Dylan Land

Heading ADPG's international Ports HR function under the Noatum Ports brand.

Balancell Energy holds world class IP & partners with primary client Toyota Industrial. The Company has recently transitioned from a start-up into a hyper-growth production and services organisation. Working with CEO & CFO, setting business strategy, running critical compliance projects and leading HR team. Significant partnering as ‘COO” with HoD’s, identifying gaps, getting key projects up & running and progressed. Workforce composing primarily Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Resigned from Maersk to enjoy bucket-list travel and to attend to personal investments. Granted, given the timing, the latter pursuit significantly more successful. Also involved in community work, helping citizens access law enforcement agencies services.

Svitzer (part of the Maersk Group) is a global dominant towage services provider to Oil and Gas majors, National Oil Companies and Ports and Harbours. Based in the Dubai Regional Office as a member of the Regional Leadership Team, I lead the HR & Crewing function. The HR and Crewing Managers, BP’s and Officers deliver HR excellence from Sakhalin (Russian Federation) to Soyo (Angola) to an employee population of ~48 nationalities that make up the 1250 personnel onshore and offshore in the 11 countries of the Svitzer AMEA Region. Accountable for all standard HR processes and products including Employee Engagement, Performance and Talent Management, Comp & Ben, Training and Career Development, Employment Cost RoFo, Expatriate management, Recruitment and a complex employment compliance framework. I independently lead my team in scoping employment cost, organisation structure and the HR compliance framework including interplay of employment, tax, immigration, maritime/flag state and local content law for business cases and tenders, often at short notice. Highlights to date have included engaging with 2 Ministries to obtain approval for a unique employment regime for 300+ employees, designing & managing the transfer process of employment of 60 employees from a tax free contract to tax and currency exposed with concomitant 20% salary reduction, stimulating Regional Employee Engagement from 74% to 83%, the successful Clustering of front line operations change management and significant standardisation of HR and Crewing process. I drafted a series of documents in late 2017 to assist a Middle East State's Ministry of Transport integrate a new Maritime national qualifications framework into the Ministry of Manpower / Labour "jobs framework”. In addition to existing business Regional accountability, in 2018 I am responsible for HR and SGA of start-up business implementation projects in 3 new geographies (Liberia, Bangladesh and Morocco) and divestment of a business.

Parent company of the Svitzer Group (a Maersk Group BU) and conducts towage, salvage and marine services activities in 40+ countries, employing ~4,000 seafarers and white collar staff. Global HQ HR function, reporting to Group Head of HR, responsibilities included centralised ownership of standard HR events and systems across these countries, including Performance Management, C&B, HR IT (SAP HC), Expatriate Management, Contracts etc. Represented the Business Unit on all Maersk Group HR Councils (C&B, Performance, HR IT, Employee Relations etc) bar Employee Engagement. Key Projects delivered included global implementations of: - SAP HC for global white collar population (expert level user) - Maritime Labour Convention and follow-up audit compliance for global seafarer population Europe Specific HR interventions included: - United Kingdom – 2013 HR Project Lead establishing London Europe Regional Office, hiring and contract negotiations for Regional leadership team; Instruction of Company Legal Representatives – Coroner’s Inquest. - Denmark - Termination of Employment; Targeted recruitment from top tier Consultancy and PE firms to form in-house Global Business Transformation Team - The Netherlands – Termination of Employment; targeted hiring of competitor’s scarce skills senior personnel - Sweden – Appointment and contract negotiations Cluster Managing Director, employment + company law - The Netherlands & Germany - HR lead for acquisition of target company. - Georgia – HR due diligence for acquisition of target company. I added specific value ito employment/labour law, from running redundancy exercises in the PRC to contesting the interpretation and application of new ILO Convention based legislation applied by various National authorities.

Accepted 2 year secondment to Lagos to head up HR delivery for 6 agency offices in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin with ~380+ white collar employees. Successfully managed significant industrial action in Nigeria and Ghana, including stakeholder management with senior Union Federation officials. Implemented right-sizing of organisations with 20% FTE reduction in 2010 and further 20% in 2011. Inherited 11 running labour court disputes and closed same out whilst additionally terminating 20+ employees including senior management for various misconduct offences without further disputes being registered. Drafted and launched unique application (according to Company's auditors) based on 1979 law to excuse non-compliance with a payroll tax that had accrued USD120k in fines and interest. Application granted by the Federal institution and a certificate issued that saw off 2 follow up revenue farming attempts by officials. Added Nigeria Security portfolio to my management responsibilities in early 2011. Developed local Nigerian successor and brokered development expatriation for her at a time when SGA pressures dictated that such assignment was not standard.

Maersk Line is the world's largest shipping company moving 20% of containerised world trade. Member of Regional HR team reporting to HR Head of Region. Joined team of 7 HR specialist personnel which was reduced post-2008 recession to Region Head of HR and myself. Successful implementation, uptake and maintenance of HR systems, policies and events across Sub-Saharan Africa in 48+ offices. Designed Region wide STI scheme that was applied for 6 years.

The CCMA is the primary statutory labour law and employment dispute resolution body in South Africa. http://www.ccma.org.za/. Appointed as full time Commissioner by NEDLAC (tripartheid Govt, Business and Union Federations joint committee) with powers including Arbitration. Top candidate in entrance examination sat by 1000+ applicants including legal professionals and academics. Elected to Gauteng (largest economy province) Committee of the South African Society for Labour Law 2007.

HR Manager for large Hospital with 500+ Nursing Staff and Management professionals

Specialist IR Manager with direct ownership across 20+ national facilities for shopfloor/facility Union negotiations, national level CBA negotiations, internal disciplinary processes, representation at Arbitration proceedings. Drafted all filings and personally argued highly complex successful review application in Labour Court (equiv High Court). Prepared case and represented employer in national essential services wage arbitration.