Welcome to Fabien Littel's personal site and blog
Experienced leader with 20+ years experience in various areas of Human Resources and Organisational Development, currently transitioning into a second career in academia, through studying and conducting research towards a PhD in Organisational Behaviour.
Research interests: moral reasoning and moral conflict at work - including climate change related; "Technologies of the self" (per Foucault); neoliberal ideology (critical perspectives); qualitative and non-traditional research methods
Education
2022 - 2025
Southampton Business School
University of Southampton
2020 - 2022
Birkbeck, University of London
2003 - 2004
EM Strasbourg Business School, France
2000 - 2003
Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
PhD in Organisational Behaviour
Research topic: Experiences of moral reasoning, moral conflict and moral engagement related to climate change in the oil & gas industry
Master of Science in Organisational Psychology
Dissertation: Engineering pride – Experiences of moral conflict among Defence industry employees: a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
Master’s Degree in HR Management
Bachelors Degree in Human Resources
Professional Membership
2016
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Chartered Membership - MCIPD
Areas of Expertise
People strategy & planning
Talent Management
Culture & Engagement
Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging
Transformation & Change
Talent Acquisition
Translate business priorities into people strategy and activities; strategic partnership with business to build people plan and manage design, implementation and continuous improvement
Design, implementation and optimisation of talent management strategies, tools and processes, including talent identification, succession planning, talent development
​Graduate programmes design and roll-out, aligned with strategic workforce requirements
Definition, roll-out, and embedding of organisational culture programmes such as Employee Value Proposition, Values, and Behaviours through engagement plans and events
Leadership of events and initiatives in support of developing an inclusive organisational culture; embedding of working practices to improve inclusion, diversity and belonging in various areas such as talent management and recruitment
Project Management and Leadership of people aspects of large transformation projects, organisational changes, policy and programme implementation, with empathetic change management and stakeholder engagement
Design in partnership with third party specialists, implementation and optimisation of selection and assessment solutions, resourcing processes, and talent attraction campaigns
Role History
August 2018 - November 2019
BAE Systems, Portsmouth
Resourcing and Talent Manager
Provided leadership and subject matter expertise to the business on matters relating to Strategic Workforce Planning, including talent management & development, resourcing, performance management, and diversity & inclusion
July 2016 - August 2018
bp, Sunbury-on-Thames
HR Manager, Global Business Services
Strategic business partner to the Vice President of BP's Global Business Services (GBS) and its leadership, to define and deliver the organisation’s people strategy, covering globally dispersed teams totalling around 3,500 staff
March 2014 - July 2016
bp, Sunbury-on-Thames
HR Business Partner, Global Business Services
Partner with the senior leadership for BP’s Global Business Services (GBS) on the delivery of people strategy and priorities, in support of business objectives
December 2011 - March 2014
bp, Sunbury-on-Thames
International Mobility Client Services Manager
Client Services Manager responsible for the delivery of international mobility services to BP’s Downstream business and corporate functions for the UK and Europe region
August 2010 - November 2011
Unilever, Kingston-upon-Thames
Global Mobility Manager France, Italy, Nordics
Responsible for the management of the newly insourced global mobility programme in France, Italy, and the Nordics
September 2008 - August 2010
Ernst & Young, London
Manager, Human Capital
Europe Regional Lead on a global outsourced engagement providing International HR / mobility services to circa 1,600 assignees (leading FMCG company)
April 2007 - August 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland, London
International Assignment Case Manager
Transformation of the RBS Global Mobility programme, transitioning from an outsourced into an in-house model, and management of an international assignee population
October 2006 - April 2007
PWC, Southampton
Case Manager, Global Mobility Services
Management of a global population of international assignees on behalf of a large banking group
March 2005 - January 2006
IBM, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Relocation Service Owner
Management of international assignments into Germany and Switzerland on behalf of a leading FMCG group
November 2019 - March 2022
BAE Systems, Portsmouth
Head of UK Graduate Programmes
Responsible for the design and overall governance of BAE Systems' UK undergraduate, graduate, and future talent programmes, leading their transformation to develop the next generation of talent for the organisation
April 2022 - September 2022
Kubrick Group, London
HR Programme Manager (contract)
Leading HR projects in support of the growth of the organisation, including the implementation of a new competency model, and the development of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan
September 2003 - September 2004
Flender, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
Human Resources Assistant
Apprenticeship in the HR team while completing Master’s degree in HR Management