Dr Adrian Bailey joins Engagement Alliance advisory board
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that notable HR/change management expert Dr Adrian Bailey has joined the advisory board of the Engagement Alliance. Adrian has a wealth of knowledge and experience in how companies can improve their bottom line through the people they employ, and will bring great insight to the EA. Here’s his full bio:
Adrian, founder and director of PeopleFanClub, graduated with a PhD in Communications. He’s good at getting a point across.
Before PeopleFanClub, Adrian was Director of People, Strategy & Organisational Development for AEGIS plc’s multinational media specialist firm, Carat. His remit also included HR, and his team’s work landed Carat in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places To Work - the first in their sector to do so. During Adrian’s time there, Carat also jumped to the Number 1 spot in industry revenue and became a National Business Awards finalist - proof that investing in people and business success can go hand-in-hand.
A strategy and change expert and project manager with KPMG for five years, Adrian led large and successful programmes for Kimberly Clark, HSBC, P&O, GE Capital and others, and an SAP project at Australia Post. Prior to that, he worked in the public sector for five years with NATS, liaising with HM Treasury and the Department for Transport, specialising in human factors and financial investment.
A founder member of the BPS Coaching Psychology Group, qualified professional leadership coach, and an accredited mediator, he’s the man to call in to ‘fix(!)’ your senior team. Adrian succeeded Lord (David) Lipsey as Chair of ITV’s Regional Advisory Board, so is also the man to go to if you want to complain about (or praise) British television programmes.
Previous to his work with organisations, Adrian was a musician who played with the likes of The Clash and The Jam, and then became an honest to goodness rocket scientist. Some say he was just trying to prove that he could be whatever he wanted, while others suspect he was simply indecisive.