WWL Appoints new Chief People Officer

WWL is pleased to announce the appointment of Juliette Tait as the Trust’s new Chief People Officer.

Juliette will be leading WWL’s vision on how we create an inclusive and people centred experience for all our colleagues and has a vast amount of experience within the Human Resources (HR) and Organisational Development (OD) sector.

After taking up various HR and OD roles with a range of Greater Manchester Provider Trusts and the Greater Manchester Police, Juliette brings a substantial amount of experience and knowledge to her new role with WWL. Juliette will join WWL directly from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) where she currently holds the role of Executive Director of HR and OD.

Since starting at GMMH Juliette, has led the Trusts HR response in the face of critical incidents and the COVID-19 pandemic and helped to grow the voice of colleagues through the development of the BAME, LGBTQIA+ and Disability Staff Networks.

Juliette will be joining WWL in mid-August this year and spoke of how excited she is to get started at the Trust saying: “As someone who has been a member of the NHS HR Community for many years I’m aware of the fantastic work that WWL have undertaken in relation to staff engagement and how this has served as a foundation for ensuring a great experience for staff, so as soon as I saw the post advertised, I knew this was the place I wanted to be!

“Following on from that, as part of the interview process, I met with many colleagues across the Trust to understand their lived experience of working at WWL and was struck with how much positivity there is about the WWL family; this just reinforced my view and I can’t wait to be part of the team.”

Silas Nicholls, WWL Chief Executive said: “We can’t wait to welcome Juliette to WWL when she takes up post in August.

“She will bring a great amount of expertise and experience when she joins us as our new Chief People Officer and I’m sure that she will be build upon the great work we have already seen in making WWL an amazing place to work for all our colleagues.”

Tracy Boustead is the current interim Chief People Officer and Tracy will continue in this role until Juliette takes up her new role.