INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Interim and Consultancy Assignments Assignment Years Client Countries served/visited Interim HR Management of rapidly expanding regional office 2006-7 Halcrow Based Doha, Qatar Recruitment & HR Management for Head Office and 10,000 employee contstruction site 2005 Dutco Balfour Beatty Based Dubai Design of profit share and grading systems and rewriting of employee handbook for Saudi Arabia's leading tea blenders and packers 2000 A M S Bashen & Co Project undertaken in Saudi Arabia and Cyprus base Developing expatriate conditions and recruitment of key teams for a new, international venture for the UAE's most respected water company following its acquisition by America's most successful power company. 1999 Azurix Corp. (Enron Inc.) & Wessex Water Parent in Houston. Conditions designed for and recruitment to work in Mexico, Argentina, Malaysia, China, USA, Kuwait, Chile, Rumania, Egypt & Ghana and from those countries plus Australia, France, West Indies, Italy and Netherlands Support to merger of HR departments serving international operations and UK major construction projects 1999 Balfour Beatty Major Projects UK base. International activities and staff in Thailand, Cyprus, Philippines, Egypt etc. Project Manager developing and implementing initiatives addressing skills shortages and creating competency records for up to 8000 construction tradesmen and operatives at Heathrow Airport. 1998 BAA plc UK (Based at Heathrow) Development and initiation of a culture change programme for 3500 staff of a recently-privatised railway maintenance company. 1997 Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance UK (Based in City of London) Analysis and advice on terms of employment of government employees transferring to a private sector employer in 165 locations across southern England. Interim management of HR for London Area 1998 & 2000 Haden Building Management Ltd UK (Various) Head of a personnel planning unit responsible for HR aspects of international business change programmes, performance management and competency-based organisation and job design in the City and European companies of the world's largest insurance brokers. 1994 - 1996 Marsh & McLennan Inc. City of London base. Programmes developed for UK and USA (New York) Interim human resources management for the UK's largest firm of chartered surveyors. 1992 -1993 DTZ Debenham Thorpe UK base. Satellite offices in Europe Setting terms and conditions, policies and procedures and recruitment of key start-up team for a new, wide-bodied aircraft maintenance facility. 1991 London Aviation (BAe plc) UK (Bristol) Base On site recruitment of 300 engineering, supervisory and administrative staff for Europe's largest construction project. 1991 - 1993 TransManche Link UK (Dover) base. Anglo-French JV Review of the manual and computerised personnel systems of one of the UK's largest insurance brokers and implementation of recommendations. 1989 C T Bowring & Co. UK (City of London) base. Company acquired by US parent Collection and analysis of data for a participant in an industry-wide salary survey. 1987 & 1988 Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd UK base Design of job evaluation and grading schemes and disciplinary procedures for the local staff of a charity in French-speaking central Africa. 1991 ActionAid Burundi Interim management of a personnel department serving 1500 staff in 21 locations throughout the UK 1995 C T Bowring & Co City of London base Management of a personnel and training department for a large, progressive local authority. 1986 - 1987 Kent County Council UK base Interim management of the personnel department of an international contractor with expatriates in Europe and throughout the developing world. 1989 1992 Balfour Beatty International UK base. Staffing, administration etc for projects in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Oman, Egypt, Dubai, Thailand, and Lesotho with local and French, German and South African JV partners Long term administration of a pension fund with assets of £2.2 millions. 1986 - 1997 Howard Doris Ltd Pension Fund UK base Investigation into the breakdown of the computerised personnel records system for a London borough and management of a programme to restore the system. 1990 London Borough of Croydon UK (Croydon) base Recruitment of the management team of a facilities management company serving Britain's best-known high street retailer. 1992 -1994 UMS Ltd (serving Marks & Spencer) Southern UK Interim administration of the personnel computer system of a leading Lloyds insurance brokers. 1992 C T Bowring & Co UK (City of London) Redesign of the staff grading system of one of the UK's best known construction companies. 1992 Balfour Beatty Construction UK base Recruitment of a team of specialist engineers to supervise the simultaneous lifting and modification of a North Sea oil complex. 1993 Offshore Design Engineering French company; London Base. Projects in UK and Norway Other International Exposure/ExperienceCountries visited: Cyprus, France, Egypt, Maldives, Italy, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kuwait, Netherlands, Germany, Quatar. Lebanon, SyriaMemberships and Networks: Active member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development International Forum. Well-developed network of contacts, sources of information and advice and specialist service providers. Languages: Good French, Fair Italian, Fair Greek. Early Career Experience: o 1977 to 1986. Head of Personnel and Training of Anglo-French offshore construction company with long JV partnership with Dutch Company and heavy lift barge operating in West Africa and elsewhere. o 1976 to 1977. Head of Personnel for airline. Based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. o 1974 to1976. Set up international personnel function for major construction company serving Saudi Arabia, The Gambia, Nigeria, Algeria and elsewhere. o 1971 to 1974. Personnel Officer with Swiss freight forwarder with French, German, Italian and other staff and world-wide operations. o 1968 to 1971. Manager of International Department of specialist selection organisation recruiting staff for Middle East and South/Central Africa o 1965 to 1968. Management training scheme with HM Forces official suppliers serving activities world-wide. London base, also worked briefly in Germany.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assignment
Years
Client
Countries served/visited
Design of profit share and grading systems and rewriting of employee handbook for Saudi Arabia's leading tea blenders and packers
2000
A M S Bashen & Co
Project undertaken in Saudi Arabia and Cyprus base
Developing expatriate conditions and recruitment of key teams for a new, international venture for the UAE's most respected water company following its acquisition by America's most successful power company.
1999
Azurix Corp.
(Enron Inc.) &
Wessex Water
Parent in Houston.
Conditions designed for and recruitment to work in Mexico, Argentina, Malaysia, China, USA, Kuwait, Chile, Rumania, Egypt & Ghana and from those countries plus Australia, France, West Indies, Italy and Netherlands
Support to merger of HR departments serving international operations and UK major construction projects
Balfour Beatty Major Projects
UK base. International activities and staff in Thailand, Cyprus, Philippines, Egypt etc.
Project Manager developing and implementing initiatives addressing skills shortages and creating competency records for up to 8000 construction tradesmen and operatives at Heathrow Airport.
1998
BAA plc
UK (Based at Heathrow)
Development and initiation of a culture change programme for 3500 staff of a recently-privatised railway maintenance company.
1997
Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance
UK (Based in City of London)
Analysis and advice on terms of employment of government employees transferring to a private sector employer in 165 locations across southern England. Interim management of HR for London Area
1998 &
Haden Building Management Ltd
UK (Various)
Head of a personnel planning unit responsible for HR aspects of international business change programmes, performance management and competency-based organisation and job design in the City and European companies of the world's largest insurance brokers.
1994 - 1996
Marsh & McLennan Inc.
City of London base. Programmes developed for UK and USA (New York)
Interim human resources management for the UK's largest firm of chartered surveyors.
1992 -1993
DTZ Debenham Thorpe
UK base. Satellite offices in Europe
Setting terms and conditions, policies and procedures and recruitment of key start-up team for a new, wide-bodied aircraft maintenance facility.
1991
London Aviation (BAe plc)
On site recruitment of 300 engineering, supervisory and administrative staff for Europe's largest construction project.
1991 - 1993
TransManche
Link
UK (Dover) base. Anglo-French JV
Review of the manual and computerised personnel systems of one of the UK's largest insurance brokers and implementation of recommendations.
1989
C T Bowring & Co.
UK (City of London) base. Company acquired by US parent
Collection and analysis of data for a participant in an industry-wide salary survey.
1987 & 1988
Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd
UK base
Design of job evaluation and grading schemes and disciplinary procedures for the local staff of a charity in French-speaking central Africa.
ActionAid
Interim management of a personnel department serving 1500 staff in 21 locations throughout the UK
1995
C T Bowring & Co
City of London base
Management of a personnel and training department for a large, progressive local authority.
1986 - 1987
Kent County Council
Interim management of the personnel department of an international contractor with expatriates in Europe and throughout the developing world.
1989 1992
Balfour Beatty International
UK base. Staffing, administration etc for projects in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Oman, Egypt, Dubai, Thailand, and Lesotho with local and French, German and South African JV partners
Long term administration of a pension fund with assets of £2.2 millions.
1986 - 1997
Howard Doris Ltd Pension Fund
Investigation into the breakdown of the computerised personnel records system for a London borough and management of a programme to restore the system.
1990
London Borough of Croydon
UK (Croydon) base
Recruitment of the management team of a facilities management company serving Britain's best-known high street retailer.
1992 -1994
UMS Ltd (serving Marks & Spencer)
Southern UK
Interim administration of the personnel computer system of a leading Lloyds insurance brokers.
1992
UK (City of London)
Redesign of the staff grading system of one of the UK's best known construction companies.
Balfour Beatty Construction
Recruitment of a team of specialist engineers to supervise the simultaneous lifting and modification of a North Sea oil complex.
1993
Offshore Design Engineering
French company; London Base. Projects in UK and Norway
Countries visited: Cyprus, France, Egypt, Maldives, Italy, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kuwait, Netherlands, Germany, Quatar. Lebanon, SyriaMemberships and Networks: Active member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development International Forum. Well-developed network of contacts, sources of information and advice and specialist service providers. Languages: Good French, Fair Italian, Fair Greek. Early Career Experience:
o 1977 to 1986. Head of Personnel and Training of Anglo-French offshore construction company with long JV partnership with Dutch Company and heavy lift barge operating in West Africa and elsewhere.
o 1976 to 1977. Head of Personnel for airline. Based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
o 1974 to1976. Set up international personnel function for major construction company serving Saudi Arabia, The Gambia, Nigeria, Algeria and elsewhere.
o 1971 to 1974. Personnel Officer with Swiss freight forwarder with French, German, Italian and other staff and world-wide operations.
o 1968 to 1971. Manager of International Department of specialist selection organisation recruiting staff for Middle East and South/Central Africa
o 1965 to 1968. Management training scheme with HM Forces official suppliers serving activities world-wide. London base, also worked briefly in Germany.