Experience

INTERIM MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTANCY CASE STUDIES - 2000 to 2003

• July to October 2004. London. Mobilisation HR Manager for a joint venture undertaking highways and street lighting maintenance throughout the City of Westminster. Achievements included achieving virtually full staffing by launch date and the successful management of complex, contested TUPE transfers requiring trade union negotiation and compromise agreements.

• March to May 2004. Recruitment of mobilisation and operational team of 70 managers, engineers, supervisors and support staff to for a three-company joint venture formed to undertake maintenance of all non-rail infrastructure on two thirds of the London Underground network. Setting conditions of employment for staff and 200 direct employees, creation of competence and training management systems and master vendor resourcing framework.

• February to May 2003. Hampshire and Kent, UK. HR Manager during mobilisation period of joint venture of leading UK consulting engineers and contractors recently awarded the Managing Agent Contractor (MAC) contract by the Highways Agency to maintain and manage motorways and trunk roads in Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex. Planning and implementation of programmes of intense individual and group consultation and written and face to face communication with outgoing contractor's and design engineer's staff, establishment of harmonised conditions of employment and assignment and administration of staff and operatives to employers comprising the joint venture. Management of Transfer of Undertakings, Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations aspects of transfers. External recruitment to fill newly-created positions unique to the MAC form of contract and handover to operational HR teams.

• June 2001 to January 2002. Launch and marketing of franchised, American Change Management and Merger Integration products for Cyprus' leading independent management and marketing consultancy. Franchise negotiations, identification of and contact with target companies and organisations in private and public sector in Cyprus, preparation of marketing materials, administration of Training Authority grant procedures and delivery of sample workshops on merger integration and change management techniques. Development and delivery of in-house, HR-related training workshops for client's consulting staff.
  
• October 2000 to May 2001. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Interim HR Consultant to Saudi Arabia's leading tea importers, packers and distributors with an annual turnover of $20 million. Based in Jeddah. Designed profit sharing, incentive and grading schemes, revised salary and benefit structure for Saudi and other employees and reviewed and revised employee handbook and related documentation.
  
• 2000 to 2003. Development and delivery in Cyprus, Kuwait and UAE of two-week, executive, master-class programmes of coaching and teaching for senior managers from middle-eastern organisations and of short workshops and seminars on change management, communications, competencies, group dynamics, team working and business communications.
  
• 2000 to 2003. Writer of weekly, 'New Manager' column (approaching 130 editions) on management and HR topics for Cyprus' English language, financial newspaper