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Enhancing people's lives through the creation of exceptional workplaces.

We are invested in your organisation

We will keep your organisation at the heart of what we do by investing our time and energy into understanding your culture, priorities and objectives.

We enable progress and
positive change

We will bring a "can-do attitude" by combining an innovative approach with energy and focus to generate exceptional outcomes for you.

We combine professional rigour with compassion

We will work with absolute professionalism to the highest standards possible, whilst being empathetic, compassionate and easy to engage with.

services we provide

Workplace investigations; conflict resolution & mediation; organisational culture; change projects and compliance & regulation.

Our services are delivered through these five specialist areas.

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We are the market leaders in workplace investigations.

Complex investigations

Often sensitive, the types of investigations we specialise in include disciplinaries, grievances, bullying and harassment and whistleblowing.

We are members of the ABI and certificated with the British Standard for Investigation Services BS:102000.

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We enable progressive and supportive cultures that bring out the best in people.

Culture Reviews

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.

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We manage and deliver change projects impacting your employees.

Redundancy, TUPE & Strategic Change

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.

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We resolve early stage conflict and dysfunctional relationships in the workplace.

Conflict Resolution and Mediation

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.

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We ensure you meet your regulatory obligations.

CQC and Safeguarding

Our team can assist you in meeting your CQC obligations, whether this is obtaining registration, preparing for "well-led" inspections, or dealing with enforcement notices.

We can also review and advise on your safeguarding frameworks and policies, assist with any safeguarding investigations, and lead high level training that may be required.

Testimonials

A few words from our clients.

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.
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Craig de Sousa Director of Human Resources
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.
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David Collard CEO
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.
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Liz Blyth Curve Theatre
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...
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NHS HR Director
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.
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Simon Boyd-Smith Surrey County Council
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.
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Sally Baker Barclays Plc
our team

A blend of legal expertise and people management skills.

Lucy edgington-hume - ibex gale

Lucy Edgington-hume

Associate

Lucy’s background is as a senior HR professional within the...

Laura kaddey - ibex gale

Laura Kaddey

Personal Assistant

Laura works as PA to the Associate Directors at ibex...

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Lynda Norbury

Associate

Lynda advises on and undertakes complex workplace investigations into a...

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Lisa Langston-able

Associate Consultant

Lisa’s deep understanding of the employment law landscape and strong...

Lucinda harvey - ibex gale

Lucinda Harvey

Associate Consultant

Lucinda has over 25 years’ experience in people management. She...

Liz cunningham - ibex gale

Liz Cunningham

Associate Consultant

Liz spent twenty years as a barrister, becoming head of...

Lucy edgington-hume - ibex gale

Lucy Edgington-hume

Position:
Associate
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Categories:
change projects, investigations, organisational culture
Areas of Expertise:
Investigations; Mediation; Just & Learning Culture.

Lucy’s background is as a senior HR professional within the NHS having worked in various roles in the health service for over 15 years. She has a master’s in management with HR and is CIPD qualified.

Lucy is experienced in people matters, workplace mediation, investigations, facilitation and is working towards her Diploma in Transformational Coaching. Her most recent role in the NHS was as a HR Business Partner leading on a project to introduce a Just and Learning Culture approach.

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Laura Kaddey

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Personal Assistant
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Personal Assistant & administration experience.

Laura works as PA to the Associate Directors at ibex gale. Laura has 20 years’ administration experience within the education, healthcare and engineering sectors, and is skilled in customer service, project and event management.

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Lynda Norbury

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Associate
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investigations

Lynda advises on and undertakes complex workplace investigations into a range of issues, including discrimination, bullying and harassment and whistleblowing complaints. 

Lynda has extensive experience of advising health and social care providers on the full range of employment law issues with a particular focus on advising NHS Trusts on dealing with concerns about doctors and dentists under Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS (MHPS), including conduct, capability and ill health matters and providing support and advice to case managers. 

Prior to joining ibex gale Lynda qualified as an employment lawyer and spent 5 years at trade union firms before working at DAC Beachcroft for 13 years.       

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Lisa Langston-able

Position:
Associate Consultant
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Categories:
investigations
Areas of Expertise:
Complex discrimination cases

Lisa’s deep understanding of the employment law landscape and strong interpersonal and communication skills combine to great effect in the investigation and people management work that she undertakes for our clients.

Lisa worked as an employment lawyer for over 10 years before joining ibex gale, providing her clients with pragmatic support on day-to-day employee issues and guiding both employers and employees through sensitive workplace disputes and litigation involving complex discrimination complaints, whistleblowing and bullying.

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Lucinda Harvey

Position:
Associate Consultant
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Categories:
investigations
Areas of Expertise:
Complex investigations; MHPS.

Lucinda has over 25 years’ experience in people management. She advises boards and executive teams on complex employee relations issues and cultural change. One of Lucinda’s specialist areas is conflict resolution. She has carried out numerous sensitive and difficult investigations. She also has experience in the field of change management: restructuring, changes to terms and conditions and negotiating collective agreements.

Lucinda has a passion for the performing arts sector. She has delivered successful projects for companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Opera House, the Welsh National Opera, Curve Theatre, and the Edinburgh International Festival Society.

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Liz Cunningham

Position:
Associate Consultant
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investigations

Liz spent twenty years as a barrister, becoming head of the Employment Law team at Albion Chambers until 2015, when she took a senior lecturer role at the University of the West of England. As a lawyer she was counsel instructed to represent claimants and respondents in the Employment Tribunal, the Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.  

Liz has extensive experience and knowledge of the health sector both in terms of the clinical and administrative landscapes within Hospital, University and Health Trusts. Over many years she has been instructed in complex cases ranging from the most serious allegations of discrimination, constructive unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and equal pay claims through to technically demanding cases covering TUPE and large-scale redundancy.  

 In her time as a barrister Liz was instructed by County, City and Borough Councils, to represent them across the full range of employment law matters. Similarly in the Secondary, FE and Higher Education sector Liz has appeared for Claimants and Respondents in sensitive, high value and complex cases.  

Throughout her time in practice Liz was preferred counsel for numerous small, medium and large private companies. Specifically she was retained by one of the UK’s largest services and facilities firms for all of their complex matters.  She has worked regularly and directly with board level personnel as well as marshalling and managing evidence from operational level employees.  Liz’s ability to work with real attention to detail without losing sight of the bigger picture reflect her years of experience preparing for forensic cross examination of witnesses during trial.  She is also an accredited mediator and her abilities in that regard are reflected in her careful and successful pre-trial negotiations, securing lasting settlements and repeated instructions from solicitors and commercial clients.  

 
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