Tracy McDermott Appointed Essar Head of HR

Essar Oil UK has announced the appointment of Tracy McDermott as Head of HR.

Tracy has more than 20 years’ experience working in HR leadership.

Tracy McDermott Essar Head of HR

Prior to joining Essar Oil UK, Tracy has worked at Alstom Transport, MAN Diesel & Turbo, Genix Healthcare Group and Suttons Group, within these roles Tracy created a culture of continuous learning and development from the senior team to the shop floor.

Howard Sloane, Chief People Officer, Essar Oil UK, commented: “I am delighted to announce that Tracy McDermott has joined our business as Head of HR. Tracy is an experienced HR professional having spent significant parts of her career in large, multinational businesses as both head of department and lead transformational specialist. I very much look forward to developing our people strategy further with Tracy’s expertise and her leadership of the HR team.”

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE JOINING ESSAR AT A TIME OF CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION. AT THE CENTRE OF ANY CHANGE LIES THE PEOPLE STRATEGY.

Tracy McDermott, Head of HR

Tracy continued: “With a considerable amount of experience leading successful transformational projects, I look forward to delivering an engaging people plan within the company. We are at work for a considerable amount of our time and we should enjoy what we do, therefore making good companies great places to work will be at the heart of the HR agenda."