Executive Board membership at 30 June 2007
Sue Adams Chartered FCIPD
Sue Adams runs her own business as an HR management consultant. She previously held HR director roles within the public and private sectors including the NHS, a charity and a government agency.
She has also been a non-executive director of North Area College in Stockport. She served as Manchester Branch Chair, Council representative and Branch Treasurer, and also on the national Membership and Education Committee.
She was elected to the Board by Council in May 2004 and in August 2005 was appointed to the Board of CIPD Enterprises Limited. She is a member of the Audit Committee.
Geoff Armstrong Chartered CCIPD
Geoff Armstrong is Director General of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Previously, he was a main board director of Standard Chartered plc and of the Metal Box Group, in both cases with international line and staff responsibilities.
For seventeen years he held a number of senior personnel posts in British Leyland, leading all negotiations in the BL Cars companies from 1979-1984. He is a trustee of the Dyslexia Institute and the Foundation for Management Education.
He is Immediate Past-President of the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations and is a Board Member of the European Association of Personnel Management. He is a member of the Professional Policy Committee, the Nominations and Professional Conduct Committee and the Investment Working Party.
Ken Boyle Chartered FCIPD
Ken Boyle has recently joined BP plc as HR Director for the North Sea. Previously he held various HR Director roles within the Rolls-Royce group, including responsibility for the professional development of the HR function, employee relations and management development.
Before this, Ken was Director of Human Resource Strategies for the Northern Regional Health Authority and Personnel Manager – Europe, Middle East and Africa for the Ingersoll Rand Company Ltd.
Ken is the CIPD’s Immediate Past Vice President, Membership and Education, serving from 2003 to 2006. He is also a Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School at Strathclyde University. Ken served on the Board whilst Vice President and was elected by Council to the Board in May 2006.
Chris Garcia Chartered FCIPD
Chris Garcia is Chief Executive of CN Resources a consulting business which works with a number of Regional Development Agencies and several government departments supporting their business growth and creative sector programmes. Chris is also actively involved in the field of creativity and new and emerging information and communication technologies.
Chris was previously Managing Director BNB MC&T Limited and prior to that a Partner at KPMG. Chris is also a non Executive Director of the Watershed Arts Trust Limited. He is a qualified chartered accountant.
Chris was elected as Honorary Treasurer in October 2006 to serve for 3 years. As such he chairs the Audit Committee, is a member of the Professional Policy Committee, the Investment Working Party and the Remuneration Committee.
In the past Chris has held a number of branch roles. He has previously served on the Board as a Council elected Director and for many years was a Director of CIPD Enterprises Limited.
Geoff Hirst Chartered FCIPD
Geoff is an independent consultant. Initially a trainer he served subsequently as Personnel Director, SCM Chemicals and held various senior HR appointments in the retail and food sectors.
He is non-executive director of an adult and children’s hospice and sixth form college and chairs the Council of a 2500 resident village.
He is an External Examiner at Middlesex University and a CIPD External Moderator. Geoff has been Humber Branch Chair and Council representative and active in the Northern Area Partnership.
He was elected to the Board at the May 2006 Council meeting. He is a member of the Audit Committee.
Frank Hogan Chartered FCIPD
Frank is People and Organisation Development Adviser, Royal Mail, Manchester.
He has held a range of senior operational, personnel management and industrial relations roles with Royal Mail. He has acted as principal consultant to Moscow International Post Office and in other international projects.
He is a director and trustee of Skylight Circus Arts, a charity.
He has served as Chair and as Branch Council representative for the Merseyside, North Cheshire and North Wales Branch.
He was elected to the Board by Council in May 2004.
Robin Jordan Chartered CCIPD
Robin is currently Senior Partner, robin jordan associates and an assessor for the Commissioner of Public Appointments in Scotland.
He was previously Head of Workforce Planning and Head of Pay and Benefits at Britoil. He has also held senior personnel roles at Collins Publishers and Ferranti Scotland.
He was elected to the Board in 1997, elected by Council as Chair, Executive Board, in 2003 and re-elected in 2006. As Chair, he is a member of the Professional Policy Committee, Remuneration Committee and Investment Working Party.
Michael Kelly
Michael is an Associate Dean in the Executive office of Leeds Metropolitan University, where he acts as an internal consultant.
Michael was until recently Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, Leeds Metropolitan University. Prior to entering academic life, he had ten years industrial experience in sales and HR with the Pilkington Group.
He is a QAA academic reviewer and institutional auditor and a member of the Association of Business School’s Programmes committee.
Michael joined the Board when he was elected Vice President Membership and Education in October 2006. He Chairs the Membership and Education Committee and is a member of the Professional Policy Committee.
Brìd O'Brien Chartered FCIPD
Brìd is the Human Resources Director for Meteor Mobile Communications Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of eircom Group plc. Prior to this she has worked with Viking Components Europe, Eagle Export (Ireland) Limited and General Electric.
She holds a BA and MA in Human Resources and in addition to this a postgraduate diploma in Financial Management from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Since 1995, Brìd has played an active role in the CIPD in Ireland and contributes to best practice in the field of Irish employee relations. She is the immediate past Chair for the Republic of Ireland.
She was elected to the Board by Council in May 2006. She is a member of the Audit Committee.
Jo Reynolds
Jo runs her own coaching and management consultancy business. Previously with Eli Lilly & Company, the global pharmaceutical manufacturer, she held several senior HR roles across the business. Joining Lilly as a salesman, she became Sales Manager for Elizabeth Arden, then owned by Lilly, before moving into HR.
Formerly Director Trustee with the charity Relate and other local community charities, she currently supports the Prince’s Trust as Trainer and Business Mentor to the Trust’s clients.
Jo served as Branch Chair and Council Representative for Central Southern Branch from 2004-2007.
Jo was elected to the Board by Council in May 2007.
Dean Royles Chartered FCIPD
Dean joined United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULH) in October 2007 as Director of Human Resources and Communications. ULH has a turnover of £320m pa and has 7000 staff. In this role Dean is responsible for maximising the individual and collective contribution of staff in ensuring high quality patient care.
Prior to joining the Trust, Dean was Deputy Director of Workforce for the NHS at the Department of Health. There he was responsible for the development of workforce strategy in the NHS and social care.
He joined the Department of Health in April 2003 as Head of HR Capacity for England. He was responsible for developing a national HR Strategy for the NHS and delivering a programme of activity to support the NHS HR function. He also had responsibility for the European Working Time Directive and supporting the delivery of the Gershon Productive Time targets.
Dean was previously the first HR Director at East Midlands Ambulance Service following its creation in 1999. Prior to this, he worked at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and has also worked in Human Resources in a Community Trust. He started his HR career working in Industrial relations in a Local Authority. He is a visiting fellow at the University of Northumbria.
Dean was elected to the Board by Council in May 2005.
David Slingo Chartered FCIPD
David is currently Chief Learning Officer within an NHS Trust. Prior to this he operated an HR consultancy specialising in change management and learning strategy. He has worked in a range of industries covering most aspects of HR at Board and operational levels.
David is a Director of Buckinghamshire Economic Partnership and has been Chair, Workforce Development Group, Buckinghamshire Lifelong Learning Partnership.
He was previously an External Examiner at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. He is a member of the Vice Presidents Panel, Learning, Training and Development, the National Upgrading Panel and has been on the National Steering Committee for the Recruitment Forum. David has held a number of branch roles, including Branch Chair and Council Representative.
He was elected to the Board by Council in 2002, re-elected in 2005, and is also a member of the Audit Committee.
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Richard Wilson (Lord Wilson of Dinton) Chartered CCIPD
Richard Wilson originally qualified as a barrister but joined the Civil Service as Assistant Principal in the Board of Trade in 1966. He subsequently served in a number of departments including 12 years in the Department of Energy where his responsibilities included nuclear power policy and the privatisation of Britoil. He was in charge of personnel and finance from 1982 to 1986 when he moved to the Cabinet Office to run personnel management policy for the Civil Service. He was promoted to head the Economic Secretariat under Mrs Thatcher from 1987 to 1990. Then, after two years in the Treasury, he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department of the Environment in 1992. He became Permanent under Secretary for the Home Office in 1994 and Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service in 1998.
Since retiring from the Civil Service in 2002, he has been Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is a non-executive director of BskyB, and also of Xansa, and became non-executive chairman of C Hoare and Co, the bankers, in October 2006.
Lord Wilson is past President of the Institute, having taken office in October 2004. He has been a member of the Executive Board since he became President Elect in October 2003. He chairs the Nominations and Professional Conduct Committee.
Vicky Wright Chartered CCIPD
Vicky began her career with line personnel management and industrial relations roles including with the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Imperial Group plc. She also worked as a Research Associate for the Local Government Training Board and as an advisor in the CBI before moving into consultancy. Her roles included Managing Director of Hay Management Consultants Limited, Worldwide Head of Reward Consultancy for Hay Group and Head of Performance and Reward for Ernst & Young. Vicky joined Watson Wyatt in 2005 as an associate as part of a portfolio with charitable and academic work.
Vicky became a member of the Executive Board following her election as President Elect in October 2005. She Chairs the Professional Policy Committee and the Remuneration Committee.