Meet the Team

Christine Perrin - Director
Alison Zarecky - Business Development Manager
Becky Wright - IT & Soft Skills Trainer
Elsbeth Davies - Computer Trainer
Debbie Field - Health & Safety Consultant
Kevin Baughen - Marketing and Communications Consultant

Christine Perrin, Director

Christine founded SME HR Consultants in 2008, after a business career spanning over 20 years, during which she held management and training roles working for a diverse range of businesses including Barclays Bank, Arbo GmbH (a medical equipment manufacturer) and the NICEIC ( a consumer safety and regulatory body).

She has gained both Chartered (MCIPD) and Licentiate status from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and also holds a post graduate CIPD Diploma in Learning and Development.

Christine is passionate about people and firmly believes that attracting, motivating and retaining the right people are key to the success of any business. She has extensive experience of business planning and improvement, including restructuring and outplacement. In addition she has many years experience as an HR generalist providing advice and guidance on recruitment and selection, employment law, policies and procedures and performance management.

Her core values are to always be honest, committed and professional together with the desire to continually learn and develop.

Alison Zarecky, Business Development Manager

Alison is a fully qualified Coach and Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner. Prior to joining SME HR Consultants she ran her own Coaching and Training business in Brunei. She has 20 years business experience, including roles as a Direct Marketing Manager for Norwich Union/Aviva, Account Director at International Marketing & Promotions (Part of the DMB&B /McManus Group) and as a Marketing Executive at Esso Petroleum.

She is passionate about addressing the issues of communication, conflict and motivation within a business in order to enable employees to maximise their effectiveness and efficiency.

Alison has experience of working at all levels within a business, and has a good understanding of different business types, areas and functions. She is an experienced communicator, able to tailor her style to her audience and also delivers bespoke cost effective training across a variety of key business areas including: Handling Conflict Positively, Effective Communication Skills, and Managing Stress in the Workplace.

Her core values are integrity, honesty, professionalism and achievement. She has a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies, together with the Institute of Sales Promotion and Institute of Direct Marketing Diplomas.

Becky Wright, IT & Soft Skills Trainer

Becky qualified as a trainer under the CIPD CTP (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Certificate in Training Practice) programme in 2000, whilst working for the AA's Membership Department in Basingstoke. She is experienced in presenting both soft skills and Microsoft IT-based training events for groups as well as on a one-to-one basis.

She is a confident facilitator of group training and a popular choice to run events. Previous events have included:

Telephone Techniques
Complaint Handling & Negotiation
Letter Writing
Stress Awareness
Coaching & Mentoring
Recruitment
Performance Management & Disciplinary
Job Seeking & Interview Techniques
Giving Feedback
Data Protection

Becky has a range of business experience gained through roles as diverse as a PA and Team Manager. She continues to work as a Company Director for Diablo Computers Ltd - www.diablocomputers.co.uk.

Elsbeth Davies, Computer Trainer

Elsbeth is a software expert who has been tailoring computer training to match individual's needs for the last 10 years. Prior to becoming a computer trainer, she was a marketeer for over 15 years, working for household names such as Cornhill Insurance, WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) and BCA (Worldbooks). She has found that the skills acquired during this time have tremendously enhanced the quality of training she provides. She will push the boundaries of software capabilities to maximise business use.

In addition we are able to provide post course training notes for all events to support your employees and reinforce the training delivered.

Debbie Field, Health & Safety Consultant

Debbie began her career as a Health & Safety Consultant over 10 years ago and since then has worked with small to medium sized companies, as well as major corporates. Her diverse consultancy experience has ranged from assisting small companies establish a Health and Safety Policy and undertake risk assessments (a legal requirement for all companies with 5 or more employees), through to working with District Councils and managing a team of consultants and trainers responsible for managing a construction site with 3,000 labourers.

Her qualifications include the General National Examination Board Certificate for CDM Co-ordinator's. In addition she has written and then delivered courses accredited by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Debbie is passionate about working with and supporting SME's and charities. As these organisations tend to have a small budget for health and safety, it is important that they maximise the cost effectiveness of their investment. Debbie's main priority is to keep it simple but best practice, so that employers and employees alike find the health and safety procedures that need to be implemented easy to work with, whilst ensuring everyone within the workplace remains safe.

Her core values are to be honest and open with people. She has a strong belief in her profession, but endeavours to make it fun along the way.

Kevin Baughen, Marketing and Communications Consultant

Kevin is serious about generating and implementing ideas that genuinely work. This passion is matched only by an unerring belief that the best ideas can be ruined by over-complication and ineffective execution.

Over the last 15 years Kevin has held varied marketing and communications roles from Junior to Director level and has either led, managed or delivered every aspect of a businesses’ marketing activities. He has worked with The Institute of Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK, Norwich Union, The British Heart Foundation, Arthritis Care, HSBC, havco and several innovative smaller businesses such as Bmycharity and Cleversquirrel.

Whether the focus is on winning new customers or generating more value from existing customers, Kevin’s speciality is developing marketing and communications strategy and plans which deliver real-world results in the short and longer term. No fluff, no jargon and definitely no 'typical' consulting.

Kevin has a degree in Business studies and IT, together with an MBA (Master of Business Administration) which specialised in SME and entrepreneurial marketing and communications.

Kevin is a regular speaker at communications and charity events and writes a regular blog for UKfundraising.

He continues to be a Director of Bottomlineideas - www.bottomlineideas.com.