A MULTI-TALENTED PPM Professional with more than 25 years’ experience in a variety of top World Class organisations and SMEs, responsible for small to multi £M IT solutions. From Blue-Chip Financial Applications Programmer thru Systems & Business Analysis, Project Management to successful senior PPM professional.

Project managing and running Portfolios/PMO for many Blue-Chip businesses:

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(Oil & Gas, Energy, Financial Investments, Portfolio Management Consultancy, Insurance/Assurance, Non-profit Charities, Student Accommodation) including compliance and regulation. Working with people and travelling to many countries outside UK including US, Europe, Russia, India and Far East.

Taking PPM to the next level with the adoption, setup, configuration and support of world class PPM tools ServiceNow SPM & Planview – across ALL digital in BP (tools managing multi $BN of total investment/Operational spend) in line with IT strategies and Business Objectives. Ensuring standardisation and optimisation of project portfolios and project management.

Improving area / team efficiencies (including PPM Maturity) resulting in cost effective development, delivery and operations.

Full SDLC life cycle experience utilising Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies from inception to lessons learnt.

Natural rational problem solver using Industry standard problem solving and decision-making techniques (Kepner-Tregoe).

Leading many teams of developers (onshore/offshore) on a wide variety of systems / technologies / Businesses and world-wide locations. Consistently achieving high quality delivery and customer satisfaction.

Effective People Management through strong leadership, caring and motivation. Mentoring juniors.

Excellent Stakeholder Relationship Management (including 3^rd parties i.e. Accenture, Avanade, EY, IBM, Infosys, TCS and Wipro).

Excellent Microsoft Office suite and Excel VBA skills.