Rafe Harwood has paved an interesting career in Human Resources across different industries and countries. English-born but based in New York City, Rafe is a creative, dynamic, hands-on Human Resources leader who takes a concrete, business-focused approach to his HR leadership.

Both as a consultant and internal HR leader, Rafe is recognized as a strategic global business partner and change agent with strong internal consulting skills who develops innovative people solutions aligned with company culture, values, and objectives.

As a pragmatic and collaborative problem solver who drives change and leverages diverse talent in ambiguous situations, Rafe has consistently demonstrated the ability to excel globally across functions and industries to realize organizational efficiencies in people, processes, and systems.

— Executive Partnership & Coaching

— Global Strategic HR Planning

— M&A, Integration & Change Management

— Talent Management

— Learning & Development

— Employee Relations

— Organizational Design

— Performance Management

— Compensation & Benefits

— Labor Relations & Union

— Compliance & Legal

— HR Systems & Technology

Rafe’s professional career has encompassed a number of diverse and challenging assignments:

— Senior Vice President, Human Resources Business Partners at The New York Times

— Senior Vice President, Human Resources – Americas atVice Media

— Senior Vice President, Human Resources – Americas atSotheby’s

— Senior Vice President, GlobalHuman Resources Initiatives atSotheby’s

— Interim Head of US HR at The Guardian

— Vice President, Global Human Resources at Revlon Consumer Products Corporation

— Vice President, Global Human Resources at The Topps Company, Inc.

— HR & Organizational Effectiveness Consultant at Ozone HR (formerly Odyssey Consulting). Clients included Barclays Bank, Delaware Investments/Lincoln Financial Group, Dresdner Bank, Oracle, and Saudi Aramco Oil.

In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from The University of London, England, Rafe is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is accredited as a certified Compensation Professional (CCP) by WorldatWork, the professional Association for Compensation, Benefits and Total Rewards. He is also qualified to administer and score various occupational personality and aptitude tests, and is certified to administer, interpret and coach for Lominger’s VOICES 360 Feedback system and Hogan Personality Assessment.