Judith Tidnam

Judith Tidnam
Director of People and Operations

Judith Tidnam (Jud) heads up the People and Operations function and has worked for the College since May 2020.

The directorate supports the organisation to deliver its charitable objectives by recruiting, engaging, rewarding, nurturing, developing, retaining, and promoting the wellbeing of a talented workforce. The team also has strategic and operational responsibility for our Estates.

Jud is responsible for three key areas:

  • designing and delivering the College’s people and organisational development strategy to enable RCoA’s overall strategic goals
  • delivery of the College’s estates relocation strategy and operational implementation
  • maintaining and enhancing a positive and high performing working culture

Jud is passionate about creating positive and healthy working environments. Drawing on over 20 years’ experience, she has developed a passion in delivering bespoke initiatives to help individuals, teams, and organisations progress from good to great. This approach saw the College receive our first accreditation as an employer – the Inclusive Employers Accreditation in 2023.

Prior to joining the College, Jud spent 20 years working as a Senior HR and OD Professional in the third sector. She joined the College from the research and care charity, Breast Cancer Now, where she led on the people workstreams of an organisational merger. She was appointed to support leaders and colleagues through a period of integration while developing the new charity’s culture and championing better ways of working.

She also previously worked as Director of HR at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, a charitable organisation providing specialist palliative care.

Jud is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has worked in various sectors, with her early career in Intercontinental Hotels and leisure clubs, but more recently her experience spans across the not-for-profit, healthcare, and charitable sectors.

Jud also previously ran her own consultancy providing people management services and support in organisational development both on a strategic level and practical hands-on support.