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Succession planning must reach beyond the list
A succession list is a starting point, not an account of readiness.
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Chief Human Resources Officer
Aldermoor Group2016 — 2020
Vice President, Talent & Organisation
Fairhaven Holdings2012 — 2017
Global Head of Talent
Meridian Consolidated2006 — 2012
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Culture is experienced through operating decisions
Employees learn what matters from the way decisions are made, performance is recognised and difficult information is handled.
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Workforce strategy starts with capability demand
A headcount plan does not explain whether an organisation can deliver its strategy.
A leadership conviction
People strategy must explain how the organisation will build the capability its ambitions require. I connect succession, organisation design and everyday leadership practice, with attention to fairness, privacy and the experience of employees.
- Senior roles filled internally
- 85%
- Through a rebuilt succession pipeline
- Engagement improvement
- +31 pts
- During a three-year transformation
- Colleagues served
- 52,000
- In 30 countries
- Women in leadership
- 40%
- Up from 18% in five years
Beyond the page
The record behind the perspective.
Recognition
- CHRO of the YearThe People Leaders Awards · 2024
- Best Workplace TransformationThe Boardroom Review · 2022
In conversation
- “Building a succession bench the board can trust”The People Leaders Journal · 2025
- “What remuneration committees miss about culture”The Boardroom Review · 2024
- “Episode 117 — Culture on the night shift”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Formation
- MA, Organisational PsychologyKingsgate University · 2003
- MBA, Strategy & FinanceWestbrook School of Management · 2004
- Certified Executive CoachThe Coaching Standards Council · 2016
Our succession conversations became evidence-based and calm. That is a gift to any board.
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