Vitek Sobr
Vitek Sobr
Founder · Director of Reward

Hi, I'm Vitek.

I started my career in reward on the client side, working directly for the businesses that needed the help. I loved it - genuinely, love-at-first-sight stuff, though I didn't know enough yet to know how much I didn't know. It was too early to make it my whole career, so I went in-house, where I could be as useful as possible while I learned.

From analyst to Director, that's what I kept doing: people data, then systems and operations, then process, then development and analytics, and lately AI. I write the code myself - R, Python, SQL, Power BI - because I'd rather build the answer than commission it.

What I enjoyed most, through all of it, was working directly with businesses again. Resolve Reward is that: working with businesses, building reward solutions that actually work, so you can get back to running yours.

Most recently Director of Reward & People Information at Marston's PLC, an 11,000-employee UK pub company. Seven employers, one specialism - the ladder below carries the rest of the argument.

16
countries reward delivered across
1,000s
of roles benchmarked - 90 in a single day at the busiest point
<10 to 11,000
people, smallest organisation to largest
6
sectors: hospitality, pharma, professional services, banking, FMCG, education

Your options, honestly

Before the case studies - because you should be able to place me against the alternatives before you read a single project.

What you need Do nothing Hire permanently Big consultancy Resolve Reward
Speed to get moving None Months of recruiting Weeks of scoping Days
Who touches the work Nobody One person, once hired A team, often junior on delivery Me
Cost to start £0, problem stays A full salary, year-round: a UK Reward Manager averages £88,786 before employer NIC and pension Around £555 a day is the market median for one HR consultant; a consultancy bills a team of them, for weeks A fixed price, agreed before we start
Right for Nothing urgent Full-time, ongoing volume A large, multi-workstream transformation One clear problem, solved and handed back
After the project Gap remains Stays on payroll regardless Team rotates to the next account I step back, you keep the diagnosis

Speed to get moving

Do nothing
None
Hire perm
Months of recruiting
Consultancy
Weeks of scoping
Resolve
Days

Who touches the work

Do nothing
Nobody
Hire perm
One person, once hired
Consultancy
A team, often junior on delivery
Resolve
Me

Cost to start

Do nothing
£0, problem stays
Hire perm
A full salary, year-round: a UK Reward Manager averages £88,786 before employer NIC and pension
Consultancy
Around £555 a day is the market median for one HR consultant; a consultancy bills a team of them, for weeks
Resolve
A fixed price, agreed before we start

Right for

Do nothing
Nothing urgent
Hire perm
Full-time, ongoing volume
Consultancy
A large, multi-workstream transformation
Resolve
One clear problem, solved and handed back

After the project

Do nothing
Gap remains
Hire perm
Stays on payroll regardless
Consultancy
Team rotates to the next account
Resolve
I step back, you keep the diagnosis

If your reward workload is genuinely a full-time job, hire permanently. I'll tell you that on the call too, not just here.

Salary figure: Reed UK average for Reward Manager, checked August 2026. Day rate: ITJobsWatch UK median for HR Consultant, August 2026.

The work

Credentials

  • CIPD Level 7 qualified, Associate member
  • MSc Human Resource Management, University of Birmingham
  • BA Business, University of Birmingham

Proof in progress

References and LinkedIn recommendations are available on request - real ones only, which is why this section is still filling in.

No client quotes here yet - Resolve Reward is new, and I will not write one for myself. Ask on the call and I'll walk you through a redacted grading structure and board paper from a real pay cycle - the format your own would arrive in.

Get in touch

The projects above are the ones I'd point to if you asked why you should trust me with yours. Book 20 minutes and bring your actual problem.