Richard Bird – Managing Director and lead IT Consultant is an experienced IT and Business Consultant and Business Advisor who has been working in IT and business advice since 1993 and has a proven track record in the specification, selection and implementation of computer systems and in helping clients start and grow their own businesses.

 

Richard is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Business Consulting and is an accredited Business Advisor having achieved an NVQ4 in Business Advice and SFEDI accreditation.

 

Working with a wide range of business packages covering maintenance and facilities management, ERP, CRM and having a back ground in electronic engineering Richard also leads the aM&T activity focusing on helping businesses to save energy through careful monitoring of use and the implementation of savings metrics.

 

Joseph Ellis AIEMA Cert Ed – Lead Environmental and Health and Safety Consultant is a former Environmental Manager with a large motor vehicle manufacturer and has been in Environmental Management since 1996.

 

Joe is an Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment and is a registered Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Auditor and NEBOSH qualified. As a qualified trainer he also delivers courses on Health, Safety and Environmental issues

 

Joe’s environmental activity includes helping businesses with legal compliance, waste minimisation, resource efficiency and the implementation and maintenance of and compliance with ISO 14001, BS 8555 and related standards.  Health and Safety covers legal compliance, risk assessment and policy documentation.

 

 

 

David Brooks -  Lead Management Consultant is an experienced P&L Managing Director/CEO with a proven track record of success within B2B, engineering, metals, forging, CNC machining, sub-contract assembly & commercial market sectors.  He has strong operational leadership with strategic business development management experience and is results orientated & profit-focused with business improvement and profitability turnaround skills.

 

David has hands on experience of  change management, business relocation, operational restructuring, outsourcing, strategic partners, business process re-engineering, ISO 9001, quality, internal controls, budgets, KPIs, revenue growth, OEM clients, cost-reduction and profitability initiatives within leading-edge markets.