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Janette Thomson

Janette Thomson

Twickenham

Summary

A hardworking, reliable professional with 38 years experience working as a management consultant, an HR Director and as a lecturer in leadership and management. Experienced in both the public and private sectors for large corporations as well as SMEs and individuals.

Well-versed in listening carefully to clients to decipher their real and differing needs in order to design and deliver solutions which bring about effective improvements and excellent satisfaction.

I now wish to use these skills to support clients in a different setting – in travel and leisure where my passion lies. I speak fluent French and some Spanish, am very hardworking, flexible, and excited to learn a new role from the bottom.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Director

The Change-Enablers
12.2014 - Current
  • Provides consulting and training on a range of issues, including leadership, change, strategy and goals, team development, conflict management, performance planning, effective culture building, learning and development, and operational HR programmes
  • Acts as consultant, coach, facilitator and/or trainer depending on the needs of clients.

Lecturer

St Mary’s University
London
09.2020 - 05.2024
  • Module Convenor in Leadership, Organisational Behaviour, Global People Management/HRM
  • Academic Integrity Lead, Placement Tutor, Personal Tutor.

Course Director

Kingston College/University
12.2005 - 08.2016
  • Led the BA (Hons) Business degree course, in partnership with Kingston University and previously two Beacon-awarded Foundation Degree programmes, offered to adult learners in full-time work
  • Responsible for client development, liaison with employers and professional bodies, curriculum development, quality and results management, marketing, recruitment, student personal development planning and care, and mentoring
  • Lectured in: Management, Leadership & Change, Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Business Skills, Personal Development and Career Management
  • Led the transformation from franchised to validated provision, including new products, marketing, quality and design processes, team responsibilities and new thinking and behaviours
  • Also led the introduction of higher level provision requiring a significant change in the team's skills and relationships and the negotiation for accreditation of modules from professional bodies such as the ILM and the IDM
  • Contributed, as a member of the Business Faculty management team, to the design and opening of a new facility for HE students to reflect the business strategy.

Director

Human Resources, UBS Warburg Dillon Read
08.1998 - 11.2000
  • Member of the senior management team of three divisions of the Bank and acting as an internal consultant to those divisions on a global basis
  • Advised senior management on the successful management of people and performance and acted as the client interface for all generalist HR activities for the division
  • Key achievements include: Implementation of a global learning and development programme, Development of global succession planning for critical roles

Management Consultant

Towers Perrin
09.1994 - 07.1998
  • Project manager and/or team member, advising and assisting senior management of client organisations, from a range of sectors, to align their people strategy and programmes to their business strategy
  • Led projects from proposal, to design and through to implementation, ensuring effective communication and involvement and delivering required training
  • Experience included the following areas: reviewing, re-designing and implementing new reward systems to support business strategies; including job evaluation, role profiling, payment structures, market analysis, re-designing and implementing performance management, development and succession planning systems, the development of competency frameworks for reward, development and recruitment purposes, employee research, the development of HR policies, cultural change and new employment relationships
  • Led the introduction of a competency framework designed for the development of Towers Perrin consultants across Europe; including the training of all levels of consultant.

Recruitment & Training Manager

Clifford Chance
05.1993 - 09.1994
  • Led the graduate recruitment and development strategy and all supporting programmes and activities; including marketing, vacation schemes and open days, the selection process, induction and other training programs, administration of articles of training, development systems for trainees, career planning/counselling, manpower planning, budgeting and the provision of a general personnel service to around 250 trainees
  • Particular achievements were: instigating and leading the development and implementation of a new recruitment and training strategy based upon key competencies, leading to the design of a program of interviews, assessment centres, and interviewer/assessor training; designing and implementing, as part of a project team, appraisal and assessment for all lawyers and a development centre for senior lawyers, based upon the same set of competencies.

Personnel Manager – International

Clifford Chance
09.1991 - 04.1993
  • Responsible for expatriate management and the provision of a general personnel service to 580 overseas staff in 18 locations and to international staff working in the London office
  • Managed international recruitment and scholarship schemes, expatriate terms and conditions, remuneration policy, international tax, briefing and induction training, manpower planning and salary review
  • Significant achievements include: design and implementation of a comprehensive policy on terms and conditions for expatriate staff and for secondments to/from client firms; launch of a European secondment programme as part of career development planning.

Projects & Marketing

Vestey Group
London/Dubai
10.1987 - 10.1990

Education

Skills

  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Problem solving
  • Organisation
  • Creativity
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Coordination
  • Implementation
  • Action

Timeline

Lecturer

St Mary’s University
09.2020 - 05.2024

Director

The Change-Enablers
12.2014 - Current

Course Director

Kingston College/University
12.2005 - 08.2016

Director

Human Resources, UBS Warburg Dillon Read
08.1998 - 11.2000

Management Consultant

Towers Perrin
09.1994 - 07.1998

Recruitment & Training Manager

Clifford Chance
05.1993 - 09.1994

Personnel Manager – International

Clifford Chance
09.1991 - 04.1993

Projects & Marketing

Vestey Group
10.1987 - 10.1990

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