Our executive team

Prof William Scott-Jackson (Chairman)

William, an ex-Director of Engineering for ICL Applied Systems, started CSA in 1989 and has been a management consultant for over 10 years, specialising in strategic HR. William has worked with the senior teams in many blue chip companies to manage their personal and strategic development and has an extensive network amongst the most senior HR Directors in the UK. He has written and presented extensively on the human resource strategy and, in his doctoral thesis on managerial psychology, developed advanced theories on the way in which individuals deal with change.

David Lennan (Managing Director)

David has enjoyed a career in both the private and public sectors, holding executive roles in national business representative organisations, local government, financial services and human resource development. He has held Personnel Director roles in several organisations and specialises in helping businesses create growth and in productivity improvement.

His career activities have included Chief Executive of the Agricultural Industries Confederation and Director General of The British Chambers of Commerce. As a Director at Surrey County Council, he led the modernisation programme, and during his time with the Nat West Group he held roles which included Head of UK Development, Deputy Director of Personnel and Director of Retail Insurance.

David now runs the BusinessHR team and aims to develop the company into a leading provider of personnel services to the SME business community.

Our advisory team

Our advisory team possesses a broad range of experience across all sectors, including finance and banking, manufacturing and production, healthcare, transport and distribution, accountancy, and broadcasting, within both the public and private sectors, and within both unionised and non-unionised environments. Our HR Advisors are all MCIPD qualified, with practical experience of "hands-on" HR work at manager level or higher, and pride themselves on their ability to give pragmatic, practical and business-focused answers to your queries.

Working for BusinessHR

If you think you could add your skills and experience to our team, email info with your CV.