Wendy Dean

Getting into HR was a bit of a fluke for me. I did a couple of other jobs after leaving school but then got seconded into an HR department and loved it from day one. I’m interested in people and enjoy being around people and helping them. It’s a career where you get out what you put in. Going through a company sale was one of the highlights of my career. When ANC Express was acquired by FedEx in 2006, it really strengthened me as an HR person. As part of due diligence, it was important to demonstrate that our people standards were as good those at FedEx. This was intense, but gave me the chance to examine our policies in depth. A lot of the tasks I did there have helped me in my role since – if you have a good blueprint in HR practice all you have to do is adapt it to the company.