The move comes out of the group's long term growth framework, Target 2030, and creates the new focus, separated out from the traditional HR role.
Duck s worked within senior leadership roles for the last 25 years and will play an integral role in strengthening the Munnelly Group鈥檚 people and culture function even further, with part of his remit to embed the 鈥極ne Group, One Mission, One Standard鈥� value across the Group.
Having initially joined the company in a consultancy role, Matt was officially named group director of HR on a full-time basis in 2023. During his time in this role, he developed a high-performing HR team and was responsible for relaunching the reward and recognition strategy, enhancing the management of employee relations streams and delivering a suite of leadership workshops.
He will now oversee HR operations at the Group鈥檚 eight specialist trading businesses 鈥撀燤unnelly Support Services, Guardior, MacRail, Bishopsgate Group, City Calling, Weston Analytics, Bridgehead Consultancy and Severn Partnership.