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Our Consultants
Our independent, professionally qualified consultants are based
throughout the country and cover and specialise in a myriad of
disciplines within the Human Resources Field gained from over 100
years of experience in large and small companies both in the UK and
around the world.
Karen Wright
Karen has over 20 years experience in Human Resources, she is
versatile, self-motivated HR professional, with strong customer
focus. An amiable individual who has a pragmatic approach, she is
results driven and capable of effectively and efficiently
identifying creative solutions to everyday situations, balancing the
needs of both the organisation and the individuals. Her experience
was founded in FTSE 100 companies but she has since worked with
companies varying from the second largest in the world (at the time
of going to press) to three and four people family companies. This
exposure enables Karen to effectively work with staff at all levels
on projects of any size.
Joanne Attrill
A practical, enthusiastic professional Joanne has more than 15
years Senior Management experience spanning a variety of industries
including Training, IT, Pharmaceutical, Financial and Investment as
well as Corporate and Government sectors. Her specialisms include:
HR project management, policies and procedures, employee relations,
integration and harmonisation after acquisitions, organisational
re-structure/changes and/or redundancies. Latterly Joanne has
completed overseas assignments in the UAE and has valuable
experience of the issues relating to relocating and repatriation of
employees as well as the sensivities of working within other
cultures.
Joanne has a BA(Hons) Combined Studies, with a Postgraduate Diploma
in Personnel Management and an LLM (Employment Law). She is a fully
qualified Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development (MCIPD).
Susie Barker
Susie is an experienced HR consultant as well as an Organisational
Behaviourist combining a practical, can do attitude with the skills
associated with a Occupational Psychologist. Having worked in a
variety of organisations including a background in the RAF, ASDA,
logistics and financial services she has consulted in many different
companies from small to medium organisations as well as blue chip
companies such as Barclays, BAA and Westland Helicopters. Experience
includes mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and acting as the
HR programme leader. Don’t be worried that you are getting a
academic Psychologist - this is definitely the best of both worlds.
Jane Budd
Jane has over 12 years experience as an independent HR Consultant
and interim manager, with a particular focus on leading and managing
the people aspects of transformational change, which she has
undertaken most recently for BT, General Healthcare Group, BAA,
Barclays and NESTA. Prior to this she gained 10 years practical
operational experience of delivering HR strategies and team
leadership as an HR Director. Jane is an HR generalist, but
particular areas of expertise include: organisation diagnosis,
development and design, leadership, culture and performance
development. She brings clarity of thought, determination and pace
of execution to complex HR challenges as well as a pragmatic,
commercial approach which is highly valued by clients. She quickly
establishes credibility with senior teams and builds supportive
relationships with stakeholders in order to ensure that successful
outcomes are achieved.
Sarah Cook
Sarah is an experienced and commercially aware Management, HR and
Development consultant with many years experience gained in various
industry sectors. Experience of enhancing organisational capability
through coaching, guidance and advice at all levels. An excellent
communicator with a confident and professional approach.
Simone Crawford
Simone has over 20 years’ experience of HR and people management
practices in national and global media and advertising
organisations. Simone focuses on the development of HR policies and
procedures in key areas such as legal compliance, employment
contracts, HR policies and procedures, support and employment advice
for managers, compensation and benefits planning. She is a Member of
the CIPD. She has a wealth of knowledge which she puts to good use
when advising on Employee Relations issues and she also devises and
delivers training and development workshops covering areas such as
appraisal management, and recruitment.
Emily Das
Emily has over 10 years experience in Human Resources gained in
large international companies (PricewaterhouseCoopers, BP,
Prudential), several public sector organisations and smaller
businesses. Emily therefore understands HR issues relating to
different size businesses, providing them with appropriate
solutions. Emily is a flexible and self motivated HR professional
with strong customer focus and highly developed interpersonal skills
that enable her to work with staff at all levels.
Angela Peel
Angela has over 20 years' experience of HR and people management
practices in national and global organisations across the private,
not for profit and public sectors. She has held senior HR positions
in a number of organisations as well as senior consulting roles.
Angela focuses on the development of HR policies and procedures for
a wide range of organisations, on organisational design projects
including restructuring, business process engineering, role design
and organisational change, and on assessment.
She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, and is Level A & B qualified,
using tools including the 16PF and MBTI. She is an experienced
facilitator and also undertakes independent investigations for
disciplinary, grievance and harassment issues. She has a wealth of
knowledge which she puts to good use when advising on Employee
Relations issues and she also devises and delivers training and
development workshops covering areas such as performance management,
discrimination and other aspects of employment law
Ray Smelt
A dedicated interim HR executive with an impressive track record of
success and over 25 years experience in international blue chip
companies and public sector organisations. Particular skills include
strategic delivery, management of change, acquisitions, mergers and
disposals, in addition to developing HR systems, job design and job
evaluations, bespoke compensation and benefits strategies,
performance management and leading negotiations with unions and
employee representative. Broadly experienced in Global HR, with
international experience in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Canada and
Europe (including Eastern European States and the States of the
Russian Federation). He is able to translate business strategies
into deliverable HR plans and systems and to motivate and empower
employees.
Frances Stubbs
A commercially focused, professional HR manager with 10+ years’
experience of adding value through the identification of pragmatic
HR solutions to people and business based problems. With a
background in a variety of industry sectors including Professional
Services, Publishing, Loss Prevention and Retail Operations
considered adaptable, quick thinking, organised, analytical and
capable of managing a heavy workload to tight deadlines and budgets.
Has a proven track record of delivering results using proven project
management methodology through her first class relationship
building, communication, influencing and presentation skills.
Experienced in leading internal HR teams to deliver business
transformation projects including organisation design,
restructuring, downsizing, job evaluation, business relocation and
integration.
Lisa Williams
Lisa has almost 20 years' experience of HR practice in national and
global organisations across a range of sectors and disciplines.
After brief spells in financial services, the civil service and
steel trading, she moved into HR in the voluntary sector. From there
she moved to the NFU - Britain 's largest trade association - before
taking up a post at Novartis Pharmaceuticals. For the past 7 years
she has worked as a consultant on a wide range of projects across
lots of different sectors including healthcare, telecoms,
publishing, technology, financial services, and retail.
She has a Masters in Strategic HRM and is BPS Level A & B
accredited, using a range of assessment tools including CPI, OPQ,
MBTI, 16PF and TMSDI. She is particularly interested in what makes
people tick and is currently studying for a BSc Psychology.
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