As a Senior Director at EMC, I am responsible for steering the strategic direction, growth, and operational excellence across key practice areas. My role involves leading major client engagements, spearheading business development efforts, and driving the firm's thought leadership.• Leading and overseeing consulting projects, making sure they meet client expectations and are delivered on time and within budget.• Developing strategic recommendations that drive significant client value, leveraging my in-depth industry knowledge and consulting expertise.• Ensuring excellence in project delivery, setting high standards for quality, value, and impact.• Serving as the primary point of contact for clients, maintaining senior-level relationships and acting as a trusted advisor on critical business issues and strategic decisions.• Driving the growth and development of the firm’s capabilities by identifying emerging trends and areas for innovation.• Fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning within the firm, enhancing our reputation and capabilities.• Playing a key role in building strategic partnerships and alliances, enhancing the firm’s reach and capabilities.• Leading, mentoring, and developing EMC Consultants, building a strong pipeline of talent within the firm.• Leading senior leadership meetings and contribute to the firm’s strategic planning and decision-making processes.

Senior Managing Consultant – supporting clients in planning, implementing, managing and optimizing capital investment projects in the Infrastructure and Transport sectors. Key client offerings include project review, assurance and turnaround; Project and Program Management Office leadership; complex project implementation and senior stakeholder management. Recently operated between the UAE and South Africa, supporting clients in developing in-house project delivery and risk management capabilities.

Project management consultant assisting private and public sector clients in the delivery of complex business transformation and change programmes across numerous industry sectors. Assignment roles and responsibilities vary from strategic programme support to programme management office (PMO) set-up and operation with specific focus on programme financial, risk and issue management.

• Full-life-cycle project management from Project initiation, planning, execution and control through to Post Investment Review ensuring safe and timely scheme delivery within previously agreed scope and budgets.• Developed key internal stakeholder relationships, interacting with construction, insight, value management, marketing, retail, finance & HR teams during scheme planning, implementation and evaluation. • Effectively pursued and nurtured key working relationships with external Mechanical & Engineering, Design, Architectural, Refrigeration, Shop fixturisation, Planning and Marketing Consultants whilst landing investments.• Developed aptitude and experience across a range of Investment schemes encompassing not only traditional Supermarket retailing but also including Non-food and Clothing new space implementation.• Championed self and peer development through arranging and planning team meetings and remote training facilities.• Regularly reviewed progression and prepared updated spreadsheets, best practice manuals & accurate reports.• Integral member of record breaking store development team which successfully delivered over 1.3 million sq ft of new sales space in 2011/12, with a personal involvement in delivering over 160,000 sq ft with an estimated extra £40 million in extra sales.

• Principal field based liaison between internal and external stakeholders, advising on key aspects of scheme implementation such as resource allocation, financial impact, customer disruption and performance analysis/measurement to ensure delivery of projects 100% to deadline.• Proved a versatile retail professional across a range of tasks developing key leadership behaviours.

• Integral member of industry leading retail graduate programme.• Complete P&L accountability, liaising with internal departments to drive store profits, sales and performance. • Trained and mentored staff & organised/prioritised workloads to achieve all targets within deadline and budgets.• Achieved numerous promotions and rapid progression due to outstanding work, results and high efficiency.