Richard Brice, MBA, DipMan (Open), FCMI
A senior HR consultant and director – Richard is a rarity in having over thirty years’ HR experience, but is academically qualified in general management. His particular specialism is HR Strategy/Management at executive level, but thoroughly grounded in the wider business context. Richard operates at strategic and tactical levels, in partnership with business leaders to enhance organisational performance. Although he has extensive experience of all aspects of human resource management in blue chip companies, SMEs and the public sector, he retains a freshness of approach which ensures innovative - yet practical - people management solutions. Hands on experience includes leading an HR team servicing 28,000 staff; managing complex employee relations issues against the backdrop of transformational change, including mergers, acquisitions, disposals and large-scale outsourcing; as well as delivering leadership development and cultural change programmes. A team player, creative, powerful communicator in written and spoken media, Richard has a strong record of delivery – in substance, to cost and on time.

Karen Barnes, FCIPD
Karen is a senior HR consultant with over 20 years’ HR experience working across different disciplines, client bases, single and multi-site locations providing the full range of generalist HR support to staff and managers from recruitment through to induction, performance management, career progression and trade union negotiation. Karen’s specialism is recruitment & selection, but she also has significant change management experience covering business start up, mergers and acquisitions, organisation redesign, rebranding and cultural change programmes. Although primarily working in the private sector, Karen has also developed wide public sector experience. An HR strategist with a track record of delivering integrated HR solutions in line with business objectives, Karen is an NLP practitioner with well-developed facilitation and personal coaching skills gained from working in a dynamic commercial environment. She is also Level B qualified in psychometric testing and is a qualified MBTI practitioner.

Stella Day, BA (Hons), FCIPD
Stella is an experienced senior HR professional and project manager who focuses on the delivery of real outcomes in the people arena. She has recently diversified away from her private sector foundations to work primarily with local authority clients. With almost 20 years’ experience across the full range of HR activities, she has managed major change programmes covering business start-ups, BPR, integration projects, disposals and merger & acquisitions. She has also contributed to HR strategy and plans on a pan European basis in a dynamic trading environment. Stella has extensive expertise in equality issues including equal pay audits, diversity policies, equality action planning and training. She works closely with organizations to help them understand their issues, identify solutions and plan practical outcomes – from policy design and implementation through to large-scale business transformation. She has excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation, coaching and counselling backed by a Certificate in Counselling Skills and is a qualified MBTI practitioner. Stella is also a tutor at Suffolk New College on the CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice Course and is a school governor at two local schools.

Brian England, FCIPD
Brian is a senior HR consultant with 30 years’ HR management experience, which sprang from a career start in general business and accountancy. Brian is a realist and accomplished communicator who brings a practical operational perspective to everything he does. An operational HR specialist, Brian has managed large groups of HR staff to provide business partnership with line managers delivering against the full range of HR activity from recruiting new staff to dealing with difficult people issues. A completer finisher by nature, Brian has developed and implemented HR strategy and HR measurement tools, as well as managing the introduction of two major HR information systems and exploiting their capability. Brian, who keeps himself at the forefront of HR thinking as Chair of his local CIPD Group has recently delivered projects providing compensation and benefits, policy development and employee relations specialist support. He has also managed major change management programmes involving mergers and acquisitions and internal re-organisations.

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