Greg Walker

Reporting to the UK Director and the HR Director in Hong Kong, I am honoured to be working with two of the most diligent workers in HR. That and a strong relationship with Finance, Legal and the Project Team, we all work to make some of the most prestigious residential homes in London. Working as the Snr Manager for HR and Facilities (Administration) and smoothing the connections between the UK and Hong Kong, I am privileged to lead such a dedicated international team

As a stand alone HR Manager/Head of HR, I am able to bring my vast "big company" experience to an ambitious start up and I led the company’s acquisitions/TUPE’s, edited the Handbook and Polices from the 3rd Party provider to be more user friendly, created all the main templates into a professional standardised form and provided standard management training to get the current managers away from the “small family environment” into an Employment Law aware, Business aware, professional team that understands the rewards and consequences of decision making. With this core policy and practice in place it is ready to grow and lead the industry

HR Manager for the Stratford Engineering Depot, working with Unions collaboratively to ensure that Eurostar International will succeed in overcoming the challenges that face the travel industry during the Covid-19 period and then be the preferred choice of travel to the continent because of the superior product, customer service, convenience and overall value for money.

Short term contracts and as a contracted HR Consultant to individuals and local small businesses on issues around good practice, furlough, redundancy and general HR “red flags’ during this Covid-19 period. • Short term contracts on Data Subject Requests, Employee Relations and good practice advice. • November 2019 to February 2020, dealing with a personal probate situation and extensive restoration on our home

Start up of the Bombardier Business Aviation Service Center at Biggin Hill Airport to service Lear, Challenger and Global Aircraft. Biggin Hill BAS was to have 70 staff initially but with an acquisition of a 2nd hanger, targets moved to 130, then due to our success at and meeting all targets, it was increased to 180 all in the space of 2 years, exceeding all initial expectation. - Working the leading HR role, reporting directly to the HR Director based in Dallas as well as the General Manager, in the establishment and ramp-up of a new UK facility based in Biggin Hill. - Crafted and deployed an array of start-up strategies by adapting group frameworks for the UK, taking the site from zero employees to 180+ as a result - Established and implemented all the necessary literature for a new site in the UK including Employment Contracts, Staff Handbook/Policies, standardised processes and letter templates - Proposed, costed and implemented an enhanced benefits package for all staff as equals and converted the North American policies to be fit for purpose in the UK/EU - Fully responsibility for creating templates in line with corporate requirements to meet EU/UK standards. - Proactively analysed staff turnover and current staff comments through interviews and open conversations to establish plans for retention, engagement initiatives, and employment offerings against competing geographies - Championed the day to day financial performance of the site, along with future financial expectations, whilst also acting as the initial point of contact for pay queries and assisting the Canadian Payroll Team UK regulatory compliance, re. sickness, maternity/paternity, compassionate leave, overtime limitations, etc. - Acted as the sole HR representative on-site; managed the full employment cycle: from CV sifting, interviews, pay negotiation, onboarding, liaison with payroll, training, disciplinaries and exit/stay interviews.

Manage the HR and Recruitment Team, but required to be hands on for all administrative tasks ranging from the on boarding of staff, weekly statistics, ER cases, Management reports and working closely with Payroll and Finance to ensure corrects payments and cost allocations. - Reporting to the CEO (and the Chairman on more confidential issues), acted as 1 of only 2 HR staff, covering 900 employees in the UK, USA & Australia in this SEUK and EO environment. - Played a key role in driving the business from 300 employees, as SPG media, to 900 with an international reach, following participate in a number of acquisition processes and rapid growth - Proved instrumental in managing complex TUPE processes as a consequence of said acquisitions, in addition to the alignment of cultures and practices amongst the business units / geographies - Successfully managed a team of the HR Officer(s)/Assistant and 3 to 4 Recruitment Officers, functioning as a Secondary Manager to the HR Manager in Company’s Private side - Maintained accountability for the full recruitment budget / training and benefits requirements, whilst producing strategies against business objectives in a cost-efficient manner - Strengthened relations with employees in the UK, Australia and USA by collaborating with the Executive Management Team to rollout engagement initiatives and a clear organisational identity - Executed HR strategies which were fully integrated with business and strategic objectives and trained the Company’s Senior Management, Management and Sub Management regarding the basics of employment law and informal and formal processes to control an escalating claim’s potential - Oversaw BU budgets for on their spend to ensure compliance, whilst developing and training the Company’s Senior Management, Management and Sub Management.

• Encouraged and defended the correct management decisions in all aspects from Hearings and Appeals to Tribunals; function and negotiate with the Unions on all the ER and Policy aspects. • Identified and resolved all ER issues for a staff of 850 members in UK, and expanded to include Generalist Support and Partnership; operated as a Trade Union to Nurses and handled cases with a higher calibre and higher demands.

ER Specialist dealing with the Unions and all ER issues such as TUPE, Disciplinary, Grievances and Change Management. Actively worked with Anti-Fraud Unit, Internal Audit, Finance, and the Police to secure ad protect the successful presentation of the cases ranging from minor misconduct to Tribunals.

Fixed Term Contract for a specific project relating to funding and training

HR Officer working for the Catering Department, the 2nd largest department in the Commons working with the Unions dealing with the full employee cycle and smaller ER issue

2nd Degree done part time while working full time and traveling