Jon Mcgregor Email & Phone Number

Tonbridge, GB

United Kingdom

• Promoted to lead a new cluster (division) bringing together Kiwa Product Compliance, Kiwa Electrical Compliance and BASEC with a head count of more than 150 and a turnover in excess of £20m. The cluster has operations.
• Delivered on budget performance for the cluster in 2023
• Introduced a Cluster Leadership Team to immediately start building the cluster identity and facilitate integration
• Championed Business Partnering and been a keen sponsor of all HR, and other Central Services, initiatives
• Instigated cross cluster collaboration, and resource sharing, on areas such as sales, governance and KPI monitoring
• Initiated a change programme shifting to a sales lead approach

Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

• Leading a team across three continents delivering Global Market Access for electronic and radio frequency devices across a range of industries including consumer products, enterprise solutions, automotive, retail.
• Initiated a cultural change programme, focused on empowering and upskilling managers and teams and ensuring that everyone feels welcome and valued
• Aligned roles and management structure with an inherited, partially complete restructure
• Defined multiyear strategy
• Introduced performance management process aligning Kiwa’s global strategy, to KPC’s and to personal targets for all staff members
• Rebranded to match parent company

London, England, United Kingdom

• I brought together two partners to invest in a special purpose vehicle to buy and recycle old vessels during the pandemic downturn. My role was largely as an instigator of the investment and non-executive director.
• Led the preparation of towed vessels, defined the scope of work, oversaw contractors, and delivered on time and on budget.
• Purchased an anchor handler conducts tows for third parties and our own recycling projects
• Raised working capital - formed a consortium of investors with three main partners
• Manages compliance issues – Class, Flag and Marine Warranty
• Negotiated legal agreements

United Kingdom

EBT is my investment and consultancy vehicle. I am currently working on a number of projects ranging from recycling of ships to consulting on improving operational efficiency and profitability of various clients in the marine, offshore energy and onshore engineering industries.

Tonbridge, England, United Kingdom

• Promoted to lead the company as the first Managing Director to succeed the founder. Jee is an established, independent firm of engineering consultants, providing integrated subsea engineering and training services, to.
• Consistently met or beat budget: o Implemented a growth strategy to target new geographies (Africa, Russia and Caspian) resulting in 25% sales growth in first year and less reliance on the North Sea. o North Sea.
• Increased staff engagement from 65% to 76%
• Lead the implementation of online services including Sharepoint (for Jee’s Intranet), Project Online and PowerBi for various business intelligence reports – reduced reporting costs by up to 90% and led to near real.
• Strategy – defining the medium to long term strategies of the business
• Profit & Loss – managing the budgeting and reforecasting for all Business Units, contract and rate reviews and associated negotiations with clients

Aberdeen And Tonbridge, United Kingdom

• Board member, responsible for the Operations, Sales and Business Development and Full P&L Accountability for the Jee's Engineering Division.Board level appointment accountable for company performance, including.
• Ensured company’s survival despite a 55% drop in revenue due to oil price collapse;
• Restructured division to focus business on four key service lines: Design, Integrity Management, Pigging and Late Life. Introduced a horizontal function for project management;
• Overhauled sales process and introduced a consultative sales approach using Miller Heiman’s Strategic and conceptual selling frameworks and techniques. This led to a doubling of monthly sales and increased market share;
• Let excess office space to reduce costs for the company;
• Executed a cost saving programme including closing an office, targeted salary reductions and redundancies (reducing head count by 50%), to bring company to a cash neutral position (annual savings of £2mil on a company.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Employed to set up an Aberdeen based business, primarily offering HSE and Technical Safety Services to the Aberdeen offshore industry. Additional duties providing a focal point for all Oil and Gas services offerings in the UK and expanding HSE services into renewable energy projects.Royal HaskoningDHV is an independent, international project management.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Promoted to cover two business units offering Design Review and Certification, Technical Safety, Quality Systems Consultancy and Auditing and temporaily responsible for a third business unit. Responsible for a Profit.
• Business development and sales
• P&L account management
• People management
• Recruitment
• Process reengineering and improvement

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Internal transfer to strategically restructure and grow the UK Risk and Safety businesses. The team offered services in the following areas: technical safety assessments and process safety audits; qualitative and.
• Added £700k to the bottom line in two years (from a loss of £500k to a profit of £200k)
• Beat budget expectations in 2012 by 42% on the top line and 700% on the bottom line
• Reduced voluntary attrition from 40% to 10%
• Successfully recovered the Condition Based Monitoring Business to a break even position before selling itAccountabilities:
• Business development and sales

Paris Area, France

• Promoted with the task of growing and rebuilding the Risk Research team after a period of instability. The team was responsible for the development and management of Bureau Veritas’ marine research into catastrophic.
• Represented IACS at the IMO on the Formal Safety Assessment Expert Group
• Represented Bureau Veritas on the IACS working group for Formal Safety Assessment
• Appointed Chairman of the Environmental Services Committee of the Marine Division
• Grew the team from scratch to eight engineers within one year; received one resignation in this four year tenure
• Invited Member of the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress Accountabilities:

Paris Area, France

• Accountabilities:
• Supporting the development of the risk-based methodology and tools for safety assessment and risk management in shipping and offshore
• Managing R&D projects, performing studies and R&D tasks
• Representing the company in international working groups and networks
• Coordinating inter-department and inter-section technical contribution to research projects and rule and tool development
• Internal and external dissemination of knowledge and promotion of BV through the publication of papers and support of commercial activities

• Worked on several research projects centred on “uncertainty” and risk management. The two most notable projects were Design for Upgradeability and Safety at Speed. Achievements
• Technical coordination of 25 engineers
• Enabled the project to deliver results on time, on budget and in excess of the expectations of the project sponsors

Beng Hons, Naval Architecture, 2:I

Activities and Societies: Sailing club

Mres, Marine Technology

Certificate, Company Direction, Distinction (92%)

Diploma, Company Direction, Pass

Education record