New Direction for Validium

Validium, the integrated EAP and HR consultancy, is continuing its rapid growth with the appointment of three new members of the management team.

Helen Knight, Toby Hardwick and Angela Gray have all joined the company which has offices in Glasgow and Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire and provides support services to a wide range of blue chip companies and financial organisations.

Previously with the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Helen is the companyís first health and wellbeing specialist consultant and has seven years experience in human resources.

She said: ìHealth and wellbeing is a relatively new HR discipline but is becoming more popular. Companies realise they canít afford to ignore the health and wellbeing of their employees as it can ultimately effect their bottom line ñ particularly if you have staff off sick for long periods as a result of stress or other work related illnesses.

ìIt is great to become part of the Validium team and help them to expand the HR side of their business.î

In his new role at Validium, Toby will be responsible for new business development as well as the account management of existing clients. Toby joins Validium from Imagine Co-operative Childcare and also has six years experience of working within the EAP industry at Counselling in Companies and Accor Services.

Formally a Business Manager for Xerox, Angela Gray has a proven track record in sales, client management, training and marketing. With Validium she will be responsible for new business and marketing, working on developing Validiumís client base.

The appointments represent an important step for Validiumís expansion, which since its launch in 1998, has become one of the fastest growing major independent EAPís in the UK by providing its services to many of the UKís leading companies across a range of industry sectors.

Mike Shaw, Managing Director of Validium, said: ìWe have had an amazingly busy year so far with a number of major new contract wins and we are delighted to welcome three such high skilled people to our top team. We are continuing to recruit across the company and expect to make further significant appointments over the months ahead.î