Abba Career Transition Support

Provide career transition support to private clients. Continue to act as Managing Consultant at DBM's Fareham office, working there two to three days per week.

Leading global provider of career transition services, operating in more than 40 countries and over 200 offices.

Responsible for launching and running DBM's office in Fareham, in order to provide career transition support to redundant employees of major clients such as Zurich Financial Service, IBM and B&Q.

Some Key Achievements

• Delivered the most successful first year of an office's operations, according to Managing Director Tony Gould, generating revenue of over £400K.
• Received many positive and unsolicited comments from clients, including:

"Not only does he offer sound, practical advice, he has the ability to motivate which I found very beneficial." Helen Ricketts, Zurich 03/09/04

"Very supportive and friendly, took an interest in the total person and offered extremely valuable guidance." Malcolm Follows, IBM, 10/01/04

Responsible for providing career transition support to clients of DBM's City Office in London.

• Described as DBM's "best consultant" by Marie Fimrite, Operations Director.

One of the four leading Australian Banks.

Responsible for all HR issues in Europe and North America. Member of management team. Total c.200 staff. Reporting to General Manager Europe and North America.

Some Key Achievements

• Identified and resolved some sensitive management issues in the New York Office, including the closure of some departments and the departure of the American Division's General Manager.
• Acknowledged by fellow directors as applying the principle of "Treating others as I would want to be treated myself" to all HR issues.

Responsible for recruitment, training, performance management, management development, industrial relations, discipline and grievance, redundancy, policy development, compensation and benefits, pension policy and administration for more than 800 staff across 15 offices in Europe.

Some Key Achievements

• Set up and recruited for new office in Paris. Involved in having to terminate the employment of an unsatisfactory Operations Manager.
• Introduced the first integrated training programme for the European Division.