Louise is HR Director at Wickes with over 20 years experience working closely with leadership teams across both the Retail and Financial Services sectors. During this time, Louise has built up specific experience in team leadership, employee brand and experience, organisational design, leadership and culture and change management, including M&A.

As HR Director at Wickes, Louise leads the business partner, resourcing and learning teams and has organisational responsibility for talent and organisational design. Louise has led the implementation of flexible working across Wickes and, in partnership with Timewise and the Institute of Employment Studies, has overseen the successful roll out of flexible working in customer facing leadership roles in their retail stores.

Louise is an active HRD member of Diversity in Retail, championing and sharing best practice in inclusion and diversity and coaches and mentors female talent to reach their potential.