Overall responsibility for ensuring strategic alignment and for planning & managing the global technology portfolio across Asset Management business. Ensuring that the portfolio as a whole, and component sub-portfolios, programs and projects deliver optimal value at acceptable risk. Establishing an efficient and effective operating model and part of Executive Management Team undertaking transition to agile delivery. Lead for Quarterly Business Reviews reporting for Asset Management.

Global strategy and execution of the service transformation to digital operations. Multi-year strategic planning & definition of the strategic story / comms and messagingPortfolio management 40 programs with annual investment XXm USD - investment governance, planning, reporting and business case developmentWorkforce and Vendor Strategy / ImplementationProcess improvement / optimization

Setting up the global Third Party Risk Management framework and operating model. Responsible for deep dive and resolution for vendor TPRM management working closely with Compliance & Risk teams

Global lead for all aspects of Group Functions and Investment Bank - defining the service management framework and contractual relationships

Delivering efficiency / effectiveness improvements and intelligent automation (Robot Process Automation) to the front office. Full design-delivery capability, initiated set up of centralise support / maintenance with central RPA team.

Developing the strategy and operating model for the global infrastructure services division

Delivering global implementation of outsourcing, near shoring and off shoring strategy

Business case definition & presentation; lead for solution confirmation to save £Xm costs via a standardized reporting & process solution.Defined and implemented BI strategy and established BICC with key SVP / Dir / CXO level stakeholders.Lead for standardisation / simplification of commerical management reporting pack, defining and implementing the BI Steering Group for governance.Defined and delivered the business planning system and performance management KPI scorecards deployed across a £14bn pa national government client.Led a strategic review for the CFO to implement a shared services finance & procurement organisational and deliver benefits realisation for a national government clientDelivered a Deployment and Transformation Plan for the people, process and systems for PRINCE 2 Programme and Project Management. Delivered a new governance set of policy, processes and procedures for a project £1bn portfolio.Delivered benefits management (savings) connected to Strategic Planning; Business Information (Scorecards); Budgets, Forecasting and Planning as well as Projects and Programmes. Delivered Deployment Workshops to Director / CXO level staff..Supported the achievement of the Benefits team delivery of record-to-report (R2R), service-to-cash (S2C), procurement to payment (P2P) and strategic procurement workstreams.

Reporting directly to CEO / Managing Director, supporting the CEO in the strategic development of NEC UK, helping drive its change management programmes and undertaking business planning and analysis activities.- delivered – with external consultants – a Next Generation Network and Services strategy & plan- realised savings of over £1 m by initiating a supply chain improvement programme, introducing new processes and procedures - centralised commercial services (legal, contract, bid management, sales support and order processing) standardising acros SBUs- delivered change projects to transfer to a JV, and closure of a business / redundancy project, initiate value-based sales and introduce salesforce.com and a marketing strategy (with an external consultant)- Managed P&L, sales and business operational reviews for 7 SBUs (mobile phones, LCD, plasma, projector, optical supply businesses, mobile network, biometric security and enterprise solutions).

Independent consultancy projects:- providing a detailed benchmarking report on the IT strategy framework for the CIO of an airline ranked in the Top 10 worldwide.- developing the marketing and business strategy for a SAP consulting business- undertaking a strategic review of supply-chain processes and distribution management challenges for one of the world's leading brewing companies and one of world's leading fragrance and beauty companies that led to successful implementations.- researching and developing the opportunities in the IT portfolio for a major IT provider and teleco- Author of 200 page Airline IT Trends report for Airline Business magazine distributed to top 200 airline CIOs - Developing and commercialising a partnership agreement for a small IT business- Author of 200 page report on Airport IT, published in Airline Business magazine- Developing the PR & marketing plan for a global network business to enter Europe

Full time executive MBA specialising in Strategy and Business Transformation with practical consulting engagements with: ABN AMRO, BT, Harcourt (Reed Elsevier) and the RAF (UK); Alibaba.com, Hangzhou Advanced Gearbox Group and Nokia (China); Bayer Crop Sciences, Bunnings, Monash Medical Centre and Varian Techtron (Australia); Dialogue Group, PEP Stores, Spier Wine Estates (S. Africa); and GE, Scientific Atlanta, and UPS (U.S.).Dissertation: A detailed review of the emotional intelligence of flexible and remote workers, that for the first time showed conclusive proof that remote workers with higher EI leads to higher perfomance. Undertaken with a leading UK FTSE 50 telecommunications company. I developed & led a seminar & full day workshop at Henley's Research Centre 'Future Work Forum'.

Strategic development and implementation of an integrated corporate communication and PR strategy across SITA – a US$1.5 billion provider of integrated telecommunications and IT solutions to the air transport industry.Devised, created and project managed the world's largest annual benchmark research project into IT trends across airline and airport sectors and presented findings at international forums. Created and managed successful customer forums attracting +200 CIOs.Provided regular counsel with Board members. Undertook a strategic review of messaging and developed ‘brand’ positioning.Introduced methodology for the selection and management of external suppliers. Defined corporate policy, procedures and metrics. Managed international agency network. Hosted analyst and media tours, delivered media training programme.Developed crisis management procedures and managed communications for acquisitions & joint ventures. Managed and motivated a global team.

Responsible for the delivery of PR programmes for Europe's largest aerospace company to a range of external audiences and managing relationships with all stakeholders. Benchmarked a technology media campaign that was adopted company wide.Reviewed crisis management procedures and implemented issue management programmes – successfully used in practice for aircraft crashes. Managed and motivated a team and developed a wide experience of employee involvement, internal communications, community relations, lobbying, corporate social responsibility and sponsorship programmes.

Sponsored 1-3-1 through degree course while also undertaking a top class training and development programme with work assignments including: production and project management for Al-Yamamah (the UK's biggest defence contract), project management (UK and export), customer support, business logistics, customer relations and bid management.