Brian Richbell - HR Director

Responsible for Group wide HR strategy, Brian also provides advice and expertise to enable the individual schools and fostering services in the Group to develop, implement and manage comprehensive Human Resource strategies and policies. Brian is responsible for originating and leading Human Resources practices with the objective of ensuring a culture is in place that empowers the group to thrive on the individual character of each school and fostering service. Our people are passionate about supporting and nurturing young people and the group has a responsibility to provide stimulating environments where they can develop and practice their skills and expertise, continually improving performance and sharing best practice.

Brian has over thirty years experience in HR, the last 10 of which were spent as Group Personnel Manager with Nord Anglia assisting in its rise from a privately owned company employing 400 staff to a UK listed Plc employing 3,500 staff. This was achieved through a mixture of organic growth, acquisition (including TUPE) and new contracts. Brian provided the HR expertise in dealing with the challenges such growth presented.

Prior to working at Nord Anglia, Brian spent 20 years in a variety of Human Resource capacities in the manufacturing sector.