Jessica Collingwood

Chief People Officer

Civica

Oct 2023 - Current (2 years 11 months)

CPO Enfuce

Enfuce

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023 (9 months)

CPO

Photobox Group

Jul 2019 - Oct 2022 (3 years 4 months)

PBX was spun out of the Photobox/Moonpig Group in July 2019. Whilst core infrastructure existed the company required a new C Team and a new strategy for creating successful stand alone growth. Key deliverables: build new C team and grow to high performing team; develop commercial strategy for growth; create people plan focused on hiring and developing talent, building performance and capability, efficiency and engagement. Key highlights include building a new high performing people team across all locations; creating a culture built on collaboration and diversity; building a high performing c team driving growth & efficiency; getting the business match fit for change. Very proud of what we achieved.

HR Director

glh Hotels

Apr 2017 - Jul 2019 (2 years 4 months)

glh hotels own and operate some of London's finest landmark hotels including The Grosvenor, Cumberland and Royal Horse Guards. Other hotels in the group include the luxury hotels in the Guoman collection; the 'amba' and 'every' brands catering for the comfort and convenience of our business travellers; and the Thistle and Thistle Express hotels focusing on providing value and convenient locations. In addition the Group owns and operates the famous and historic Clermont Club. As HR Director I am responsible for setting the People Strategy across the organisation. Focused on developing amazing leaders; creating a compelling and competitive employer brand; finding innovative and flexible ways to reward and recognise our fantastic employees;

Senior Director

Alvarez Marsal

Oct 2014 - Jun 2016 (1 year 9 months)

Senior Director with A&M London Private Equity practice. Working with with PE funds and Corporates across the lifecycle of their prospective and current portfolio companies. To optimise the performance and financial return for PE investment. Offering Pre-deal due diligence, post merger integration, rapid results, turnaround and exit support. Projects include £100m European restructuring for Multinational Tech Co; Post merger integration of Global TV Content Co; Post merger integration and growth planning for mid-sized UK manufacturing business; Due diligence assessment of organisational design, culture and leadership for UK Oil & Gas; UK retail; UK manufacturing + others.

Independent Consultant

Jessica Collingwood Consulting

Jan 2014 - Oct 2014 (10 months)

Odyssey Airlines: supported £5m fund raise through angel investors and crowdfunding to get to pre-launch phase. Supported early stage design of launch plan and brand development. Global Pharmaceuticals: Restructure of European marketing operations, design and implementation planning Creative agency: design of People strategy

Group People Director

Virgin

Aug 2011 - Jul 2013 (2 years)

Responsible for setting and executing the People strategy for Virgin Group focusing on maximising value -add across all Group companies. Leading a People team of Brand ambassadors ensuring all Group companies represent the best Virgin culture for their sector and place in the lifecycle. Creating great Virgin leaders. Spreading the Virgin magic to all 44,000 employees to inspire and create great Virgin experiences for employees and through them to customers. Supporting day to day running of the Branson family office and acting as trusted adviser to Sir Richard on all employment matters. Working closely with the Chairman and CEO of Virgin Management (the asset and investment management operation) to design and implement a new Partnership mod

People Director

Virgin Media

Jan 2008 - Jan 2012 (4 years 1 month)

Created in 2007 by the merger of ntl:telewest, Virgin Mobile and Virgin net; Virgin Media is listed on NASDAQ and London stock exchange, has a market capitalisation of £6.2bn, has delivered the best performing stock for two consecutive years and employs 12,500 onshore and in house with a further 8,500 outsourced partners. The Growth division represents the commercial arm of VM and includes all product P&L’s, Customer Marketing organisation and Sales.

Head of L&D

Betfair

Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Head of HR, ITV Broadcasting

ITV

Jan 2004 - Jan 2007 (3 years 1 month)

HR Director

Discovery Networks

Jan 2003 - Jan 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Head of HR

Pearson

Jan 1999 - Jan 2003 (4 years 1 month)

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