We will work with integrity and professionalism to the highest standards, whilst being empathetic, compassionate, and easy to engage with.
We will invest our time, energy and expertise into achieving positive outcomes for your people and culture.
We will bring a "can-do attitude" by combining an innovative approach with drive, commitment and focus.
Our services are delivered through these five specialist areas.
Often sensitive, the types of investigations we specialise in include disciplinaries, grievances, and bullying and harassment.
We are members of the ABI and certificated with the British Standard for Investigation Services BS:102000.
We are experts in assessing and understanding workplace cultures and implementing positive change.
Our Culture Reviews begin with an in-depth evaluation of the situation, usually by interviews, listening groups and surveys, which we use to advise areas of concern and appropriate remedial action.
Our approach is underpinned by the belief that compassion and inclusivity are vital to a positive organisational culture.
Our Change team have a unique blend of employment law expertise, people management experience and project management skills.
We adopt a holistic approach to change projects, applying a combination of commercial rigour and compassion to deliver successful outcomes on time and on budget whilst minimising the impact on people.
Our team of trained mediators and resolution experts have a track record of resolving the most complex and entrenched disputes between individuals and within teams.
We identify barriers to constructive working relationships, and implement actions or interventions that restore harmony and productivity.
As former healthcare regulation lawyers, we are uniquely placed to support health and social care providers in identifying regulatory risks, compliance gaps and governance shortfalls through our robust, independent reviews and investigations.
We work in partnership with health and social organisations to achieve good governance and craft solutions to deliver board assurance.
I commissioned an independent investigation into a sensitive and contentious issue. ibex gale’s approach was professional, swift, pragmatic and exceptionally detailed. I highly recommend their services and their approach.
I appointed ibex gale to manage a large redundancy project involving over 200 staff. They were both professional and compassionate with our staff, many of whom have worked for us for decades. We continue to work with the team at ibex gale and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
Carly provided high quality, experienced HR support to the process. Her approach is analytical, nuanced and appropriately sensitive whilst being focused and thorough. I would definitely recommend her for a highly sensitive and complicated piece of work like this.
ibex gale's rates were very competitive and they demonstrated significant experience in conducting such investigations...Their work was so impressive that the Trust commissioned them for an additional extremely sensitive investigation...
At SCC we have used ibex gale a number of times for complex investigations. We found that their investigators are diligent, helpful, approachable and have a wealth of experience behind them. The process of using ibex gale is straight forward and has saved our organisation considerable expense in terms of time and resources to investigate complex cases.
Suzanne very quickly recognised and accessed both my strengths and concerns. Her skillful coaching and probing questioning techniques supported me in focusing on my goals and building my confidence to overcome perceived barriers and achieve personal success.
David co-founded ibex gale with Poppy Jenkins in 2013.
As former employment lawyer, accredited mediator and member of the Association of British Investigators with over 20 years’ experience in employment law and employee relations, he is a recognised specialist in complex workplace investigations and conflict resolution.
David established the strategic purpose of ibex gale as a company that enhances people’s lives through the creation of exceptional workplaces and his focus now is on guiding ibex gale to live up to its brand promises by combining professional rigour with compassion, being fully invested in our clients and enabling positive change and progress.
Poppy co-founded ibex gale with David Major in 2013.
As an employment litigator, she saw first-hand the need for a service that combined the expertise of lawyers and top-level people management professionals to help with complex challenges in the workplace.
After establishing a reputation for handling sensitive and high-profile workplace investigations, and successfully managing large scale organisational change programmes, her focus now is on building a flourishing team and ensuring that every project is delivered with compassion, empathy and excellence.
Suzanne leads the Organisational Culture and Conflict Resolution & Mediation divisions at ibex gale, while also serving as the company’s Head of People. She is widely recognised for her deep expertise in workplace culture and her ability to guide teams through diagnosing complex issues and implementing transformative solutions.
With a strong foundation in employee engagement, talent management, leadership, and change management, Suzanne adeptly navigates organisations through challenging transitions. Her approach blends commercial acumen with empathy, ensuring that change is both impactful and minimally disruptive.
Suzanne is driven by the courage and openness of the organisations she partners with, and she finds immense fulfilment in seeing how cultural improvements benefit both the company and its employees. She holds an MSc in Strategy, Change, and Leadership from the University of Bristol.
Ruth is responsible for ensuring ibex gale clients experience the highest standards of service by focusing on quality assurance across all areas of the business.
As a former employment lawyer, Ruth also spends time on case work. Her speciality is sensitive and complex workplace investigations, including bullying and harassment grievances, whistle-blowing complaints and high-level disciplinary cases.
She has strong experience in public sector including NHS and Higher Education, and also in the retail sector.
She leads our governance and assurance division, supporting health and social care organisations with high profile, complex, investigations and independent reviews.
Before joining ibex gale, Sarah qualified as a regulatory lawyer at Bevan Brittan, and then spent 12 years at DAC Beachcroft supporting health and social care organisations with inquests, serious patient safety incident investigations, complex complaints and information governance.
Zoe is an experienced employee relations professional and joint Head of our Investigation Service. She has a wealth of experience in complex case management and investigations, including MHPS, grievances, bullying & harassment and whistleblowing. She works with clients across the private and public sector, including NHS Trusts, Councils, Multi-Academy Trusts, Further Education and Higher Education.
Zoe has over 20 years’ experience as an HR Professional with 10 of those working at a senior level within the NHS. Her last role was Head of Employee Relations for a large NHS Foundation Trust where she was responsible for leading a large service providing employee relations investigations, Medical HR services and HR policy development for the Trust. Prior to this she worked within local education authorities providing employee relations advice to schools.
Chartered FCIPD, Coaching to Lead (NHS England), MHPS Trained Investigator (NHS Resolution).
Prior to joining ibex gale, Shelley was a senior employment lawyer at a top 100 law firm providing commercial, practical and strategic advice.
She regularly advised on business re-organisations, changes to terms and conditions, and other large-scale projects.
She also managed complex employment tribunal litigation, where she successfully resolved multiple discrimination and equal pay claims.
Rebecca oversees the marketing and business development functions at ibex gale.
She started her career in brand management for CIC Video (Universal & Paramount Home Entertainment).
Then followed years at other companies including Disney where she was Marketing Director in the TV division, before moving to the Cotswolds and running her own business.
She has a degree in Zoology from Nottingham University and CIM qualification.
She specialises in workplace investigations, including whistleblowing, bullying and harassment, and workplace culture, also advising companies on large scale projects such as reorganisations.
Alongside this work, Emma is especially interested in wellbeing, and has worked as a coach and therapist.
Emma has qualifications in coaching, NLP and EFT, and is a qualified workplace mediator.
Prior to joining ibex gale, Kate spent over 5 years working as an HR Employee Relations Advisor at UBS in London.
She regularly conducted investigations, grievance and disciplinary processes as well as advising on restructures, employee representation consultations projects and all people related matters.
Kate also provided advice on policy best practice including aspects of diversity, equality and inclusion.
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