ABOUT
Over 35 years experience providing proven professional and practical HR leadership solutions to businesses in the private and public sectors across a broad range of industry sectors including Media and Entertainment, Technology, Construction, Transportation, Support Services, Retailing and Professional Services/Consulting.
Valerie Hughes-D'Aeth
Founder and Director
Valerie has worked in HR for 35 years across a variety of sectors and countries, most recently spending over five years as Chief HR Officer for the BBC. She consults, advises and mentors on a wide range of HR and Board topics through VHD Consulting Ltd. She also works as a Non-Executive Director.
Prior to joining the BBC in 2014, she was Group HR Director at Amey for five years. Her other roles have included Group HR Director for Steria, based in Paris, and Group HR Director for Xansa. She also spent several years working in Senior HR roles in the Technology and Retailing sectors in the UK and The Netherlands.
Valerie is a Fellow of the CIPD and at the end of 2019 was recognised with the HR Lifetime Achievement Award and a place in the HR Most Influential Hall of Fame for her contribution to the HR profession.
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