Overview
Toni has more than 25 years’ HR experience.
Formerly an HR Director within the BAA group of companies, she is an independent HR / employment law consultant and lecturer. She was the youngest member ever appointed to the Employment Tribunal judiciary. She has worked with numerous organisations as a consultant, auditing HR policies, procedures and practices as well as managing complex and sensitive issues such as redundancy, TUPE transfer, reorganisations, etc. An author and trainer, she is also a lecturer for the CIPD graduate qualification.
Toni’s five years as an HR Director within the BAA group gave her considerable industrial relations experience. The airport / airline industry is highly unionised so strategic HR and employee relations issues were a major part of her role there.
Since setting up her own consultancy in 2000, she has worked with a huge range of clients, including, to name but a few, Orange, Ford, Canadian High Commission, AXA Insurance, Westminster City Council, Zurich Insurance, OFT, CAFCASS, The White Company, Eurolink Group plc, RDF plc, Petards, Sasol, Fentons Solicitors, ACCA, Canute, Network Rail, Body Shop, BSS, IBIS Hotels, Vinci, British American Tobacco, Levi, Hampshire Police, BAA, BCMS, Brunel Care, etc, etc.
Key areas of expertise:
- HR consultancy – improving staff performance and productivity by best practice policies, procedures and processes, updating and writing employee handbooks, contracts and other people related documents and provides ongoing HR advice and support to management teams and HR professionals
- Disciplinary investigations
- HR training – designing and delivering a wide range of training courses on HR and HR-related topics, both for HR teams and for staff at all levels
Qualifications, training and professional memberships:
- Fellow, CIPD
