Greg Thornton Email & Phone Number

Fleet, Gb

I joined the board as an Independent Governor in June 2022 having been a co-opted member of the Audit & Risk Assurance Committee and attending board meetings since September 2021. I remain a member of that committee and also sit on the Remuneration Committee.

Part of the senior leadership team responsible for Risk Management and Quality Management on a £300m public sector Command and Control System programme.

Fareham

Responsible for maintaining the company’s ISO 9001, 20000 & 27001 integrated management system and the associated certifications. Also improving risk management and assuring quality gate reviews on C2, Cyber and Biometric programmes following traditional and agile life cycles.

My career objective is to use my proven quality assurance and risk management experience and skills to add value to complex global IT bids, and to projects in delivery. I achieve outcomes where risks are: identified and evaluated, have appropriate treatment plans, and most importantly, are managed to closure. By reviewing proposals and contracts I ensure that they are in line with the solution and cost model so that the company is neither contractually nor commercially exposed and the residual risks are understood by the business.• 30+ years IT experience at IBM and Datasolve/Data Sciences across many industry sectors, recently: banking and finance, retail, telcos, utilities and public sector.• Full scope IT Outsourcing Risk Manager for a portfolio of engagements and delivery contracts to $1B+ in value. Identifying and treating contractual, commercial and delivery risks.• Business Process Outsourcing Risk Manager for engagement and delivery. Identifying and treating contractual, commercial and delivery risks.• Quality Assurance for a portfolio of contracts, reviewing and redrafting proposals and contracts so as not to expose the business beyond its risk appetite, and reviewing projects in delivery.• Training and mentoring project and contract staff in quality assurance techniques and process.• Design and implementation of a Quality Management System for a global outsourcing contract.• Troubleshooter who successfully facilitated the completion of a failing large AD/SI project to enable the sale of the business to its management.• Quality Manager/SME for the Datapay ISO 9001 Certification Projects• Project Manager on a Datacentre ISO 9001 Certification Project, implementing a QMS.