Fractional Chief People Officer
With fractional Chief People Officer support, you get senior-level HR expertise embedded into your business without the cost of a full-time hire.
Your people strategy should be a key driver of business success but not every organisation needs, or can justify, a full-time Chief People Officer (CPO). That’s where our retained Fractional CPO service comes in.
At Pioneer HR, we provide high-impact, strategic HR leadership on a retained basis, giving you access to senior HR expertise without the overheads of a full-time hire.
With a Fractional CPO, you’re not just getting any HR leader, you’re getting a strategic business partner who understands how people strategy affects profitability, risk, and business performance and they deliver results.
Pioneer's Advantage
What sets us apart? It’s simple - we’re not just advisers, we’re part of your leadership team.
Meet Your New Fractional Chief People Officer
Fractional Chief People Officer
Joe Regan
I’m not just an HR consultant - I’m a former board-level Chief People Officer who’s led transformation across retail, manufacturing, insurance, and professional services.
But here’s what sets me apart from every other Fractional CPO:
Before HR, I was in finance and operations.
Not surface-level knowledge - I’ve done reconciliations, payables, balance sheets. I understand the pressures your CFO is facing, because I’ve shared the boardroom experience and the commercial responsibility that comes with it.
And that means when I design your people strategy, it’s built around outcomes, impact and business growth not HR box-ticking.
Our Work. Their Words.
Is a Fractional CPO Right for Your Business?
A Fractional Chief People Officer is ideal if you want:
✅ A strategic, embedded Chief People Officer without the full-time overhead.
✅ A monthly on-site presence to build influence and momentum fast.
✅ Lived experience delivering results at board level.
✅ Support across retention, reward, restructures, capability, leadership and more.
✅ Coaching for your internal HR team - if you have one - to raise capability and deliver real ROI. And if you don’t, I have a team who can act as your virtual HR team, providing hands-on support where you need it most.
The businesses investing in strategic HR now are the ones your top talent will move to next. Let’s make sure yours is the one they stay with.
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