Accountancy and investment management group Smith & Williamson has appointed Geralyn Meehan as a senior consultant in its Bristol-based HR Consulting team.
With more than 16 years’ experience as an HR practitioner, Geralyn, pictured, brings her specialist knowledge of employee relations, HR strategy and organisational development to Smith & Williamson’s clients, which range from entrepreneurs and fast-growing SMEs to large companies. She previously worked as senior HR manager for Care UK, the health and social care firm. 
In addition to her HR expertise, Geralyn is able to call on her knowledge of the employment tribunal system, where she is a lay judge, when advising clients. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the highest level of membership – reflecting her extensive strategic and operational experience.
Geralyn said: “I am delighted to have joined Smith & Williamson, which has a growing reputation for the quality of its HR services to businesses of all sizes with requirements ranging from pay-as-you-go advice and support to far reaching change management strategies.
“With recruitment and retention topping many business agendas, this is an interesting time to be working in HR. At Smith & Williamson our role is to ensure advice is not just accurate and timely but fits the specific values, culture and circumstances of each business we are supporting.”
Smith & Williamson employs around 170 people at its Bristol office, providing accountancy as well as tax, employee benefits, financial planning and investment management services to businesses and private individuals. The firm’s HR Consulting team is headquartered in Bristol.
