Consuelo Corridori

A leading, PE backed, European hotel chain, offering affordable, high-quality accommodations with a focus on customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

My key focus is to drive a global HR strategy for a high-growth hospitality leader, enhancing talent acquisition and engagement and talent management to support 20% revenue growth targets and sustainability commitments.

Shape culture and leadership development across multi-site operations, aligning people initiatives with expansion into new markets.

Lead key programs that support wider business initiatives to effectively attract, identify and onboarding our Entrepreneurial Hoteliers.

Introduce and grow an employer branding presence that can be leveraged to expand visibility to prospective entrepreneurial Hoteliers.

I provide interim and consultancy HR services to small, medium and large companies, including but not limited to:

Fractional C-suite roles, Executive coaching, Talent Management and Development, Executive Reward, M&A (HR due diligence and Integration strategies).

Supported a PE-backed Space Engineering Scale-Up in Finland: Designed and rolled out performance and talent development frameworks, including succession planning and a revamped compensation structure.

Medical Start-Up UK: Delivered executive coaching and team-building for leadership, accelerating organizational readiness.

CWT, one of the world's leading digital travel management companies, with an employee base of 12,000 spread across 45 countries evenly distributed across 4 continents.  CWT helps organizations of all sizes deliver a travel programme that engages employees, empowers them to be more productive and takes complexity out of their on the road experience.

• I collaborated closely with global business leaders while heading the HR Business Partners Teams. Together, we implemented a series of impactful initiatives that enhanced engagement and operation effectiveness.
• I led the HR Business Partners, Global Talent, and Reward teams, driving a 15% engagement uplift during COVID-19 challenges.
• As interim CHRO, stabilized operations and aligned HR with recovery goals.
• I headed Global Reward and Talent Acquisition for 7 months.
• Enhanced HR analytics and employee feedback systems, improving decision-making and operational efficiency.

Inspired is a co-educational, non-denominational, independent school group designed to inspire students to achieve their maximum potential in a nurturing, progressive academic environment from ages 1 to 18.  Inspired owns a number of independent schools across the globe.

In my role reporting directly to the CEO and Founder, my primary focus was on defining and sculpting the HR strategy necessary for sustaining the group's remarkable growth trajectory.  Introduced some basic HR infrastructure:

• Talend Development and Performance Management strategy: consolidated processes, identified key KPI and automated the performance and development process.
• HRIS: Introduced and launched a global HR system.
• HR operations: updated key policies, introduced a global communication platform for Teachers, and the outsourced part of the pre-employment processes.

I worked with a couple of SMEs to help them establish in new European markets, this included supporting recruitment, set up a new HR infrastructure and build outsourcing capacity to enable business flexibility.

During my tenure, I spearheaded several pivotal initiatives, including:

• Collaborating with the Board to implement a progressive governance structure for Executive Committee meetings and introducing new executive compensation programs in preparation for the IPO.
• Overhauling our HR systems to reduce manual administrative tasks and successfully bringing the Talent Acquisition Team in-house, resulting in increased productivity.
• Launching a comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with related initiatives.
• Introducing a new employee survey and establishing an HR analytics team to provide crucial insights for informed decision-making within the business.

Before this corporate role, I partnered closely with the Global Commercial, Product, and Marketing teams, which comprised roughly 1,500 employees located in offices spanning 45 countries. I supported them through a multitude of high-impact activities, including mergers, acquisitions, major organisational transformations, restructurings, and global integration initiatives. In my capacity, I offered both hands-on operational guidance and strategic leadership to facilitate the swift expansion of the business into emerging growth markets.

UPC Holding is a European telecommunications company owned by Liberty Global which provides cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony in Europe.

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MSc in Business