Rachel is a multi- award-winning organisational culture specialist with over twenty years’ experience in senior roles, culminating in her winning the 2023 DE&I Influencer and her company AECOM winning the Inclusive Culture award at the ENEI awards 2023 as well as making the d&I Inspirational Leaders list in 2024
Rachel is Director, People & Culture at AECOM, the global infrastructure professional services company. She has developed an ambitious cultural strategy & delivery plan achieving results at pace achieving the Clear Silver Accreditation for ED&I, the ENEI awards and being Highly Commended at the European Diversity Awards.
Prior to this, Rachel spent sixteen years in policing in a variety of strategic police staff roles and was D&I Lead at the Metropolitan Police Service where she delivered initiatives with impact including the Women Returners Programme and MetBaby parenting programme. She also reengineered the workplace adjustments process and introduced adjustment and carer’s passports to support disability inclusion. Other successes include winning the HR Excellence award, being highly commended at the CIPD People Management Awards whilst at Surrey Police and shortlisted as HR Champion at the 2019 European Diversity Awards.
Rachel has performed a variety of senior management and consultancy roles including previously leading on L&D and project manager of a major change programme in the 999 contact centre. She has worked in financial services, as both operations manager and trainer. A chartered CIPD member and MBTI practitioner, she is also an ILM7 advanced Executive coach and mentor who specialises in mentoring underrepresented groups including maternity and career returnees as well as positive action schemes
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