Phil is an accomplished Change Leader with a reputation for authenticity and the ability to challenge senior leaders effectively.
Having been an Investment Banker, a Corporate Financier and a Finance Director he has worked at Board level for over 10 years. He believes in the need for clear financial and commercial rigour irrespective of the undertaking. His passion is to bring forward desired business outcomes – from enabling cost reductions to new growth strategies – through facilitation, coaching and mentoring the development of business leaders and their teams. Maximising success requires a combination of leadership skills with the ability to influence your finance team. Phil is also a visiting lecturer and speaker in several universities.
Practice Areas
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Leadership Development
- Non Executive Directors
- Business Development
- Change Management
- Finance
Primary Capabilities
Phil is recognised for his ability to cross the divide between those that understand finance and those that translate it into the wider business & commercial environment. His broad experience in multi-national companies, including secondments to New York and Sydney, enables him to build rapport quickly with clients, whether facilitating group activities or coaching individuals.
Core Offer
- Coach to executives, managers and future leaders
- Mentoring business leaders, with a financial and strategic focus
- Skilful facilitator of workshops designed to challenge business leaders at all levels
- Designing/implementing learning and development strategies for leaders and teams
- Non Executive Director
Primary Sector Experience
- Financial Services
- IT
- Education
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Significant experience with both public and privaye sector clients
Areas of Distinctive Performance and Value-Add
- Managing and coaching relationships for success in joint ventures and alliances
- Personal development within large scale organisational change
- Enabling leaders to improve business performance
- Focus on results and ROI
Notable Case Studies
- Head of Organisational Effectiveness , ATLAS
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Cass Business School Visiting Lecturer: Phil coached and mentored 100 full-time/Exec MBA students on Emerging Markets Consultancy projects in Warsaw and Vietnam. Real-life consultancy projects were successfully completed in 25 businesses across the public and private sector.
Qualifications and Professional Memberships
- MCT (Member of Association of Corporate Treasurers)
- ACIB (Association of the Chartered Institute of Bankers)
- Member of the International Coach Federation
- Qualified business coach (Results Coaching Systems)
- Certified facilitator of Relationship Awareness Theory (SDI®)
- Certified facilitator of the MLQ 360o Leadership Evaluation tool
- NLP Practitioner
Employment Summary
| Consultant – Self Employed | 2009-Pres |
| Head of Organisational Effectiveness, ATLAS Consortium | 2008-2009 |
| Director, Implementation Business Office, ATLAS Consortium | 2006-2007 |
| Account Executive, UK Financial Services, EDS | 2005-2006 |
| UK Finance Director, EDS | 2005-2005 |
| UK Commercial Business Finance Director, EDS | 2003-2005 |
| Director, Head of EMEA Corporate Finance, Treasury, EDS | 1998-2003 |
| Director, Debt Structured Finance, Greenwich NatWest | 1993-1998 |
| Various Assistant Manager roles, NatWest Bank | 1989-1993 |
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