Samantha Mansour MCIPD

Samantha Mansour MCIPD has a diverse work experience spanning over 15 years. Samantha is currently serving as the Chief People Officer at Defense.com™ since March 2021. Previously, they held the same position at Civo.

Before that, Samantha worked at Transport for London for three years. Samantha'srole as a Human Resource Business Partner - Apprenticeships involved overseeing the management of over 1,000 apprentices across 16 disciplines. Samantha was responsible for recruitment, developing talent brand and attraction strategies, managing budgets, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, handling employee relations, conducting occupational health referrals, and implementing training and development programs. Samantha also organized networking and corporate events and worked with stakeholders to promote the programs.

Prior to their time at Transport for London, Samantha had a managerial role at Tube Lines. Samantha served as the Apprenticeships Recruitment & Development Manager, where they recruited, managed, and developed 100 apprentices in Engineering. Samantha also managed the Graduate & Apprentice programs and was responsible for recruitment, budget management, design and implementation of development programs, and monitoring progress towards NVQ level 3. Additionally, they served as the Resource Support Manager, overseeing temporary workers.

Samantha's early career involved working as a Recruitment Consultant at Retail Human Resources plc.

Overall, Samantha has a strong background in HR management, including recruitment, talent development, employee relations, and program planning. Samantha possesses extensive experience in managing apprenticeships and graduate programs within different organizations.

Samantha Mansour MCIPD completed their Human Resource Management MA degree at the University of Westminster from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, they studied Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, although the specific timeline for this education is not provided.