Straight-talking HR support for leaders who need to make sense of complexity and get things moving.
I work with senior leaders, HR teams and business owners dealing with pace, pressure and the kind of people challenges that don’t sit neatly in a slide.
“Bright, quick-thinking and commercially sharp. Tim makes sense of chaos, fixes inefficiency and gets teams delivering at pace.” Group HR Director
“Learns fast, understands the bigger picture and builds strong relationships at every level. Tim is an HR leader who improves how the business works.” CEO
“Authentic, empowering and driven by integrity. Tim simplifies complexity and removes blockers so people can focus on what matters.” Leadership Award Nomination, 2024
“You changed things for the better. The whole atmosphere lifted when you took over.” HR Services Team Member, 2025
Most leaders know exactly where they want to get to. What gets in the way is everything in the middle: mixed messages, competing priorities, clunky processes, legacy decisions and the day-to-day noise.
That is the space I work in. Helping you make sense of it, cut it back to the essentials and move things forward with confidence.
Led the people workstream for a £500m acquisition, integrating around 750 people and keeping annualised attrition under 13% through clear comms, steady leadership and practical support for leaders on the ground.
Redesigned a contact centre pay and contract model, cutting attrition from 40% to 12% and stabilising performance so customers felt the difference, not just the org chart.
Supported the closure of over 100 retail stores with fair, compliant consultation, delivering £9m in annualised Opex savings while protecting dignity and minimising legal risk.
Strengthened HR governance and risk frameworks so people-related risks were genuinely understood and acted on, not just tracked for committee.
Most work falls into the areas below. In real life they blend together, which is fine. The aim is simple: get you to a clearer, steadier place and give you practical options you can act on.
Cutting the plan back to what actually matters and helping you make it real.
Fixing the basics so your organisation stops tripping over its own processes.
Support through the heavy stuff: restructures, integrations and the people issues that keep leaders awake.
A calm, honest space to think, get perspective and work out the next move.
Stepping in as interim HR or People Operations leadership for 3–6 months, with stability, clarity and a clean handover built in.
From the North East, with the usual side-effects: straight answers, plain speaking and a low tolerance for nonsense.
If something here sounds close to what you're facing, have a look at what I do, or just drop me a note and tell me what's happening. Short and simple works best.