Founder of a new consultancy that helps organisations to think differently about FinOps and broader technology cost management.We are human-led, supported by our own bespoke tooling.We simplify cost reduction, and remove the need for expensive SAAS products.Our data driven approach provides the signal in the noise and focuses clients on the things that actually drive performance improvement and cost reduction (sponsorship, data trust, clear accountabilities, community… Show more Founder of a new consultancy that helps organisations to think differently about FinOps and broader technology cost management.We are human-led, supported by our own bespoke tooling.We simplify cost reduction, and remove the need for expensive SAAS products.Our data driven approach provides the signal in the noise and focuses clients on the things that actually drive performance improvement and cost reduction (sponsorship, data trust, clear accountabilities, community, etc). Show less

I led work for many different clients, across lots of sectors and varying engagement types. Highlights include:- FinOps and Cloud Cost Economics leader saving global FTSE100 clients £millions p.a.- Programme Director for the integration of an acquired telco into a major energy supplier- Leading an embedded assurance team on a very large and complex tech-led business transformation programme- Supporting the modernisation of a client's op model to agile, product-led

Director and owner of NC Energy Consulting Ltd providing interim support and consultancy in transformational change for businesses, with specialism in the energy market. Working across a range of clients, core expertise includes: IT and business programme management (set-up, delivery, governance and controls). Roadmap strategy and technology implementation. Business planning and strategy. Commercial management and commercial assurance frameworks.Experience includes being… Show more Director and owner of NC Energy Consulting Ltd providing interim support and consultancy in transformational change for businesses, with specialism in the energy market. Working across a range of clients, core expertise includes: IT and business programme management (set-up, delivery, governance and controls). Roadmap strategy and technology implementation. Business planning and strategy. Commercial management and commercial assurance frameworks.Experience includes being Programme Director for the end to end business transformation of a £1bn company, and delivering the smart metering technology for a "Big 6" energy supplier. Show less

Founder of an algorithmic trading fund, trading fully automated strategies across a range of equity and FX markets. Incubated within a large London based proprietary trading house to support growth of AUM.

Managing Director of a venture capital funded smart metering start-up business.As a team of 3 experienced industry consultants, we sought to take advantage of the opportunities created through the Government (DECC) Smart Metering Mandate, developing relationships with house builders and housing associations as a stepping stone to supporting the smart meter deployment of "big 6" energy suppliers.Company was disbanded in 2010 after repeated delays to the DECC Smart Programme… Show more Managing Director of a venture capital funded smart metering start-up business.As a team of 3 experienced industry consultants, we sought to take advantage of the opportunities created through the Government (DECC) Smart Metering Mandate, developing relationships with house builders and housing associations as a stepping stone to supporting the smart meter deployment of "big 6" energy suppliers.Company was disbanded in 2010 after repeated delays to the DECC Smart Programme removed the market opportunity for the short to medium term. Show less

Provision of consulting services to RWE npower on metering strategy and project management• Management of strategic analysis and scope definition of large metering projects (gas and electricity). Facilitation of strategy definition with exec management, determining roadmaps. Management of all other early stage elements of traditional metering projects including initiation of large IS workstreams. Total budget responsibility in excess of £(many)m.• Full life-cycle management of… Show more Provision of consulting services to RWE npower on metering strategy and project management• Management of strategic analysis and scope definition of large metering projects (gas and electricity). Facilitation of strategy definition with exec management, determining roadmaps. Management of all other early stage elements of traditional metering projects including initiation of large IS workstreams. Total budget responsibility in excess of £(many)m.• Full life-cycle management of large gas and electricity metering projects, including (procurement driven) selection of external metering businesses, the development of contracts and systems inter-operability to ensure an automated solution with these new partners (plus data cleansing and migration). Show less

• Independent consultant delivering on a “blue sky” data management programme. The programme sought to improve awareness and management of data across the retail business, from, e.g. determining the data value chain to rolling out data policy audits across the business.

Post-Graduate Scheme:- British Gas, Leeds - project manager responsible for leavers' process (logistics, planning and HR role) of a redundancy and offshoring programme - 2200 redundancies in total.- British Gas, Leeds - project manager ensuring offshore back office functions were able to deal with gas and electricity price rises (systems and training impacts).Rotational graduate programme on the following 6 monthly placements:- OneTel, London - working on customer… Show more Post-Graduate Scheme:- British Gas, Leeds - project manager responsible for leavers' process (logistics, planning and HR role) of a redundancy and offshoring programme - 2200 redundancies in total.- British Gas, Leeds - project manager ensuring offshore back office functions were able to deal with gas and electricity price rises (systems and training impacts).Rotational graduate programme on the following 6 monthly placements:- OneTel, London - working on customer services, call centre support (call planning/forecasting), process mapping and UAT.- Luminus, Belgium - worked as an internal consultant, setting up new BAU processes and auditing the outsourced customer services centre.- British Gas, Manchester - worked as an industry projects analyst ensuring new SAP billing system implementation would not render the business non-compliant with respect to industry regulation. Show less