Talent 2

Mary Sue has worked in the HR area for over 25 years in a variety of roles from HR business partner to assisting organisations with transforming the role of HR in their business with consulting and outsourcing. She has experience with a variety of industries including financial services, industrial and consumer packaged goods. Mary Sue comes to Talent2 from IBM where she has been globally responsible for their HR, Learning and Recruiting outsourcing business since 2007.

As the Global Managing Director of HR Managed Services she owns the strategic and day-to-day responsibilities for Talent2's Payroll and Learning businesses, as well as working with Andrew Grant, our Global Managing Director for Recruitment Services, setting the strategic direction for our delivery shared service structure.

Mary Sue started her career as a Shift Foreman with General Motors, and then moved to Consolidated Diesel (a division of JI Case and Cummins Engine Company) and Black & Decker to roles in HR, learning and HR systems. For the past 20 years Mary Sue has worked in Coopers & Lybrand, which became PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and was acquired by IBM in 2002.  During this time period she worked in a variety of line and consulting roles in HR, including roles as the HR business partner for part of the consulting division, establishing the HR Shared Services Centre for Coopers & Lybrand Europe and ultimately holding the role of the global head of HR consulting for PwC and taking this role into IBM. In IBM she was instrumental in creating and establishing the HR, Learning and Recruiting outsourcing business, holding the global leadership role for that team in the last five years.

Mary Sue has written several articles on the future of HR and is a sought after speaker with recent engagements at the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, the Human Resources Planning Society and the HR Technology Group. Mary Sue was a finalist for the European Women of Achievement Award for 2003 and was selected by Consulting Magazine as Top 25 Consultant in the World in 2006.  She was also named to a select group of HR Outsourcing (HRO) industry leaders who have been designated as HRO Superstar by the HRO Today magazine in 2008 and was awarded the HRO Provider of the Year in 2009 and 2010.  Mary Sue sits on the Board of Trustees for the HR Outsourcing Association (HROA), where she holds the roles of secretary/treasurer.

Mary Sue holds a BSc from Oakland University, a degree in Political Science and Computer Science and was a Rhodes Scholar nominee.

When not working Mary Sue can be found under the sea, she has a passion for diving and underwater photography.

Her personal mantra has always been "clients and our team first … as without a team that can truly drive high quality delivery, sustained improvement and innovations with our clients then we can never be number one.  No one person can win a deal, deliver consistent and sustained quality, create innovation and ultimately delight our customers - it requires a team."