Outplacement Team

Bev White | Managing Director, HR Consulting

Bev joined Penna in 2002. In just eight years she led our Career Transition business into the number one position in the UK market place in the private sector. She has accountability for leading the continuous design, development and delivery of the Career Transition services. Bev was made Managing Director, HR Consulting in 2009, which encompasses Career Transition, Training and Development, Board and Executive Coaching and Performance and Change Consulting Solutions.

Bev’s earlier career included seven years as CIO of NtL and prior to that as Director I.T. for Schlumberger. Today, she is President of the UK Association of Career Firms and of the European Board for the Association of Career Firms. In her work, she is passionate about innovating to make sure that our services are relevant for our clients and add real value to their business.

Rosemary Smart | Delivery Operations Director, HR Consulting

Rosemary oversees the delivery of high quality, innovative solutions and ensures excellence in client satisfaction. She joined us in 2005, having previously held a number of senior HR and Operations roles, primarily in the manufacturing, automotive and aerospace sectors. Rosemary has led on several large process improvement and change programmes and is both CIPD qualified and a trained six sigma practitioner.

Mike Jones | Sales Director, Ireland

Mike is responsible for the development of all business opportunities within HRC in Ireland. He focuses on ensuring that we deliver to our own high professional standards. With over 25 years’ consultancy experience, Mike has worked with a range of prestigious clients in both the private and public sectors.

Neill Hunter | Sales Director, Scotland

A key member of our UK HRC Executive Team, Neill is accountable for the sales and delivery of our HRC solutions across Scotland - ensuring our clients receive a consistently high-quality service from our sales, account management and service delivery teams. He has a background spanning mechanical engineering, process improvement, change management and strategic account management for local, national and global accounts. Neill has worked in professional services for the last eight years, providing HR services to high-profile public and private organisations.

Frances Williams | Associate

Frances has over fifteen years’ experience in Human Resources management in the advertising, energy and IT sectors as well as banking and financial Services. She specialises in working with middle-management clients on a one-to-one basis. A graduate in French and the holder of a post-graduate Linguist’s Diploma, Frances has developed a career centred around international organisations - concentrating on international human resources and expatriate management solutions. Her experience has included several years spent working in Ghana as Director of Human Resources. She is passionately interested in international development and has set up a programme to use the skills of UK-based professionals to assist companies in Africa through short-term voluntary assignments.

Ian Munro | Associate

Ian has been delivering career and outplacement consultancy for the last seventeen years. He also has a strong track record in the SME sector - providing services to help either distressed or developing companies. Ian specialises in working with senior executives on career focus, development and resolving workplace relationship problems through Executive Mentoring and Coaching. He is highly experienced in assisting clients in identifying and setting up their own business ventures. And as he believes strongly in the value of networking, is keen to use his own extensive network for client benefit. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Directors.