A Chartered Project Professional and IoD Diploma holder with a wealth of client-side blue-chip experience as a purchaser of consulting services, Alastair became Chief Operating Officer of CBO in 2014 and set about building a company that focussed on quality and efficiency in order to reliably deliver the best possible outcomes for clients.

Alastair has over 30 years’ experience of delivering complex change in both private and public sectors, with specific strengths in business strategy, governance, digital and technology implementations, as well as commercial negotiation and management.

His experience has lent him skills in:

• Corporate strategy development and implementation
• Mergers & acquisitions deal support and programme management
• Business transformation, including system implementations
• Commercial negotiation and ongoing management
• Digital skills, specifically in multichannel sales & services
• Sector skills in financial services, retail, utilities and the public sector

Alastair has a keen eye for aligning change to business strategy, ensuring clients receive the outcomes they expect and need to grow their businesses. His commercial skills, honed through negotiating contracts large and small, remain in strong demand, and he is often called upon to rescue mission-critical programmes that have been recognised as drifting or failing. His obvious passion for quality sees a great deal of his time consumed in active Quality Assurance work, both with the CBO team and with client resources, the net result of which can be seen in the overall quality of CBO’s delivery and the success of client projects and programmes.