The Management of Projects in austere times

Instigated a connection with NZCID following the change of government in New Zealand and their declared interest in adopting the principles of the Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnerships. The result was the creation and highly successful execution of two annual sets of high level seminars on the principles and practice of PFI and PPPs. In each year two sets of 3-day seminars were organised in prestigious venues in Auckland and Wellington. In total, approximately 130 senior individuals from both public and private sector organisations (typically director level) attended, and a range of speakers from New Zealand, Australia and the UK presented. These events led to a strong relationship being established with the National Infrastructure Unit (NIU) a recently specialist group within the New Zealand Ministry of Finance. This was an example of UCL’s commitment to being a global university and its belief in the social valuation of enterprise. The benefits to UCL were profile raising, establishing new networks, and access to data to be used for research papers.

Siad Business School, University of Oxford, The need for realistic management views in management education

Survey of the view of Generation Y and their view of IT, private review survey, led by UCL’s Department of Information Studies. Value circa £30k.

Part of the research group commissioned by the National Platform for the Built Environment to look at long-term issues facing the UK built environment, with specific interest on client focus and knowledge use. Value circa £40k.

Association for Project Management award for most significant contribution to the development of project management. Awarded for the Project Directors’ Development Programme run by Local Partnerships (formerly 4ps) and UCL for which I was the lead academic responsible for the course’s design and delivery

Commission by the Housing Forum to provide a ‘thought paper’ on Corporate Social Responsibility and UK House Builders.

The need for future leaders to engage in thinking, Strategic Leadership Conference, Constructing Excellence, London

Review of Programme Management best practice for use in regenerations. Research conducted with Professor Peter Morris, results incorporated in the NAO Report ‘The Thames Gateway: Laying the Foundations’, May 2007. Value circa £12k.

The possible role of PFI in the rebuilding of Iraq, Jordan