Henry Sandbach
People Strategy & Team Optimisation
Henry is a commercial People leader with top-table HR experience from Estée Lauder, MAC Cosmetics, and Dr Martens across US and UK markets. He specialises in rapid growth and scale-up environments — building People functions that create high-performing, culture-led teams.
Background in
Estée Lauder, MAC Cosmetics & Dr Martens
Markets
US & UK
Specialism
Scale-up & High-Performance Culture
As a People leader
Henry is a commercial People leader with top-table human resources experience from large organisations including Estée Lauder, MAC Cosmetics, and Dr Martens. His experience spans both the US and UK markets across senior People leadership roles.
He is passionate about rapid growth and scale-up culture-led environments, and specialises in building and evolving the People offering to create and enable high-performing teams in organisations of all sizes.
Henry is focused on building the business through acquiring, developing, and retaining the best talent — creating a culture for success and high performance. He brings together strategy and humanity, ensuring that People decisions drive business outcomes while keeping individuals at the centre.
Whether working with a fast-scaling startup or an established organisation navigating change, Henry brings clarity, commercial acumen, and a deep belief that the right people, in the right culture, can achieve extraordinary things.
Scale-up, People Leadership, Talent Planning & Acquisition, Talent Development, Reward, Culture & Engagement, Organisation Design