Emma Rudd

Experience

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  Help the Aged

  Oct 2004 - Apr 2006

  Senior Systems & Administration Advisor

  • Maintained contact with field managers in the overseeing of over 300 shops across the UK; led the North East team, co-ordinating work to support 'the field.'• Management of volunteers on the field, inc. research and implementation of recruitment and retention strategies.

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  The Place2Be

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  HR Officer & Interim HR Manager

  • Held HR Manager function on an interim basis of 8 months - specialising in recruitment and manpower planning and induction - which saw the organisation grow by 25% across the UK. Managing a 3 strong team. • Advisory role for all levels of management across the organisation, both remotely and at Head Office i.e. employee relations and development issues• Liaising with advertising agencies for the charity, strategising campaigns and PR initiatives.• Planned and presented Presentation Evenings around the country on career opportunities at P2B.• Co-ordinated large scale Staff Induction programmes on a routine basis. • Drawing up of new policy initiatives, including the introduction of staff benefits.• Report composition, including, general evaluative, as well as more analytical and statistical reports used to inform organisational strategy. Show less

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  Vinopolis, Wineworld London Plc.

  Apr 2008 - Mar 2011

  HR & Organisation Development Manager

  • Supported Managing Director by facilitating implementation of business strategy and communications throughout the business. This followed the flattening of the structure which left myself and the Head of Finance as the only remaining members of the Senior Management team, reporting to the board of directors.• Designed and implemented restructure of entire organisation including the management of several redundancies, legal negotiations and general change management throughout out the business. Restructuring and management of the payroll made over a £100,000 saving in the last financial year.• Implemented regular and extensive customer feedback review system used to report across company and at board level to inform business strategy and action points for teams. Customer Demographic stats discovered fed directly into the business development and marketing strategy.• Have represented the company at employment tribunal without a solicitor.• Frequent management if employee relations and performance management issues.• Head of Health and Safety at this public venue, welcoming 200,000 visits per annum.• HR Consultant to Vinum Restaurant Company, Grandstand’s Horse of the Year Show and several other outside business interests for the WineWorld London Plc Board of Directors. • Designed the training and development strategy for this diverse business from in house workshops to external training interventions. • HR generalist – Recruitment, succession planning, TUPE, ER, Training, OD, policy writing. Show less

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  London Borough of Southwark Council

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2011

  Organisational Development Business Partner (contract)

  Wrote a workforce development strategy for Adult Social Care; responsible for corporate training and development and commissioning of training; Created Employing Persons with Learning Disabilities Policy for the Council; Worked on proposals with senior management team for spend of cabinet's Youth Fund in Southwark 2011-14.

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  Football Foundation

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2014

  Head of Human Resources

  - Manage the process of introducing and delivering HR-specific key projects that are detailed in the Foundation's strategy.- Provide advice to senior managers and staff relating to employment law, succession planning, organisational development, recruitment, employee relations and performance management. - Write and maintain policies which meet legislative and corporate requirments. -Lead on learning and development strategy for the foundation.

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  CareerBuilder

  Oct 2014 - Feb 2016

  Lead HR Business Partner EMEA

  - Partnering several businesses during integration, mergers and acquisitions.- Global HR experience. - Employee relations, training and organisational development.

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  Future Thinking

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2019

  Reporting directly to the CEO in the senior management team of this scaling market research and behavioural science business, I led the workforce strategy and people agenda across multi-site offices in the UK and France and acquisitions including Gemseek, Bulgaria. This included managing a team of 6 HRBPs across countries.

  • Group HR Director

    Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Head of People

    Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
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  Disguise

  Mar 2019 - Mar 2025

  Disguise is the Emmy award winning platform for creatives and technologists to imagine, create and deliver spectacular visual, virtual and live experiences. We offer the next dimension of entertainment. Placing community at the heart of it all, disguise works alongside the world’s most talented visual designers and technical teams in live events, TV broadcasts, film, concert touring, theatre, fixed installations and corporate and entertainment events. disguise’s award-winning extended reality solution has revolutionised storytelling, allowing brands, artists, filmmakers and broadcasters to blend the line between the real and the virtual world. disguise’s Metaverse Solutions division is opening the gateway to the metaverse and empowering the launch of next-generation experiences on web 3.0. Show less

  • Vice President People

    Apr 2023 - Mar 2025

  • Director of People

    Jul 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Global Head of HR

    Mar 2019 - Jul 2021
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  Emma Rudd HR Consulting

  Apr 2025 - now

  Consultant

  Provision of HR, People and Leadership Consultancy services to SMEs.

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  Innecto Reward Consulting

  Jul 2025 - now

  Advisory Board Member & Associate