We can call upon a wide range of specialists to supplement our work on projects and assignments ranging from legal and personnel through to business process mapping.

 Matt Bukowski

Strategic thinker with extensive experience of leading organisations, building partnerships and developing people and teams to deliver improved outcomes for the users of health and social care services.

Area of special expertise and achievement include:

Leadership - communicating a clear compelling vision to engage all stakeholders.

Developed sense of common purpose in workforce of 2700 people dispersed across large territory and multiple worksites. Implemented organisation development and communications strategies in support of agreed business plans. Acted as ambassador for the organisation locally, regionally and nationally by implementing proactive media strategy; leading partnership bodies; taking key roles in professional association.

Strategic partnerships - conceptualising the big picture of how whole systems operate.

Implemented integrated commissioning and delivery of health and social care services for adults with learning disabilities. Led the development of a multi-agency strategic partnership to modernise services

for children and families. Implemented commissioning arrangements for £40 million worth of business with independent care providers to create single pricing structure, workforce strategy and training programme. Managed the Council's relationships with six local NHS trusts to create a single strategic framework to deliver local and national objectives.

Organisation, team and people development - creating and sustaining the conditions for a learning organisation.

Developed and implemented workforce strategies to sustain staffing levels and increase awards of nationally recognised qualifications. Delivered development programmes in response to problems of team dynamics and functioning. Provided personal coaching to sustain high levels of individual performance in the face of adversity. Designed and delivered new organisation structures to increase efficiency and improve effectiveness.

Service development - setting and delivering a new vision for the customer experience of public services.

Implemented a customer contact centre to provide responsive single point of access, achieving consistently high levels of customer satisfaction. Designed and implemented a person-centred service to meet the health and social care needs of 1500 adults with learning disabilities. Created a new charitable trust to secure the expansion and improvement of adult placement services. Delivered sustained improvements in regulated services for children (adoption, family placements and residential care) through investment in leadership, training and buildings.

Performance management - investing in people and implementing policy to secure continuous improvement at the frontline.

Designed and implemented performance agreements to ensure achievement of local and national targets. Commissioned and implemented modern electronic information system to ensure accurate, timely collection and reporting of performance information. Developed an organisation culture which encouraged innovation and rewarded achievement.

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw has over 14 years experience of developing and implementing marketing and communications strategies for organisations across the public and private sectors.

Area of special expertise and achievement include:

Developed sales and marketing strategy for penetrating public sector professional services market (consulting, recruitment and training) combining the expertise of eight group companies

Delivered a highly successful brand strategy into local government including high level client and media networks

Re-named and re-launched eight businesses with common identity and naming conventions

Coordinated and delivered exposure at over 50 public sector exhibitions including, SOLACE, LGA, CIPFA and SOCPO

Established a high level networking programme to influence Chief Executives and Directors of Finance

Launched two new specialist businesses into the public sector with comprehensive marketing, PR and brand strategies

Launched a national training programme that included partnering with the I&DeA delivering specialist training to local authorities on aspects of the 2004 Housing Act

Hosted seminars, debates and networking events gathering key public sector figures together to discuss key industry topics

Developed marketing and communications strategy for 8 individual businesses to further penetrate the local government, regeneration and education markets

Developed web strategies incorporating the re-development and re-launch of eight websites

Developed a global brand in the international recruitment marketplace

Developed portal to enable effective online communication between clients, candidates and agency suppliers

Launched targeted service offerings in the USA and Germany

Developed partnerships and managed agency suppliers in the delivery of web, print, design, conference, exhibition and PR services