Strategic
HR Leadership
for the Modern Workplace.
Strategic HR leader transforming organisational culture across complex, multi-site environments -- delivering high-impact restructures, strengthening leadership capability, and building high-performing organisations that drive engagement and sustained performance.
Simon Deans
HR Director
Professional Journey
A Track Record of
High-Impact Leadership
Proven experience across global aerospace, manufacturing, oil & gas logistics and retail sectors.
Global engineering business designing and manufacturing polymer-based vibration and noise control products for rail, marine, industrial, and off-highway sectors.
Approx. 800 team members across UK, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA, Mexico, India and China.
FTSE-listed global engineering company specialising in high-performance aerospace, defence, and energy components.
Approx. 1,500 employees across UK, USA and China.
Global provider of integrated logistics and materials management for the energy sector, including oil & gas, decommissioning, and renewable energy.
Approx. 400 employees across multiple UK locations.
Areas of Expertise
Strategic Pillars
The focus areas that underpin how I turn people strategy into real organisational performance.
Leadership Development & Accountability
Develop leadership capability by setting clear expectations, building practical skills, and holding leaders accountable for how they lead and deliver results.
Talent, Succession & Bench Strength
Strengthen talent pipelines through structured succession planning, honest assessment of capability, and targeted development of future leaders.
HR Strategy & Transformation
Translate business priorities into clear, deliverable people strategies -- bringing structure, pace, and discipline to complex transformation and organisational change.
Culture & Inclusion
Embedding equity into the core DNA of the business, moving beyond compliance to create an environment where people genuinely feel they belong and can be their authentic self.
What Drives Me
My Core Values
Culture transformation isn't just about spreadsheets & plans -- it's about the fundamental human behaviours and values that drive sustainable growth.
Testimonials
Executive Endorsements
"Simon is a strong and capable HR Director. He manages his global team effectively and has dealt with a range of complex issues over the last 12 months. He is a go-to person for his HR colleagues and I have appreciated all the help and support he gave to me and my team."
"Simon is a very competent and capable HR Director. He has strong functional skills and moreover is a tremendous partner to the business to support the business needs; both long term and short term. Further he contributes significantly to strategy formulation and also strategic execution. Simon is a pleasure to work with on a day-to-day basis."
"Simon is a truly remarkable HR professional. He is inspirational, driven and organised. He has the ability to build collaborative relationships across all levels of the business. His enthusiasm and drive is infectious. He is admired and respected by those who work closely with him."