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Gill Rider - Gill is Head of the Civil Service Capability Group; she deals with the people, capability and leadership side of the Civil Service. She is responsible for the Capability Reviews, which is the Cabinet Secretary’s “performance management tool” for the Civil Service. As Head of Profession for Civil Service HR, through the HR Leaders’ Council and other governance bodies, she is leading a challenging programme to improve the performance and professionalism of Civil Service HR. At the end of the year Gill will also take up the presidency of CIPD.

Gill has been in her current role since May 2006. Previously, she spent her career in Accenture spanning 27 years, working in various industries including health care and financial services. On becoming a partner in 1990, she subsequently ran various parts of the worldwide business. Her penultimate role was as operating head for the energy, utilities, natural resources and chemical business in 37 countries. She made a significant change in career direction, when in 2002 she was appointed Global Chief Leadership Officer – concentrating on Accenture's organisation change, HR and leadership development. She was a member of Accenture's Global Executive Committee since 1999 and appointed an Executive Officer in 2002. Gill is a non executive director of De La Rue.
 
 
 
 
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