Diane Brooks

Diane Brooks

HR Director

1. Where were you born?

Caerphilly

2. What was your route to becoming HR Director in Hugh James?

Office junior to junior secretary to legal secretary to principal secretary to HR assistant to HR officer to senior HR officer to HR Manager to HR Director.

3. How long have you been with the firm?

23 years in October 2011

4. What is your favourite pastime?

Shopping, shopping & more shopping (boring but true).

5. Tell us something about yourself that we would never guess?

I'm a grade 6 trumpet player.

Career

1988 Joined Hugh James as an Office Junior at the Bargoed Office

1989 Promoted to Junior Secretary (Family Department)

1991 Legal Secretary (Family Department)

1995 Principal Secretary (Bargoed Office)

1997 Transfer to Cardiff Office (Secretary to the Admin Team)

1999 HR Assistant

2002 HR Officer

2004 Senior HR Officer

2005 HR Manager

2008 HR Director