Shirley Parsons is the world's leading Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality & Sustainability professional services business. Our mission is simple; to help create a better, safer and more sustainable world.As Director of Consulting at Shirley Parsons, I lead the development and growth of our consulting services across the Americas, focused on delivering exceptional value in Environmental, Health, Safety (EHS), and Sustainability solutions. My role bridges strategic leadership, client engagement, and operational execution, driving measurable impact for clients across diverse industries.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Growth: Build and expand our consulting services portfolio, aligning offerings with market needs while fostering cross-functional collaboration between consulting and recruitment teams.Team Leadership: Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of EHS and sustainability consultants, enabling career growth and excellence in service delivery.Business Development: Cultivate client relationships, develop sales pipelines, and secure high-value projects by leveraging industry expertise and international networks.Service Excellence: Oversee key accounts, ensuring quality and consistency in project delivery. Conduct hands-on, fee-earning work as a subject matter expert when needed.Performance Management: Achieve ambitious revenue and profitability goals, consistently delivering results that exceed client and organizational expectations.

Business Unit Operational Leader for BSI Consulting Operations to include P&L, Sales, and Staff Management. Manage complex projects of professionals with annual project budget accountability. Track record of meeting/exceeding personal revenue, sales, and other key performance targets. Works with key clients to ensure implementation of EHS management systems and standards. Client Steward for key accounts in the high technology, ICT, semiconductor, datacenter, chemical, facility management, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, university, and healthcare verticals. Responsible for client excellence, expansion, and operational service delivery.

Responsible for driving the success and growth of the Safety, Health, and Wellness Practice to include subject matter experts in Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, Emergency Response, and Construction. Responsibilities Included operational and financial performance, defining roles and responsibilities, building capacity, quality, brand reputation, and mentoring of staff. Responsible for the development, facilitation, and implementation of EHS programs, with the objective to proactively reducing risks and ensuringcompliance with regulations and prevent liabilities.

Responsible for applying advanced knowledge of EHS expertise to solve complex issues for global key accounts. Team Lead for consultants exercising significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine the best methods for accomplishing work and achieving objectives. Responsible for various clients initiating cross-functional initiatives.

Directed and managed EHS and risk functions for clients to assure alignment of key processes. Responsibilities included regulatory compliance, gap assessments, program development, elements of performance, business continuity, emergency response, and the development of corporate strategies.Directed and managed compliance risk regulatory inspections, fire life safety assessments, design reviews, program development, risk management, and training. Support included interactions with state and/or federal government bodies and the handling of non-conformances and violations. Established regulatory compliance priorities, defined roles and responsibilities, and created a system of accountability. Advised executive and senior leadership interpreting regulatory standards.

Responsible for the revenue and sales, defining roles and responsibilities, accountability, staff development, and strategic vision to include marketing and branding efforts for the region.

Lead for broad-based EHS consulting project teams for clients. Creates and sustains positive client relationships and customer care to ensure a consistently high level of satisfaction. Tracked, reviewed, consulted, and implemented EHS regulations, promulgated by country, state/province and local regulatory authorities for activities, including those at customer sites.