Ipsum
Karen Harding has a strong background in human resources, with experience at several reputable companies. Karen most recently held the role of Human Resources Director at Ipsum since January 2024. Prior to that, they worked at Kier Group as the Head of HR from February 2019 to December 2023. Before joining Kier Group, Karen worked at Capita as an HR Advisor from January 2008 to March 2012, and at Alfred McAlpine as an HR Advisor from September 2006 to January 2008. At Kier Group, Karen was responsible for developing the strategic people agenda and acting as a trusted advisor to business leaders. Karen also led a team and collaborated with other HR functions to provide operational support. Overall, Karen has extensive experience in HR leadership roles and has proven their ability to attract and retain an engaged and productive workforce.
Karen Harding has a Chartered MCIPD qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. Karen also holds a PgDip in Human Resource Management from The University of Salford. Additionally, they have a BA Hons in English Language & Literature with French and Psychology from The University of Birmingham.
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Ipsum
At Ipsum, we provide specialist infrastructure services across the UK’s regulated water and energy companies and private sector businesses. We work with our customers to maintain, optimise and develop their above and below ground assets to ensure security and resilience, and with our smart systems and ways of working, we ensure we deliver on time, on budget and safely. At Ipsum, we develop long-term working relationships with our customers by providing essential utility services on both public and private networks. We have many long-term contracts and framework arrangements in place which are built upon great customer service, safe working practices and the ability to flex and deploy specialist skillsets at short notice. The growth of Ipsum has been built upon our people and our ability to meet the demanding and ever-changing needs of our customers. The UK utility sector is evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer demand, regulatory-driven outcomes and to exploit new innovative technologies, at Ipsum we will continue to grow in this sector by being a reliable, flexible and agile service partner that helps customers meet these new challenges. As we know, utility service provision is not a 9 to 5 business, our customers don’t switch off their networks or assets at night, or at the weekends, or on holidays, or when things are quiet. They need them to work round the clock – and we at Ipsum are right beside them 24/7 to make sure they do. We pride ourselves in providing specialist scheduled maintenance services, being able to respond to an individual call-out or mobilise onto a major upgrade project and that our customers can rely on Ipsum 24/7/365.