Founder and Director

• Jan 2020 - Present

Building businesses for a sustainable future. Experienced management consultant, specialising in programme delivery, planning and programme mobilisation. Building businesses for a sustainable future. Experienced management consultant, specialising in programme delivery, planning and programme mobilisation.

Head of PMO and Planning CiFD Transformtion

• Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

Programme Planner - Rose

• Feb 2019 - Nov 2019

Head Of Planning MBNA Intergration

• Feb 2017 - Feb 2019

Head of Planning IT Transformation

• Nov 2015 - Jan 2017

Head of Planning - Talk Talk Consumer Revolution

• Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

Head of Planning - Bupa UK

• Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

PMO Consultant / Business Analyst

• Mar 2008 - Oct 2008

As a lead member of the Programme Management Office for the £80M GRCBT Barclaycard portfolio, I was tasked with reporting project and service data to senior stakeholders. My main duties also included the offshoring of project, finance and service reports to Pune India as part of a Barclaycard Technology Office COO cost saving initiative. This included the creation of MI packs designed to give a comprehensive view of all managed projects and services under the Barclaycard Technology Office on a weekly basis. Core Responsibilities Managed project financials for Barclaycard cluster, including budgeting and forecasting, monitoring, challenging and reporting costs and liaison with the central finance functions on many detailed processes Design and implementation of BTO MI pack for senior stakeholders whilst monitoring under ongoing change control Project managed offshoring of MI reports to India mplemented and maintained the change control process for the clusters reporting, liaised with lead technical partners and maintained the Change log Collated project reports and ensured compliance with defined governance standards, effective management reporting processes in order to collate and distribute management packs up to senior stakeholders Provided, governed and analysed in-depth Resource Planning used to improve efficiency and productivity across the projects, highlighting hot and cold spots during project and programme lifecycle. Data quality was maintained though effective relationships with project managers, supply representatives and the internal finance department Show less

PMO Manager

• 2006 - 2008

Core Responsibilities Assisting project managers in drafting key documentation Providing advice and guidance on individual project proposals and plans. Producing planned and updated programme summary reports, including cost breakdowns Developed and implemented effective management reporting processes in order to collate and distribute MI packs to senior stakeholders including: o Demand vs. Budget by project, month, volume and resource type o Actual spend calculated using resource time recording data, subsequently releasing accrued funds o Milestone delivery which provided visibility and triggering for key programme dates o Identified, tracked and mitigated risks and issues working with project teams and through individual meetings with project managers o Accuracy of time recording data monitored and improved when necessary Ensured Best Practice was adhered to outside of the programme by rolling out and working with other areas of IT to implement what the C&E programme had, including lessons learnt Monitoring and expediting the process for IT and office infrastructure ordering through good communications with key service providers Implemented and maintained the change control process for the project, liased with technical leads and maintained the change log Rolled out project level plans into programme level plans and tracked and reported on key deliverables Identified, tracked and mitigated risks and issues working with project teams and through individual meetings with project managers Show less