Chief People Officer

Sarah Taylor

Biography

Sarah Taylor is the Chief People Officer for the Home Office.

She sits on the Executive Committee (ExCo) and People Committee and leads the HR function.

Before taking up her post at the Home Office, she worked in government and the NHS at director level for over 25 years, most recently at Digital Health Care Wales (DHCW) where she led on the digital transformation of services.

She has also worked in government overseas, the fire service, and at director level in a number of large government departments.

She has worked at director level in the NHS, both for acute trusts and for the NHS regulator which regulates 56 hospital trusts.

Sarah is a chartered fellow of the CIPD and her passion for working with people shows in how she prioritises the promotion and retention of talent, and improves wellbeing, equality and inclusion.

Chief People Officer

The Chief People Officer has overall responsibility for all employee policies: including reward, recruitment, learning and skills and the implementation of the Our People Capability Strategy, part of the Home Office transformation agenda.

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