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Meet some of our public sector consultancy team

Richard Ward

Richard Ward

Director

  • Over thirty years of experience facilitating strategic change in housing and social care.
  • Highly skilled problem solver with the ability to develop ownership and partnerships.
  • Original architect of the Resident Involvement Framework which is recognised by the Housing Corporation as a preferred model for Housing Associations.

Colin Brookman

Colin Brookman

  • Twenty plus years of senior executive level experience in the IT outsourcing industry.
  • Extensive capability on strategy development and change programmes.
  • Strong people and customer focus underpinning a drive to deliver business solutions in areas such as operational, commercial and financial performance.
  • Can demonstrate sustainable benefits for clients in the local government, housing and third sectors in strategy development, performance improvement and procurement.
Ben Dogley

Ben Dogley

  • Over 15 years of consulting experience in the public and commercial sectors.
  • Broad experience from police and education in the public sector to banking and telecommunications in the commercial sector.
  • Management expertise forged through experience in consulting, line management and a MBA from Manchester Business School.
Neil Mathieson

Neil Mathieson

  • Highly skilled in analysis of business data and its interpretation into meaningful information.
  • Many years experience in improving visibility and clarity of social services departments’ performance.
  • Expert in private sector customer surveys and waste audits.

Barbara Spittle

Barbara Spittle

  • Over 10 years experience as a Chief Officer in local government with substantial knowledge of education, social care, housing and leisure.
  • Skilled at building effective teams, ensuring that services are client focused and achieving continuous improvement.
  • Understands the demands of community engagement, performance management, delivering complex projects and multi-agency working.
  • Can demonstrate success in introducing modern procurement and commissioning processes across the not-for-profit sector.


 
  • Experienced consultant who can also draw on twenty-three years’ senior management experience in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
  • Has held senior roles, including that of Chief Executive of a professional body and operational roles.
  • Consultancy clients have included police forces, health providers (NHS and independent sector), utility companies and professional representative bodies.
  • Highly skilled at guidance on strategic planning, strategy development and organisational objectives.

 

  • 16 years experience working in social services, up to and including senior operational management roles; managed large numbers of services and staff working across multiple sites; extensive collaborative roles with the NHS.
  • 17 years experience as a management consultant in the health, social care and voluntary sector involving strategy creation, development and review and service development.
  • A strategic thinker, policy developer and implementer, with a proven track record of managing complex, high level projects in multi-agency environments.
  • Comprehensive understanding of health and social care policy and practice.
  • An expert procurement professional with over 30 years working in within both public and private arena.
  • Impressive experience with procurement strategies, best practice methodologies and supporting technologies.
  • Involved in a number of big projects in telecommunications and the NHS, problem solving and creating a succession of business improvements.

  • More than 25 years experience of working in the public sector, including central governments, NDPBs, local authorities and education.
  • Exceptional skills in performance improvement, strategy development, options appraisal and financial management
  • Skills honed after many years in senior positions within KPMG

  • Twenty-seven years automotive industry experience in UK and Germany covering all disciplines from R&D to supply chain strategy.
  • Consistent track record of leading change and process improvement ‘on the job’.
  • Consulting experience with a variety of private and public sector clients improving business focus and bottom line performance using lean thinking and other best practice methodologies.
  • Accomplished facilitator, coach and project manager, capable of harnessing the skills and experience of multi-functional teams

 

  • Thirty years working at a senior level across a range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, aviation and IT.
  • Highly skilled at international business procurement, transformation and change management.
  • Experienced at developing and implementing business solutions that create bottom line benefits

 

       
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