Home moving brand Movera has expanded its human resources leadership team with two new appointments aimed at supporting the company’s continued growth.
Nichola Dixon has joined as head of business partnering (people and culture) and Neil Martin has been appointed head of talent. Both will report to Karen Buckley, chief people officer at Movera.
Dixon brings more than 18 years of HR experience across operational and strategic roles in the entertainment and technology sectors. She was most recently senior people business partner at PlatformX Communications, where she helped drive organisational transformation.
At Movera, she will lead the people operations and business partnering team, overseeing day-to-day HR activities while ensuring the company’s structure and culture support its strategic ambitions.
Dixon said: “At Movera we have bucket loads of talent. My role is about partnering with the business to build the conditions for people to thrive – with a focus on organisational effectiveness, growth, high performance and colleague engagement.
“That means ensuring our structures, ways of working and people practices enable success, support development and foster inclusion. My team plays a key role in supporting this work. When we get that right, we create the kind of culture people want to be a part of long term.”
Martin, who has two decades of experience in talent acquisition, joins from global HR platform Deel, where he was talent acquisition project manager. His previous roles include work with recruitment agencies, academic institutions and HR tech businesses.
He will now lead Movera’s talent attraction function, focusing on recruitment strategy and tools to help scale the business and maintain its reputation as a destination for high-calibre professionals.
Martin said: “We want to recruit an inspired workforce that stay and excel. In my role I’ll be primarily looking at how we attract the best talent to further evolve our organisation.
“I’ll be ensuring we have the right recruitment strategy, tools and technology to facilitate business growth. We want to ensure our employees are as inspired by their work after six months as they were on day one, whether they’re experienced or fresh out of our academy.
“We also want to make sure the hiring experience is as engaging as possible for candidates so that those who have worked through our recruitment process are excited to begin working here and recommend Movera to others.”
Buckley said the appointments form part of Movera’s strategy to draw expertise from a wide range of industries. “At Movera, we seek to bring together a range of backgrounds from inside and outside the property and conveyancing industry to introduce new skills to the sector.
“Nichola and Neil bring with them a vast array of skills and experience in talent acquisition and retention. With their help we hope to continue to grow the Movera group and its reputation as an employer of choice within the sector.”
