Our Team

We want you to know our employees, we feel this helps you get a personal insight into what kind of company we are.

Andy Purdon

Managing Director

Andy has over 20 years human resource and management experience gained during a career spanning roles within British Telecom and Azzurri Scotland.

As a licensed Innermetrix practitioner Andy specialises in Management Consultancy with our client base. Andy has a proven track record working with clients to deliver value within their business. An excellent communicator with a passion to help clients achieve their end goal.

In his spare time Andy is a keen football fan and also plays squash and golf. Andy has recently joined the Board at his local Church of Scotland.

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Karen Purdon

Finance Director

Karen has a master’s degree in Mathematics and Statistics and is a qualified FCCA.

Having worked in London & various locations worldwide she has over 20 years’ experience in Finance, specialising in Corporate Finance, where she worked with both Private Companies & regional Governments. Karen prides herself on her attention to detail, logical and methodical approach to all projects and is always willing to assist clients by offering appropriate solutions to all of their queries. Karen has also obtained her NEBOSH qualification.

In her spare time, Karen is a Trustee for Beagle Welfare, enjoys gardening and long country or beach walks with her 2 beagles Daisy & Quaver.

Samantha Davidson

Commercial Director

Heading up our Commercial Department, Samantha leads in supporting organisations through ISO and BRC certification. Samantha is a member of the Chartered Quality Institute, a listed member of the International Register of Chartered Auditors, an Associate Consultant Member for BSI Group and has over twenty years’ experience in quality, operations and finance across various sectors.

Having supported many businesses through certification against various standards, Samantha offers a wealth of knowledge in the requirements and application of the standards, best practices and performance optimisation and delivers bespoke management systems to meet the specific needs of our clients.

In her spare time, Samantha enjoys reading, music and spending time with family and friends.

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Kerry Hyslop

HR Director

Kerry Hyslop is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and a Graduate of the University of Wolverhampton where she attained a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management with a specialist subject in employment law. Having worked in the NHS for 23 years, Kerry has extensive experience in the public sector and has operated at HR Manager level for 14 years undertaking generalist human resources management in a busy city hospital. Some of her duties in this role included sickness absence management, employee relations, disciplinary and grievance, mediation and counselling, investigations, and delivery of management training programmes.

Kerry prides herself on her attention to detail and personal approach to people management, and is always willing to help clients by offering simple, straightforward solutions to all of their HR and employment law issues. In her spare time, Kerry enjoys coastal and country walks with her two Labradors Mason and Ruben and has a keen interest in gardening, travel, reading, music and art.

Within her role as HR Director at HR Services Scotland Ltd Kerry has excellent knowledge and experience in the following areas:

Consultation processes | HR management consultancy | Mediation & conflict resolution | Complex employee relations and disputes | Complex absence management | Performance management | Redundancy & organisational restructure | HR management training Employment tribunal | TUPE

Suzanne Wilson

Senior HR Consultant

Suzanne Wilson is an Associate member of the CIPD, having recently graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with an MSc in Human Resource Management. Suzanne has HR administrative experience within the motor industry, and recruitment experience within both the motor and finance industry, with particular focus on customer service and sales roles.
Suzanne takes pride in providing support to all clients, ensuring that all queries and requests are answered in a timely fashion. Suzanne enjoys spending her spare time with her friends and family.

Within her role as Senior HR Consultant at HR Services Scotland Ltd, Suzanne has excellent knowledge and experience in the following areas:

– Customer/client care & service (first point of contact as desk-based role)
– Recruitment & selection
– Triaging all incoming HR client queries
– Providing advice on HR generalist queries
– ER casework
– Employee relations and disputes
– Absence management

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Stacie Bousfield

Stacie Bousfield

HR Consultant

After graduating from the University of Strathclyde and gaining a BA (Hons) Geography and Planning, Stacie moved into HR and Recruitment by gaining a position in Royal Mail Group’s Recruitment and Resourcing Department. 

During her ten years at Royal Mail, Stacie was involved in the day to day recruitment activity and the annual Christmas Recruitment campaign in which over 1000 employees were recruited for each mail centre in Scotland. Stacie became qualified and experienced in the onboarding process of new employees, psychometric testing and interviewing. She also facilitated the Induction Course for new entrant post persons. Stacie particularly enjoyed being involved in socially inclusive partnerships enabling disadvantaged groups to access employment placements within Royal Mail.

After leaving employment at Royal Mail, Stacie was employed for ten years in Sainsbury’s Supermarket, consolidating her customer service skills and working in the HR and Payroll department which further developed her HR knowledge.

In her role as HR Consultant, Stacie enjoys and takes pride in liaising with clients, providing great customer service, dealing with queries and requests promptly and working as part of the HR team within HR Services Scotland Ltd to provide a robust and professional service to our clients.

In her spare time, Stacie enjoys walking her dog, spending time with family and friends and travelling to her home county of Cumbria.

Tony Russell

Health & Safety Manager

Tony started with HR Services Scotland in January 2013 and has progressed his career and is now our Health and Safety Manager. Tony has achieved an NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice and is a Graduate member of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.

Tony’s role is to work closely with our client base to ensure that health and safety legislation is being followed. Some of Tony’s day to day responsibilities include completing on site health and safety audits, organising health and safety training and developing bespoke health and safety documentation e.g. H&S policies, procedures, risk assessments & method statements etc.

Tony’s experience in a variety of different environments is an asset to HR Services Scotland.

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Drew Russell

Senior Health & Safety Consultant

Drew has a wealth of experience across an impressive range of disciplines in business and management in an internationally operating company and his services make a great contribution to the team.

Drew moved into production management and specialised in H&S issues and became Coca Cola’s Health Safety and Environment Manager in 2006.

He has a post-graduate degree from Nottingham H&S College and is a practitioner with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. He has also conducted management training on behalf of Coca Cola’s European partners in countries such as Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands.

In his spare time, Drew likes to spend time playing golf – particularly when he beats Tony in a round, or going to the gym.

Martin Miller

Fire Safety Advisor

Martin has over 31 years’ experience with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue. He fulfilled a number of roles including fire safety, community safety training and surveying premises for fire-fighting safety. he is a qualified fire risk assessor and has achieved NEBOSH 1 & 2.

Martin loves football and in his spare time enjoys walking, golf and spending time with his wife and daughter.

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Graham Hyslop

Business Development Manager

Graham Hyslop, business development manager is responsible for managing communications and developing HR Services Scotland’s growing portfolio of clients. Graham Hyslop has joined the team at HR Services Scotland after working in the wholesale catering industry for the past 20 years as a Business Account Manager. Graham brings with him a high level of professionalism and attention to detail along with the ability to deal with clients at all levels.

In his spare time Graham enjoys long walks on the coast with his 2 Labradors Mason and Ruben and is always at his happiest when he is cooking something in the kitchen.

If you are interested in working with HR Services Scotland and want to arrange an appointment to discuss your business requirements, Graham can talk you through the opportunities available to your company.

Kate Bryan

Office Manager

Kate joined the HR Services team in January 2023 and comes with a wealth of experience in Customer Service, Hospitality and Office Management and in the past, has worked in Travel & Tourism, Freight Forwarding and Fibre Broadband industries.

Kate would describe herself as a natural rapport builder, with a strong personality and a high level of attention to detail.

In her spare time, Kate is very family focused but also enjoys comedy nights, walking, spending time with friends, loves everything holistic and practices mindfulness.

 

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Allan Kay

Customer Engagement Consultant

Allan Joined the Commercial Team in May 2023 and due to business growth, he was then given the position of Customer Engagement Consultant from February 2024. Allan enjoys helping customers and has an eye for details ensuring that nothing is missed and is always keen to learn. “Every day is a school day”.

Allan loves to spend time with his family and friends and walks with their dog. He is also a keen DJ and has been doing this since school.

Nicola Smith

Office Administrator

Nicola joined the HR Services Scotland Admin Team in May 2023 as an Office Administrator with a background in administration and customer service in the employability and business travel sectors.

Nicola enjoys helping people and would describe herself as positive and motivated.

In her spare time Nicola enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling and cooking.

 

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Veronika Rezacova

Finance and Payroll Administrator

Veronika joined HR Services Scotland finance team in March 2023 as a Finance and Payroll administrator, after working as part of a finance team since 2014 as an accounts administrator and payroll administrator. In 2015 Veronika achieved her HND in accounting and worked her way up to Senior Accounts Administrator.

Veronika would describe herself as an organised, responsible, self-motivated person who approaches challenges with a friendly positive attitude and with a desire to perform to a very high standard and always eager to learn new skills.

Outside the workplace Veronika likes to spend time with her family, go on long walks with her hyper springer spaniel Bella, support her daughter at Allstars cheerleaders competitions, travel, listen to music and watch true crime stories.

Frances Paterson

HR Advisor

Frances joined HR Services Scotland in June 2023 as a HR Advisor. Frances gained her BA (Hons) Law degree which has given her experience in many legal aspects across a wide range of topics, including employment law. Frances has many years of experience in customer service, management, and recruitment.

Frances would describe herself as organised, motivated, honest, and always keen to help people.

In her spare time, Frances enjoys running, spending time with her friends and family (especially her Dobermann Ronnie!) and watching crime documentaries.

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Erin Feeney

Office Administrator

Erin joins the HR Service  team as an office administrator under the modern apprentice scheme in March 2022, after working in the travel industry for 5 years.

Erin prides herself on delivering excellent customer service, is highly organised and plays close attention to detail.

You may find that when you call into our office, Erin will be the first person you will speak to.

In her spare time, Erin enjoys listening to music, going walks and spending time with friends and family.