Who we are

Vanessa Hummingbird Consulting

Vanessa Landreneau

My Career

As I’ve built my career in Reward, I’ve worked on some great projects, been part of lots of fantastic teams and seen my share of mistakes. The real world is tough for a perfectionist, and the most valuable lesson I’ve learned, whether working in the UK or other countries around the world, is pragmatism – there is no perfect solution when you’re working with people. There are, however, solutions that will maximise the positive impact and minimise the risk; those are the ones I’ll help you find for your business.

Where I've worked

Working in small businesses and big corporations, from charities to high tech and boutique consultancies to Big Four professional services, I’ve seen how businesses can get things right – and figured out how to recover when things don’t work out as planned.

I can bring that pragmatism and perspective to your business, working with you to build a solution tailored to where you want to be and making sure you have the skills and expertise to keep it going.
Whether it’s a transaction or a transformation, introducing a new structure or enhancing the communications to highlight what you’re already doing well, I’m looking forward to working with you!

Our first step will be a no-cost, no-obligation conversation to talk through what is happening for you, and what you would like to achieve. We can explore possible approaches and get to know whether we can work well together.

Recommendations

Vanessa is easy to work with and incredibly efficient. She quickly grasped our business and our Reward needs. She identified when to help build our in-house capabilities vs do work for us - which I really valued from a consultant! Vanessa used a smart and pragmatic method to help us create a new bespoke grading system (and salary bands). She has an ability to show complex data in a simple way which helped us gain buy in from our Executive team and importantly; adoption by the business. I would definitely work with her again and have recommend her to others.
Johanna Dickinson HR Director, KP Snacks
Vanessa offers pragmatic solutions to hierarchy and benchmarking work, well presented with the appropriate level of detail and cost effective. Vanessa’s work is well backed up with experience and recommendations and left Grapeshot in a strong position to go through acquisition in early to mid 2018.
Mark Ashworth VP/GM, International at Oracle Data Cloud
Having know Vanessa over the last 10 years or so, Vanessa provides a wealth of knowledge and experience in Reward strategies. Vanessa is able to provide guidance and advice on reward strategies for organisations to enable flexible compensation packages, valued by employees and aligned to organisation values. Vanessa has extensive knowledge on aligning reward packages following mergers and acquisitions providing guidance and professional advice on effective integration strategies. Vanessa is able to present and work with Remuneration Committees. Vanessa's pragmatic, insightful approach enables her to fully engage with all stakeholders and work effectively with organisations to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Vicki Sanderson Human Resources Director, The Manufacturing Technology Centre
Vanessa has been a great asset for CSR and has had significant impact on our reward strategies. Designing the grading structure, benchmarking and changing both Annual and Sales bonus schemes, working with myself and the Remuneration Committee on equity practises - she has delivered significant and effective change to the business. Vanessa had also been a major contributor to a series of business changes - mergers, carve out and acquisition - working with the deal teams through due diligence and integration planning. A thorough professional, Vanessa is knowledgeable and tenacious in delivering high quality solutions.
Elaine Rowe