I'm a former Management Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1989 to 2023 (34 years). Now a freelance management consultant and Executive Coach. I have consulting experience in IT systems implementation, project management, major programme management, training, change management, strategic alliances, and performance management. I've worked in 12 countries. I'm a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, and have completed an Executive Coaching qualification at the Henley Business School in the United Kingdom.

Executive Coaching Experience

Pro-bono consulting and coaching to charities and social enterprises since 2007, supporting strategic planning, business plan development, board development, financial planning, grant applications, performance management, training, and Executive Coaching. Clients have included:

• Homeless services in Manchester

• Youth entrepreneurship

• Musical arts programme for teenagers

• Job skill training for ex-offenders

• Cooking career training for school leavers

• Social enterprise providing solar lamps to villages in Sierra Leone

• Poetry publishing house

• Vintage sailing ship charity

Within a Big Four consulting firm:

• Lead Executive Coaching programme for Partners

Management Consulting Experience at Big Four consultancy

• Multiple large-scale IT implementation projects. Roles included: project manager, requirements definition lead, testing lead, integrations lead, reporting/management information lead, configuration lead, custom development lead, training lead, change management lead, and release lead

• Co-developer of methodology in Major Programme Management, in collaboration with the Said Business School, University of Oxford

• Co-developer of methodology in Enterprise Applications Implementation

• Co-developer of methodology in Programme Management and Change Management

• Lead Strategic Alliances (Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)

• Lead project management training

Industries Worked In

• Financial Services (retail banking, stock exchange)

• Government (UK central, US state, US city, Pakistan provincial)

• Oil & Gas

• Public Transportation

• Insurance

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, major in Management, Computer Science, and Game Theory

• PRINCE2 Professional

• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Professional

• Chartered Management Consultant

• Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching

Other

• Dual US and UK citizen (born in the US, have been in the UK since 2011)

• BPSS Clearance