Passionate about growth and improvement, personally and professionally. Powered by the belief that finding and developing great people, putting them together in great teams and building improvement focused cultures around them is the foundation to organisational growth and sustained success. This foundation supports great work on products, services and customer experience, which in turn leads directly to business and financial security and growth.Achievements and Experience:- Led a £85m turnover technology and managed service business unit with c.900 employees, with senior Government customers including The Cabinet Office, Department of Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence- Run a £65m turnover technology and managed service business unit with c1,300 employees, interfacing with the most senior Department of Health and over 300 NHS Finance customers- Held full P&L responsibilities with aggressive growth and profitability targets, plus targets on customer (Net Promotor Score) and employee satisfaction- Increased revenue by 50% including winning the largest customer account- Transformed business from loss making to significant profit- Implemented a culture of continuous improvement across all areas of the business over many years based on the Lean methodology- Founded his own business when he designed and created a unique culture measurement platform for businesses of all sizes to truly understand how their people really lived up to the desired organisational culture. Simon also expanded into Leadership training and Organisational Culture consulting, going on to improve culture and leadership at Coca-Cola, Whitbread, Tesco, Nestle and Kelloggs amongst others, often in multi-year recurring programmes- Built and retained a large network of senior executives across many blue chip private and public sector organisations, several of which have repeatedly bought technology and services from Simon as they have moved organisationsKey Skills- Leadership- Financial management- Business to business proposition development and take-to-market strategies- Technology development (created a culture measurement platform unique in the market)- L&D (training and coaching)- Strategy development, cascade and organisational alignment- Leadership, people management and culture definition and development- Risk management- Stakeholder management- Continuous improvement- Balancing strategic thinking and detailed problem solving- Decision making