I have more than 30 years’ experience of working in blue-chip companies, mainly in Financial Services, mostly at Head of Department level, in IT management and business planning. I am skilled in the following areas:-Leading business and IT change• Definition of interim stages in business merger leading through to full integration• Planning and execution of transition of IT department from in-sourced bespoke systems model, to outsourced packaged-based systems modelManagement of IT departments• All aspects of IT department management, including systems development and IT operations, budgeting and cross-charging, setting strategic direction, managing relationships with IT suppliers, recruiting and staff management, etc.Business case development and assessment• Preparation and evaluation of programme and project business cases, definition and execution of prioritisation processes• Definition of business case for merger, progress tracking and Board reportingCorporate strategy and planning• Facilitation of Board/Executive team strategy discussions• Definition and execution of corporate planning processes, including production of annual and multi-year departmental and corporate plans