Steve M.
Business Strategy & Process Specialist
Professional Value
Steve is a business strategy specialist who helps C‑suite leaders in large financial‑services firms achieve profitable transformation through board‑level strategic alignment using Six Sigma, Lean and Balanced Scorecard. He has delivered measurable profit gains and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Panel. He operates across the EU, US and Middle East.
Selected Clients
Executive Profile
Steve is a business transformation leader and facilitator who is able to solve organisational challenges, deliver solutions and grow profit. He can quickly identify organisational strengths and weaknesses; deliver creative development strategies and facilitate proactive change. His expertise is in building, revitalising and optimising company strategy, organisation, people, processes and systems.
Steve facilitates proactive internal change and improves businesses challenged by external change. He is an innovative problem solver who can challenge the status quo; gain commitment and implement solutions that deliver measurable results. Successful with a wide range of organisations in a range of cultures from Fortune 100 global Financial Services companies through to start-ups.
Steve specialises in evidence-based approaches to strategy implementation and business process management - this means that he only recommends methods, tools and techniques that have a proven track record of success.
Qualified to MBA level, with a first degree in Science and Engineering, he has also been elected as a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute; the Institute of Consulting, and the Institute of Leadership and Management. In addition, he is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Panel and the Reuters Insight Network.
After an early career working for organisations such as the BBC and Rolls Royce, he moved into training and consultancy spending 15 years working for Sungard / Sherwood International both here and in the United States.
During this time he worked on IT-driven change projects for dozens of organisations including Axa, New York Life, and the Corporation of the City of London to name just three.
Having returned to the UK after three years living and working in New England, he formed a company to help organisations get into shape for the 21st century by providing solutions to the issues created by the need to transition from the industrial age to the creative age. In this role he has worked with leading international companies and government organisations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. His commercial clients are drawn from a wide range of industries including Financial Services (Banking and Insurance), Energy (Oil & Gas, Nuclear and Renewables), Logistics, Aerospace.
Core Competencies
Business Strategy
Steve develops and implements business strategies that drive growth and profitability.
He identifies organisational strengths and weaknesses, and delivers creative development strategies.
His expertise is in building and optimising company strategy, organisation, people, processes and systems.
He has a proven track record of success in a wide range of organisations.
Change Management
Steve leads transformation and change in organisations, facilitating proactive internal change and improving businesses challenged by external change.
He challenges the status quo, gains commitment and implements solutions that deliver measurable results.
His experience includes organisation redesign, transformation and IT-led change programmes.
Process Facilitation
Steve facilitates board-level processes, including strategic alignment, design and implementation.
He has experience with various methodologies such as Business Process Management, TQM, Six Sigma, Lean and Balanced Scorecard.
His expertise spans the EU, US and Middle East, and he has worked with a range of organisations to improve their processes and systems.