Specialist lender RAW Capital Partners has appointed Dr Kate Gibson (pictured) as its head of people.
Dr Gibson, who as an MSc in organisational psychology and a PhD in immunobiology, will lead the firm’s initiatives for talent acquisition, employee development and organisational culture.
She joins from CBO Projects, a management consultancy in the Channel Islands, where she was a senior consultant for around three years and specialised in organisational change, designing target operating models and creating development programs for teams across the public and private sectors.
Prior to that, she was an assistant clinical psychologist for the States of Guernsey for over two years. Before that, Gibson was a visiting scholar for Department of Psychology at the City University of London for around a year.
Before that she was a consultant at Potential Plus for around a year and was previously a business analyst to chief operating officer for around eight years at Orbis Investments.
Ben Nichols, interim managing director of RAW Capital Partners, said: “I’m really pleased to welcome Kate to the company. Her unique experience across a variety of sectors, in combination with her deep understanding of organisational change and people management, makes her the perfect fit to become our head of people. I look forward to seeing how the business and its culture evolves under her leadership.”
Gibson (pictured) added: “I’m delighted to be joining RAW Capital Partners at such an exciting time. I believe that organisations outperform through the collective efforts of intentional decision-making and setting their people up for success; this new head of people role provides the perfect opportunity to shape the environment to achieve that.
“I’m looking forward to helping the business mature to better meet the needs of our team, our clients and our investors. RAW has experienced significant growth in the last 12 months, and I’m excited to play a role in helping the company continue to scale intelligently, with a people-centric and supportive culture.”
RAW Capital Partners recently hired Mark Stevens as its head of credit and brought on Victoria Smallman as its risk and compliance head.
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