USD 52m
Savings delivered through a complete organisation restructure.
Senior HR and Transformation Advisor
From the commercial problem to the People answer.
I advise CEOs, CHROs, business presidents and managing directors on the workforce, talent and organisation decisions that growth, scale and cost discipline require. Fifteen years of HR leadership — and experience as a Chief Operating Officer — across MENA, Southeast Asia, Japan and the United States.
Selected outcomes
Results from operating and advisory roles
Figures are drawn from roles held. They are not composite case studies or unnamed-client claims.
40%
Reduction in G&A expenses in a market turnaround, working with the CEO and President. Non-G&A costs fell by 25%.
USD 500m
Annual global G&A savings from an organisation-wide restructuring across 120 countries — as part of the lead team.
Platinum
Saudisation status achieved across all group entities, with full responsibility for the programme.
Advisory
How I can help
Mandates in HR and transformation, shaped by operating experience: people strategy first has to serve the commercial plan.
People strategy and executive advisory
People strategy aligned to the business plan and growth roadmap. Advisory to CEOs, CHROs, business presidents and managing directors, including group and brand alignment, and global strategies with local implementation.
Organisation design and operating models
Structure design from N-1 to N-3, organisational layering, Centres of Excellence, role architecture, and operating models that can be run, not just presented.
HR transformation
People operating models across the hire-to-retire cycle, the shift from centralised to matrixed HR, policy and governance, and HRIS implementation, including Oracle Fusion HCM and Salesforce Talent Management.
Culture, change and performance
Culture transformation and change leadership, high-performance culture, employee value proposition, total rewards, and performance architecture including OKRs, OGSM and KPI frameworks.
Workforce planning and talent
Strategic workforce planning, manpower cost allocation, succession for critical roles, leadership development, and nationalisation programmes including Saudisation and Emiratisation.
Transformation, M&A and restructuring
Business transformation, restructuring, post-merger integration, sell-side mandates, due diligence and shareholder governance — the commercial and People work moving together.
Approach
How I work
A commercial operator’s view of the People agenda: start with the business problem, then design the organisation, talent and HR system it requires.
Start with the commercial problem
I advise from the business issue first and design the People answer second, with a clear view of what the workforce must deliver for growth, scalability and cost discipline.
Design for how the organisation will run
Structures, operating models and HR systems are built to be implemented and sustained — not only presented. Policy, governance and capability have to stand once the mandate ends.
Hold group direction and local reality together
Global and group strategies with local implementation plans, across multi-market and multi-brand environments in MENA, Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe and the United States.
Contact
To discuss an HR or transformation mandate
Write directly, or connect on LinkedIn. I am based in Dubai and Riyadh and work with leaders across the region and internationally.
alfrichardson@gmail.comLocations
Dubai, UAE and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia