Practical

Expertise

Melanie has Human Resources experience across a number of industry sectors including Financial Services, Retail, Entertainment and Technology.

Melanie studied for her CIPD qualification whilst at Marks and Spencer before joining Evolution Group where she was appointed Head of Human Resources. Melanie worked with the Board of Directors during a period where the firm saw rapid growth and extensive restructuring.

In addition, she was heavily involved in a number of significant acquisitions including that of BNP Private Investment Management Ltd, Singer & Friedlander Investment Management Ltd and Williams de Broë plc and finally, the acquisition of Evolution Group by Investec.

Melanie founded McLean HR with the intention of providing commercially focused practical HR solutions for clients that didn’t necessarily need fulltime HR resource but required advice from an experienced professional on a variety of issues.

Lucy is a highly experienced Human Resources Executive with experience across all areas of HR – from a deep expertise in recruitment to broader HR operations such as talent management, compensation, diversity and leadership development.

With almost 20 years experience, Lucy has held key roles at globally prestigious companies including Goldman Sachs, ABN Amro, Hays and Harvey Nash.  She is versatile, dedicated and has worked and lived in the UK, US, Continental Europe and China.

Before joining McLean HR as an Human Resources Consultant focused on supporting fast growth technology start-ups, Lucy’s most recent in-house role was as Vice-President and Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where she spent 5 years in both Recruitment and HR Generalist roles.  Lucy has always maintained a strong focus on relationship management and a ‘people first’ approach. She has worked directly with CEOs and Executive teams as a strategic business partner to deliver tangible business results through HR.

Outside of work, Lucy is passionate about education and providing opportunities for marginalised children. Lucy has sat on the board of various charities and not-for-profit organisations as a non-executive director – including Shining Star, a Chinese orphanage dedicated to blind children. Currently she serves as a Governor and Vice-Chair of the PTA at a local Primary School.  She holds a BA with Honours from Nottingham University.

Andrew brings a wealth of commercial, sales and advisory experience to McLean HR and has over 25 years experience in a number of leadership roles.  Andrew started his career in HR as a Graduate Trainee for Bass plc progressing to Head of HR for one of the businesses’ operating companies before moving into commercial, sales and general management leadership roles.  He has headed up project teams charged with restructuring businesses to better deliver organisational objectives and managed the procurement and implementation of HR information systems.  Andrew has worked in the Consumer, FMCG, Retail, Manufacturing and PE start-up sectors.  Andrew enjoys working closely with his clients on driving business growth through ambitious but pragmatic HR.   Andrew is CIPD qualified and is interested in leadership, corporate culture and the development of high performance teams.

Anne-Laure is a multilingual HR professional with over 12 years’ experience. Over the years, she has mainly worked in fast growing online start-ups across various industries such as cloud services, healthcare and travel. She is an HR generalist who has built several HR functions and teams from scratch including all HR operations, recruitment, learning and development and employee engagement.

Anne-Laure graduated from EIM Sup de Co with a BA with Honours. She is also an NLP Practitioner and a qualified executive coach which brings a more holistic dimension to her HR approach.

Anne-Laure is originally from France and has lived in Spain, China, Ireland and the UK. This experience has given her a great understanding of how to manage multicultural environments and cultural differences in the workplace.

Fran is an HR Generalist with experience across a range of industries including Media/PR, Technology, Bioscience and Engineering. As well as working within an established global HR team, Fran also has significant experience in setting up the HR function from the ground up. Fran offers a positive, business focused approach, providing practical, operational HR as well as the ability to work closely with senior management on HR strategy and planning. As a generalist, Fran covers all aspects of the HR spectrum such as compensation and benefits, training and development, employee relations, recruitment, policy and procedure etc. Fran received her degree from the University of Bath and is CIPD qualified.

Becky is an experienced HR professional specialising in the Financial and Insurance sectors.  She brings knowledge from a broad background, including; the delivery significant change projects, management of complex employee relations matters, development of risk management frameworks and provision of learning & development programmes. Becky brings a collaborative and approachable style, providing tailored HR solutions.

Becky is passionate about employee wellbeing, career development and employee engagement. As a qualified coach, Becky enjoys working with both individuals and teams to create meaningful change.

Ryan is a seasoned recruitment professional with over 5 years of commercial experience. He has partnered with various small-to-medium enterprise clients across technology, financial services, management consultancy and digital.

Ryan started his career at Unilever, as one of the first ever x21 apprentices in business administration and IT. He joined the HR division of the business with responsibility for employer branding. He has since progressed into talent acquisition and spent over 4 ½ years as a Senior Consultant with a professional recruitment consultancy.

Ryan has extensive experience in contingency recruitment, and he has placed candidates in both permanent and contract positions. Ryan’s can-do attitude, positive mentality and consultative approach is what separates him from others and makes him an asset to clients.

Ryan has joined McLean HR to provide in-house recruitment services for our clients. McLean HR had already worked with Ryan over the previous three years, leaning on his expertise for both advice and to source candidates for numerous vacancies.