Meet The Team

Get to know us better.

Our expert team have a wealth of experience and have been implementing reward strategies, providing advice and creating software for over 20 years. Meet our leadership and client facing teams.

Peter Brauer

Peter is a highly experienced advisor to Board Directors, Remuneration Committee Chairs, CEOs, COOs, CFOs and CPOs. With significant commercial experience across multiple sectors globally, he supports leaders in connecting theory and practice on all Reward / Compensation and Benefits matters.

Peter’s expertise is in the pragmatic assessments of risk and reward – consulting and advising on right-fit options. He has a wealth of expertise in designing Reward Frameworks from the top down, creating cash bonus schemes and long-term incentive plans linked to each client’s unique ethos, culture and values.

Peter adds significant value by sharing his experience gained from an extensive Reward / Compensation and Benefits career to support business leaders in data-driven decision making.

CEO

Damian Winstone

Damian is a reward specialist with 20 years’ experience in developing reward strategies for global businesses of all sizes, shapes and sectors.

Before joining Turning Point in 2007, Damian worked in the Financial Services sector in performance management, where he was responsible for advising organisations regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Damian specialises in the creation of pay models, grade design, pay progression, job evaluation and short and long-term incentive plans. He is responsible for leading our internal business operations.

COO

Nikki Ferguson

Nikki has over 25 years’ experience in the international HR, Compensation and Benefits arena. She has significant experience in the design and implementation of a wide variety of strategic projects, ranging from international acquisitions and the transition of employees, to the design and implementation of international compensation and benefit strategies.

Nikki’s strength in communication and training brings significant weight to ‘change’ projects where the need to ingrain new processes and procedures effectively are critical to the long-term success of the project.

CEO Dubai

Jamie Surman

Jamie is an HR professional with 20 years’ experience in delivering tailored comprehensive reward initiatives to organisations across multiple sectors. His expertise includes job evaluation methodologies, benchmarking, stakeholder communications and total reward services.

Since joining Turning Point in 2006, Jamie has built long term partnerships with many clients, successfully managing and implementing a wide range of strategic reward programmes.

As Reward Director, Jamie supports clients in developing pragmatic, business focused solutions, providing the insight and expertise to enable the realisation of innovative organisational reward strategies.

Reward Director

Joanne Roadnight

Jo has over 33 years of customer facing experience in the training and recruitment sectors. Working her way up to Sales Director, she has managed and advised large corporates on recruiting the right candidates for their roles. Her expertise includes delivering training, Job Evaluation, Benchmarking, and project management.

She understands that listening to our clients’ needs, creating realistic expectations, and delivering successful outcomes is paramount to our continued success.

Director of Client Services

Simon Bailey

With 18 years of expertise as a Sales Manager within the security software and financial sectors, Simon has honed the art of nurturing long-lasting commercial relationships across diverse business sectors. His approach blends strategic acumen with a passion for genuine connection and driving growth.

Simon thrives on building strong commercial relationships and crafting win-win scenarios, ensuring mutual success for all parties involved. His commitment to excellence is reflected in the enduring partnerships he has built, making him a trusted ally in the business community.

Sales Manager

Lisa Veale

As Project Delivery Manager, Lisa is responsible for ensuring that all our client project runs smoothly. With a background in HR Consultancy, Recruitment and Customer Experience, she possesses strong organisational skills and a truly client first approach.

Lisa ensures that we deliver a great client experience from onboarding through to the completion and delivery of every project, as well as providing ongoing communication and support for our clients thereafter.

Lisa is passionate about prioritising and adapting to evolving client needs and works closely with our internal teams to maximise the value we deliver across every project.

Project Delivery Manager

Vanessa Moreton

A professional Rewards Analyst, Vanessa’s background is in the Legal and Local Government sectors where she was involved in tribunals and arbitration. Her areas of expertise include rewards packages, research, benchmarking and rewards analysis.

Director of Analytics

Maree Nicoll

With a degree in Computer Animation and a working history that started out in the Social Enterprise sector, Maree brings a wide range of skills and experience to our team.

Maree’s background is primarily in Financial Services where she was involved in change management to support the implementation of new technology. Throughout her career, Maree has provided analysis for stakeholders in relation to process improvements, market trends and performance management.

Working in our Benchmarking team, Maree provides analysis for bespoke and Orbit benchmarking, taking a lead on more complex projects and ensuring the delivery of timely and accurate information.

Analytics Manager

Vicki Lane

Vicki leads our Orbit Support team, overseeing our customer support operations and driving strategic development of our Orbit product suite.

With a solid background in the Insurance sector, Vicki has managed back-office processing teams domestically and internationally, spearheaded Employee Engagement initiatives, and implemented Operational Management Methodologies. Her extensive experience in operations management equips her with the skills to deliver exceptional support and value.

Vicki's journey within Turning Point, from Analyst to Orbit Configuration Manager, reflects her commitment to excellence. In her current role, she ensures seamless daily operations and underscores our dedication to advancing the Orbit suite's capabilities.

Head of Orbit Support & Configuration

Nicole McAllister

Nicole has multiple years of operational management experience in various sectors, as well as eight years of research experience.

With a background in Forensic Anthropology and Anatomy, as well as International Humanitarian Action, she has strong analytical skills. Nicole has previously worked within the Health Sector in Operational Management roles where she provided operational strategic processes and oversaw research projects dealing with public health issues.

Nicole provides support, configuration and maintenance on our Orbit software suite and is responsible for the day to day running of the Orbit Support team.

Orbit Support & Configuration Lead

Daniel Hilton

Daniel is a Reward professional with over 15 years of senior leadership experience. He has extensive experience working with Boards and Committees to develop organisational strategies and has also been a Board member himself.

Working with international clients across multiple sectors, Daniel has gained strong HR and ER generalist skills - from Total Reward and delivering training solutions, to tribunals and arbitration.

Daniel’s expertise includes Organisational Design, Human Capital Audits, Job Evaluation, Change Management, Total Reward Packages, Pay Frameworks, Competency Frameworks, Equal Pay Audits and Job Descriptions.

Daniel loves supporting clients by working with them to develop long term, sustainable strategies as well as developing solutions and pathways that will turn strategy into successful operational delivery.

Senior Client Manager

Emily Croucher

Emily has a 1st class bachelor’s degree in Education and a professional background working in both the Education and Business sectors.

Having previously worked in client engagement and recruitment roles, Emily brings strong communication, problem solving and customer service skills to her role at Turning Point.

Emily specialises in Job Description analysis, writing and training.

Project Delivery Support

Linda Stein

Linda leads our Marketing function with responsibility for marketing and communications strategy implementation and content creation.

Having previously held roles in marketing and corporate communications, as well as in business development and recruitment, Linda has worked in SMEs, global enterprises and fast-growing start-ups. She has experience across a variety of industry sectors including Energy, Technology, Engineering and Professional Services.

Linda has a detailed understanding of all B2B marketing aspects and brings to Turning Point a passion for building strong brands, delivering exceptional customer experience, and supporting long-term business success.

Marketing Manager

Simon Sanger-Anderson

Simon has over 25 years’ experience as a specialist lawyer helping clients follow legally compliant processes when implementing major changes to pay and reward structures, particularly in the context of acquisition/disposal. He also has extensive experience of transitioning company pension schemes from typically final salary to DC or CARE. Simon designs legal documentation sets to underpin strategic change management programmes.

Simon supports multi-sector clients, from Advertising & Media, Hotels & Leisure, through to Social Housing where he has been recognised as a top ‘go to’ lawyer in the Legal 500. His ability in this area is informed by his own appointment as a Board Member of a large regional Housing Association until 2014, his appointment in 2019 to the Board of North Devon Homes, and recently as chair of Anchorwood Ltd., the NDH Development company.

Head of Legal

Vikki White

Vikki joined the Turning Point team in 2019 and is responsible for Finance, Payroll and HR. With a background of almost 20 years in the Public sector, she has wide ranging skills in Service Management, Contract Negotiations and Policy Development, working across a multitude of service areas and multi agencies/sectors. Vikki has a strong focus on Customer Service and a keen eye for detail.

Finance Manager

What our clients say about us

“The HALO Trust has collaborated with Turning Point over recent years. Their approach and cost-effectiveness stood out, ultimately exceeding our expectations. We received precisely what we asked for and more. Not only did they benchmark our roles, but they also rationalised our pay framework and transitioned into a structure that aligns with our recent organisational redesign. I highly recommend their services for their thoroughness, pragmatism, cost-effectiveness, communication and the quality of their deliverables.”

Lisa Davidson, Director of Human Resources The HALO Trust

“We chose Turning Point for their expertise, partnership approach and cost-effectiveness. Their support has provided structure and transparency to Pay and Reward at Cairn. Their independent knowledge gives management and staff re-assurance that the data is correct and that pay and reward is benchmarked against the market we operate in, helping us to attract and retain talent. Turning Point provide additional value by sharing market data and recommendations to support us in decision making. They are responsive, reliable, professional and experts in the field of pay and reward.”

Steven Pritt, Service Lead HR & OD, Cairn

“The Turning Point team are professional, friendly, efficient and very easy to work with. They are flexible in their approach and provide us with a bespoke solution, tailored to our needs. Their specialist support and expertise has enabled us to start putting structure in place, and we value their fast turnaround time, responsiveness and genuine willingness to work hard to make things work!”

Clare Marzano, HR Director, Dual Inventive

“I have used the services of Turning Point both as the HR/People Director in my current role with Horizon, as well as in my previous role. On all occasions Turning Point have provided thorough, professional and robust benchmarking reports. This has enabled us as an organisation to review our renumeration packages and also circulate external guidance to our employees, giving them real confidence that they are receiving a competitive pay rate. I would recommend Turning Point and will continue to work with them for any future pay and reward needs.”

Chloe Foster, OD & People Director, Horizon Hub

“We have been undertaking a major HR review exercise, keen to retain and reward our employees, so benchmarking against other businesses in the area was crucial in pulling together revised pay and benefits packages. We have used Turning Point to assess both managers and other employees and have always received a very professional service. We would highly recommend Turning Point to any business wanting to check if their pay rates and benefits offered are in line with others.”

Helen Denton, Accounts Manager, DB Shoes Ltd.

“Goleudy has been working with Turning Point for over five years. As a charity, our values are paramount to us, and we are committed to a corporate value of fairness. Setting pay and reward is a significant test of this value. Staff teams and Board members want something solid to rely on so that our decision-making stands up to scrutiny. The objective, transparent and data-driven methods employed by Turning Point are highly valued by Goleudy. They help us to deliver on our values, thereby assisting staff relations and public confidence, and safeguarding our reputation.”

Jim Bird-Waddington, CEO, Goleudy

"We’ve been working with Turning Point since 2016 to undertake our salary benchmarking. They did an initial exercise to benchmark all roles and continue to support us to benchmark individual roles as needed. Turning Point take time to understand our organisation and roles, and to provide us with feedback so we understand the results. We’ve found them to be competitive and responsive and I’m happy to recommend their services."

Vidette Swales, HR Director, Port of Milford Haven

"The feedback from the Job Description training delivered by Turning Point was extremely positive. Line managers who attended the session said that they now understood the importance of structuring Job Descriptions using the correct language depending on the level of the role which would be very helpful in their roles for the future."

Hylda Stewart, Head of People, Hospiscare

“I have worked with Turning Point for over five years now and have been impressed by the pragmatic and practical approach they adopt when working with us. They always ensure the end solution delivers the requisite benefits to our business.”

Andrew Dagger, Group HR Director, Arbuthnot Latham

"We worked with Turning Point to complete a Job Evaluation and Salary Benchmarking exercise. Their whole approach was highly professional, and they clearly explained the findings. We wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again."

Fiona Melvin, Director of Finance & Operatons, New Writing North

"I cannot fault the service we were given by the Turning Point team. We had a tight deadline which they met, their reports were comprehensive, and I was impressed with the professional and friendly service from all of the team."

Jo Shevlin, UK HR Manager, Thule Group

"Turning Point were very helpful and professional. They delivered a well-structured training session on writing Job Descriptions and were happy to support us through the process after the event. The benchmarking exercise they undertook for us was delivered on time and provided clear and relevant data. We will happily use their services again."

Andrea Wilkinson, HR Director, Independence Matters

"I would highly recommend Turning Point to anyone who needs a powerful and easy-to-use benchmarking system. Orbit is extremely user-friendly and provides me with accurate and comprehensive reports at the touch of a button. What really sets Turning Point apart is the excellent customer service from their friendly and knowledgeable support team. They are always ready to help and regularly exceed my expectations."

Roseann Parkinson, Head of People Service Centre, City Facilities Management Ltd

"We have a six year relationship with Turning Point to date, who have helped us to navigate modernising our pay structure and adapting to a market-based approach. They have always been approachable, pragmatic and straight talking, which we value tremendously, right through from the undertaking of our initial project to the ongoing benchmarking support they continue to provide us with."

HR Director, Housing sector

Case Studies

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Redhill Academy Trust

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Arbuthnot Latham

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