Cranfield CONSULTANCY EVENT 2014 Thursday 5.30pm, 13th March 2014, grange city hotel, london Transforming knowledge into action
Schedule 5.30-6:00pm Arrival Drinks 6.00-6.10pm Welcome by Colin Hudson, Director of Career Development, Cranfield 6:10pm Industry Insight Presentations: 6.10-6.25pm Total Performance Management Steve Kershaw, Partner, PwC 6.25-6.40pm Putting your Customer at the Heart of your Brand Strategy Richard Anson, Founder, Reevoo 6.40-7.15pm Networking Session & Canapés 7.15-8.00pm Alumni Panel Q&A Session: - Pali Jhita, Change Management Consultant, Atos Consulting - Viren Doshi, Vice President, Booz & Company - Phil Dunne, Managing Partner, AT Kearney - Timon Orlob, Manager, REL Consulting - David Stark, Vice President, Marsh & Mclennon Company 8.00-8.10pm Closing by Colin Hudson, Career Development Director, Cranfield 8:10-10:00pm Recruitment Networking Session & Refreshments Opportunity to engage with all attendees over canapes and drinks. 10:00pm Close
Guest Speakers Steve Kershaw, Partner, PwC As Partner in the Portfolio and Programme Management competency for PwC s consulting business, Steve is responsible for all people-related matters including performance, recognition and personal development. He is part of the Defence and Security sector Leadership Team, where he has built a strong reputation for working with client teams to successfully deliver complex programmes that involve a significant degree of change. He has considerable experience in Defence acquisition and advises both the public and private sector on acquisition issues. Prior to becoming a consultant Steve served as a submarine engineer officer in the Royal Navy before specialising in acquisition, eventually becoming the Integrated Project Team Leader responsible for the Royal Navy s gunnery and electronic warfare programmes. Steve is an alumnus of Cranfield University, having studied there for an MSc in Design of Information Systems. Richard Anson, Founder, Reevoo Richard has strong practical experience of building tech businesses combined with a deep understanding of the dynamics of large corporates, gained from successfully operating in both the start-up and enterprise environments. His experience working with brands and retailers across the retail, auto, travel and financial services verticals across 90 countries has given him a deep understanding of how consumer behaviour and technology are driving changes in the way that we all build and manage relationships. Richard founded and led Reevoo to become a leading social commerce platform to over 200 brands across the retail, travel and auto industries in 90 countries. He remains a Non-Executive Director of Reevoo and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Invisible Hand (sold to SkimLinks). Prior to founding Reevoo, Richard was a senior strategy consultant at KPMG, Head of Group Planning at Orange Plc, and part of the team managing investments of up to 5 million at 3i Plc. He has an MBA from Cranfield where he now frequently lectures in Marketing Communications.
Alumni Panel Viren Doshi, Head of Global Oil & Gas Practice / Snr Vice President, Booz & Co Viren has over 30 years experience in energy, oil and gas, having served several major firms including Shell, BP, Total, Reliance Industries, Saudi Aramco and Petrobras. Field of expertise: Business strategy and operations reviews, performance management & process improvement, future of fuels and relevance of technology, crude & product supply & trading, integrated business models, refining and petrochemicals, supply and trading operations. Phil Dunne, Managing Partner, London & Head of M&A Practice, AT Kearney A partner of AT Kearney since 2003, Phil has over 25 years of industry and consulting experience and is responsible for Merger Integration proposition. He began his career in 1983 as a graduate engineer designing ground-to-air missiles with British Aerospace. Field of expertise: Target identification, commercial and operational due diligence, merger planning and integration, post-acquisition synergy capture for both private equity and industrial clients. David Stark, VP / Enterprise Risk & Resilience Team Leader, Marsh Risk Consulting David is responsible for the leadership of Marsh Risk Consulting s risk propositions, with a strong track record in providing strategic risk advice and implementing solutions on business critical programmes. Assignments typically involve David leading project teams, planning workstreams and providing value adding consultancy advice to client Boards and senior management teams. Field of expertise: Risk Management, Insurance, Aviation (primary industry practice). Pali Jhita, Change Management Consultant, Atos Consulting A hands-on Change Management Consultant who makes strategic change interventions on behalf of clients on large scale consumer technology projects. Pali joined Atos in 2011, leading multimillion pound programmes on the design and implementation of change management solutions for critical IT infrastructures. Field of expertise: Change Management, Customer Service, Stakeholder Management, Consumer Technology, Employee Engagement, Coaching. Timon Orlob, Manager, REL Consultancy Timon s career has primarily focused on inventory reduction through lead-time improvements, cost optimisation and customer service improvements across supply chain management functions especially Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). Field of expertise: Working Capital (accounts receivables, accounts payables, inventory), Supply Chain Management (inventory management, manufacturing, product range), Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
Featured Opportunities Consulting Point: Various Opportunities www.consultingpoint.co.uk Seabury Group: Analyst Level Consultant http://www.seaburygroup.com/analyst-seabury-consulting REL Consulting: Inventory/Demand/Supply Chain Consultant & Snr Consultants http://www.relconsultancy.com/careers/ Accenture: MBA Strategy Roles http://careers.accenture.com/gb-en/pages/index.aspx Capgemini: Enterprise Performance Management Consultants www.uk.capgemini.com/careers/your-career-path/capgemini-consulting-vacancies Wipro: Business Development Associate/Account Manager/Sales Practice Manager http://careers.wipro.com/applying_wipro/index.htm DST Global Solutions: MBA Grad Scheme, Business Analyst http://www.dstglobalsolutions.com/en-gb/about-us/working-for-dst/ PA Consulting: Various Graduate Opportunities http://www.paconsulting.com/careers/ Mindbench: Various Roles http://www.mindbench.com/ LCP Consulting: Various Roles http://www.lcpconsulting.com/about-lcp/careers Barlow Search: IT Transformation, Finance, Process Improvement Snr Consultants http://www.barlowsearch.co.uk/ Capco: Various Roles http://www.capco.com/careers * More details about the above opportunities will be uploaded onto the student portal prior to this event.
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