Royer Thompson is delighted to announce the appointment of Cheryl Fraser (Cheryl Fraser - Royer Thompson) as Principal Advisor, joining the Talent and HR Advisory Practice as a key member. With over 35 years of executive-level experience in both private and publicly traded companies, governments, not-for-profit, and volunteer organizations, Cheryl most recently served as the Chief Talent Officer & Vice President Communications at Crombie REIT. Her extensive executive management skills encompass strategic planning, compensation, human resources, and communications. Cheryl has successfully led major change management initiatives, organizational restructuring, succession planning, and governed large HR projects. Before her tenure at Crombie REIT, she spent over 25 years in executive roles within the federal public service, including positions as Assistant Commissioner and Chief Human Resource Officer for the Canada Revenue Agency in Ottawa. She also held Assistant Deputy Minister roles in the Correctional Service of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, and Fisheries and Oceans. Cheryl brings a wealth of experience working with Boards, CEOs, and executive teams to foster long-term success. Her focus includes organizational design, succession planning & transition, talent strategies, onboarding of CEOs and Executives, learning & development, career conversations, executive compensation programs, executive departures, process improvement, culture & inclusive leadership, [...]

Progress Together, a government-backed organisation, has teamed up with Sheffield Haworth, a leading people consulting firm, to tackle the deep-rooted socio-economic imbalance in the financial services sector. This strategic alliance comes in response to the recent study commissioned by Progress Together and conducted by Bridge Group called Shaping Our Economy, which highlighted socioeconomic background is more likely to impact a person’s route to success in financial services than gender or ethnicity. This is because of a worrying lack of diversity within the workforce, particularly in senior roles, with 89% of senior leaders in these sectors hailing from higher socio-economic backgrounds. Individuals from lower or intermediate socio-economic backgrounds comprise only 11% of senior employees. Progress Together, an initiative focused on addressing the socio-economic disparity within the financial services sector, now represents, via its partner members, a third of the financial services sector. Sheffield Haworth’s collaboration with Progress Together highlights Sheffield Haworth’s commitment to addressing this disparity by promoting inclusivity, diversity, and equal opportunities within the executive search and consulting industry. Commenting on this collaboration, Frances Denny, Managing Director and Head of the Socio-Economic Diversity Group at Sheffield Haworth, expressed their commitment to driving positive change: “At Sheffield Haworth, we firmly believe in the [...]