Alex Davis Project Controls Manager at MOD (Ministry of Defence)

Alex has vast experience in Project and Programme Controls, risk, issues and opportunity management, Programme and Portfolio management and benefits realisation. He has attained the level 2 Practitioner Qualification (PQ) from the Association for Project Management (APM) and full membership of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM). Alex is Member of the APM Earned Value Special Interest Group (SIG) providing advice and guidance on the development and direction of Earned Value management. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE.).

Anil Godhawale Director at ProjCon Consultants

Anil has over 14 years of international field and home office experience in Project Planning & Scheduling, Cost Engineering, EVA, Risk and Delay Claims Analysis. Anil has a strong Project Controls background & has worked in all phases of projects in various sectors that includes Petroleum & Chemicals, LNG regasification & liquefaction facilities, CCU’s (Carbon Capture Units), Power Projects and Pipelines. Anil is also very active with industry professional associations as fellow at ACostE, UK and member of AACEi, USA since last decade. He also contributed to CIOB, UK as member of TDWG to develop guidelines for accreditation in Time Management. Anil also holds distinguished Project Controls Certifications CCE & PSP from AACEI, USA and is also registered member (IEng) of Engineering Council UK

Bruce McNaughton Business Process And Change Architect at Customer Driven Solutions Limited
A principal IT and business consultant with extensive experience working with management teams to plan, design and implement business change solutions to improve business, programme and project performance. Uses a holistic, unified and integrated approach to achieve sustainable business performance and develop unparalleled internal teamwork.

Carl Dalton Founder & Director at Polaris Consulting
Carl has over 30 years of experience in providing management and technical consultancy to governments and industry. Carl has worked for a variety of government organisations and leading contractors in Europe, North America, the Far East and Australia.He specialises in Cost Analysis and Project Risk Management; generally on large complex programmes. These include large aircraft and ship programmes, military and non-military land vehicles, complex weapons, other transportation systems, software intensive programmes, personnel and commodities. He is experienced in utilising commercial available cost and risk management products and tools as well as developing bespoke solutions.

David Birch Programme Controls Manager, Olympic Delivery Authority at CH2M Hill
David Birch has 35 years experience in the delivery of high profile UK and international project portfolios for world leading engineering contractors. He has responsibility for the CLM Programme Controls group within the CLM Joint Venture delivering the London 2012 Olympic Games programme on behalf of the UK Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). Mr Birch’s priorities are to ensure that the London 2012 programme is delivered to or ahead of schedule and within the funding levels and budgets established by the ODA. Since joining CH2MHill in 2008 Mr Birch has served as CLM Head of Programme Controls for from December 2008 to today and was CLM Deputy Programme Controls Manager from May to December 2008.

Prior to joining CH2MHill, Mr Birch was UK Operations Manager for URS/Washington Group Energy and Environmental Group executing projects and programmes within UK Nuclear decommissioning and clean-up. Previous experience includes 10 years with Bechtel working on International projects in the Oil and Gas, Water and Telecom Business Lines located in Kuwait, Kazakhstan, India and a number of European countries.

Dave Insley, Principal Consultant at BMT Hi-Q Sigma
David Insley joined BMT Hi-Q Sigma in Aug 08 having spent over ten years working for the UK Ministry of Defence on a range of defence projects and programmes. David currently provides consultancy in project and programme management, supported by a strong technical base in engineering. This is underpinned by his full membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Association for Project Management. He possesses a range of experience across the UK Defence Sector having contributed to the delivery of complex Core Programmes and Urgent Operational Requirements, primarily in the capability areas of Counter Improvised Explosive Device, Royal Navy Destroyers, munitions and soldier systems.”

Edwina Hayward Principal Consultant at BMT Hi-Q Sigma
Since joining BMT in 2000, Edwina has provided Project Controls expertise to MoD Programme teams in a number of major defence programmes within the Land and Naval environments. This work has covered all aspects of Project Controls but more specifically Risk, Schedule and Earned Value Management. Within the Risk Management elements of Edwina’s work she has been involved in conducting regular risk analysis as well as providing inputs to Main Gate Business Cases and Review Notes.

Edwina was a member of the working group that produced the APM’s Interfacing Risk and Earned Value management Guide and is a member of the APM Risk Specific Interest Group committee.

Glenn Hide Planning Manager & NEC Consultant at GMH Planning
Glen has over 15 years of experience in Project Controls and currently providing consultancy and training to contractors and clients working in both the public and private sector under the NEC form of contract. Glen also provides both planning support to companies in administering their programmes and provide standard and bespoke training courses in understanding and administering the contracts.

John Chapman Programme Director at Touchstone Ltd
John is an experienced Programme Director, Programme Manager, Project Director and Project Manager; having led Programmes of business change, implemented Financial Accounting and Enterprise Solutions, Spend Control systems, and Document Management solutions. He has international Project implementation experience, with a good understanding of the challenges of working with different cultures, and the logistics of international project delivery. John is member of the authoring group of the Gower Handbook of Programme Management www.gowerpub.com, ISBN: 0 566 08603 4, An acknowledged contributor to Managing Successful Programmes, 1st Edition, www.tso.gov.uk, ISBN 0-11-330016-6 and An acknowledged contributor to APM Introduction to Programme Management, www.apm.org.uk, ISBN 190349463X

Jonathan Crone Director of Project Controls at Subsea7
Jonathon lead the Project Controls function across the whole of the newly merged SubSea7 global organisation, market cap $6bn, projects ranging from $10m to $1.2bn, specialising in sub-sea construction, particularly deep water, with sites around the World. The current challenge is in bringing the two legacy companies together and forming a new Project Controls function as part of the Project Services and Contracts division. Prior to Subsea7, he was Business Development Manager at Profile Cape Verde Ltd, Transitional Leader at Gatwick Airport Ltd and Head of Project Controls at BAA

John Flaherty Engagement Director at OTC Optima
John has over 20 years of experienced in project Controls and Management. He has worked on a number of major MoD programmes in a range of senior positions. He is currently sharing my project management experience supporting a number of major clients. His Specialties are Project control, earned value management, risk and opportunity management

Mike Higgins Director at Xacom Limited
Mick Higgins has over 12 years experience in project, programme and organisation project control. He is currently the Director at Xacom Limited, a project control consultancy providing services to nuclear decommissioning, defence and construction organisations. Mick has a wealth of experience in Earned Value Management, Scheduling, Risk, Enterprise Risk Management, Project Control Process, LCM, Project Control Training, Mentoring and associated Project Control software. Mick is also considered to be one of Europe's leading experts in Earned Schedule.

Prior to establishing Xacom Limited Mick has worked for a number of organisations including; BAE Systems, BMT Hi-Q Sigma, Thales and Eurocopter (a division of EADS). Mick has presented at several international conferences and is also a member of the APM EV SIG.

Melanie Franklin Chief Executive at Maven
Melanie is the founder and Chief Executive of Maven - the Portfolio, Programme, Project, Risk and Change Management specialist. Leading from the front Melanie practices what Maven preaches - recent strategic consultancy assignments include implementing portfolio management techniques, building methodologies for project and change management, introducing maturity and assessment services and setting up skills and competence frameworks for global clients.

Melanie held Senior Project Manager role with a number of global financial institutions leading teams in the UK and US responsible for the production of an operations, financial and MIS reporting framework and managing relationships between the company and outsourced development teams based in India. Melanie is a regular keynote speaker at conferences and has written a number of books while still finding time to deliver these invaluable services to our clients.

Nick Fewings Operations Director The Colour Works
Combining his knowledge of behavioural psychology, change management and leadership experience, Nick is co-founder of The Colour Works. The Colour Works believes that everyone in an organisation can make a positive unique contribution to it. We believe with our facilitation style, passion and cutting-edge learning, we unlock that potential to the benefit of the individual, team and organisation. Nick’s sensitivity to the needs of others, combined with his fun and engaging approach to learning, make him a hit with clients in all sectors. His ability to deliver stimulating learning programmes for clients helps them to get the best from their most valuable asset – their staff.

An Inspiring Helper, Nick radiates goodwill and enthusiasm and is optimistic about life in general and human potential in particular. He is a natural trainer, facilitator and counsellor. Clients include banks, multi-nationals across all sectors, government departments and local authorities. Nick is in demand as a highly-regarded and inspirational conference speaker on the people aspect of organisational change as well as writing articles for various UK publications on this topic.

Robert McKibbin Director in Navigant’s Global Construction Practice
Robert is an architect by profession but close association with lawyers back in 1992 while completing the MSc in Construction Law at Kings College derailed his creative interests and diverted him to the world of the expert witness. He started his expert career considering professional negligence claims against architects and project managers but he has focused exclusively on delay analysis for the past 17 years. During that time he has acted as an expert witness in virtually all sectors of building construction and also on a number of infra-structure projects in the UK and abroad”.