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Nasir Gilani

@nasirgilani

I build people strategies that scale organisations, reduce attrition, and strengthen leadership across international teams.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to help growth-stage or international organisations translate commercial priorities into practical people strategy, organisation design, workforce planning, and change that builds leadership capability and sustainable growth.

I've led people strategy and organisational change at Kao UK/Molton Brown, KidsLoop, Travelzoo, and Historic Royal Palaces across the UK, Germany, and wider EMEA. At Molton Brown, I introduced a career-pathway framework that reduced turnover from 5.7% to 3.4% and helped lift engagement by six points.

I'm now advising scaling businesses through UK HR Panda Limited on workforce planning, HR operations, and change. I bring hands-on experience in organisational design, talent and succession planning, complex employee relations, global mobility, reward, and data-led people decisions, and I work fluently in German and English.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

HR Consultant

Current

HR Panda Limited

Aug 2026 - Present (1 month)

Advises growth-stage and scaling businesses on people strategy, HR operations design, and change management as a fractional business partner. Delivers organisational scale-up projects spanning workforce planning, HR infrastructure build-out, and process optimisation.

People Strategy HR Operations Change Management Workforce Planning

HR Business Partner

Kao UK Limited

Jul 2022 - Jul 2026 (4 years)

Diagnosed a career-progression gap and implemented a career pathway framework, reducing staff turnover from 5.7% to 3.4%. Partnered with leadership on engagement initiatives, lifting engagement scores and survey participation, and managed complex employee relations cases.

Change Management Workforce Planning Succession Planning Employee Relations HR Analytics Global Mobility

Head of HR

KidsLoop

Sep 2020 - Jul 2022 (1 year 10 months)

Scaled UK headcount from 1 to 170 within 2 years, reducing time-to-hire by 25% and enabling company growth from $200M to $2.3B valuation. Designed total rewards framework, set up EOR arrangements, and implemented HR systems.

Talent Acquisition Employer Branding Total Rewards Global Mobility HR systems BambooHR Stakeholder Management

HR Manager

Travelzoo

Nov 2017 - Aug 2020 (2 years 9 months)

Delivered orientation programmes with 94% positive feedback for 150 employees across UK and Germany. Built a centralised HR Knowledge Base, implemented an Employee Assistance Programme, and launched wellbeing initiatives.

Learning and Development SharePoint DE&I

HR Advisor

Historic Royal Palaces

Aug 2010 - Oct 2017 (7 years 2 months)

Designed and led a diversity strategy that increased BAME representation from 9% to 11.5%. Built a network of Employment Ambassadors and maximised use of the Apprenticeship Levy to recruit and mentor 40+ apprentices and interns.

Employee Relations Policy Implementation Apprenticeship Levy