Andrea joined Nationwide Building Society in January 2008 as Head of Employee Engagement. Her portfolio includes Reward, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Employee Wellbeing, People Insight, Organisational values and behaviours and an overarching organisational brief to ensure high levels of employee engagement across the business. More recently she has moved to a business facing role as Head of HR for Finance, Risk and Group Operations.

Prior to joining nationwide Andrea spent 5 years running a successful independent HR Consultancy business serving a wide range of clients as diverse as Royal & Sun Alliance, House of Commons and Bristol City Football Club.

Previous corporate roles include:
2000 - 2003, Head of HR, AXA (Life & Pensions)
1999 - 2000, Head of HR Policy, Barclays Bank PLC
1986 - 1999, Head of Employee Relations, Tesco Stores Ltd