Danny Mays

Operations and Finance and Resource Manager roles

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Sittingbourne, England, United Kingdom

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Timeline
About me
Retired Director - Learning and Development Delivery Services
Education
- Fulston Manor Secondary School
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- Thanet Technical College
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  Business Administration and Management, General With Merit
- National School of Government
  2011 -
  Diploma in Management Consultancy Accredited by the Institute of Consulting
- CIPFA
  2003 - 2004
  Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Business and Financial Management With Merit
Experience
- Numerous
  Jan 1987 - Jan 2001
  Operations and Finance and Resource Manager roles
  Overseeing business functions servicing multiple operational command units and working at both managerial and senior leadership levels.
- Corporate HR
  Jan 2003 - Jan 2010
  Director of Business Services
  Executive Board member leading on organisational HR strategy formulation and deployment; planning; performance; evaluation and financial management.Financial lead and multiple work stream lead on an HR Transformation Programme that changed the provision of HR services from a devolved to centralised operating model realising savings in excess of £58m. Written testimonial received from the Director of HR Operations
- Leadership and Learning Directorate
  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
  Business Change Consultant
  Head hunted by the Programme Manager and SRO to partner the Senior Management Team to design, implement and embed a new model of training to improve services to customers and realise £12.6m savings. Written testimonial received from the Developing Training Programme Manager.
- Directorate of Strategy, Performance and Professionalism
  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
  Business Change Consultant
  Head hunted to partner the Executive Board to successfully realign corporate functions to meet emerging organisational goals. Written testimonial received from the Executive Lead.
- MetChange
  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
  Programme Manager - Organisational Culture Change
  Leading on the transformational flow through the full programme life cycle. Engaging with leaders to diagnose current and preferred organisational culture, analyse the gap and produce a comprehensive set of interventions to change culture. Formal written recognition from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service and SRO - Deputy Assistant Commissioner
- Directorate of Professionalism
  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
  Business Change Consultant
  Leading on the design, implementation and embedding of a performance management framework, products and reporting mechanisms for a new corporate department. Formal written recognition received from the Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
- Metropolitan Police
  Jan 2013 - Jul 2016
  Head of Continuous Improvement
  Leading on designing, implementing and embedding a culture of continuous improvement within a Shared Support Services environment using a blend of Lean and people orientated methodologies flexed to meet client needs and desired outcomes.
- Metropolitan Police
  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022
  Programme Director - Transforming Learning
- College of Policing
  Sept 2022 - Jan 2023
  Strategic Command Course
- Metropolitan Police
  Jan 2023 - now
  - Retired Director Learning and Development
    May 2024 - now
  - Director of Learning and Development
    Jan 2023 - Oct 2024
Licenses & Certifications
- Certificate of Lean Competency, LCS Level 2A and B, Advanced Lean Knowledge and Leadership
  Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
  Jan 2015
- Certificate of Lean Competency, LCS Level 1A and B, Foundation
  Cardiff University
  Jan 2010
- Prince2 - Registered Practitioner
  APM Group
  Jan 2010
- Certificate of Lean Competency, LCS Level 1C, Practitioner
  Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
  Jan 2014
- Fellow
  Institute of Consulting
  Jan 2012
- Fellow
  Forward Institute
  Jan 2021
- Managing Successful Programmes - Registered Practitioner
  APM Group
  Jan 2013