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Bath, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Portfolio manager responsibilities included strategic business planning, departmental management for a team comprising some 25 - 30 members of staff and sub-contractors, operations management to business targets and delivery to client requirements for the UK MOD surface ships market and management of one of BMT’s largest portfolio in the consulting business.

Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil

Interim General Manager - NavCon, Equipment manufacturer to offshore Oil & Gas IndustrySubsidiary of BMT, Sao Jose Dos Campos, BrazilAssumed general management responsibilities for profitable operation of NavCon during transfer of company ownership to BMT. Duties included effective corporate governance and conducting value chain analysis to create an organisational transformation programme to enhance company performance under the new ownership of BMT. Organisational areas of particular attention include:Organisational restructuring to accommodate ownership changes and succession planning,Project management and financial control processes,Staff development and performance management,Managing cultural change to promote devolution of responsibility and authority,Business planning and performance projections.

Bath, United Kingdom

Contracts with UK MoD Naval Design Partnership to develop programme cost forecasts for the Type 45 destroyer sustainment programme and future Fleet Solid Support (FSS) concept design programme, including option analysis, risk analysis and investigations into international labour costs and shipyard efficiency rates to inform international build considerations.Contracts with Astute Attack Submarine and Successor project teams to develop robust project cost forecasts and assumptions management to support the project team's (PT) Review Note, Business Case submission and budgetary process.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Programme Support Office (PSO) responsibilities in managing the Demonstrator Programme included: annual business plan production, performance monitoring processes and reporting to Senior Management (financial and milestone progress), introducing programme governance (Independent Peer Reviews and Periodic Reviews) and risk management processes. Provided quantitative analysis for Senior MoD level programme decision making (options analysis, savings targets and impact statements).

Bristol, United Kingdom

Conducted independent cost estimating (ICE) and historical trend analysis (HTA) of future Naval programme, including destroyers, frigates, and support vessels. Provided programme option analysis and cost forecasts for acquisition and support of Future Surface Combatant (Now Type 26). Supported MoD Centre sponsored Maritime Coherency Studies aimed at understanding an enterprise view of the fleet and long term affordability planning.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Joined the company as production engineer, enjoyed rapid career progression and assumed increasing responsibility in the production and research & development departments. In position of Operations Director, had a strategic role of integrating the development and production departments, and business development through bespoke projects. Had wide-ranging responsibility for the establishment and implementation of board level strategy and the running of the production and R&D aspects of the organisation.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Airstream Group PLC designed and manufactured specialist emergency fire and smoke extraction systems for industrial and retail installations. Designed and introduced a new range of smoke extraction products with a variety of electrical and mechanical control devices. Working closely with customers and suppliers, new versions provided a greater product range, enhanced performance and improved aesthetics.

Harare, Zimbabwe

David’s background is practical experience in Mechanical and Process Plant Engineering gained through a hands-on engineering trainee sponsorship programme followed by plant engineering supervisory management. Processes included: Plant engineering and maintenance, refrigeration & stream generation, heavy process plant and systems, refurbishment and modification programmes.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, Merit

MBA was achieved through part-time evening course study.

Diploma In Management Studies, Business Administration And Management, General, Pass

Diploma was achieved through part-time study attending UWE evening courses

Hnd Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Distinction

Programme of study was sponsored by the Cold Storage Commission (CSC), with secondments to regional factories to gain practical experience.