Mark Sutton Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Rickmansworth

Director of company that initiated a project to open the non-selective community secondary Reach Free School in 2013, the first local secondary school for 35 years, having received 2012 Department for Education funding approval. After evidencing that we as a project team would provide better tax-payer value-for-money than any existing DfE contractor, we.

I develop & deploy tailored programme, project & change management (PPM) industry standards so that they are used proportionately by colleagues without PPM experience to successfully manage & deliver a cross-section of changes (implemented as part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio’s Electoral Integrity Programme) to the no-fail public election.

London, England, United Kingdom

I am acting as Programme Manager alongside my role as Head of Programme Management Office on the Electoral Integrity Programme, a Government Major Portfolio Programme introducing electoral reforms.

I develop & deploy tailored programme, project & change management (PPM) industry standards so that they are used proportionately by colleagues without PPM experience to successfully manage & deliver a cross-section of changes to the no-fail public election service.

South-west Hertfordshire

International delivery of, & training in change, benefits, project, programme, portfolio, & risk management, & implementation of portfolio, programme & project offices. Associate trainer for CITI, Hemsley Fraser, ILX, P3M-Global, QA, & SPOCE.Example classroom & virtual training clients include assignments for banking, insurance, telecoms, Civil Service.

Watford

• Appointed to deliver international change consultancy & training in project, programme, portfolio, risk, & implementation of portfolio, programme & project offices. Example clients: Royal Mail, local government, NHS.
• Global Management of Risk (M_o_R) representative on APMG Exam Board.
• Created new revenue streams of nearly £200k.
• 25% improvement in delegates’ PRINCE2 examination pass rate by revising & consolidating company's courseware.
• Selected as keynote speaker at APMG-International's 2012 China Showcase (http://www.cpmta.com/APMG2012/) & to launch APMG's M_o_R training into China in September 2012 using course materials I had developed.
• Developed Foundation & Practitioner M_o_R qualification, & Foundation & Practitioner P3O (Portfolio, Programme & Project Office) qualification course materials whilst still training daily. These new materials.

• Enlisted to bring management of charity’s accounts in-house and lead office staff team.
• Transferred 2004 sales orders to in-house SAGE accounts management system.
• Investigated and recommended replacement IT network and PC equipment solution, and solution to organisation’s pension obligations.

• Recruited to steer Council’s programme team making Council’s services electronically accessible to the public within £0.9m capital budget and statutory guidelines.
• Provided customers with automated telephone and intranet payment channels.
• Automated Council Tax and Business Rate payment, and benefit claim processing.
• Created service information and downloadable application forms for Council website.
• Specified, tested and managed soft Autumn 2004 launch of Hertfordshire-wide community portal, and managed creation of Council’s initial portal content.

• Chosen to control team developing new internet-based SmartStamp postage channel and integrating its impact on operational processes. Worked with a £3m budget.
• Saved £7m by negotiating revenue gain-share contract with partner supplier.
• Generated software demonstrator for testing on a market sample which identified a potential national market worth £millions.
• Member of project team investigating how to integrate OGC’s MSP programme management approach within Royal Mail’s business structure.

• Selected to investigate and conclude transaction-related issues (warranties, vendor payments, etc.) after signature of an acquisition, disposal or joint venture deal.
• Improved control in 60% of transactions by identifying company’s obligations, and collaborating with Directors of new subsidiaries regarding statutory duties, obligations, commercial strategy, etc.
• Formulated first clear post-transaction timetable for 11 £multi-million deals.

• Chosen for increasingly senior direction of teams of up to 65 members delivering £multi-million, capital equipment purchase/deployment, and downsizing and change projects.
• Increased team’s profit outturn by 105% in 15 months by conducting crisis training to launch team financial control processes.
• Streamlined department by 90 people in 3 weeks by organising quick-response and consistent approach to assessing 190 candidates, and briefing them face-to-face of the outcome.
• 12% improvement in Customer Satisfaction by bringing under control team’s manpower used on paid assignments and unpaid, internal improvement actions.
• Created a strategic consultancy alliance without dilution of core values of either merging party in 15-month schedule and £280k budget.
• Directed and motivated project teams delivering programme and (PRINCE) project management consultancy and training.

Ma Hons, French And German (Minored In Economics And Biblical Studies)

Activities and Societies: Member of University Orchestra, University Chorale Society, University Christian Union, St. Andrews Chorus, and.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Christian Union, School Choir, Chamber Choir, and Chorale Society.