Team Mauve's Santa Slays and Grinch Gripes of 2024

2024 was a brilliant year for Mauve Group, with our global team going from strength to strength. With colleagues all around the world, some of the Mauve team got together to share some of our highs and lows from an exciting 12 months.

In keeping with the festive spirit, the things we enjoyed most about the year are our Santa Slays, and the things we weren’t so thrilled about are our Grinch Gripes!

So, without further ado, let’s hear from Team Mauve about its reflections on 2024!

Ellie Simmons – PR & Communications Executive

Santa Slay

My highlight of the year has been the increased collaboration with colleagues across departments in 2024. It’s been a pleasure working with Teresa Lewis (Business Development Executive and Country Representative for Ireland) on our ongoing partnership with the All-Ireland Business Fund and the University of Limerick, driving the research project on the internationalisation of small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

I have also enjoyed partnering with Nic Gan (Business Development Team Manager, Asia) to present our HR Star Awards submission to the judges in Singapore and collaborating with Lorna (Compliance Director) and Chris Williams (Global People & Culture Director) to provide expert insights for HR Magazine.

Grinch Gripe

My Grinch Gripe is trying to keep a straight face on video calls when pets decide to make a guest appearance. It's too hard not to ask for the valuable input of our furry office colleagues!

Laura-Blaise McDowell – Content and Copywriting Executive

Santa Slay

My Santa Slay this year was working with such an amazing team and having a brilliant meet-up in Budapest. I really enjoyed all the team collaboration this year on things like the whitepapers, article pitches, and newsletters as well and I feel like getting to have time together in person definitely allows us to reach our potential as a team!

Grinch Gripe

My Grinch Gripe in 2024 was not having enough hours in the day! There are so many cool opportunities for creativity and new projects that I found myself wishing for more time to do every new idea that came up!

Abi Streeton – Global Account Manager

Santa Slay

I really enjoyed getting to connect face-to-face with so many colleagues and clients this year. I had the pleasure of representing Mauve at numerous UK education events, and met up with my team in person at our annual team meet-up, which was in Budapest this year.

Grinch Gripe

Getting conned by the exchange rates in Budapest and buying a rather expensive wooden Santa by accident!

Irene Hamer – Client Liaison

Santa Slay

I was so happy to get to meet part of our small but mighty team in the flesh in Istanbul at our team meet-up. It was great to meet my colleagues Melinda Wheatley and Matthew Jones in person.

Grinch Gripe

I didn't get to meet my colleague Kate Geluk this year as I’d hoped. Hopefully, 2025 will allow us to meet in person!

Teresa Lewis – Business Development Executive and Country Rep for Ireland

Santa Slay

My Santa Slay this year was definitely meeting up with the Sales team at our team meet-up in Budapest. Seeing everyone in person was great.

Grinch Gripe

My Grinch Gripe this year was Storm Darragh disrupting things, so a number of people couldn't make the Mauve Christmas event in York!

Thanks to the team for sharing their Santa Slays and Grinch Gripes of 2024!

Mauve's 2024 Santa Slay

As a global employment solutions provider and pioneer of flexible working, Mauve knows the value of ensuring globally distributed teams feel connected. This is evident in how many of the Mauve team noted meeting each other in person as one of their highlights of the year!

One of our highlights as a company this year was winning or being finalists for a number of awards. These accolades showcase our dedication to providing state-of-the-art global employment solutions, empowering organisations of all sizes to achieve global mobility while remaining connected.

We were finalists in for the International Impact Award at the Wales Technology Awards, for the Excellence in Global Mobility Award at the Relocate Awards, for The PIE PIEoneer of the Year Awards, Best Flexible Working Strategies at the HR Star Awards Singapore, and the Best Hybrid Working at the Personnel Today Awards.

Our CEO Ann Ellis won the Institute of Directors' 'International Director of the Year' award and 'Employer of Record Provider of the Year' at the HRM Asia Readers' Choice Awards.

To find out how Mauve can leverage our 28 years of experience in the global employment solutions field to help you on your global mobility journey in 2025, contact our team today!