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Programme Director, PMO Director and Chartered Engineer
PROFILE
High-achieving Programme and PMO Director or Chief Projects Officer with 30+ years’ experience delivering complex engineering and technology programmes across sectors including R&D, industrial IoT, automotive, and defence. Proven ability to transform underperforming portfolios, drive operational efficiency, and deliver multimillion-pound outcomes. Chartered Engineer and Fellow of both the IET and APM, with a strong commercial mindset, technical depth, and an inclusive leadership style. Excels in aligning projects with strategic goals, building high-performing teams, and steering innovation from concept to delivery.
KEY SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Board Director Strategic Planning & Execution Project, Programme, Portfolio and PMO Management Bid Management Project Turnaround & Recovery Engineering Process Design Regulatory & Safety Compliance (e.g., SIL3) Product Innovation & Delivery Cross-functional Team Leadership Performance Transformation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cambridge Consultants		2013 to 2021
Programme Director
Led major innovation and delivery programmes in a world-leading product development consultancy specialising in wireless solutions. Operated at the executive level across diverse client sectors. Directed development of the world’s densest industrial IoT system for a FTSE100 online retailer 5GHz LTE Base Station & Robot Terminal plus SIL3 safety system to control a large fleet of robots Delivered complex projects for start-ups and multinationals, on time and to budget Turned around underperforming £300m automotive consultancy business Programme Director for a Cambridge Consultants spin-out company Mentored 30+ staff and introduced scalable project hiring strategy
Roke Manor Research Chemring Group		2000 to 2013
Projects Director (Portfolio and PMO Director)
Director for a team of 22 professional Project Managers and five Quality Engineers. Executive Board member responsible for Roke’s £79m project portfolio and engineering processes and tools definition. Senior Manager in this world renowned contract R&D establishment, undertaking complex, high technical risk product developments as well as developing products in house Created, developed and rolled-out the 'Roke Engineering Process' (REP), through which best practice using the CMMI framework was implemented and championed Developed a Project Manager learning and development competency framework and coached a team of Project Managers, seven achieving APM RPP Chaired quarterly project management forums which shared best practice and built a supportive community Introduced 'project categorisation' matching value, risk and complexity to project manager competence Created initiatives that transformed project management and led to a turn-around and annual improvement in project results across a typical portfolio of 400 projects a year Developed 'Project Management Excellence Programme' and achieved APM corporate accreditation Inherited a portfolio that lost £5.3m and delivered an above budget performance in five consecutive years with company profit totalling £20.2m – above budget by £7.9m
Project Manager
Managed the company’s most technically demanding and high risk product developments, all delivered on time and with record profit margins. Bid Manager for 33 fixed price bids, winning business to the value of £6.9m Overachieved combined profit target by 294% delivering an additional £1.94m profit Managed project teams with up to 45 Engineers on single and multi-site projects Named 'Roke’s Top Project Manager' in 2005 Managed many complex, high risk projects including: XSCard, a £5.5m project which delivered the world's first HSDPA mobile broadband PC Data Card MC55 & MC56, the world’s smallest GSM-GPRS modules Sarbe G2R, a military Search & Rescue Beacon that trebled the client's book value CF45, the only compact flash format GSM-GPRS product in the world All projects were delivered on time and on budget
Siemens Industry Division		1990 to 2000
Project, Business & Engineering Group Manager
Led a team of nine Engineers responsible for product development and implementation from specification to finished stock for worldwide sales of CombiMaster, a combined induction motor and variable speed drive. Built CombiMaster into the market leader, creating a new market at launch and winning European trade journal New Product award Project Manager for three product family projects with a total value £19.5m, delivered to time and budget Indirect management of up to 50 production staff Championed and managed CAD tool budgeting, selection and maintenance, bringing FPGA, simulation and PCB layout tools in house Led cost reduction and process re-engineering programmes using the EFQM model Undertook FPGA, ASIC and control and processor system design Started on degree placement, later employed as Graduate Engineer; following several results-prompted promotions, achieved Project Manager position
Safe-T-Guard		1982 to 1990
Founder Operator
Started company at 18 to design, manufacture and install electronic security systems installing over 100 security systems based around own designs.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
BEng Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering	CPD Activities
Chartered Engineer
Attended over 120 training courses and seminars, covering technical development, soft skills and senior management topics, including:
Strategic Plan Development, Advanced Management – the Siemens Leadership Programme     All aspects of Bid and Project Management including APM Project Management Qualification     Process development and benchmarking including CMMI, EFQM and Process Re-engineering

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SUPPORT INFORMATION
Fellow of the Association for Project Management
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Engineering Council Registrant
Authored project management articles in Project Manager Today and the APM's Project, and technical articles in Drives & Controls and Antriebstechnik plus numerous internal company publications.
Inventor on four EU patents and two US patents.