Luke Restrick

People & Culture Team Lead (Promoted from HR Administrator → HR Coordinator → Recruitment & Onboarding Team Lead → People & Culture Team Lead)

• Rapidly progressed through four roles in under three years, reflecting consistent high performance and increasing leadership responsibility within the UK's fastest growing business in 2025

• Led the People & Culture function across Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Employee Relations, Payroll, Benefits and Health & Safety, partnering with senior leaders to support business growth.

• Personally recruited 200+ employees, helping scale the organisation from 35 to over 230 employees during a period of exceptional growth.

• Managed the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, assessments, interviews, offers, contracts, onboarding and candidate experience.

• Introduced an AI-powered recruitment assessment platform, improving recruitment integrity and streamlining candidate evaluation.

• Led the implementation of the Factorial HRIS, helping redesign HR processes, onboarding and employee records across the business.

• Created and managed the company's LinkedIn Recruiter Careers & Life pages, strengthening employer branding and attracting high quality talent.

• Produced recruitment, turnover and workforce analytics to support strategic decision making and continuous process improvement.

• Provided HR guidance to managers on Employee Relations matters including grievances, disciplinary procedures, absence management and performance issues.

• Built strong relationships with hiring managers and senior stakeholders, delivering recruitment campaigns across multiple business functions while continually improving recruitment and onboarding processes.

• Served aboard Mine Counter Measure Vessel Crew 1 in a demanding operational environment requiring leadership, teamwork and sound decision making under pressure.

• Responsible for tactical communications between Royal Navy and allied vessels.

• Trained and mentored junior personnel to Royal Navy operational standards.

• Led major seamanship evolutions including anchoring, harbour entries and man overboard exercises.

• Maintained critical life saving equipment ensuring operational readiness.

• Developed exceptional resilience, leadership, communication and problem solving skills.

• Supported the International Awarding Team across North America and the Middle East.

• Managed relationships with international education centres.

• Coordinated projects, meetings and presentations.

• Supported business development activity through research and stakeholder engagement.

• Delivered high quality administrative support within a fast paced project environment.