Greg Cook Email & Phone Number

Princes Risborough, Gb

Coventry, United Kingdom

Head of PMOResponsible for change delivery prioritisation and delivery performance across all business functions.Accountable to COO, CIO, CPO, CCO for aligned change projects delivered on time, to budget and to quality ensuring strong RoI on the corporate business scorecard.Lead for the strategic portfolio of project and programme investment, review, reporting and standardisation.Responsible for the professional development of a highly motivated team of 30+ Project and Programme Managers, Business Analysts and Change ManagersActive member of Guiding Coalition supporting Customer Journey team implementation and Continuous Improvement;External engagement lead for 5 Supplier of Last Resort customer onboarding activities, dealing with 5 companies and 4 different insolvency administrators and Ofgem. leading to the successful onboarding of 650,000 customers within a few months.Accountable delivery lead for the majority of major programmes and projects across the company including a significant systems, processes and people transformation over the past 3 years. including moving from on premise data centres to an AWS cloud centric strategy, implementation of new CRM Salesforce system, management of legacy in-house developed technology stack and integration with Shell parent company systems as well as Risk and governance frameworks.

Bicester

Non Executive Director, most recently covering COVID planning, continuity advice through 10 months of on/off closures and dealing with zero revenue periods. NED roles I could not have foreseen but to see a business come out fighting is wonderful.A significant step forward from the business aspects of start-up planning, funding, implementation and the ongoing management of a successful franchise business. My main role is still supporting and challenging the owners and board directors in reviewing performance and planning for the expansion of the business following highly successful initial trading years. Advising the owners on post-Covid business restructure and next steps transition planning as well as long-term strategy analysis.Assisting the owners with re-investment decision profiling.Supporting owners through sale of the business as a profitable enterprise - Completed,

Coventry

Accountable to the First Utility executive for delivery of major projects associated with UK wide Smart Metering roll out. Including collaboration opportunities leveraged from all aspects of the smart metering programme. Smart Metering Programme Director covering CIO audit; Ofgem and BEIS reporting; internal transformation and external partner engagement and management. Delivered the Nexus project for First Utility including active participation in the industry wide Risk and Issues Group. Exploring the Future - directly supporting regulatory changes such as Faster Switching. Proactive drive to reduce energy consumption and a reduction in net carbon footprint through New Product Development.

London, United Kingdom

Helping businesses improve their performance and transform through insightful partnerships built on trust and quality of delivery.Client Engagement Director, focusing on building partnerships and delivering quality results for all our clients through positive relationship management. My current client base is focussed in aviation and construction including Gatwick Airport, the CAA, Taylor Wimpey and Amey. Member of CGI's inaugural Leadership and Talent programmeBusiness Change Team Leader for major multi-site Microsoft Dynamics 2012 ERP implementation (overseas Europe).Programme director for new system launch.

Air Command, Overseas, Raf Lyneham

Direction, Leadership and Management of, and logistic support to, all Royal Air Force UK and Global Operations. Notably Volcanic Ash emergency policy response, national military Snow and Ice clearance operations and policy, UK Search and Rescue operations and all operational support to RAF operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and the Falkland Islands.Minister Of Defence Liaison and Policy teamOfficer Commanding 47 Squadron

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

Multi-department director. Directly responsible for leadership of all operational tasking, risk management and mitigation, Flight Safety reporting and investigation, immediate incident response teams and flying supervision for all Hercules and Tornado missions. Direction and leaderships of diverse teams including multi-national support to flying operations, logistic support personnel and local national labour requirements. Delivery of bespoke air support solutions for Multi-national land operations. International engagement with Key NATO nations delivered improved working relationships and increased productivity.

Responsible for UK Military Liaison and Policy production on numerous Afghanistan issues, notably linking into NATO, SHAPE and UK based Embassies , Counter Narcotics policy and operations, all Air and Aviation support to regional operations. Responsibilities included strategy development, Multi-national policy negotiations, preparation and delivery of internal and external briefings and presentation on a wide range of strategy issues.

Ma, Defence Studies, International Studies

Post Graduate Diploma, Acca Financial Management, Pass

Activities and Societies: ACCA Dip FM (post graduate)

Senior Leadership Course, Leadership

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