Fran Goble

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ABOUT FRAN GOBLE

Executive HR and People Strategy leader with over 20 years’ experience delivering workforce transformation, organisational performance and scalable people strategies across complex, regulated and high growth environments. I partner with Boards, Executive Committees and senior operational leaders to translate commercial priorities into workforce strategy, aligning organisational design, talent, capability and culture to drive performance, productivity and sustainable growth. My experience spans the UK, Europe and China, where I have led international people and inclusion strategies across diverse labour markets, regulatory environments and cultural contexts. I bring deep expertise across workforce planning, organisational design, talent acquisition, employee relations, leadership development and succession planning, alongside a strong track record in embedding inclusion, pay equity and governance into core business strategy. I am known for building data led, pragmatic solutions that strengthen leadership accountability, improve decision making and deliver measurable outcomes across the full employee lifecycle, from hiring and progression to engagement, retention and performance. Alongside executive roles, I operate as a Non Executive Director, providing board level oversight on workforce strategy, culture, succession and ESG alignment. I maintain an active external profile, working with industry bodies, government initiatives and organisations to shape thinking on inclusion, workforce transformation and organisational performance. I am a regular speaker on topics including leadership accountability, data led inclusion and neurodiversity. Key strengths include Executive and board level workforce strategy analytics and governance Pay equity inclusion strategy and equality risk reduction Organisational design restructuring and transformation Workforce planning and capacity optimisation Complex employee relations and unionised environments Embedding inclusion into commercial decision makingI am known for a calm commercially grounded and data led approach that enables leaders to make better faster and more confident workforce decisions.