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Lena Tailor

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Global People & Culture Leader | Executive Coach
London, England, United Kingdom

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  • GoCardless
    VP People (Talent Development, Partnering & Inclusion)
    GoCardless
    Jul 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 6 months)
    • Senior leadership team member owning talent development, business partnering and inclusion across a global fintech
    • Scaled D&I function from standalone director role into an integrated VP remit spanning the full employee lifecycle
  • GoCardless
    Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    GoCardless
    Aug 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 11 months)
    • Built the DE&I function from scratch: assessed practices, defined strategy, partnered with four ERGs
    • Embedded inclusion across hiring, development and retention; drove brave, open conversations organisation-wide
  • innocent drinks
    Europe People Director
    innocent drinks
    Feb 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 10 months)
    • Number one People role across the European business (750+ people), seat on the European Executive team
    • Led 20-person function; ran ‘future of work’ sprints, launched I&D strategy, created agile career frameworks
  • innocent drinks
    Group Head of Talent
    innocent drinks
    Feb 2016 - Jan 2019 (3 years)
    • Owned talent management, L&D and recruitment; attrition down 5%, internal moves from 18% to 40% in year one
    • Designed Board readiness programme; cut agency spend by 75% in six months
  • innocent drinks
    Group Head of Partnering
    innocent drinks
    Jan 2014 - Feb 2016 (2 years 2 months)
    • Business Partner to CEO; led sales incentive design with Towers Watson; managed £25M payroll
  • innocent drinks
    Europe People Partner & Business Manager
    innocent drinks
    Nov 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 2 months)
    • Set up European People agenda; led marketing transition saving £200k; commercial role including €20m Nordic change
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    Senior HR Business Partner & Change Manager
    National Health Service
    Aug 2008 - Oct 2011 (3 years 3 months)
    • Merged three organisations, managed 600 redundancies (65% reduction) in nine months during NHS restructure
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    National HR Graduate Scheme
    National Health Service
    Sep 2006 - Jul 2008 (1 year 11 months)
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  • Middlesex University
    MA Human Resource Management (Merit)
    Middlesex University
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    BA (Hons) French & Business Management
    Queen Mary, University of London
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    ICF-Accredited Coaching Qualification
    Barefoot Coaching
    Jan 2026
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