Meet the Team About Ashfield HR 

  Faye Briffa - Managing Director 

Background: 
After a 20 year career in HR working primarily in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Faye founded Ashfield HR in 2019. 
 
Faye is CIPD-qualified having achieved a Postgraduate Diploma in HR Management from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2002. Since then, she has held a variety of roles, including Recruitment, Employment, Business Change and latterly HR Business Partnering with the most senior teams of a global Pharmaceutical company. Faye's experience perfectly balances the need for good HR with the needs of the business. 
 
Specialities: 
HR Business Partnering 
Strategic HR Services 
Organisation Design and Effectiveness 
Leadership Team Effectiveness 
Conflict and Dispute Management 
 

  Lucy Smith - Senior HR Consultant 

Background: 
Lucy has over two decades of experience working with teams across various sectors. From leading teams in the voluntary sector to managing business teams, she has encountered and overcome a wide range of challenges. As an entrepreneur who successfully ran her own business for 13 years, Lucy brings a unique, creative perspective to her work. Her previous role as Head of People and Growth honed her passion for building effective teams and fostering collaboration. 
 
Specialities: 
Team building 
Learning and Development 
Coaching senior leadership 
Line management training  
Soft skills training 

  Sue Kellett - Senior HR Consultant 

Background: 
Sue has over 20 years of HR Generalist experience, ranging from SMEs to global commercial real estate firms, as well as the charity sector. This breadth of experience has equipped Sue to handle a wide range of HR matters, including TUPE, employee relations, strategic planning, recruitment, redundancy, employee engagement, and projects focused on shaping culture and enhancing employee wellbeing. 
 
Sue is passionate about making a positive impact and building relationships based on trust, honesty and sound HR knowledge, with a practical, common-sense approach. 
 
Specialities: 
Absence Management 
Capability & Performance Management 
Employee Relations 
Redundancy 
TUPE 
Recruitment 
 

  Karen Hemphill - Employee Relations Lead 

Background: 
Karen has over 30 years HR experience gained in pharmaceutical, manufacturing and retail industries. Specialising in employee relations and industrial relations., she has worked in global and UK based businesses and is adept at working across organisational boundaries. 
 
Specialities: 
Disciplinary and Grievance Support 
Workplace Mediation 
Bullying and Harassment investigations 
Absence Management 
Capability and under performance 
Whistleblowing investigations 
Settlement agreements 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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