About Viridian HR

We help international businesses achieve their goals through French HR support for their local entity. We help our clients in a similar way to an internal HR team and aim to bring them peace of mind when coming across French HR challenges.

Karine Lipinski founded Viridian HR Ltd in 2015 and Viridian HR SAS in 2023.

With HR expertise in both France and the UK, many of our clients initially contact us to deal with the legal differences between the two countries and the associated complexities in the day-to-day running of their business. As part of our extended team, we are supported by a French lawyer.

We pride ourselves on giving pragmatic French HR advice that takes into account the fact that clients operate in culturally different work environments.

Our experience in France spans across a variety of industries, collective bargaining agreements, business sizes and structures. To know more about our clients and how we have helped them, please read the testimonials on our Home and Services Page.

If you’re looking for expertise in French Human Resources, look no further. We’d be delighted to help!

About our Team

Karine Lipinski, Chartered FCIPD – Principal Consultant

After almost 20 years of intense experience in Human Resources and People Management at all levels, Karine Lipinski founded Viridian HR to meet the HR needs of other Senior Executives. Her approach to HR is very much driven by commercial goals and as such operates in the mindset of a true HR Business Partner.

As part of her background, Karine has gained international experience and is culturally integrated in both the UK and France with a French Law degree and Master’s Degrees in Human Resources in both countries.

Before founding Viridian HR, she supported a number of well established organisations such as Photobox, EnGlobe, Renault and Telelogic (now part of IBM) and is comfortable working in post-merger and acquisition environments with all the challenges that they bring. As a person, Karine is highly organised, pragmatic, passionate, approachable and transparent which makes it easy to relate to her.

As well as running Viridian HR, Karine is involved in other volunteering causes. As such, she is also the Vice-Chair of the CIPD Chiltern Branch, and regularly mentors other HR professionals. Her interests are diverse and, as well as appreciating literature of the 19th Century, she enjoys a good MMORPG. To see more about her, please visit her LinkedIn profile.

Baptiste Marais – Senior HR Consultant

Baptiste has nearly 20 years of experience in management, customer relations, and operational human resources management.

After graduating from Sciences Po Lyon and obtaining a postgraduate degree in communication, he has worked in companies of various sizes, from start-ups to multinationals.

The different positions he has held have convinced him of the importance of the human factor in the economic results of organisations and the advantages of a simple and transparent relationship between employees.

Baptiste has been living in the UK for over 3 years and is passionate about the cultural aspects of expatriation.

Visit Baptiste’s LinkedIn profile to find out more.

Stéphanie Gomes– HR Consultant

Stéphanie brings five years of hands-on generalist experience in human resources, having worked for a variety of companies and industries including temporary employment agencies, startups, and medium-sized to large organisations. Starting in recruitment after her Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management at IGS-RH in Paris, she quickly transitioned to diverse HR roles, drawn to the perspective of varied challenges. She has always been passionate about human resources.

Having relocated to the UK in 2023, Stéphanie is now enjoying the chance to embrace a new lifestyle and immerse herself in a different culture.

Visit Stéphanie’s LinkedIn profile to find out more.

Emmanuelle Sutton – HR Assistant

Emmanuelle brings over 15 years of experience in marketing, customer service, and training within the IT industry. She has held the role of European Training Manager for a major American IT company, overseeing the delivery of technical training across Europe.

Educated at university level, Emmanuelle has lived in England for over 30 years. She is fully integrated into both British and French cultures and is fluent in both languages.

In addition to her corporate experience, Emmanuelle spent 15 years working in the UK education sector, working in both private and state schools preparing students for their GCSE and A-Level French exams.

Passionate about teaching, she also tutors adult learners looking to improve their French language skills. To learn more about her, please visit her LinkedIn profile.