Jessica Callaghan-Fox Email & Phone Number

Western Cape, South Africa

South Africa

The Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) is the only professional body for directors that is recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) (ID422). The IoDSA is also a promoter of corporate governance in South Africa, serving as convener and secretariat to the King Committee on Corporate Governance; and having ownership of the.

South Africa

Valcare facilitates a thriving membership network consisting of hundreds of NPOs, NGOs and charitable organisations in South Africa.

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Director responsible for all internal and external communications, including all relationships with local and National government departments.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

In 2018 I set up Disrupting Consultancy with the former CEO of Africa's largest technology company, Ian Russell. We focused on the strategy and performance of businesses from every angle, working with Boards and Executive Committees to chart new strategies and plans.Having set up a thriving consulting and professional speaking business, while managing all.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Pukka Chukka was established in 2010, offering a bespoke polo experience, tailored to individual client’s wants and needs.

The Sešego Foundation was established in 2005 to make a sustainable difference in the lives of vulnerable people in Southern Africa. The ethos of the Sešego Foundation is to bring together people willing to offer their time, skills and donations to help various socially significant projects in communities across Southern Africa.http://www.sesegocares.org.za

• A challenging advisory role to assure the delivery of ‘Day One’ on Barclays’ largest ever foreign transaction (£3 billion) and carried out a critical content and process review across 23 workstreams, identifying gaps.
• Managed the central and broader team of 23 workstreams to deliver a successful legal, regulatory, and operationally compliant ‘Day One’.
• Short term post-deal support to ensure the delivery assurance of synergies across a large portfolio of workstreams within the Integration Programme.
• Driving delivery of c£30m of synergies in 2006.
• Driving delivery of workstream plans, proactively identifying and giving additional support where there are performance/delivery issues.

• Roles included: Advisor for Private Equity Carve-out/Separation: multimillion-pound Health Care Deals, UK & US
• Led the development of the overall separation plans and facilitation of detailed workstream plans.
• Managed the separation programmes post completion for the first 90 Days, on time, within budget.
• Coached and challenged workstream leads, tracked and managed performance against plans successfully.
• Reported progress, risks and issues to the Private Equity firm and New Company boards.
• Instrumental in facilitating the transformation from Old Company dependence to a standalone business.

• Roles included:Integration Advisor, Large International Bank, Pensions & Long Term Investments, UK.
• Set up a £42 million Shared Services Programme, resulting from the merger of two banks.
• Developed the transformation Programme Plan and facilitated 14 projects across a team of 60+ consultants, client team members and contractors.Integration Advisor, Large German Bank, Global Financial Markets e-commerce.
• Resolved a number of business critical issues, including governance between legacy teams, cultural differences, and lack of clarity in reporting lines.
• Redesigned the organisational structure and responsibilities, introducing change management techniques to ease implementation. Post Merger Integration Manager, Private Banking subsidiary of a Large International Bank.
• Rapidly established and ran the Programme Office, including the Post Merger Integration Master Plan.

London, United Kingdom

Developed & delivered the process to realised several £million of revenue synergies.Drove the delivery of a £multi-million Programme portfolio of synergies across a number of different businesses post completion.

Head of Strategy and Planning, Personal Customers:Developed an overarching strategy for Personal Customers (>10 M customers).Defined & implemented the Marketing Planning Process across the Personal Customer businesses.Drove Medium Term Planning & Budgeting (to support increasing profit and cost reduction targets).Team leader, responsibilities to motivate.

London, United Kingdom

Developed the strategy to reinvent communications & implemented it to affect 42,000 people.Proposed and realised business case cost savings of £1.8 million.Planning for communications for 65,000 staff. Included budgeting (£15 million).