Adrian Prescod

I am a Chartered CIPD qualified Senior HR Business Partner and Senior HR Generalist with extensive experience providing strategic and operational HR leadership across complex, regulated and unionised organisations. A trusted adviser to executive teams and senior leaders, translating business strategy into people strategy, workforce plans and measurable HR solutions. With broad expertise across strategic workforce planning, organisational design and development, change management, talent management, succession planning, performance management, employee engagement, culture, leadership development, employee relations, employment law, TUPE, restructuring, redundancy and collective consultation.

Commercially focused and data-led, with a strong record of stakeholder management, manager coaching, HR team leadership, HR policy, governance, people analytics, risk management, equality, diversity and inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Workforce Change and Restructuring Specialist, VP - Barclays Bank

(2025-12 - 2026)

Partnering with senior leaders to translate business strategy into people plans and lead workforce transformation across complex, regulated operations.

• Lead organisational change programmes covering restructuring, collective consultation, redundancy, TUPE, outsourcing, insourcing, senior exits, changing shift patterns and corporate transactions.
• Provide strategic HR advice on organisational design, workforce planning, employee impact, stakeholder management, change communications, employment law, governance and people risk.

Head of People Partnering and Service - The Pensions Regulator

(2024-11 - 2025-05)

Led the HR Business Partnering and Employee Relations service as a Senior Leadership Team member reporting to the Chief People Officer.

• Advised executives on people strategy, strategic workforce planning, organisational development, change management, performance management, leadership capability and workforce risk.
• Led two Strategic People Partners and five Employee Relations Advisers, improving HR service delivery, governance, workforce insight, consistency and stakeholder experience.

Senior HR Business Partner - Money and Pensions Service

(2020-03 - 2024-09)

Partnered directors and senior leadership teams to align people strategy, workforce plans and HR priorities with business objectives.

• Led HR Business Partners and HR Advisers across strategic workforce planning, organisational change, performance management, employee engagement and complex employee relations.
• Coached leaders on organisational capability, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, retention, HR policy and evidence-based people decisions.
• Built constructive trade union relationships and used HR analytics, workforce intelligence and casework trends to strengthen HR governance, risk management and continuous improvement.

People Business Partner - Optivo Housing Association

(2019-07 - 2020-02)

Partnered senior leaders on workforce, performance, organisational change and complex employee relations; managed a People Adviser and two People Coordinators.

Strategic HR Business Partner, Global - British Council

(2017-03 - 2019-06)

Provided strategic and operational HR business partnering to directors, country leaders and regional HR teams across a global network, aligning people strategy, workforce planning, organisational development, talent and change initiatives with business priorities.

Strategic HR Business Partner / Principal Consultant - London Borough of Croydon

(2011-12 - 2017-02)

Partnered executive and senior leaders across the Housing and Regeneration directorates of more than 1,000 employees on workforce planning, organisational design, leadership development, HR metrics, employee relations and employment law risk.

HR Manager - Abellio Bus London and Surrey Ltd

(2007-08 - 2011-12)

Managed a 12-person HR and Training team in a unionised operation, advising on employee relations, capability and performance and presenting monthly people reports to the Board.

Finance and Human Resources Manager - Southwark Council (Housing Department)

(1995-08 - 2004-05)

Provided HR and financial advice, managed budgets and teams, delivered projects and ensured compliance with employment law and corporate policy.

Postgraduate Diploma - Human Resource Management - Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development