Chris Charlton

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Areas of expertise

Profession/s 
Independent Director of Human Resources & People Consultant

Areas of expertise 
o Civil & Commercial
o Workplace & Employment
o Health Sector

Country of Practice  
United Kingdom

Languages
English

Professional Memberships

Qualified Civil & Commercial Mediator
Qualified Workforce & Employment Mediator
London School of Mediation, UK - 2023
International Mediation Institute, The Hague, Netherlands – Qualified Mediator - October 2023

Professional Experience

My mediation experience evolves from hybrid routine practices throughout 37 years of
commercial and strategic roles by bringing together those with opposing agendas to
reach agreed solutions - particularly in the human resources and employment fields
through listening, mentoring and coaching.
o Commercial experience as an international Buyer and Merchandise Director
developed negotiation expertise.
o 12 years as Head of Workforce at the Department of Health Commercial
Directorate including being appointed Programme Director to develop and deliver
the Prevent programme into the NHS in England and subsequently to Co-Chair
Health at the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network. In both the UK and EU this
counter-terrorism work has involved negotiating agreed cross-border approaches
to policy and strategy across a number of EU jurisdictions with differing agendas
and views.
o As a Director of Human Resources / People across health services in UK and
Middle East, as well as an HR Strategy / Change Consultant and Investigator,
leading and implementing change has involved a significant amount of mediation
to deliver successful outcomes.

Mediation Style

Working very comfortably in a facilitative mediation style, my motivation to mediate is to
preserve the wellbeing of both participants to avoid an unnecessary litigious experience
- often very long and extremely stressful. An effective mediation allows individuals to
achieve a better outcome in a number of ways – mainly through a more efficient arena
for communication. Mediation allows for better communication that improves
relationship and understanding, thereby allowing the parties to achieve their resolution
together through both agreed and workable solutions.