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Des Pullen
Leila is joined by Des Pullen – Board Trustee at Concordia and Executive Consultant at Associated British Foods plc.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT
· Des’ working-class background and how he worked towards attending university via grammar school
· How Des found himself working in HR and ended up progressing via various roles at Northern Foods, Safeway and Wickes into a MD role and then a Group HR Director role at ABF
· The challenges/pressures of a CEO/MD rôle
· The HR challenges behind equipping broader numbers/groups of individuals with management skills in order to have more diverse leadership teams
RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED
https://www.linkedin.com/in/des-pullen-b344641a0/
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Des Pullen
Leila is joined by Des Pullen – Board Trustee at Concordia and Executive Consultant at Associated British Foods plc.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT
· Des’ working-class background and how he worked towards attending university via grammar school
· How Des found himself working in HR and ended up progressing via various roles at Northern Foods, Safeway and Wickes into a MD role and then a Group HR Director role at ABF
· The challenges/pressures of a CEO/MD rôle
· The HR challenges behind equipping broader numbers/groups of individuals with management skills in order to have more diverse leadership teams
RESOURCES & INFORMATION MENTIONED
https://www.linkedin.com/in/des-pullen-b344641a0/
Continue the conversation on LinkedIn