Thomas Grimshaw
Business Consultant Lead @Akkodis
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WORK HISTORY
Business Consultant Lead @Akkodis
Filton, GB
Promoted to establish and lead the UK Business Consultancy capability, formalising the function into a standalone practice in response to sustained growth and increasing demand.Scaled the capability at pace, leading recruitment and selection to build a high-performing team of Business Analysts aligned to strategic growth objectives.Contributed to revenue growth and margin performance by aligning BA capability with sales strategy, supporting bids, and ensuring commercially viable delivery models.Partnered with senior leadership and executive stakeholders to shape transformation priorities, investment decisions, and capability strategy.Accountable for all UK engagements involving Business Analysis, providing oversight, quality assurance, and acting as the senior escalation point for complex delivery and stakeholder challenges.Defined and executed the capability roadmap, evolving the operating model to support scalable growth and multi-sector delivery.Created and embedded Business Analysis best practices, governance frameworks, and delivery guardrails to ensure consistency, quality, and scalable performance across the portfolio.Provided line management, coaching, and professional development for a large UK-based BA team, fostering strong capability growth and a high-performance culture.Set the strategic direction for Business Analysis delivery across UK projects, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives, client outcomes, and commercial priorities.Owned resource management and allocation across the portfolio, balancing demand, capability, and utilisation to optimise delivery and financial performance.Strengthened the maturity and market positioning of the consultancy function as a trusted partner across complex, multi-sector transformation programmes.
EDUCATION
Bangor University
Bachelor's Degree, Business & Information Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT THOMAS GRIMSHAW
Business Analysis and Transformation Leader with experience across Financial Services, Aerospace, Central Government, Public Sector, and Defence. I deliver enterprise-wide digital and operational transformation by aligning strategy, technology, and people to achieve measurable business outcomes.Having progressed from hands-on Business Analysis into organisational capability leadership, I have built and scaled high-performing consultancy teams, shaped portfolio-level delivery direction, and embedded standards that improve consistency, governance, and commercial performance. My expertise spans CRM, IT service management, SaaS partnerships, data-led change, and complex multi-stakeholder environments.I combine strategic oversight with strong delivery credibility, focusing on building resilient operating models, strengthening capability, and leading transformation that delivers sustainable value at scale.
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