The MPF Human Resources Panel is a confidential, in-depth discussion group of highly experienced and senior personnel specialists working in organisations providing professional, financial and other knowledge-based services to business. Objectives of the Panel:
- Link members through a formal network.
- Exchange ideas, techniques and best practice through regular meetings in appropriate locations with distinguished speakers.
- Benchmark best practice through membership surveys.
- Enhance the status of Panel members in the eyes of their employers, the wider personnel community and elsewhere.
EVENTS
Our events are run in London, providing both educational and networking opportunities for MPF and Panel members. Events may be organised in other cities. As a membership organisation, all our meetings are member only. However, those interested in joining are welcome to attend one event as our guest in order to get a feel for the Panel.
KNOWLEDGE
Structured: Panel Directors work with committee members to create online surveys on relevant topics, analyse results and publish the findings for free in the public domain.
Ad hoc: A member sends a question to mpfpulse@pmint.co.uk. HQ canvasses experts and members, and publishes a summary of contributions.
COMMITTEE
Panel Chair: Jill King has over 25 years HR experience gained at Unilever, Tesco, KPMG, Lovells and Linklaters where she is currently HR Director.
Panel Director: Michael Ellenhorn leads Fox Rodney Search, Ltd.’s European practice, assisting US law firms grow their presence in Europe. He is a US attorney and UK solicitor, who specialized in labour and employment issues for US Fortune 500 companies. Michael is also the former Chairman of British American Business' Transatlantic Business Development Forum.
Tim Cole, Freshfields
Jeff Marlow is Director of HR and Training at Stephenson Harwood; prior to joining SH he was Director of HR and Training at Fox Williams. He is a Fellow of the CIPD.
Jill Pett is HR Partner for Davis Langdon LLP, an international firm of cost and project managers in the construction sector. Prior to this she was HR Director at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP.
Martin Pexton is Managing Director of LMS Capital plc, an investment company quoted on AIM, which is active in venture, development capital and buyouts. LMS Capital was spun out of London Merchant Securities plc, a FTSE 250 company where Martin was a main board director from 2002 to 2007. From 1990 to 2002 he was the director responsible for human resources at Allen & Overy, prior to which he worked for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and in the insurance and nuclear industries. Martin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has an MBA from the London Business School.
Genevieve Tennant is Director of HR at Allen & Overy. She has gained more than 20 years' HR experience in a variety of roles across a breadth of professional service firms - including Ernst & Young, Schroders and Arthur D. Little - and has also run her own consultancy business. Since joining Allen & Overy in 2003, Genevieve has handled a range of HR assignments, with particular focus on performance management, career progression and diversity. Since being promoted to HR Director in 2005, she has led the HR team and delivered on a number of key initiatives, and has generally worked to raise the importance of the HR/people agenda within the partnership.
Nick van Dorp , Chartered FCIPD, is Group Human Resources Director for Cyril Sweett, the international construction and property consultancy. Previously he spent 19 years as Partner and European Head of HR for Crushman & Wakefield
Kay Willis is the Director of HR for Lovells; prior to joining Lovells she was the HR Director for Andersen's Assurance business in the UK. She has almost 20 years experience in HR in professional services. She is a Fellow of the CIPD and is in the final stages of completing an executive MBA.
After 25 years in investment banking, Keith Wood sought a rest from the relentless unforgiving pace of the City. Keith joined SJ Berwin in 1990 and as a non-lawyer chief executive he has adopted guerrilla style tactics to inveigle himself into a tightly-knit tribe of first class lawyers.
MEMBERSHIP
Two independent referees are required. Panel membership is free for MPF members and clients, and £487.50 /$887.50 /€707.50 plus admission fee for others. Consultants are only eligible for Panel membership in exceptional circumstances. Membership renews on 1 September with a sliding scale in the first year. If interested, please complete the registration form.
DETAILS OF OUR NEXT EVENTS
(Credit) crunch time for HR
SJ Berwin, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE
Thursday 2 October 2008
The impact of the credit crunch has begun to take its toll and the effects are predicted to be with us for some time yet. For PSFs, where people are at the heart of the business, HR have a key role to play in challenging economic times as issues such as capacity management, the need for greater flexibility and mobility, protection of your employer brand and employee engagement and morale all come to the fore.
For help in navigating your firm through the coming months, join us at the next MPF HR panel breakfast meeting. We will be joined by Professor John Philpott, the CIPD's Chief Economist, who will offer an insight into the drivers of the current downturn, the likely impacts on the labour markets and the trends we can expect in both the short and medium term. Alongside him will be Steve Lee, of Aretai, who led the Andersen HR team in 2002, Steve will offer a practioner's view on the challenges of managing in a downturn, including strategies for maintaining employee engagement in uncertain times.
About our speakers
John Philpott has been Chief Economist at the CIPD since November 2000. He has a Doctorate from the University of Oxford and is Visiting Professor in Economics at the University of Hertfordshire. From 1987- 2000 he was Director of the Employment Policy Institute (EPI), an independent policy think-tank. His research and publications have covered labour market trends, long-term unemployment, welfare-to-work, full employment, employability, productivity, minimum wage setting, migration, the euro and Social Europe. He is a regular media commentator on these issues, and writes regular Comment articles for People Management magazine as well as articles for the national newspapers. He also writes a weekly blog on the CIPD website and writes occasional blogs for the People Management site. John is a former Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on Employment (from 1993-1996) and (in 2007) the House of Lords EU Select Committee. He has also advised numerous other UK and international bodies, including the United Nations, the European Commission, the IMF and the OECD. He is a Fellow of the RSA and a member of the Society of Business Economists.
Steve Lee is founder and partner of Aretai, a consultancy working with organisations to identify solutions to business challenges through the engagement of people. Prior to founding Aretai, Steve was Global HR Director of Heidrick and Struggles, the world’s largest listed executive search firm. His earlier professional experience was at Andersen where as HR partner he was responsible for all HR matters for both partners and employees.
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