Edward Touche
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Hi, I’m Edward.

I am a trained Detective looking for my next role in HR, where I can put my people and investigation skills to work.

About

I’m a people-focused HR professional looking for my next role in HR. I have an inquisitive, caring nature, and I enjoy building AI solutions. I graduated in Biology in 2020 from the University of Bristol with a 2:1, trained in data science, and joined the Metropolitan Police Service as a Detective Constable.

In that role, I led up to 30 serious and complex investigations at a time, interviewing victims and suspects and protecting vulnerable people from harm. Faced with challenging situations daily, I adapted quickly, stepped up to safeguard victims and built strong cases on their behalf that stood up to scrutiny in court. I worked closely with partner agencies, including local authorities, social services, healthcare professionals, educators and the Crown Prosecution Service, fostering collaboration to achieve positive action.

Since moving into the People Practice, I have upskilled in HR, project management and AI. I am now a Learning and Development team leader at Quilombo UK, where I manage the team, deliver training and run the onboarding process for new starters.

Alongside my CIPD studies, I build small HR apps with AI and data skills (Python, SQL and generative AI) to take the busywork out of recruitment, reward, analytics and employee relations. You can try them below.

I’m now looking for an HR role where I can bring together my investigation background, my Learning and Development experience and my data skills. If you’re hiring, I’d love to hear from you: get in touch.

Away from work, I have a keen interest in all things nerdy. I’m a qualified scuba diver and enjoy boardgames, volunteering, travel, technology, pottery, nature and science.

HR apps I have built

HR teams lose hours to repetitive admin. I built these apps to show how data and AI can take care of the busywork, so people professionals have more time for the human side of the job. Each one is a working demo with made-up example data.

Recruitment

ATS CV Reviewer

Audits a CV against a job description, scores the ATS match, flags missing keywords and rewrites the experience section.

Try the demo → Recruitment

PII Anonymizer

Strips names, contact details, universities and gender markers from CVs for blind hiring, leaving skills and experience intact.

Try the demo → Rewards and benefits

Rewards Benchmarker

Suggests a UK salary band and benefits package for a role, and drafts the business case for the finance committee.

Try the demo → People analytics

People Analytics Auditor

Checks an employee CSV for missing or broken records, ranks them by compliance risk and drafts the follow-up emails.

Try the demo → People analytics

Retention Risk Predictor

Rates an employee’s flight risk from pay, promotion, engagement and commute data, then suggests a 30-day and long-term retention plan.

Try the demo → Employee relations

ER Case Assistant

Turns raw interview and grievance notes into a structured, neutral report with a timeline, risks and next steps.

Try the demo → HR strategy

HR Strategy Co-Pilot

Coaches you through SWOT, PESTLE, the 9-box grid, OKRs and more, one question at a time, and builds the canvas as you go.

Try the demo →

Skills and qualifications

Three years as a Metropolitan Police detective, now applied to HR, people practice and AI.

People

HR and employee relations

  • Investigations and fact-finding
  • Conflict resolution
  • Stakeholder management
  • Wellbeing and duty of care
  • Safeguarding and risk
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • Training and onboarding
Casework

Case management and compliance

  • Up to 30 live cases at once
  • Report writing and documentation
  • Advanced interviewing
  • GDPR and data protection
  • Legal frameworks and disclosure
  • Decisions under pressure
Technology

Data and AI

  • Generative and agentic AI
  • Large language models
  • Building AI tools for HR
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Data analysis
  • Workday HCM
Ways of working

Delivery and influence

  • Agile project management
  • Process improvement
  • Partnership working
  • Communicating with influence
  • Presenting to senior leaders and courts

Degrees

Certifications

Get in touch

Questions, opportunities or just want to say hello? Send me a message.