People profiles
Deborah Edwards
Professional Background
- Business & HR Leader with a passion for delivering sustainable change in a digital environment.
- Broad management consulting experience delivering a people first approach.
- Senior business & HR roles held across a range of sectors with global responsibility
- Delivered Global Business & People change programmes across a wide range of sectors globally. (inc. new Operating Model and Systems implementations
- Strong experienced at delivering Global Programmes as a result mergers, acquisitions, divestments & integrations
- Experienced in Target Operating Model design and reorganisations
- Built and led delivery teams to support successful completion of business & HR Change
M&A Skills & Expertise
- Expert at leading the delivery of business and people change. Implementing new operating models, including people, systems (e.g. Workday) and processes
- Highly skilled at working within ambiguous and high pressure environments
- Extensive experience in working with leaders to understand their challenges and possible solutions based on business needs
- Expert at creating outline implementation plan requirements and working with tight deadlines without risking programme deliverables or compromising on quality
- Sector agnostic with experience across multiple engagements in Legal, Banking, Financial Services, Consulting, Technology, Energy & Aviation environments
- Supports and enhances in-house capability to achieve desired outcomes without need to change internal resources
- MCIPD since 2002
Project Highlights
- HR Lead at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer – managing insourcing of outsourced IT service.
- HR Lead at Lloyds TSB managing insourcing and outsourcing of key IT businesses
- HR Lead of IT Integration of LTSB & HBOS. Designing and delivery of people implementation plan impacting 6,000 employees. Supported C Suite leaders and managing HR team (internal and consulting)
- HR Lead supporting the divestment of Lloyds Bank’s Private Banking business in Europe. Supported the local and international team with outlining the operating model of the business.
- HR Programme Lead at London Stock Exchange supporting acquisition of LCH Clearnet, Implementing Global Business & HR Model.
- Programme Director at Centrica. Planning & Delivering all business & people integration following mergers for Global business. Successfully delivered 3 programmes in North America and planned all European integrations.