Shelley Tanner

Shelley Tanner (FCIPD) is a seasoned HR professional with extensive experience in strategic human resources management. Currently serving as the Senior Human Resources Business Partner at SSE plc since June 2014, Shelley oversees a workforce of approximately 2,000 full-time equivalents and leads a small HR team, focusing on generalist issues and strategic partnerships to enhance change and innovation. Previous roles at SSE include leading HR projects for significant business ventures and winning the Scottish HR Awards in 2016 for contributions to business change programmes. Other career highlights feature HR leadership positions at Cloudmore AB, Cobweb, and British American Tobacco, advancing HR strategies, organisational development, and talent management initiatives. Shelley holds a Master of Arts in Human Resources and a graduate qualification from the CIPD from Southampton Institute.