Pentus Achievements

Created the Strategy, Vision and Values of numerous public and private sector organisations – working with Boards to embed these culturally and operationally

Operated in CEO capacity as Accounting Officer of NDPBs, leading organisations, working with stakeholders and managing relations with Whitehall.

Developed corporate policy, including working with Whitehall to influence policy on national issues in education and health.

Complete review of the governance of a major Housing Association in 2004/5 involving implementing a range of changes including fewer Board Members, rationalised Committee structures and a new Corporate Performance Management Framework emphasising stakeholder feedback and KPIs.

P&L responsibility for commercial businesses generating £200m annually in a competitive Business to Business financial services environment.

Led and motivated staff through Organisation-wide Transformational Change at a major international institution – turning its structure and culture around to become relevant to the 21st Century

Established the corporate infrastructure to support a new £350m business in the Health Sector now growing at 30% annually. This included establishing all corporate, financial and internal controls, risk management and stakeholder relations.

Established Organisational Planning and Performance Management frameworks for several NDPBs of up to £350m+ turnover.

Delivered major operational and financial improvements – improving alignment between corporate services and business functions, leading major efficiency programmes e.g. centralising support services (saving 40% of cost pa), and outsourcing appropriately (e.g. delivering.10% savings with substantial release of capacity to support new services).

Led multidisciplinary Taskforce delivering recovery plans for failing global and domestic businesses.

Managed mergers in public and private sector environments.

Penetrated new business channels, negotiating alliances with blue chip partners like Sainsburys, BA and the largest retail insurance launch in Europe at the time, through Post Office Counters.

Operated overseas, including 3 years in New York, USA, developing Planning and Performance Frameworks for blue chip commercial companies.

Successfully completed major restructuring and modernisation of the human resource functions in a large local authority and two high profile NDPBs.

Supported the Chief Executives of a major local authority and two high profile NDPBs in organisational restructuring

Recruited new top management teams into two NDPBs. Negotiated high level exits of the previous management teams.

Lead & developed major organisation-wide culture change programmes in 3 large public sector organisations.

Developed and implemented innovative diversity strategies into two major local authorities

Carried out major downsizing, restructuring and redundancy programmes at three public sector organisations, including a government department, resulting in significant savings.

Designed and implemented a talent management and career development strategy for a government department.

Carried out high level, sensitive, investigations at senior management level in many public sector organisations

Extensive experience of the successful management of industrial relations involving pay negotiations, changes in terms and conditions and redundancy handling

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