Five minutes with: Guy Pink, Executive Director of HR at Addaction

Guy Pink, Executive Director of HR at Addaction, never loses sight of what the organisation is trying to achieve.

What do you think is the key to being a successful in your role?  

Adding value to the organisation and understanding the business; the two go hand in hand. Too many HR professionals know their own area of expertise but don’t understand the business in which this operates.

Over the years I have taken on L&D and then non-traditional HR functions like risk, corporate governance and, most recently, property and the company secretary role which now sits within HR. This has enabled me, and required me, to have a much broader understanding of the business and, consequently, I think I can add greater value at our Executive and Board meetings.