Chief People Officer with broad expertise

Primary specialism: HR Business Partner

Markets with deep expertise: Europe, Middle East, Eastern Europe, APAC, Africa.

Languages : English, Afrikaans, and German (school level).

Salary expectations: GBP 260,000 + STI + LTI.

Workforce types directly supported: Information Technology , manufacturing, Sales & Marketing in B-B.

Current home country: United Kingdom.

Mobility: Globally mobile.

Mobility Considerations: British, Irish and South African nationalities.

Team management: 12 Direct reports - with total HR team of 265.

Current/recent employer: GBP 3.6 billion and 16,000 employees in EMEA. 76,000 employees globally.

Remits of particular interest: CPO reporting to the CEO. Full accountability of the people function, including all aspects of HR and HR operations (including Payroll).

Unique expertise: over 20 years Board experience in HR in EMEA with large IT workforces.

Commerciality: Ran a digital reskilling programme that upskilled 300 engineers into highly sought after digital/software engineers. Saving the cost of redundancy of the 300 (circa GBP 13million)

Strengths: Strategic, dynamic, engaging, great leader, resourceful

Need to know: I have a strong strategic ability with a great love of people - a great mind and a big heart

Would you like more details on this professional, to fill a potential gap in your HR team? 

CMTS reference: 63375