Summary
Vanessa Williams is an experienced HR leader with over 20 years in people and operations roles and a decade focused on strategic HR management, currently leading HR at Cayman National Isle of Man. She helped scale a digital agency from a £1M start-up to a £10M SME, hiring and onboarding 116 people while achieving gender balance through inclusive recruitment practices. Vanessa develops workplace culture programmes—DEI groups, wellbeing initiatives, line manager forums—and has hands-on experience with ISO27001, GDPR compliance and hybrid working strategy. She combines policy and people-centred change management with operational discipline, having introduced HR systems like BreatheHR and led large office operations. Based on a background that spans executive support to board-level HR advising, she brings pragmatic process design, clear communication and a knack for building communities that sustain growth.
10 years of coding experience
CIPD Level 5, Human Resources Management, CIPD Level 5, Human Resources Management at North Hertfordshire College
2:2, BA Drama and English, 2:2, BA Drama and English at Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
A-Levels / GCSEs, English, Art and History, A-Levels / GCSEs, English, Art and History at King William's College, Isle of Man