Paul Smith

Strategic HR leader responsible for shaping and executing the Group’s people strategy across multiple jurisdictions.

Key achievements:

• Aligned the HR strategy to the Group business plan, elevating HR’s role as a strategic partner to the Board.
• Built a robust succession and talent pipeline, ensuring organisational stability and future leadership readiness.
• Transformed employee engagement by deploying progressive, modern HR initiatives and culture-focused programmes.
• Digitised key HR processes, improving efficiency, visibility, and employee experience across the Group.
• Led sensitive, large-scale restructuring and redundancy programmes with professionalism and strong governance.
• Increased retention by introducing competitive, market-aligned reward and benefits frameworks.
• Directed global HR operations while ensuring compliance with diverse employment legislation.
• Developed group bonus and incentive schemes that enhanced performance and aligned behaviours to business goals.
• Reduced organisational risk through expert navigation of complex employee relations and legal matters.

Led HR strategy for a major housebuilding division, partnering closely with senior leadership to elevate performance and culture.
Key achievements:

• Successfully managed complex ER issues, maintaining positive working relationships and operational continuity.
• Embedded a learning and development culture through targeted professional development programmes.
• Strengthened culture through clear communication, leadership coaching, and inclusive engagement strategies.
• Designed a long-term succession strategy that improved business resilience and talent mobility.
• Reduced staff turnover by implementing evidence-based retention and career-development initiatives.
• Introduced a metrics-driven performance management system that contributed to sustained business growth.
• Delivered high-impact training frameworks that increased productivity and leadership effectiveness.
• Elevated HR’s credibility through modern, well-structured policies and clear governance.

Provided strategic HR leadership to senior executives during major change, restructuring, and transformation periods.
Key achievements:

• Partnered with divisional leadership to shape strategic HR decisions supporting long-term business goals.
• Managed redundancy and restructuring processes with strong legal compliance and minimal risk.
• Modernised HR systems to improve reporting, data accuracy, and managerial decision-making.
• Led major change programmes, ensuring smooth transitions and employee engagement during transformation.
• Designed talent and compliance strategies that supported long-term business growth and operational excellence.
• Launched development programmes that improved career progression and internal mobility.

• Enhanced HRIS capability, improving data accessibility and organisational insight.
• Delivered engagement and communication initiatives that strengthened morale across the organisation.
• Fostered a collaborative environment through proactive conflict resolution and strong relationship-building.

• Managed complex employment law cases to successful resolution.
• Enhanced organisation's reputation as an employer of choice by implementing progressive HR policies.
• Produced detailed HR reports for senior management review.
• Developed comprehensive training programmes for enhanced staff performance.
• Reduced staff turnover with improved induction and onboarding process.
• Implemented robust succession planning strategy, ensuring continuity of leadership roles within the organisation.
• Kept managers and employees updated on wide range of employment relations related to performance, attendance and discipline.
• Delivered consistent and reliable administration through strategic planning and coordination of HR functions.