Head Of Commercial (UK)

• Jul 2021 - Present

Commercial Manager - Aviation

• Aug 2017 - Jul 2021

Heading the commercial and contracts function within the airports division, across multiple sites and clients and with a wide team base. Works include long term strategic and maintenance and frameworks with key clients and ad-hoc schemes including repeat and standalone projects. Delivery on a variety of stand and bespoke contract forms, including NEC and JCT. Process and governance review and compliance Client and Customer collaboration and development. Business strategy and planning Front end project provision, including pre-qualification, tendering/estimating, negotiation and financial close Risk identification, capture, management and closeout. Management of divisional commercial team, including recruitment, performance management and training. Show less

Associate Director

• Jun 2013 - Jul 2017

Commercial Lead - Baggage PortfolioResponsible for commercial management of all baggage projects at Heathrow, within the Q6 Framework. Comprising of 6 separate projects, totalling £110m and administered by differing contracts, this portfolio covered works through to 2020. Deliverables included whole project life cycle, including cost planning commercial management and final accountsHead of Cost Planning Services - Q6 Lot 2Cost Integration Services for the provision of all development works across Terminals 3 & 5, with a value of £230m across five years. Working with Heathrow Airport, Programme Designers and Cost Consultant to develop Business Cases to a point where they can be issued to Works Teams for delivery.Responsibilities include provision of client advice on costs, procurement, risk and delivery; working with internal and external stakeholders to achieve best value with ingrained quality and to constrained schedule requirements; high level cost planning and benchmarking; forecasting and cashflow management; market reporting and workload managing; interfacing with works team during project delivery and client and Senior Director reporting.Commercial Lead - T3 Integrated BaggageResponsible for commercial team within complex multi-faceted project, across 5 workstreams and clients. Operational critical project, with delivery linked to wider campus milestones and phasing, including heavy baggage system integration and stakeholder involvementResponsibilities include overall commercial management and contract administration within team; upstream reporting; development of, and project delivery within, commercial strategy; headline client interfacing and reporting; wider team assurance process, risk management, sub-contract and consultant procurement and delivery.Included management and mentoring of commercial team, including Senior and Graduate rolesIdentification and negotiation of additional work, within constrained programme and operational needs. Show less

Commercial Manager

• Oct 2008 - Jun 2013

Commercial Manager - Aviation; Heathrow & Gatwick.Delivery of consultancy and construction projects with values from £1.5 - £20m. Responsible for all commercial and contractual aspects of the projects, including upstream and downstream contracts, change management, cost and value reconciliation, client and directorial reporting and cost planning.Projects included construction of new control post, internal terminal fit out and refurbishment, consultancy services for pre-construction planning and installation of new baggage system. Show less

Quantity Surveyor

• Apr 2003 - Oct 2008

Project QS - Skanska UK (Public) Lead Commercial on projects within Public sector division, including £5m Youth Custodial Centre and £15m Fire Control Centre. Project QS - Skanska UK (Public) Lead Commercial on projects within Public sector division, including £5m Youth Custodial Centre and £15m Fire Control Centre.