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Clare Gallagher

Commander · DISC type D
HR Manager England and Wales Region at Smurfit Westrock
📍 Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

Clare Gallagher is an established HR Leader and Chartered Fellow CIPD with broad experience across manufacturing, financial services, and pharma. As HR Manager for England and Wales at Smurfit Westrock, she focuses on aligning people strategies with business goals. She holds a BSc in Biology and Sociology.

Clare is deeply committed to community service, acting as a Board Trustee for Step by Step, a charity that supports young people facing hardship. She actively participates in fundraising efforts, including running the Great South Run to raise money and awareness for the organizations cause.

She recently set a personal goal to raise £1000 for the Step by Step charity by completing a race.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
HR Manager England and Wales Region
Job Level
Middle
Location
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Clare shows up

Decisive
Strong-Willed
Candid & Clear

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Priorities

Topics Clare cares about

High-Performing Cultures
Drives strategic initiatives in employee engagement and performance management to shape an organization's culture and align people strategies with business objectives.
Leadership Development
Focuses on developing leaders within organizations, with a background in talent acquisition, succession planning, and process change management.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
HR Manager England and Wales Region
Smurfit Westrock
11-2022
HR Trustee/Board Director
Step by Step Partnership Ltd
6-2022 - 6-2025
Lead People Partner
Aon
3-2020 - 5-2022
UK Group HR Director
Tyréns AB
10-2015 - 3-2020
Head of Human Resources
Hilson Moran
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Education
BSc (Hons) Biology and Sociology
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
1987 - 1993
GCSE's
St Mark's Catholic School Hounslow
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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