Alan Callow

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ABOUT ALAN CALLOW

A resourceful, creative and effective manager with extensive experience in project management, business improvement, strategic planning, operations, training, team building and facilitation. Background includes senior assignments with the Royal Air Force, an MBA and MSc in International Finance and Management and working as a management consultant in the North Sea oil and gas sector. Well-developed leadership and project management skills evidenced by a solid track record of success in meeting project objectives. Known for my tenacity and persuasiveness I am extremely as a team leader and facilitator.Key Strengths and Attributes• Excellent Leadership skills and influencing ability with the ability to motivate individuals and teams to exceed challenging targets• Excellent stakeholder influencing and communication skills• Excellent facilitation skills with significant experience in Decision Support/Analysis; Root Cause Analysis Hazid/Hazop; Tabletop Planning etc. as well as general meeting facilitation• Excellent planning and organisational skills and track record of highly effective decision-making • Highly motivated, proactive and results-oriented • Extensive experience of successfully managing projects and change. Experienced instructor/trainer with high degree of knowledge in Project Management processes especially Stage Gate Models (CPDEP/ORP/Capital to Value/PRINCE2 etc) • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills evidenced by executive level reports and presentations to all levels of management• Extensive experience using problem-solving and decision analysis tools and techniques• Extensive experience of initiating and managing continuous improvement programmes• Experienced user of all MS Office desktop applications and experienced in use of variety of scheduling solutions including Primavera and MS Office