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| Name: |
Richard Bennett |
| Position: |
Principle Management Consultant |
| Qualifications: |
Member of the Association for Project Management |
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Member of the Project Management Institute |
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Member of Institute for the Management of Information Systems |
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Accredited PRINCE 2 Practitioner and Trainer |
| Career History |
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| 2000 - present |
Abbas Associates |
| 1990 - 2000 |
Duhig Berry limited |
| 1986 - 1990 |
Hoskyns Group |
| 1974 - 1986 |
Bradford & Sons Ltd |
| 1974 - 1977 |
Sealed Motor Construction Co Ltd |
| 1969 - 1973 |
Gillette Industries |
| 1966 - 1969 |
H J Heinz Ltd |
| Key Skills and Attributes |
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Breadth of business knowledge and experience. |
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Project Management aimed at achieving Business Benefits. |
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Strategy, Programme and Project integration with Business Case planning and realisation. |
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Ability to "sell" concepts, backed by practical techniques. |
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Ability to train and transfer skills. |
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Knowledge and understanding of a broad base of business areas, and their application to project management and achievement. |
| Project/Programme Management Experience |
| Managed and delivered a range of projects and programmes handling multi-discipline teams in various business areas including: |
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Major construction projects such as a £15M Hotel and Leisure complex |
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Strategy Planning, Management and Implementation within the IT area. Such as implementation of full sales processing systems for a national chain of companies. |
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Business re-organisation project covering the review and overhaul of the pricing structure and policies of a Merchanting group. Main emphasis was on "soft" issues of business process impact, profitability, customer relations, "hearts and minds" internal culture change. |
| Consultancy Assignments Undertaken
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| A wide range of consultancy assignments undertaken for clients including: |
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implementation and application of Project Management methods and techniques
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assessing and modifying Human Resource Management aspects of project enviroments for clients,
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recruitment and selection of Project Management aspects of project enviroments for clients,
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set-up, staffing and equipping of Project Support Offices,
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planning and initiation of projects,
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"project rescue", sorting out projects which had gone awry,
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project audits. |
| Project Management/Training Experience |
| Regular presenter of public and in-house courses for a variety of clients, both in the UK and abroad, covering all aspects of Project and Programme Management.
Specialised in Senior Management briefings and business planning aspects of project management.
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| Other Relevant Experience |
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Co-author of the leading Project Management Methodology PRINCE 2. |
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Director of PRINCE User Group Ltd.. |
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Member of PRINCE 2 Examination Board. |
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Lead Examiner for the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) examination. |
| Has also worked in the past in a variety of roles including: |
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Internal Audit, |
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Production Engineering, |
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Sales and Marketing. |
| Glaxo |
Pfizer |
| British Airways |
Cathay Pacific Airways |
| DHL |
MSAS |
| Kingfisher Group |
Tesco Stores |
| Channel 5 |
Gartner Group |
| Greenalls Hotel and Leisure |
Bull HN |
| Data Sciences |
AT & T Istel |
| Royal Mail |
Medical Research Council |
| Meteorological Office |
Customs and Excise |
| MOD |
Anglian Water |
| Hong Kong Government |
Export Credit Guarantee Department |
info@abbasgroup.com
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