Laura Drane Assoc

Listening and Engagement Manager @Whitbread

GB

Led the design and rollout of Whitbread’s European employee listening strategy, reaching employees and embedding feedback into core business decisions.• Applied systems-thinking to translate employee insights into actionable strategies, identifying cross-functional patterns and informing inclusive, organisation-wide development initiatives.• Collaborated with senior stakeholders, including C-suite and international teams to influence key employee experience programmes, such as pay alignment, retention, organisational change, leadership framework, culture and values integration.• Accountable for the governance and strategic direction of Whitbread’s elected employee advisory panel, ensuring compliance with legislative frameworks and amplifying employee voice at scale.• Successfully delivered complex collective consultation projects, supporting strategic organisational change, with clear communication and stakeholder engagement.• Maintained rigorous compliance with GDPR, safeguarding personal and sensitive data across all engagement and consultation processes.• Partnered with senior leaders to activate organisational development strategies, supporting values alignment, structural transformation, and leadership capability building.

Sturminster Newton High School

GCSE Grades A-C

Iron Mill College

Integrative Counselling

CIPD Qualifications

Level 5 Diploma

Iron Mill College

Higher National Diploma

Bournemouth and Poole College

A Levels

Bournemouth and Poole College of Further Education

Associate CIPD