Drew Marchant

Experience

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  Matthey Rustenburg Refiners

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1985

  Graduate entry to Engineering Section Leader
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  ABC International Limited

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1994

  New product, business and corporate development
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  Topflight Research

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  Continuous Research Manager
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  Orange, SH&E and others

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Freelance Project Manager and Business Consultant
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  FaberMaunsell

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Associate Director, Market Research and Public Consultation

  • Managed UK South transportation market research team of 12 within a matrix organisation.• Led three work streams, delivering over 100 projects in 2 years, personally leading 20 major projects. Managed £1.5m monitoring programme for Transport for London's £60m bus improvement initiative. Commissioned external data gathering and delivered suite of 30 before-and-after reports.Internal research and consultation support for transportation projects and corporate HR colleagues. Increased external sales by 30% to £1m by effective PQQ and tender management. • Provided the team Project Management Office (PMO) function. Show less

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  Peterborough, Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth and Harlow Urban Regeneration Companies

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Interim Project Manager

  • Three assignments to establish effective, fully functioning private sector companies. • Developed legal frameworks to meet public sector policy requirements and worked with local, regional and central government partners and stakeholders to establish local priorities. • Gained central government permissions to form the companies and guided local authority approvals.• Created strategic and annual business plans and facilitated Board appointments and staff recruitment.• Established premises, facilities, operations and financial systems, with outsourced HR, payroll, pensions and IT business support together with insurance, accounting and auditing. • On completion, handed over to the incoming Chief Executive. Show less

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  Renaissance Bedford

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

  Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure Delivery

  • Developed the area-wide programme to ensure the appropriate infrastructure was in place ahead of the programme to develop new housing and create jobs. Acted as Programme Manager and Steering Group Chair for successive annual partnership programme plans covering £1bn investment over 20 years identifying sequence, timing, risks, dependencies, barriers, and funding.• Ensured that all delivery partners fully understood the collective requirement by developing and sharing business plans across multiple strategic domains including employment, affordable housing, transport, education, health, utilities & emergency services.• Liaised with key stakeholders at Elected Member, Director and Senior Officer levels. Presented progress reports to RB Board, partnership Boards, regional agencies & central government.• Partnership Bid Leader, winning £22m award over 3 years from DCLG Growth Area Fund. Subsequently managed the selection, monitoring controls and reporting of a portfolio of 25 separate projects across seven organisations, personally delivering four cross-organisation projects.• Acted as Project Manager and Steering Group Chair for several key projects using PRINCE2. Show less

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  Network Rail, RNIB, B&MK Waterway Trust and others

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

  Freelance Project Manager and Business Consultant

  • Two assignments as Project Manager (Change) on Network Rail Business Critical Rules Programme moving NR engineering standards to risk focused control documentation. Led risk identification using BowTie methodology for Electrical Power and Telecoms, then led control document development for Structures, Buildings, Geotechnics and Drainage together with safety validation to CSM. Initiated implementation and handover to Business as Usual. Last task was to lead control documentation in Track and Lineside.• Finalisation, closeout, and legacy phases of UK Vision/RNIB/Bedfordshire CCG/local voluntary groups pilot project to integrate commissioning of eye health and eye care. • Business Planning Specialist at Network Rail. Facilitated the Electrification & Plant workbank ahead of the ORR business plan submission of January 2013.• Reviewed and further developed business plans for two local businesses. • Assisted two developers to clarify planning applications and discharge reserved matters. • Represented Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust on partnership bodies. • Collaborated with the Trust partners to compile the delivery programme. • Authored the developer Waterway information brochure and delivered seminars for Bedford Borough Council planners. • Provided late-stage project oversight, audit and support for delivery of 'John Bunyan' community boat. Show less

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  Network Rail

  Jan 2017 - now

  Project Manager (Change)

  Member of the Business Improvement Team - initially in Safety Technical and Engineering, the team transferred to Network Services under the Putting Passengers First re-organisation.