Senior HR Leader (VP HR)

Primary Specialism:  Strategic HR Leadership & Value Creation

Geographic Expertise: Europe (EU, esp Germany, UK, Nordics, Switzerland), North America, Asia (India, China, Vietnam)

Languages: English (native), German (professional)

Salary Expectations: CHF 225,000 + benefits

Current Location & Mobility: Based in Switzerland, dual British & Swiss passports. Mobile and available for opportunities across Europe, Middle East, and North America.

Team Leadership: Led HR teams of up to 55; equally effective leading larger groups, matrix teams, or adding value as a strategic individual contributor.

Current / Recent Employers:

  • Current role: EVP HR / CHRO & member of Executive Committee with an international manufacturing (packaging) family-owned company 2,500+ employees, 18 global locations, annual revenues ~CHF 1bn.

  • Previous role: Global HR leader in the Surface Materials and Fibres sector, 10,000+ employees, annual revenues >€2.5bn.

Remits of Interest: Global HR leadership and Talent Management roles spanning the full employee lifecycle. Particularly interested in strategic transformation, culture building, and leadership development. Seniority is not about titles — I am drawn to impactful work where HR drives measurable business value.

Unique Expertise:

  • Early career in sales, marketing, and communications — giving me a commercial lens many HR professionals lack.

  • Certified Executive Coach and practitioner in multiple psychological assessment tools.

  • Published author and former HR entrepreneur with experience in consulting, sales, and business development.

Commercial Impact Examples:

  • New STI & LTI incentive plans linking performance to value yet saving €1.8m in annual payouts

  • Optimised global recruitment and 4 other HR core processes, reducing costs by CHF 2M and introducing greater automation of manual tasks

  • Delivered three global engagement surveys (24 languages, 70%+ participation), enabling 100+ organisational improvement measures.

  • Introduced succession planning, new reward models, and global leadership programs that materially strengthened business capability.

Strengths / Personal Mantras: Results driven; Humble • Multi-tasked achiever • Never give up. Strive to maintain the H in HR

What Others Say:

“I want to say how much I valued our time working together. To me, you were a manager who was both clear and genuinely human” - past employee (naturally references available)

“A lucky professor has 15 or 20 students over a career that he or she never forgets. For me, this person is one of those students. He is a thorough professional, was a team leader/member on several winning Living Case teams and a student of the highest quality. If you get a chance, work with him in any way you can…” — MBA Professor & Thesis Supervisor

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CMTS reference 53997

HR Business Partner, HR Transformation, Leadership Development, Talent ManagementLeanne Morris