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Leigh-Ann Delaney

@leigh-anndelaney

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Senior People leader delivering scalable, compliant workforce strategy across UK and international teams.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead end-to-end People strategy—workforce planning, organisational design, employee relations, and multi-jurisdiction compliance—partnering with exec teams to scale efficiently and modernise HR through HR tech and AI.

I’m a Senior People Leader with experience supporting multi-country workforces through rapid growth, acquisition, and organisational change across the UK and international markets. I build and lead end-to-end People functions spanning partnering, operations, employee relations, and compliance in PE-backed and regulated environments.

As a trusted advisor to CEOs and executive teams, I shape workforce strategy, organisational design, and leadership capability with commercial pragmatism and strong employment law expertise. I’m known for translating complex, multi-jurisdiction requirements into scalable, compliant ways of working.

Most recently, I’m partnering with senior leadership on workforce planning and capacity modelling, and leading implementation of integrated HRIS for performance, probation, and appraisal to improve workforce visibility and decision-making. I’ve also driven cross-border policy and compliance using EOR models (Deel) and contractor frameworks.

Earlier, I led a lean People function at Datapharm, improving onboarding and time-to-productivity while increasing engagement from -10 to +3. I’ve delivered large-scale post-acquisition integrations and TUPE/redundancy programmes, digitised HR processes to reduce administrative workload by 40%, and championed AI-enabled People transformation to improve efficiency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Manager - People Partnering

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Board Intelligence

Aug 2025 - Present (8 months)

Partnered with senior leadership on workforce planning, organisational design and capacity modelling to support continued scale. Led integrated HRIS implementation across probation, appraisal and performance, strengthening governance and enabling data-led compliance and decision-making.

Workforce Planning Organisation Design HRIS Implementation Performance & Probation People Analytics

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People Director / Consultant

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Various Clients

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 3 months)

Advised SMEs and scaling organisations on People strategy, organisational design and post-merger integration across UK and international workforce models. Led TUPE transfers, redundancy programmes and complex consultations, and designed scalable HR technology ecosystems and operating models using EOR/contractor structures where needed.

People & Strategy Organisation Design Post Merger Integration Redundancy & Consultation EOR Based Workforce Models

Head of People and Culture

Datapharm

Nov 2024 - Jul 2025 (8 months)

Reported to the CEO as strategic People lead across UK and international teams, building a lean People function covering partnering, operations, employee relations and compliance. Implemented scalable onboarding and capability frameworks, improving engagement from -10 to +3 and accelerating onboarding and early-stage productivity.

People Partnering HR Operations Employee Relations Compliance Workforce Planning Talent Operations

Head of People & Culture

BSL Group

Dec 2022 - Sep 2024 (1 year 9 months)

Led People strategy during rapid scale following acquisition, integrating business units and workforces as headcount grew from 100 to 200 employees in 8 months. Standardised People processes and led complex end-to-end employee relations cases, while digitising HR to reduce administrative workload by 40%.

Workforce Planning Digital HR TUPE & ER Support

Group Head of HR

Mosimann’s

Jan 2019 - Jun 2022 (3 years 5 months)

Led the People function across multiple UK sites, rebuilding HR infrastructure, compliance frameworks and operational processes for a 200-headcount organisation. Delivered redundancy and TUPE programmes, improved employee relations capability, and introduced learning and compliance programmes achieving 100% training completion and reducing attrition by 22%.

HR Compliance TUPE & Redundancy Programs Attrition Reduction Initiatives

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)

CIPD Level 7, Human Resources (HR)

Completed CIPD Level 7 professional qualification. Indicates advanced credentials in HR practice.

CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)

CIPD Level 5, Human Resources (HR)

Completed CIPD Level 5 professional qualification. Indicates intermediate credentials in HR practice.

Train the Trainer

Train the Trainer, Training & Development

Completed a Train the Trainer certification. Focused on preparing to deliver training effectively.

Ongoing CPD (Continuous Professional Development)

Ongoing CPD, Human Resources (HR)

Ongoing CPD covering coaching, global HR compliance, and strategic workforce planning. Continues professional development across HR leadership topics.