WIRELINE Issue 32 - Summer 2015

HR MANAGER

PROFILE

In the spotlight Cheryl Newman may once have harboured ambitions to pursue a career in the dramatic arts but she’s now in the spotlight for very different reasons. A finalist in this year’s Scottish Institute of Directors Awards, she’s become a rising star in the field of human resources working in the oil and gas supply chain. Wireline finds out more W hen Cheryl Newman first joined field development consultancy Ingen Ideas in resources (HR) manager at the Aberdeen-based business and has played a key role in the company receiving a string of industry nominations and awards. development engineer Alan Muirhead won the latter. And, most recently, the organisation was the first small company

(less than 1,000 employees) globally to receive the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) Gold Corporate Partner Award in recognition of its training and development programme and dedication to the chemical engineering profession.

2010, it was on a short-term assignment to provide general office support cover. Fast forward five years and her experience in the UK oil and gas supply chain has certainly been rewarding and full of opportunity. Today, she’s a human

In 2014, Ingen was twice shortlisted for Oil & Gas UK Awards in the Investment in People and Mentor of the Year categories; its lead field

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