Experience

Punter Southall

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Apr 2023 - Present

  Leading a group of End User Service and Infrastructure Operations professionals, supporting a diverse group of companies in the Financial Services Sector.Software development, Project and Programme Management skills within the group are used to support the business units in managing change.

• • Jul 2019 - Apr 2023

• • Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  Heading up a team of Project Managers, Business Relationship Managers, Business Analysts and developers providing technology change for the operating companies in the Punter Southall Group. Shaping, developing and managing the pipeline, setting up IT related projects and allocating project management resource. Staff development, departmental goals, vision and strategy for the team. People Management, resource management, escalation management, supplier relationship management, contract negotiations, contract interpretation, arbitration services, reconciliation and advocacy. Show less



Grudwell Coaching

• Career Coach

  • Oct 2019 - Apr 2023

  Grudwell Coaching specialises in Career Change coaching - specifically working with Mid-Life Corporate professionals to understand their options and get a handle on their transferrable skills to help them figure out what sort of role(s) they could look to move into in the short, medium or long term. Grudwell Coaching specialises in Career Change coaching - specifically working with Mid-Life Corporate professionals to understand their options and get a handle on their transferrable skills to help them figure out what sort of role(s) they could look to move into in the short, medium or long term.



Guardian Financial Services

• United Kingdom
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Programme Manager [Secondment]

  • May 2022 - Dec 2022

  On secondment to Guardian - a company in the Punter Southall group - a short term assignment to assist Guardian in pulling together their 3yr plan. Specifically concentrating on the products, service enhancements and operational efficiency improvements they are looking to make in 2022. Facilitating workshops to define the products and services. Helping the teams size the effort involved in delivery; understand the resource requirements - both in terms of human resources and system/environment resource requirements; determine the need for third party engagement and develop, from that information, the likely costs. The next step will be to establish the relative priorities of the projects that emerge and develop a delivery schedule against which to deliver the portfolio. Show less



The Open University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Governance Lead, MSQ

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  Putting in place portfolio governance for the tactical work stream of a larger transformation programme. Putting in place portfolio governance for the tactical work stream of a larger transformation programme.



RELX

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2014 - Aug 2017

  Managed a portfolio of change projects and programs through a team of infrastructure project and program managers across geographies and time zones around the world. Project Budget varied between $98m and $130m at any given time.

• • Jan 2009 - Dec 2013



Elsevier

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology Delivery Manager

  • Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

  Managed a team of developers, business analysts, change managers, application support staff, testers (54 in total) and managed a departmental budget in excess of £8.5m p.a. Managed a team of developers, business analysts, change managers, application support staff, testers (54 in total) and managed a departmental budget in excess of £8.5m p.a.



Mercer HR Consulting

• IT Quality and Compliance Manager

  • 2004 - 2006



AXA UK

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner Relationship Manager

  • Sep 2001 - Apr 2004



BAX Global

• European Project Assurance Manager

  • 1999 - 2001



EPG Solutions

• Quality Manager, then Marketing Manager

  • 1997 - 1999



IBM

• Business Support Centre

  • 1985 - 1990