Bio

BACKGROUND Over 22 years experience designing and implementing strategic solutions for attracting and acquiring top talent within organisations to solve talent gaps and provide strategies to enable a sustainable talent landscape. My background spans across a breadth of industries from a multinational FMCG corporation (Mondelez International), a FTSE 10 global brewer (SABMiller), telecommunications (Level 3 Communications), retail, recruitment agency and boutique financial services. Breadth of experience includes a combination of global, regional and country level TA and broader Talent, Executive TA, Employer Branding and HR Director level roles. KEY FOCUS AREAS Passionate about direct sourcing, innovating and leveraging the employer brand to engage and attract top candidates for the future of businesses. Emphasis around developing programmes that support and further future of talent agendas including furthering careers in STEM and D&I initiatives. DNA I believe that talent acquisition and talent management need to work in a synergistic manner to create strategic and commercial short, medium, and long term talent plans for the organisation. An avid speaker at international and European forums, I strongly believe in fostering thought leadership, collaboration and innovation within the talent acquisition and management industry. RECOGNITION Awards: • Talent Brand Alliance Awards 2020: Talent Brand Team of the Year • Rally Awards 2020: Best Global Employer Brand Launch; Best Employer Brand Social Careers Channel • In House Recruiter Awards 2019: Gold medal winners in Best Exec TA Strategy, Best Candidate Experience, Best Outstanding Contribution • FIRM (Forum for In-house Recruitment Managers) Awards 2019: winner for Best Global Onboarding Program • In House Recruiter Award silver medalists for Global Onboarding and Executive TA, 2018 • Recruiter magazine, Recognized as one of the Most Influential In-House Recruitment Leaders in 2013, 2015 and again in 2019. Cover story 2019. Awards Judging o The FIRM (Forum for In House Recruitment Managers) Awards, Judge 2013 – 2020 o The Recruiter Awards (sponsored by Recruiter magazine), Judge, 2020 o NORA (National Online Recruitment Awards) Judge, 2014, 2016 o IRA (Institute of Recruitment Professionals) Awards Judge for REC (The Recruitment and Employment Confederation), 2015, 2016