Stephen McCafferty

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Stephen is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years experience gained in the Public Sector, Retailing and Financial Services. He is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University, has a master’s degree in Occupational Psychology from University of London, is a Chartered Psychologist and an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society.

 

His early career was spent lecturing and in research before joining the Employment Department and applying his psychology skills to aid adults to rehabilitate to the world of work.

 

Joining the retailer Safeway in 1989 he supported the integration of management teams following acquisition. In 1994 he joined the HR team re-engineering the business and was responsible for organisational design, assessment and selection of key senior staff and the identification of future organisational capabilities as Safeway sought to establish a greater presence in the volume grocery market.

Headhunted to Standard Life in 1995 he led the people aspects of organisational change following a significant change in business fortunes and outlook. Awarded the HR prize for excellence from Cranfield in 1998 for his work in linking HR Strategy to business strategy, Stephen continued to enhance the role of human resources in business. With regular Board interface, Stephen was an active member of both the Nomination and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

As HR Director, Stephen led significant change including building a fit-for-purpose organisation prior to demutualisation in 2005 and class leading HR practices in remuneration, executive development and employee engagement in preparation for IPO in 2006. In addition Stephen led the difficult people changes to the staff pension scheme at Standard Life and successfully increased employee engagement whilst creating greater choice in pensions provision.

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Contact Stephen McCafferty at Stephen.McCafferty@4-consulting.com

 

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