Victoria Johnston

Director

UK

Victoria Johnston is a specialist in building People & Talent capability for private equity backed businesses, partnering with investors and leadership teams to unlock value through exceptional human capital. As a Director at Frazer Jones, she works across the full PE lifecycle, supporting funds and portfolio companies to secure the interim and permanent HR leadership required to accelerate growth, drive transformation, and maximise returns. With deep experience across diverse ownership structures, including buy & build platforms, growth equity investments, and buyout funds, Victoria understands the unique pressures, pace, and performance expectations of PE environments.

She brings a sharp commercial lens to every mandate, ensuring that People & Talent hires are not only operationally strong but strategically aligned to value creation plans. Her expertise spans Chief People Officers, HR Directors, Talent & Culture leaders, and specialist transformation capability. Whether stabilising a newly acquired asset, scaling a high growth platform, or professionalising people infrastructure ahead of exit, Victoria is known for delivering talent that moves the needle. Driven, insightful, and highly networked across the PE ecosystem, she is trusted by investors, leaders and founders who recognise that the right people are the most powerful lever for portfolio performance.

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How CPO roles in PE backed businesses are going to market

  • Posted juli 15, 2026
Contents Share Private equity moves fast. Value creation timelines are compressed, expectations are high, and every leadership hire carries disproportionate weight across portfolio companies. Within any private equity backed business, the management team is under constant pressure to deliver against the investment thesis – driving valuation, strengthening cash flow, and ultimately improving business performance. Yet, […]

When transformation can’t wait: turning strategy into action with interim HR 

  • Posted juli 14, 2026
Contents Share Transformation has become a constant priority for organisations across Europe. From responding to economic uncertainty and regulatory change to adopting new technologies and meeting evolving workforce expectations, businesses are under growing pressure to adapt quickly. The challenge is no longer defining strategy, but executing it effectively and at pace.  This is where interim […]
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Where should HR leadership sit in a global business? How US and European organisations are taking different approaches

  • Posted juli 8, 2026
Contents Share As organisations expand across markets and regions, the question of where HR leadership should sit is becoming increasingly important. Historically, decisions about the location of senior HR leaders were often influenced by company headquarters or established organisational structures. Today, however, businesses are taking a more strategic approach, aligning HR leadership and broader HR […]
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Global financial services HR trends: reflections from H1 2026

  • Posted juli 3, 2026
Contents Share What does it take to lead the people function globally when change is constant and expectations continue to rise? That was the central theme at a recent Frazer Jones roundtable dinner, where a select group of CHROs from leading financial institutions came together to reflect on the first half of 2026. The conversation […]
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Why HR middle managers are the most overlooked drivers of engagement 

  • Posted juni 16, 2026
Contents Share When organizations talk about employee engagement, attention usually focuses on senior leadership setting the big picture strategy or frontline managers supporting teams in their daily work. Sitting between those two groups are HR middle managers, a group that often has the greatest day to day influence on how engagement initiatives are experienced but receives […]
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How uncertainty, talent, and data are redefining executive pay

  • Posted mei 29, 2026
As the 2026 proxy season winds down, executive compensation discussions are rapidly changing. Pay design, talent retention, disclosure, and technology are no longer separate conversations; they’re converging at the boardroom level.
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From CHRO to the boardroom: why HR leaders make exceptional Non-Executive Directors

  • Posted mei 20, 2026
Contents Share About Carmen Wee Carmen Wee is the Founder and CEO of Carmen Wee & Associates, an HR advisory services firm. An accomplished Global CHRO with over 25 years of international business experience, Carmen has driven large-scale business transformation and change management within fast-growing organisations undergoing complex mergers and acquisitions. She has led large, multicultural […]
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Pay transparency – competing for talent in the UK: winning in the “comparison economy”

  • Posted mei 20, 2026
Contents Share Last week in Bristol, Frazer Jones brought together more than 70 Reward and HR professionals from across Bristol and the South West for a highly engaging session on a topic shaping almost every hiring conversation we see: how organisations compete for talent in the “comparison economy.” Hosted by Mike Doyle, Head of Reward, […]

Modern total rewards: interview with Josh Berkowitz, Head of Compensation, Benefits & HR Infrastructure

  • Posted mei 19, 2026
Contents Share We recently spoke with Josh Berkowitz, Head of Compensation, Benefits and HR Infrastructure at Silver Point Capital.  In his role, Josh oversees the firm’s compensation and benefits strategy alongside its HR infrastructure, supporting the needs of a global workforce and partnering closely with senior leadership.  Over the course of his career, he has built deep expertise across […]

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