Peter Reilly

Peter Reilly joined the Institute for Employment Studies in 1995 as a Senior Research Fellow and eight years later became Director HR Research and Consultancy. In May 2014, he resigned to become self-employed whilst continuing his attachment to IES as a Principal Associate. Peter still contributes to consultancy and research work on the HR function and workforce planning at IES. Clients come from all sectors (including health) and his involvement ranges from facilitation, through expert advice to design and evaluation.

He has a specific area of expertise in HR shared services and he has assisted organisations through training, expert advice and design. He co-authored with Tony Williams of the RBS ‘How to get best value from HR: the shared services option’ and wrote a book chapter – ‘Managing boundaries better: the key to more effective HR shared services’, in Bondarouk T (eds), Shared Services as a New Organizational Form. He also contributed articles to People Management on the Dutch government’s shared services model, on outsourcing HR and of an assessment of the Associated Bank of South Africa’s HR shared services model. He wrote a guide to the operation of HR shared services in local government and contributed to a report on the efficacy of shared services for the NHS.

Prior to joining IES, Peter had a 16 year career with Shell holding various posts in the UK and abroad. His last position was as Regional Personnel Adviser (Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, and Francophone Africa) for Shell International Petroleum Company where he was responsible for providing HR advice to operating companies on issues such as management remuneration, HR strategies in acquisitions and disposals, regional staff exchange schemes, benchmarking and assessing HR performance.