Testimonials
“What makes you such a valuable asset is the fact that you have a wealth of experience and knowledge in a number of different areas which, when coupled with your pragmatic approach, means you can not only ‘do’ what is needed but use that knowledge to develop others to enable them to ‘do the doing’ going forwards”.
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Expertise
- Effective communication & people skills
- Human resource management
- Organisational effectiveness
- Team building
- Training, development and harnessing talent.
Adrian Advises on
- Governance
- Organisational structures
- HR and people issues in general
- Management, training and development
- Charity and trustee matters
- Employment law
Experience highlights
Inland Revenue
- Turned worst performing office in Wales into the best in a twelve-month period.
- Guided other offices to improve and maintain performance standards.
- Gave management talks nationally.
- Professionalised the Employee Assistance Programme.
- Introduced a Trauma Response Group for use across the Civil Service.
- Advised IR Board Members on health, welfare and HR.
Benenden Health Society
- Modernised from a 19th Century organisation into one fit for the 21st.
- Recruited talents to form a very effective senior team.
- Doubled membership to over one million.
- Maintained low subscription rate.
- Increased benefits including access to treatment nearer to homes.
- Focused objective on supplementing and not competing with the NHS.
Solicitors Benevolent Association
- Incorporated and modernised the charity.
- Encouraged the trustees to distribute money raised and not accumulate it.
- Improved charitable practices generally.
Career History
Inland Revenue
- HM Inspector of Taxes engaged on a variety of duties
- District Office Manager
- Regional Quality Control Inspector (Wales)
- Head of National Employee Assistance Programme
- Advisor to IR Board Members on Health, Welfare and HR
Benenden Health Society
- Chief Executive and Company Secretary
Solicitors Benevolent Association
- Chief Executive and Company Secretary (Part Time)
Non-Executive Roles
- Civil Service Insurance Society (Deputy Chairman)
- Civil Service Healthcare (Director)
- Daughters of the Cross of Liege (Advisor)
- St Anthony’s Hospital Cheam (Advisory Board Member)
- Benenden Health (Treasurer & Director)
- Benenden Hospital (Governor)
- Hospital Saturday Fund (Director)
- Havant Sports & Leisure (Director & Trustee)
Voluntary Roles
- Association of Charitable Organisations (Chairman)
- TALK Surrey (Advisor)
- Abbeyfield Society Guildford (Trustee)
- Merrow Lawn Tennis Club Guildford (Chairman)
- Sutherland Park Amenities Club (Chairman
Memberships
- Fellow Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Education
- LL.M – Master of Laws – Keele University Law School
- LL. B – Bachelor of Law – College of Law
- Human Resources Degree – Civil Service College and CIPD
- Social Sciences Degree – Open University
Other
- Chartered HR Practitioner
- Also trained in Accountancy, Counselling and Mental Health Management