Membership Advisory Committee

David is an extremely experienced professional interim executive, specialising in delivering maximum cashable value for the organisations for which he works in incredibly short time frames. He has considerable proven experience with companies across several industries in helping them successfully and quickly 'deliver change', as well as transforming performance of key business processes and revenue-generating operations.

David has over 32 years' experience in Business; 12 years FMCG, 10 years in Financial Services and 11 years as a Change Management and 'Performance Improvement' Interim Executive, operating in both the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and Europe. Positions held include; Sales Director for largest Caribbean conglomerate (Neal & Massy), General Manager and CEO of an SME FMCG company in the Caribbean, UK National Sales Training Manager for Prudential (responsible for 120 staff and an annual £20m budget), UK National Launch Manager of an £83m start-up venture (Egg - involving the sales training and motivation of over 5000 sales people), and UK Sales Director for a national sales and distribution publication company (responsible for a 150 full-time and 10000 part-time sales force).

David's interim achievements include the on-time, on-budget launch of Prudential Banking (now EGG), the start-up of Prudential's General Insurance Sales force in the UK, the turnaround and profitable sale of a £18m SME Company, re-designing the processes of a light manufacturing plant in the UK (saving over £5m), introducing comprehensive sales performance metrics for national lens manufacturing company (demonstrating a 30% improvement in performance), and the building from scratch of a 600 strong independent sales force in the UK.

Most recently, David has been responsible for the development, launch and operations of the API (formerly the IMA Institute), building an organisation in excess of 300 top-line interim executives within its first year, and is responsible for the IMA Induction workshops, running since 2005, serving over 1500 executive delegates.

He holds an Honours degree in Business Management, a Post graduate Diploma in Marketing a full FSA Financial Planning Certificate, and a Masters in Pastoral studies.

An outspoken evangelist and lead strategist for the IMAI / API, a founder member of the IMAI and member of the management advisory committee, Richard is at front and centre of the Association's development and future.

Usually operating at board level from the micro through to SME's, Richard's 26 assignments have included, fund raising through IPO's, business strategy, strategic marketing, marketing management, UK and international c-level sales and business development, business planning, finance and accountancy. Success comes from applying more than 35 years business experience in UK and international strategic and operational business management and spread over the 20 years in interim. The requisite management disciplines needed for gap management, crisis management, financial and operational turnarounds, start-ups, and succession planning, are imparted with an approachable, pragmatic hands-on style combined with tenacious leadership. And it works.

Typically, Richard's fundamental process of discovery at the start of an assignment sets down the markers and frames the challenge. Within a few days the philosophy, attitudes, perhaps a misplaced mantra comprising a relentless drive to mechanise or 'transform' critical 'human' elements of the business, will be exposed. It's the 'software' leading the hardware and commonly it's flawed, over-complicated, circular and probably misses the point. Exposing hidden costs, changing attitudes, dissolving barriers to communication, encouraging debate and engaging staff in setting a new direction, sets the course.

In such a scenario, it whets the appetite of the interim but it's the desire to nail the task and make a lasting difference that generates the real hunger. It is akin to a killer instinct and it's why we do what we do. The API's strategy recognises the need to distinguish the practitioners from the rest and to set its own course to the client and to selected Providers.

Richard's website is well worth a visit!

A results orientated Interim Manager, Jens specialises in the delivery of major public sector Transformation & Turnaround programmes. The assignments his clients ask him to lead on are often radical, cross-cutting, politically sensitive, and have a strong focus on cashable efficiency savings.

With a proven delivery record of 26 implementations, he has helped some of the best known local authorities reshape their corporate priorities and focus their transformation agenda on achieving their ambitious savings targets.

Rather than just managing deliverables, Jens' focus has been on defining and measuring success of large scale programmes, managing behaviour and expectations of senior stakeholders and promoting a culture where risk is measured in terms of cost rather than loss to reputation.

He is known in the industry for cutting through red tape, bringing order to chaos and for delivering within ridiculously short timescales.

A member of the management advisory board to the Association of Professional Interims (API) and the Institute of Directors, he is a regular speaker and facilitator at national private and public sector conferences and an advisor to several government bodies. He holds a degree in Economics, Sociology and Management from McGill University.

Jens is currently the Corporate Transformation Programme Director at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets' where he is responsible for the delivery of the Council's £75 million pounds savings programme.

Sean is an interim executive of 15 years standing operating primarily in a change / transformation role using Procurement and the supply chain as a vehicle to install the required transformation. Over his interim career he has delivered savings programmes worth E52M - A Return on Investment of c.25:1. He has operated across a range of clients varying in size from private SMEs to FTSE 250 companies in different market sectors covering the full range of expenditure categories both direct & indirect.

Sean has 30 years + business experience 19 years in corporate roles and 15 as an interim mainly at or near board level with particular experience and knowledge of the Engineering & Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical & Bio Agri and Food & FMCG sectors. Examples of typical positions held are Baxters (£36M), FWB (£18M), Sayga ($383M), Eisai (£100M), Weir (£100M), MoD (£4.5Bn), Iceland (£500M) & NSK (£30M).

Key achievements during interim career are the transformation of Purchasing at Eisai, Weir, MoD, Iceland, NSK, RPScherer & Krupp; the successful delivery of Business Turnaround projects at FWB & Weir and the design and implementation of Outsourcing projects at Weir, Britax & UKNirex. Sean has recently joined the management committee of the API heading up the Eastern region and is a member of CIPS, IFPSM & IOD

Pamela is an Interim Manager specialising in the field of Human Resources with a proven delivery of more than 10 assignments across a multiple of private sector industries. Working as a true generalist she has gained significant international experience and developed deep HR knowledge and expertise. Assignments have focused on a combination of line management and project based role such as Global HR Director developing and implementing HR strategy; along with project based roles with particular focus on leading sales transformation by helping organisations to reshape their approach to selling and customer management through organisation design, assessment, reward and development. Other projects include design and implementation of global performance management, global employee engagement and complex employee relations.

Pamela has highly developed people skills that have enabled her to add value in complex and diverse business and cultural environments. Pamela has a BA Hons. degree in HR and Business Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She is also a member of the management advisory board to the Association of Professional Interims. Pamela is currently heading up HR for a global business area within a leading plc information services company.

Richard is a commercial and business focussed change professional with repeated experience of setting up shared service offerings across large geographic areas and 24x7 availability (BBC, IBM/Cable & Wireless/ntl:, Pearson Group & HMRC). He readily combines a general management background with large-scale Corporate and government change and alignment expertise. Operating at Director level, Richard has clear passion for delivery extraordinary bottom line savings and benefits through sound and innovative direct and partnering management. He relishes the challenge of finding new and improved approaches to reducing risks and tackling issues, these have included developing more cost effective and efficient ways of working with partners which have allowed for significant business growth, targets and extra capability becoming available sooner, often without new investment. He is a Lean and Agile practitioner using these techniques to shave money out of better service delivery and constant process improvement.

Richard has also built high performance teams from scratch at IBM, Pearson Group, VAA and HMRC, defining the skill sets required, the resource plans, predictive spend to achieve short and medium term goals whilst in parallel, developing the knowledge transfer to more permanent teams. This allows for in-house talent to be identified and nurtured that can be transferred across the businesses at short notice.

Richard's background includes experience of gaining, developing and retaining partnerships with a considerable number of UK and International blue chip companies, these include Barclays, the BBC, IBM, Cable & Wireless, ntl:, Logica, RBSG, Metronet, Pearson Group, Avaya, Virgin Atlantic and latterly at HMRC. In addition he is an IBM, Logica, Serco and Cap Gemini Associate.

Richard was a founder member of the IMAI and is a MAC member of the API.

A results orientated and personable Interim Manager, very comfortable with accountability and going the extra mile Charmian specialises in the delivery of solutions around people, performance and potential. The assignments her clients ask her to lead on are often complex, ambiguous, politically sensitive, and require deft stakeholder management.

With a proven delivery record of delivering organisational wide OD, L&D and HRD business projects e.g. Talent, Leadership, EVP and Engagement. She has helped a range of well known organisations including BBC, Carphone Warehouse, Homebase, Raytheon and Friends Provident to reshape their corporate Talent and retention priorities and work through M&A integration plans, growth and transformation agenda to achieve ambitious change, organisational capability and performance improvement.

Charmian is known for her resilient and tenacious and has achieved excellent results across a range of industries and sectors by building relationships quickly, engaging with others and delivering results. She is an objective strategic thinker balanced by a pragmatic ability to work through implementation and hands on operational stages to get things done.

A member of the management advisory board to the Association of Professional Interims (API) and the Institute of Directors she is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD with a Master of Science in Management and Organisational Development and a postgraduate diploma in Personnel Management.

Charmian is currently part of Integration M&A team to build one of the leading UK Life Assurance groups. Leading the L&D work stream, key areas include: Capability, Leadership, EVP, Culture, L&D strategy, Competencies, Performance Management

Helen is an energetic and highly experienced consumer brand marketer and retailer, using her proven Leadership skills and expertise in Organisation and Process design to deliver value growth for businesses, both in the UK and internationally.

With over 25 years of experience in business, working in sectors such as FMCG Personal Care, snack foods, dry cleaning and laundry, and fashion, Helen has an unrivalled knowledge of multi channel sales and marketing, ranging from direct selling (catalogue), and High Street retail, to online, and B2B telesales. Her global experience includes markets such as Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Europe, Middle East, South Africa, and Korea.

Past permanent roles have included Head of Brands at Boots PLC, where she relaunched the popular Botanics brand delivering over 25% YOY growth, and worked on the joint venture with Target to expand Boots into the USA. At Lornamead, a privately owned personal care company, Helen was Marketing Director and achieved significant success with the Sally Hansen nail care brand (+32% growth), relaunched the Vosene hair care brand including the launch of the award winning Kids anti-lice variant, doubling the brand sales within 18 months, and redesigned the Yardley of London bath luxuries brand.

Previous interim assignments have included working as an interim Managing Director to design and implement a major Business Transformation programme within 7 months delivering a 7x multiple of Operating Profit; as International Project Director with the Virgin Group, Helen launched Virgin Cosmetics into South Africa, taking the project through from selection of licensee and contractual agreements to all final commercial negotiations, pricing, operations support and new IT software , achieving Year 1 sales ahead of expectations. At Golden Wonder, Helen established a New Product Development process, that increased speed to market and NPD pipeline innovation, delivering significant YOY growth on branded and own label products in all UK major multiples.

Helen is also a qualified teacher, with a Bachelor of Education degree from Warwick, and a PRINCE2 Practitioner in project management.

Helen is a member of the API MAC team, with responsibility for Northern Ireland.

Sue Williams is an accomplished supply chain professional whose work has positively influenced well known organisations such as Lola Cars International, BMW Group, Aston Martin and BAE Systems. Sue is a proven leader in her field and is well respected for her no-nonsense approach to delivering unique supply chain solutions to each organisation with whom she works.

She has a first class honours degree in Business Studies and a MBA from Cranfield School of Management; couple that with her practical experience and what you have is a supply chain specialist with a keen eye for strategy and a passion for improving the bottom line.

Sue's energy and drive for her chosen profession breeds confidence amongst her clients and she is equally suited to resolving narrow and specific supply chain issues as she is to stream-lining companywide interactions.

Sue is a member of the API MAC team, with responsibility for the Midlands.

Alison has 5 years interim management experience, specialising in the implementation of procurement and supply chain related change programmes. Her clients are mainly within the public sector in which she has a number of key successes. Alison develops and implements high key procurement strategies, delivering multi million pound cashable budget savings. Alison also incorporates technological solutions within the strategies, resulting in real efficiency savings and short return on investment timescales. Alison has recently taken on the role of the South West & Wales regional representative of the Association of Professional interims and joined the member's advisory committee.

Drawing on over 20 years of cross functional industry experience both in the public and the private sectors, including over 10 years within high level management consultancy firms, Alison is able to lead teams in difficult circumstances to achieve key targets and objectives, under pressure to tight deadlines. Alison has won a number of awards including a public sector category Interim Manager award and a technological innovation award from the Association of Police Procurement Professionals. When she has some spare time Alison can be found on the golf course or in the ski resorts during the winter season.

Alison is a member of the API MAC team, with responsibility for the South-West and Wales.