What is your role now since leaving corporate life?
I have founded my own business, Operative Consulting. We help companies start or accelerate their journey to NetZero, focusing on improving resilience and efficiency within Technology and Operations. We provide clear, context driven assessment and pragmatic action plans tailored to their individual business strategy and ambitions.
How long have you been an expert of Camelot?
I became an expert at the start of 2024!
Have you been a panel expert on any Road Tests?
Yes, I provided expertise to the road test of Sprout.AI
Area of expertise
Technology (strategy and leadership) & Operations (process optimisation)
Highest/proudest most recognisable previous role
I was the Group CIO for Tokio Marine Kiln, with global responsibility for all aspects of technology
How long have you been doing this subject/area
My technology career began in 1993! So that’s over 30 years and through that time there has been massive advances in technology, but also many of the core operational, leadership and team challenges remain pretty much the same. Operational efficiency and cost control have always been important!
What is your company name?
Operative Consulting
Do you have a website?
What is your LinkedIn profile URL?
Please can you provide some examples of recent projects/professional high points that you’ve worked on?
The focus this year has been developing the sustainability assessment tool, building a growing network of like-minded experts, and establishing a set of highly credible delivery partners.
On a personal level I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro!
What is your unique selling point? What makes your business approach unique?
We bring real word experience and skills, ensuring our approach is realistic, relevant and tailored to the needs of your business. Advice and decisions are in the context of your business strategy, ambitions and delivery landscape. And we will embed those improvements in BAU process so that you achieve long term value
Do you have a Favourite quote?“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right”,
Henry Ford
Any professional goals for the upcoming year?
I’ve established a series of sustainability events aimed demystify the subject; helping people realise the organisational and financial benefits associated with change; and generally spreading the word!. Alongside this I would love for our sustainability solutions to be employed by dozens of firms, cross sector, with clients feeding back the ongoing business value they have provided
And… Last but not least, how does being an expert of Camelot help you/or add value to your business?
As an Expert of Camelot, I have access to a vast network of over 150 insurance professionals, each with deep expertise in their specific field. As such whatever challenges an insurer may be facing I can be confident that I can call upon fellow experts to add the necessary capability to tackle them.
➡️ This is a teaser of the output from our sustainability assessment tool
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