29 April 2020
We're thrilled to have Valerie Hughes-D'Aeth joining our very own Justine Woolf for the first of our Spring Webinar series:
Building Trust Through Transparency
Wednesday 29th April, 11.30am
Valerie, who led the BBC HR team through the fallout experienced from the initial publication of salaries of the highest earners and the equal pay claims that followed, has very kindly agreed to join us to share some of her experiences, particularly around changing the focus to rebuild trust around pay and how we use this learning now as we not only deal with an active crisis but what we need to consider as we emerge out the other side.
We are clearly going through challenging times right now and whilst the focus for many of us is managing re-actively to the challenges thrown at us on a daily basis, it is really important that we don’t lose sight of the need to ensure our pay practices and responses are seen as fair on an individual level.
About Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, Director at VHD Consulting Ltd
Valerie has worked in HR for 35 years across a variety of sectors and countries. Most recently she has spent five and a half years as Chief HR Officer for the BBC and as a member of the BBC Executive Committee.
Prior to joining the BBC in 2014, she was Group HR Director at Amey, a support services organisation of 20,000 people where she had additional responsibility for Marketing / Communications, Sustainability and Health and Safety. Her other roles have included Group HR Director for Steria based in Paris and Group HR Director for Xansa covering UK and Indian operations. She also spent several years working in HR in the Technology sector in the UK and the Netherlands.
Valerie is a Fellow of the CIPD and adviser to the board committee at the Donmar Warehouse theatre. She has been voted in the UK as a top 3 Most Influential HR Director for each of the past five years and In Autumn 2019 was additionally recognised with the HR Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the HR Most Influential Hall of Fame.
About Justine Woolf, Director of Consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting
Justine heads up Innecto’s client-facing services in her role as Director of Consulting, drawing on 25 years’ experience in pay and reward in both in-house roles and as a consultant with Innecto for the last 13 years. Recognised in the industry as a trusted expert, she has a strong reputation for delivering commercially focused reward and recognition programmes for clients that improve employee motivation and engagement.
Regularly featured in the media with her thought leadership insights, she is passionate about ensuring fairness and transparency in reward, bringing her ideas to life in a relatable and practical way, and ensuring that her clients align their reward strategy to their business objectives.
Justine works across all sectors but has a particular interest in in helping not-for-profit and public sector legacy organisations achieve a more market and contribution-led approach to their reward.
