Introducing our team of HR experts who are ready to help you create great places to work and free you up to focus on what you do best.
Marc Drew, Managing Director
Managing Director
Marc has over 20 years of HR experience, with 12 years leading outsourced solutions for global organisations. Marc formed Cogito HR, a consultancy firm dedicated to providing small and medium-sized enterprises with exceptional HR services. Leveraging data-driven insights, Cogito HR empowers businesses to optimise their recruitment, engagement, and retention strategies, and develop effective growth plans.
Harriet James
HR Advisor
Assoc CIPD HR Executive// Human Resources Management MSc//CIPD level 7 qualified.
Harriet is an experienced HR specialist who collaborates with businesses of various sizes to create, execute, and manage policies that comply with regulations and adhere to best practices. With an MSc in Human Resources Management and a CIPD level 7 qualification, Harriet oversees Cogito’s HR services, including providing general HR advice and outsourced support.
Kirk Shortland
Learning & Development Specialist
Kirk has several years of experience working on Cogito recruitment transformation programmes as a Talent Acquisition partner, evolving more recently to supporting Cogito clients with developing training materials and workshops and delivering mental health first aid at work programmes.
Kelly Anderson
HR Specialist
Kelly is our HR Specialist and CPO EMCC accredited in coaching. She’s an expert in developing people strategies, benefits packages, and pay frameworks using data. As a board-level leader, she specialises in M&A, organisational development, and cultural change. Kelly is a thought leader in pay and reward and frequently speaks at industry events on these topics.
Sarah Jane Hart
Learning & Development Expert and Leadership Coaching
SJ inspires a level of engagement and commitment that empowers individuals and teams to hit performance levels they didn’t think were possible, helping to create long-lasting employee loyalty in addition to personal growth.
Rachel Parkes
Director Of Programmes
A CIPD and BPS accredited Talent and Development professional with experience within multi-channel retail, cosmetic and manufacturing industries. Rachel has a track record of building Recruitment and Talent Development teams both internally and through consultative solutions, which enhance hiring performance, employee experience, retention and employee capabilities.
Suzy Stollery
Executive Coach and Culture Consultant.
Suzy specialises in Executive and Leadership coaching, People Strategy development, Culture development, and Mentoring HR Leaders. Formerly a global CPO, she is an accredited Executive Coach with the EMCC.
Suzy has coached and partnered with C-suite, Executive, and Leadership teams for over twenty years in a variety of global organisations. Her passion is to help leaders be more aware and effective, creating organisation cultures people want to be a part of, and where they can thrive.
