Transformation & Programme Director support in York, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. York is a growing professional services, financial services and technology hub - well-connected to Leeds (20 minutes by rail) and anchored by two universities with an active spin-out community alongside established legal, accountancy and financial services firms.
On-site days in York by arrangement, naturally combined with Leeds or Newcastle into a single Yorkshire or North-East visit. Weekly remote cadence as standard.
Travel and on-site: Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~1h50) and from Newcastle (~1h15). York combines naturally with Leeds or Durham into a single day visit.
York sits at the centre of the Yorkshire corridor, and engagements running across Leeds, the wider North-East and the Yorkshire professional services base have a natural York dimension. Strong sector overlap with financial services, professional services and public sector technology.
Boards and PE sponsors running a major change or multi-workstream programme who need a senior operator to own delivery end-to-end, with the track record to navigate complexity and the authority to make decisions.
On-site days in York by arrangement, naturally combined with Leeds or Newcastle into a single Yorkshire or North-East visit. Weekly remote cadence as standard.
York sits at the centre of the Yorkshire corridor, and engagements running across Leeds, the wider North-East and the Yorkshire professional services base have a natural York dimension. Strong sector overlap with financial services, professional services and public sector technology.
Boards and PE sponsors running a major change or multi-workstream programme who need a senior operator to own delivery end-to-end, with the track record to navigate complexity and the authority to make decisions.
Most Transformation & Programme Director engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A change or multi-workstream programme structured for delivery, not theatre; Day-1 readiness and post-merger integration that protects value; Carve-out, separation or migration delivered on time and on budget; A leadership team genuinely capable of running the new state.
Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~1h50) and from Newcastle (~1h15). York combines naturally with Leeds or Durham into a single day visit.
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