Simon Reichwald

Skills & Education | Expert Panelist for The HR World

Founder, UnTapped Talent Uk

 

With over 30 years in talent acquisition — including the last decade in HR tech — Simon has been a driving force behind four award-winning start-ups, each united by a single ambition: unlocking human potential. He works with SMEs and multinationals alike, across every sector, to bridge the gap between people and opportunity, with a specific focus on young peoples’ transition from education to the world of work.

Over the last 10 years his focus has been on enabling firms to access untapped, diverse pools of talent, and then removing barriers to enable that talent to progress into work and critically progress when in work.

• Appointed an ISE Fellow in 2022 having been Strategic Advisor on Apprenticeships (2017-2020) with a brief to shape the apprenticeship strategy for its’ members.
• One of the Delivery Partners for a Government commissioned taskforce with the City of London Corporation (2020-22) which has lead to the setting up of a new membership body, Progress Together (in May 2022) to boost socio-economic diversity at senior levels in UK Financial and Professional Services.
  • He was awarded ‘Freedom of the City of London‘ in recognition for his work.
• Deputy Chair for the Apprentice Diversity Champions Network (ADCN) 2022-2024 launched by the Department of Education, as a network of employers to support the Government’s commitment to Diversity through Apprenticeships.
• An Honorary Teaching Fellow on the Leaders in Residence programme at Lancaster University Management School.
• Co-founder of the podcast series, Re-Imagine law, dispelling myths about careers in the legal sector

He is an enthusiastic (albeit not quick!) cyclist, having cycled from London to Paris in 2022 and in 2023 Gloucestershire to Essex, all for charity. And because there is always more you can do & give (!), he coaches and runs womens’ cricket for Cheltenham Cricket Club.