John Wade  
 

John Wade
Oakview Consulting Limited
71B High Street
Stony Stratford
Milton Keynes
MK11 1AY
Tel: 0844 8484 853
Fax: 
Mobile:
07815 889790

Email:
johnwade@oakviewconsulting.co.uk
Web: 
www.oakviewconsulting.co.uk
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Key Skills & Services:

John is a seasoned operations executive offering substantial experience in designing and implementing strategy; project management, including cultural and organisational change and systems implementation; strong HR capability at strategic and operational levels, including restructuring, redundancy and reorganisation; marketing and branding strategies; governance and compliance management, including to FSA and ISO: 9002 standards.

 

Using real experience gained from managing a business through a fire causing the loss of an office for five months, John provides Business Continuity Management support to BS25999 standard, using online risk and business continuity management software.

 

Also offers coaching services to senior and aspiring managers and leaders.

Career Background:

John has twenty-five years management experience, including over fifteen years in Executive and Board director positions for professional and financial services businesses. He has held profit and loss responsibility in three firms, including leading a turnround of £1M for one professional services business.

 

His background includes senior positions in Barclays and Citibank, including marketing and business development successes in earlier recessions; general management roles with Denton Hall, a top ten law firm; Director of Operations with Bain and Coy, a leading global strategy management consultancy; and a Board role with Perkins Slade Ltd, a leading independent insurance intermediary.

Industry sectors:

Professional and financial services, including retail corporate and commercial banking; legal services; management consultancy; and insurance broking.

Qualifications:

MBA (Master of Business Administration); CMCE (Management Consultancy); DipFS and ACIB (Banking qualifications). PRINCE2® Foundation Holder; Currently working towards CBCI status with the Business Continuity Institute.

Comments:

 John believes his wide Executive and Board level background in the service, partnership and owner-managed business sectors, gives him a comprehensive understanding of the needs of SMEs – and his experience of managing and growing businesses through downturns will be particularly valuable today.

 

His emphasis on managing performance is especially useful in this economic climate, particularly when combined with his capability in risk and business continuity management, working closely with an online software provider to support businesses in identifying and controlling their risk strategy.

 

Based in the northern Home Counties, John can work with businesses throughout the South-East and Midlands

   
 
 

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