A highly motivated leader and Senior Manager, with a wealth of experience obtained during 24 years of Defence and Security appointments. Consistently selected to work in demanding strategic and operational departments with a successful track record of leadership development, programme management, procurement, training, planning and operations, from humanitarian to high threat environments. Commercially and financially aware with 10 years of capability and procurement experience in the UK and more recently, in the Kuwait Ministry of Defence. A postgraduate education has contributed to an analytical and problem solving skill set, proven at board and ministerial level.Key Professional Competencies:• Leader who is able to design, empower and manage teams to deliver change and success. • Programme Manager, proven at managing complex portfolios across a varied stakeholder community, with the intellectual rigour, proactive nature, attention to detail and flexibility to deliver results, on time and on budget.• Planner with strong powers of analysis and problem solving, proficient at working under pressure, in time sensitive environments and at the highest levels of decision making. • Skilled relationship builder, capable of operating across structural and cultural divides to bring unity of purpose.