Rob specialises in strategic change, food and productive green spaces. His recent clients include Pret a Manger and Gail’s artisan bakery, market-leading hospitality organisations for whom he has undertaken several projects. These have involved launching a mobile app, migrating and upgrading three e-commerce websites, selecting and implementing a new electronic point-of-sale system, implementing product life cycle software and various other feasibility studies and options appraisals.

Rob is particularly well versed in organisational strategy, requirements gathering, procurement, supplier selection and evaluation, cultural change and continuous improvement. He is a fellow of both the Association for Project Management and the Chartered Management Institute. Rob has an MBA from the Open University, which focused on technology strategy.

Rob has worked in the public, private and voluntary sectors, working with high-profile consumer brands, non-profits, BIDs (including the New West End Company), membership organisations and start-ups.

Earlier in his career, Rob worked for several local government organisations, leading policy and project portfolios covering road use, public realm, parking, freight, public transport and London 2012. He managed the relationship between London’s 33 boroughs and Transport for London, including the successful renegotiation of a £168m annual funding settlement to be divided among the boroughs. He also wrote policy, commissioned research and supported politicians in their roles as committee chairs and participants.

Alongside his management consultancy practice, Rob is a lecturer in project management. Rob writes and delivers modules and courses at apprentice, bachelor’s and master’s degree level. Rob’s teaching practice focuses on the areas project managers can add value: sound governance, agility of approach and a level of project control commensurate with risk.

Rob is chair of a medium-sized charity supporting homeless young people. He also holds several non-executive director and board advisory roles.