Jon Darwent Email & Phone Number

Reading

High Wycombe

Principal Consultant.Responsible for business development, client relationships and the delivery of consultancy services, predominantly in utility strategy and planning.

Development and successful implementation of a UK water business strategy for JacobsImplementation of a structured client management process, coordinating Operations and Sales staffSuccessful development and maintenance of relationships with major clients and acquisition of new clients.Project Director or Manager roles on many consultancy assignments relating to asset management planning within a regulated price setting context.Bid management for must win opportunities, applying marketing and sales best practices to produce value enhancing propositions aligned to the underlying challenges of our clientsSales and marketing budget management and prioritisationTeam leadership on multi-disciplinary projects and major proposals.

As the leader of one of the organisation’s major business streams I was responsible for developing and managing the delivery of specialist R&D consultancy services to the water sector. The key challenge was to manage technical staff to align their expertise and developments with the needs of clients and present an attractive proposition.Managed to secure major wins with new clients including water companies, industry regulators, UK government and international funding agencies.

Responsible for auditing and analysing regulatory data of UK water companies as part of their five-year business plan submissions to Ofwat. This involved developing close relationships with the companies’ business strategy teams.Consultant on the development of Private Sector Participation contracts for water services in several countries, on behalf of international funding bodies.

Provided a range of engineering inputs to capital and revenue projects associated with the Company’s leakage management and customer metering programmes.

Post Grad. Dip. Management Studies

Post Grad. Dip. Marketing

Beng Hons Civil Engineering