Melissa is our Chief People Officer and joined Alder Hey in 2009. Following her graduation from the University of Liverpool, Melissa started her HR & OD career in the airline industry before joining the NHS, working in HR and OD roles in London and the North West before joining Alder Hey.
A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, Melissa leads the people agenda at Alder Hey and is passionate about making Alder Hey a great place to work for everyone, with significant focus on leadership and talent development, equality, diversity and inclusion, staff engagement and health and wellbeing.
Melissa has championed the development of the award-winning Alder Hey Staff Advice and Liaison Service (SALS), winner of both the national HSJ Staff Engagement Award in 2020 and the HPMA award for Excellence in Staff Engagement in 2021.