and development, performance management, and wider resourcing and benchmarking with industry best practice. I have therefore contributed to the people strategy and the improvement of the HR activities across the organisation.