Elizabeth Blanchfield

People, Performance & Transformation Advisor

Elizabeth Blanchfield is a senior international people, performance and business operations leader with deep experience supporting organisations through growth, restructuring, transformation and change.

Her work goes well beyond traditional HR. Elizabeth helps leadership teams align people, structure, performance and execution with the commercial and operational needs of the business — ensuring that organisational capability keeps pace with strategic ambition.

She brings board-level experience across HR strategy, organisational design, leadership development, talent management, succession planning, sales enablement, compensation and benefits, mergers and acquisitions, and international employment practices.

Through DCH, Elizabeth supports clients where people, structure and execution are critical to value creation — helping senior teams cut through complexity, make better decisions and deliver meaningful change.

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International people leadership

Experience across senior HR, people and performance roles in the UK, EMEA and New Zealand.

Organisational design and restructuring

Led organisational restructure programmes with specialist teams and tight delivery timelines.

Board-level contribution

Commercially astute, with experience contributing at senior management and board level.

Talent, succession and performance

Expertise across talent acquisition, talent management, succession planning, leadership development and performance.

Commercial HR and business operations

Works outside the usual boundaries of HR, connecting people strategy with execution, delivery and business results.