Sophia Clarke

• Spearheaded global People Manager initiative, improving engagement, performance management, and talent enablement across 1800 employees.
• Transformed performance culture from compliance reviews to strengths‑based developmental conversations, embedding continuous feedback, training and performance analysis
• Relaunched the Employee Engagement Survey, achieving higher participation and actionable insights.
• Designed frameworks to enhance senior leadership capability, strengthening resilience and succession pipelines.
• Delivered cross‑functional interventions that improved colleague experience and organisational outcomes.
  

• Designed and delivered leadership development strategies, coaching leaders to enhance capability and resilience.
• Established a company‑wide coaching network with accredited internal coaches.
• Embedded inclusive practices through experiential learning and succession planning.
• Introduced data‑driven impact assessments to measure programme effectiveness
  

• Implemented the 2020 change programme for the Corporate Learning cluster, ensuring smooth transition and adoption.

• Led a large team to develop qualifications and assessments aligned with DfE design principles and OFQUAL regulations.

• Advanced partnership management for joint services agreement with the National Land‑Based College Network.

• Managed the pre-opening process for new ARK academies, including community consultations, capital and refurbishment project management, and liaison with the Department for Education.

• Managed not-for-profit research and development projects to enhance global policy and practice in vocational education.

IBM, NCFE, City & Guilds,