Elena became Outward’s Director of HR and Corporate Services in September 2024.
Elena brings more than 15 years of senior HR leadership experience across multiple sectors, including non-profits and public organisations. Her strategic focus on aligning HR functions with organisational goals has been key to managing complex transitions and fostering inclusive, collaborative workplace cultures.
Elena is passionate about empowering teams and driving cultural change, having led UK-award-winning people strategies and workforce development programmes. Her expertise extends to employee engagement and relations, EDI, and Learning & Development strategies, all of which support her vision of embedding Outward’s values of Engage, Enable, and Empower across the organisation.
With a deep commitment to purpose-led organisations, Elena is particularly inspired by the work Outward does in social care. She is driven by the opportunity to create a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals, ensuring that the organisation’s people strategy aligns with its mission to deliver caring, inclusive, and empowering services.