Simon Richardson

Senior Consultant at Total Reward Group (now Gallagher) at CIPD

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Biography

CIPD

Currently Head of Global Mobility at Total Reward Solutions, a ‘boutique’ Reward Consultancy established in October 2005. A founder member of the business responsible for all aspects of running the Global Mobility business including business development, managing outsourced assignment programmes and client advisory services. Technical areas of specialisation include expatriate compensation and benefit design, tax and social security planning, assignment cost tracking, global mobility policy development and the legal issues associated with assignment contracts. Previous roles include Senior Manager at PwC setting up an internal Global Mobility function between 1996 and 2003 and managing Logica assignees between 1989 and 1996.

Experience

Senior Lecturer

  • Company Name University of Westminster
  • Dates EmployedSep 2016 – Present
  • Employment Duration2 yrs 10 mos
  • Location Marylebone

Employed as a part-time Senior Lecturer in Westminster University Business School delivering Reward Management, Global Strategic Management and International HRM courses. Obtained Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education with Distinction in December 2018.

Global Mobility Training Consultant

Company Name CIPD Dates EmployedFeb 2012 – Present Employment Duration7 yrs 5 mos Location London, United Kingdom

Designed and deliver the Global Mobility module of the CIPD's Advanced Award in Reward Management. Provide on-site client specific work shops with a variety of courses for administrators, HR managers and line management. The course content covers all aspects of Short Term and long term Global Mobility including inter-cultural awareness, GM Policy, assignee package design, payroll delivery, assignee letters and tax and social security planning.

Senior Consultant

  • Company Name Total Reward Group (now Gallagher)
  • Total Duration13 yrs 11 mos
  • Dates EmployedAug 2005 – Present
  • Employment Duration13 yrs 11 mos
  • Location Sevenoaks

As a founder member of TRS, I set up the Global Mobility division in 2005 . I manage assignment programs and Global Mobility projects for a number of blue chip clients in the engineering, marketing and industrial sectors. We provide a particular technical expertise in expatriate compensation and benefit design, payroll management, employment relationship structuring and cost tracking to provide interfaces with our business partners in local tax compliance, immigration and benefit provision. I also run training courses on Global Mobility for the CIPD as well as run training modules for the Central London Branch of the CIPD.

Whether you are seeking advice on reward strategy, market data analysis or pay structures, an interim Reward Manager or to access practical training for your reward team, TRG are able to offer a suite of professional consultancy solutions to help you in Reward Strategy, Bonus planning, LTIP's. Job Levelling, Pay benchmarking and Global Mobility.

Senior Consultant

  • Dates EmployedAug 2005 – Present
  • Employment Duration13 yrs 11 mos
  • Location London, United Kingdom

Senior HR Manager

  • Company Name PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Dates Employed1996 – 2003
  • Employment Duration7 yrs

Initially set up the internal Global Mobility programme for Price Waterhouse for all business divisions before handling Corporate Finance and Tax and Legal assignments after the merger with Coopers and Lybrand.

Assistant HR Manager

  • Company Name ING Bank
  • Dates Employed1996
  • Employment Durationless than a year
  • Managed the assignment process for ING bank after the acquisition of Baring Brothers

Personnel officer

  • Company Name Logica
  • Dates Employed1989 – 1996
  • Employment Duration7 yrs

Initially managed the recruitment of professional IT staff, before coordinating internal staff utilisation and developing the British Computer Society Professional Development scheme. Then managed the international assignment programme of 100 staff in the UK.

Education

University of Westminster

  • Degree Name DPM Field Of StudyPersonnel Management
  • Dates attended or expected graduation 1990 – 1992
  • Business Studies and Employment Law

University of Wales Lampeter

  • Degree Name BA Hons Field Of StudyEnglish
  • Dates attended or expected graduation 1983 – 1986
  • Activities and Societies: Rugby
  • English Literature and French

West Buckland School

  • Dates attended or expected graduation 1973 – 1983
  • Activities and Societies: Rugby and cricket
  • French, English and History

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