Mel Northfield

Experience

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  Lesney Products plc

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1982

  Personnel Officer
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  London Borough of Brent

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1983

  Industrial Relations Officer
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  London Borough of Lewisham

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1985

  Job Evaluation Officer
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  Marathon Oil (UK) Ltd

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Compensation and Benefits Officer

  Compensation and Benefits Officer – 1986 to 1987Recruitment Officer - 1985-1986

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  Chemical Bank

  Sept 1987 - Dec 1993

  Senior Human Resources Generalist

  Human Resources Manager – Corporate Finance, Credit and Operations – Jan 1993 to Dec 1993Compensation and Benefits Manager - June 1992 to December 1992Training and Development Manager MHT- March 1989 to June 1992Compensation and Benefits Manager MHL/MHT – September 1987 to February 1989

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  Bankers Trust

  Jan 1994 - Oct 1998

  Vice President - Senior Human Resources Generalist

  Responsible for providing a comprehensive human resources service to various front, middle and back office divisions. Latterly covered Derivatives Technology and Operations globally, and Technology and Operations in London for all business lines, plus Global Institutional Services (GIS) for Europe (London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Frankfurt), covering 1400 staff. Managed a team of nine HR staff. Reported to Head of Human Resources, Europe, and Global Heads of Human Resources for Technology and Operations and GIS. In a previous generalist role had HR responsibility for FX and Fixed Income Trading and Sales in London. Show less

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  Barclaycard

  Jan 1999 - Sept 1999

  Head of Human Resources (Interim)

  Brought in as interim HR Director and member of Executive Boards of Barclaycard and its subsidiary Barclaycard Merchant Services, reporting into CEOs of each business, charged with implementing their strategic business plans, which included substantial restructuring and downsizing, and transformational and cultural change. Responsible for restructuring the HR function as part of this exercise moving to a shared services and business partnering model..

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  Robert Fleming and Co Ltd

  Oct 1999 - Jun 2000

  Global Head of Compensation and Benefits and Head of HR Operations - UK (Interim)

  Recruited on an interim basis initially into new role of Head of HR Operations (UK), with a specific remit to implement a global roll out of PeopleSoft, to develop and implement global Management Information, and to develop and document HR policy, process and procedure. In addition, from January 2000, given global responsibility for compensation and benefits, covering approx 7,500 people in Europe, Far East, America and South Africa.

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  Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc

  Jun 2000 - Mar 2009

  Executive Director - Head of Human Resources and Facilities Management

  Accountable for the leadership of the HR function, and the development and implementation of HR strategy, processes, policy and procedures to meet the current and future needs of MUSI. Additional responsibility for the Facilities function, leading large projects and overseeing day-to-day activities. Member of the Management Committee reporting to the CEO.Key Achievements:• Created and delivered a business aligned HR strategy for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (MUSI) including implementation of new HR structure, which evolved with and responded to the changing nature and focus of the business• Established the HR infrastructure for a new office in Milan including terms and conditions, contracts and benefits programmes, and oversaw the sourcing and build out of the office facilities• Directed and managed numerous European Compensation Reviews and introduced a flexible benefits programme for all UK staff in UK• Directed and managed several successful business transformation and culture change programmes with significant contribution to cost reduction and improved performance • Directed all of the human resources elements (including TUPE) of 2 mergers with other financial institutions Show less

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  Investment Capital Management Limited

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  HR Consultant

  Providing HR consulting services to the two co-founders of ICM Limited in order to develop the Business plan for an international Fixed Income Brokerage business.

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  RHJI

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2010

  Business Consultant

  Consulting role to help integrate the Fixed Income Brokerage business into Kleinwort Benson Bank Limited, working closely with Finance, Compliance, Risk, Human Resources, Legal, Company Secretarial and the Board.

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  Kleinwort Benson Bank Limited

  Sept 2010 - Feb 2012

  Head of Business Development -- Fixed Income

  Key Responsibilities:A Chief Operating Officer role ensuring the delivery of the full range of infrastructure and support necessary to establish a new Fixed Income business in London, Munich and Singapore, including Compliance, Risk, Finance, HR, Settlements, and Technology.Provided ongoing general advice and guidance to the Co-Heads of Fixed Income on a range of commercial issues Member of the Management Team with particular emphasis on the management of the Fixed Income cost budget.Acted as key liaison point for all support functions to ensure delivery of services and monitor performance.Led the hiring of staff, the design and implementation of contracts, terms and conditions, and benefit programmes for Munich and Singapore offices.Key Achievements:Jointly helped establish a new business line within Kleinwort Benson.Personally established offices in Munich and Singapore – including sourcing of premises, directing design and fit out and infrastructure needs, negotiating contracts with design and build contractors, project managers, negotiating lease terms, and overseeing commercial and regulatory registration requirements.Developed a virtual team to support the business across multiple disciplines, developing knowledge within Kleinwort Benson of the Fixed Income business.Created a recruitment strategy with selected head-hunters as well as direct hiring to cover London, Munich and Singapore.Established monthly financial reviews with Finance to keep control of costs, reporting revenue and new business opportunities to the Executive Committee.Negotiated contracts and maintained relationships with external suppliers of services critical to the business. Show less

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  Sherington Consulting Limited

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2016

  Managing Director

  Sherington Consulting Limited provides a wide range of high quality, commercially driven and practical HR consulting advice and support to small, medium and large businesses across multiple HR disciplines, from developing strategic HR initiatives through to delivering operational interventions. In addition, we can provide general business consultancy advice and support, particularly to new business start-ups and organisations with an international focus, with expertise and experience not just within the UK, but also Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland and Singapore.We operate either on a retained basis or through ad-hoc project work and/or long-term interim assignments. We also maintain strategic alliances with specialist providers and with other HR and Business Consultancies to ensure that we always deliver timely, best practice and top quality services in everything we do. Our offering is bespoke to each client’s individual needs, culture and organisational structure.Furthermore one-to-one coaching is given to executives in career transition, using MBTI where applicable. Show less

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  NP Group

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2013

  Transformational Consultant

  Providing transformational change consulting across the range of Human Resources Management. Example projects:HCL – advising on all associated HR matters in the establishment of a Service Centre in Romania.Colt – directing the transition and on-boarding of 3 French Data Centres from an existing supplier to the management of NP Group, including completing a review and analysis of employment law implications together with the provision of recommended actions.

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  Penna

  Dec 2012 - Mar 2016

  Outplacement and Career Transition Coach

  Providing 1:1 outplacement and career transition coaching to executives at all levelsRedeployment Manager - Tesco - May - July 2014 - assignment managing internal redeployment for staff at risk of redundancy.

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  3HR Corporate Solicitors

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2018

  Director - HR Services

  Responsible for establishing and building a HR Consulting practice, directing a team of HR Consultants providing HR consulting advice and support to around 350 international clients with operations in the UK - ranging in size from 3 staff to 500 staff, and including 60 of the world’s Fortune 500 Companies. Majority of clients are East Asian - Japanese, Chinese and Korean.Developed a range of HR consulting services to include strategic HR advice, outsourced HR, Reward benchmarking and advice, Training and Development, OD, restructuring and redundancy, employee relations - disciplinary, grievance, dismissal and ET support, performance management and appraisals, and recruitment. Show less

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  Sherington HR Consulting Limited

  Mar 2018 - Jun 2019

  Managing Director

  Sherington HR Consulting provides a range of HR services to clients of all sizes, across all industries and sectors, as well as to individuals through one to one coaching. Services include fully outsourced retained HR support, interim HR support at Director level, management and delivery of HR projects, handling investigations relating to disciplinaries and grievances, bespoke recruitment mandates, and executive coaching and career transition/outplacement support to senior executives, currently operating in this regard as a Senior Career Coach with Outplacement First, who support individuals at all levels from support staff to board level decision makers, working with individuals from all industries, providing 1:1 face to face, cost-effective outplacement programmes as well as group workshops, redeployment solutions supported by ongoing telephone support and online resources. I specialise in working with individuals at all levels from support staff to board level decision makers and provide expert advice on CV’s, cover letters, interview preparation, the routes to market, networking, LinkedIn and self-employment.If you'd like to know more, or discuss a particular service or project, then please feel free to contact me as I am always open to and seeking new opportunities. Show less

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  MOL (Europe Africa) Ltd.

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2022

  Head Of Human Resources