Through her advice, training and coaching approach, Amanda supports business leaders to review their policies and procedures and bring about positive, cultural change.

Amanda is an articulate and approachable Management, Strategic HR, Training and Equalities Professional, who has worked extensively with both private and public sector clients across the UK. She has over twenty years’ experience of supporting leaders and managers to improve business and personal effectiveness, fully engaging their workforce, to achieve their strategic aims as an Assessor and Advisor for the Investors in People Award.

Bob is an experienced and qualified HR professional with a proven record of accomplishment in aligning HR policies, practices and processes with business objectives in the UK and USA. He has worked as an IIP Practioner, run his own business of 30 staff and has worked with over 200 SMEs in Wales adapting to a range of management styles. Bob enjoys making a positive difference to organisations’ performance. As an Employer Partner he has improved effectiveness in people management through improvements in gender diversity, recruitment, communications, flexible working, learning and development, performance management and employment law.

Michelle is a HR Generalist with strong business acumen and a solid background of working with the business at all levels within a variety of different sectors. Provides a commercially driven HR service, assisting in the delivery of HR initiatives and strategies. Develops creative solutions that contribute positively to the organisation. Plays a key role in delivering a full complement of HR processes for businesses to succeed with their people management. Michelle has a passion for delivering the message of promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Provides companies with positive and creative support to help implement best practice in businesses across Wales.

Laura is one of two Coordinators for the Agile Nation2 Business Programme, and has worked for Chwarae Teg for nearly 9 years. Laura assists the Delivery Team and Lead with the smooth running of the Programme. She supports the journey of the client via our Client Management Systems and ensures that, as a team, we are compliant and able to continue providing a good service to the client and good value to WEFO and Welsh Government.

Laura joined Chwarae Teg in 2019 as an administrator for the Women’s Programme and now as one of the Co-ordinating Partners for the Business Programme, Laura’s role is to support the delivery of the Business Programme. Laura enjoys seeing and hearing about the impact the project has had on the participants who take part, and Laura is proud to be part of a team that is achieving such positive results for businesses across Wales.

Carys is an employment and HR specialist. She practiced as an employment solicitor advising both individuals and businesses regarding all aspects of employment law and HR matters including unfair dismissal, redundancies and restructures, senior level contracts and equality and discrimination. Carys’ skills and experience include acting in both tribunal and civil court cases, legal writing, document drafting, alternative dispute resolution, advocacy and litigation. Carys is known for her friendly manner and pragmatic advice in order to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients.

Carys has a passion for equality and diversity in the workplace and strives to improve working practices across Wales in her role as Client Partner.

Ameena’s background is in senior executive roles including as a CEO of SME not for profits. She has worked across private, public, and charitable sectors and has led on various programmes at National, Regional, and Local levels. Most recently she worked in roles such as Executive Coaching and Business mentoring for Women Businesses. At the heart of all her achievements is her passion to create environments that enable people to develop to their greatest potential, and to lead organisations that combine purpose and profit to make a difference and improve the lives of people in society.

Lauren is a skilled HR, career development and training professional with experience across the public and private sector. Lauren’s skills include policy design and implementation, delivering on challenging strategies and providing excellent and up-to-date Employment Law and HR best practice advice and guidance. With Lauren having worked with a diverse portfolio of industries she can adapt and tailor her style to design and develop effective Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion strategies. Lauren is passionate about Chwarae Teg’s work supporting inclusion in the workplace.