Meet Our Senior Leadership Team

• Doug Sawers - Managing Director
• Andy Botha - Chief Operating Officer
• David Woodward - Chief Information Officer
• Karan Paige - Chief People Officer
• Mike Blackmore - Chief Financial Officer
• Len Elkington - Vice President, Multinational HR Services

Doug Sawers - Managing Director, Ceridian UK Ltd.

Areas of responsibility

Doug oversees Ceridian’s business in the UK and leads the Senior Leadership Team. He's responsible for ensuring that the company’s refreshed vision and mission builds on previous growth and places Ceridian firmly at the heart of HR agendas around the UK. Doug is particularly keen to ensure that all Ceridian colleagues keep service standards at clear industry-leading levels, and that the company continues to innovate, thereby truly adding value to HR.

Background

Doug holds B.Acc. and C.A. qualifications, and hails from Glasgow. Having joined Ceridian in 2005, Doug's career history includes the roles: Group MD Operations at lastminute.com, Deputy CEO at holiday autos, and MD of Budget in the UK. He describes himself as an "escaped financial director who enjoys discussing how the human capital asset has a greater value than the net book version.”

Doug as a speaker:

Doug is available to speak at your event, on the following topics:

• Human Capital Management
• HR Outsourcing
• Service Excellence

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Andy Botha - Chief Operating Officer

Areas of responsibility

Andy joined Ceridian UK as the CFO, responsible for delivering Sarbanes-Oxley compliance across Finance while creating an environment that allowed the Finance team to support the business in putting HR on the financial map.  As COO, Andy is now responsible for promoting a culture of continual innovation and improvement within our Service Centres in the UK and Mauritius - placing Customer Service at the core of everything we do.

Background

Andy qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton, and worked with a fund management practice. He has also filled the role of UK CFO at: lastminute.com, Holiday Autos and Bridge The World. Andy says: "I mistakenly thought working in travel would be the route to travelling the world in style and on a budget."

Andy as a speaker:

Andy is available to speak at your event, on the following topics:

• Service Excellence
• Outsourcing
• The Measurement of Human Capital as an asset
• Performance Management

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David Woodward - Chief Information Officer

Areas of responsibility

As Chief Information Officer, David is responsible for Ceridian’s technology, leading Ceridian’s extensive investment in innovative technologies that unlock the potential of HR. Having spearheaded initiatives like HRevolution and Ceridian Online Reporting, David continues to be committed to providing leading solutions that offer best-in-class technology.

Background

David joined Ceridian in 2005, following extensive experience within the HR & payroll industry, including senior roles with MidlandHR and, RebusHR, where he was Development and Customer Support Director. David is "more excited now than ever before about the capability Ceridian is harnessing through the combined strength of its new agile technologies and its service excellence, thereby enabling Ceridian to add value to HR".

David as a speaker:

David is available to speak at your event, on the following topics:

• General trends in technology – as they relate to the HR sector
• Ceridian's areas of technological innovation
• How modern, agile systems "Add value to HR"
• Why traditional ERP solutions are failing the HR profession

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Karan Paige - Chief People Officer

Areas of responsibility

Karan is responsible for developing all aspects of HR within Ceridian, including driving leadership and development activities throughout the business. In addition, she is helping Ceridian build greater HR capability within the company's growing client proposition and acts as a key client contact point. 

Background

Karan joined Ceridian as Chief People Officer having previously fulfilled the role of People Director at Somerfield. Prior to that, she was Vice President at AT Kearney Executive Search. She holds an MBA from the London Business School and a BA Hons degree in European Political History from Warwick University.

Karan as a speaker:

Karan is available to speak at your event, on the following topics:

• Change management
• HR transformation
• Translating HR strategy into operational plans
• The HR outsourcing journey

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Mike Blackmore - Chief Financial Officer

Areas of responsibility

Mike Blackmore joined Ceridian in May 2007, and is responsible for maintaining the financial robustness of the business, delivering accurate real-time financial analysis for enhanced management decision-making and optimising the overall financial contribution of the company. In addition, he is responsible for delivering Sarbanes-Oxley compliance across Finance. His challenge is to continue fostering an environment that allows the Finance team to support the business in putting HR on the financial map.

Background

Mike’s career history most recently includes 5 years as the Finance Director of Iveco UK, where he was instrumental in achieving a £400m turnover for the Fiat Group subsidiary. He has over 20 years of senior finance experience, including spells as: Finance Director of Ladbrokes UK; Director, International Finance, Rosenbluth International (then the third largest corporate travel agency in the world); and Finance Director of Hertz UK. Mike is a qualified FCCA.

Mike as a speaker:

Mike is available to speak at your event.

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Len Elkington - Vice President, Multinational HR Services

Areas of responsibility

Len is responsible for ensuring the Multinational (MNS) business unit delivers to expectation and promises. With a business that now offers consistent and compliant services across a global footprint of some 44 countries, understanding the differing cultures MNS takes the worry out of looking after your people and meeting the many local legislative requirements. Managing customer requirements from multilingual Shared Service Centres in London and Atlanta, MNS are continually looking at new and innovative ways to provide customers an efficient and effective service whilst increasing our capability and portfolio.

Background

Len joined Ceridian as the UK Services Director in 1985 after working in a variety of international Customer & Professional Service roles for Crosfield Electronics Ltd., and Digital Equipment Corporation. Following 8 years on the UK Board of Directors, where he held responsibility for Customer Service and Quality & Productivity, he joined the newly formed MNS Board to help establish and grow the business. Len is a member of the Institute of Directors and was awarded the Diploma in Company Leadership in 2002.

Len as a speaker:

Len is available to speak at your event, on the following topics:

• Service Excellence on a global level
• Continual improvement and quality at the heart of your business
• Shared Service Centre deployment and HR Outsourcing

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