Chris Mackenzie-Grieve MSc.

Experience

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  Post Office

  Jun 1994 - May 1998

  Area Manager

  Managing a team of property professionals responsible for a large property portfolio of commercial, office, industrial and retail premises. Entailed all aspects of property development and management from acquisition, lease negotiation, rent reviews, maintenance, capital expenditure and disposals.

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  Royal Mail

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2004

  M & A Projects Director

  A senior role reporting into the Investment Director and Group Finance Director within Royal Mail. Responsible for leading a wide variety of strategic and change related projects covering the whole spectrum of corporate development. Projects included, amongst others: Financial Joint Venture with anticipated profit of £1bn over 10 years and initial start up capital of £125m. My role involved leading the commercial team (lawyers, tax and VAT advisors, investment bankers and business operators), negotiations, business case overview, advising and presenting the proposal to the PLC Board as well as the shareholder (the DTI and HMT).Acquisition of 20% shareholding in Camelot the UK lottery provider along with UK retail supply contract. Led an outsourcing project to save some £35m pa of operational cost and deliver service improvements across all measures. Lead negotiator for renewal of outsourced catering contract across all businesses. Leading the acquisition and disposal of international businesses. This included valuation, business case, due diligence, negotiations and presentations to PLC Board. Principal negotiator on a complex tri-partite global joint venture with a T/O of £450m, also responsible for due diligence, valuation, business case and PLC Board and DTI/HMT presentations. Show less

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  Harrow Council

  Jul 2004 - Mar 2006

  Programme Director

  Leading a transformation project to move from a multi contracting environment to a long term frame work partnering based arrangement. Developed and delivered tender strategy, OJEU process and procedures, market assessments, business plan, control systems, communication strategy, cultural change training, cost control and negotiations. Re-designed organisation and governance structure to reflect the changed environment and culture.

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  Home Office

  Mar 2006 - Feb 2007

  Interim Head of Procurement

  Leading a commercial team responsible for a budget of £650m pa. Activities included contract management of a number of framework agreements, setting up and delivering category management profiles, tendering, negotiating and advising on procurement policy (EU context). Developed 5 year business plan to re-align and build capacity/capability for increased workload.

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  Ministry of Justice

  Feb 2007 - Jan 2010

  Procurement and Programme Consultant

  As a Procurement And Programme Consultant at Ministry of Justice, I provided strategic and tactical advice on important procurement and capital programmes including governance processes, procurement strategies, risk management, commercial models, and cultural ethos. I directed and implemented a major change programme and project performance management system, based on lean thinking and theory of Constraint philosophies, to support transformational change in the supply chain as well as cultural change to the existing organisation. I efficiently co-ordinated with Deloitte on programme office re-organisation and successfully developed construction strategy for the industry in collaboration with Cabinet office and BIS. The following are highlights of the value I brought to Ministry of Justice:☛ Saved £60M over a short time span of 18 months and reduced delivery time by 400% by efficiently designing and executing transformational change to project delivery.☛ Supervised team of engineers and other diversified staff members in setting up one of the largest project of prison system in Europe amounting to £200M. Show less

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  Welsh Assembly

  Aug 2011 - Mar 2015

  Regeneration Area Board member

  Member of Strategic Board advising on and approving regeneration based projects to improve the local economy. Includes employment opportunities, tourism initiatives, infrastructure projects, community based initiatives as well as built environment improvement and capital projects.

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  APHA Defra Central Government

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

  Interim Head Of Commissioning, Intelligent Client Function, Contracts, & Procurement

  As an Interim Head Of Commissioning, Intelligent Client Function, Contracts, & Procurement at APHA, Central government, I managed commercial and procurement functions including procurement of one of the strategically important project of regional vets’ network. I successfully developed organisation structure, operating models, job descriptions, and recruited initial teams, instrumental in shaping procurement and contracts approach both commercially and operationally. I was a board member for major projects and advisor on all key commercial decisions. The following are highlights of the value I brought to APHA:☛ Successfully established an Intelligent Client Function (ICF) in Estates, IT and Procurement and Contracts Management unit (combined spending of £90m pa) as well as managed a unit of Commissioners with an income of £200m pa.☛ Reduced annual costs by 10% through efficient management and implementation of organisation change to become more “buy” focused. ☛ Co-ordinated with other Government Departments on policy and change for property and procurement (CCS, GPU) and Treasury for different business cases. Show less

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  Tai Ceredigion

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2017

  Non Executive Director

  Independent Board member, Chair Special Projects Group, Vice Chair Audit and Performance committee.Advised on the following key initiatives:* Major changes to governance of the Association.* Large housing development, mix of social and market rent.* Acquisition/Merger with a similar size HA

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  Tameside Investment Partnership (Former LEP)

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  Interim General Manager

  As the Interim General Manager at Tameside Investment Partnership, I provide executive-level leadership with full Special Purpose Vehicle responsibility and advise on important strategic management issues. I am overseeing current capital projects including education buildings, health and leisure facilities, museums, and a £40m college, office, and retail development in town centre. I am responsible for developing procurement and asset management strategies. I provide the best value services for Tameside citizens ensuring that the council’s policies of maximising local suppliers and delivering quality services are smoothly executed. The following are highlights of the value I brought to Tameside Investment Partnership:☛ Spearheaded the development of a performance management system to better reflect Tameside’s requirements and put in place an improvement agenda aimed at running a more efficient and cost effective service.☛ Orchestrated, conceptualized and initiated aggressive continuous improvement regime with a projection of 10% savings in a year.☛ Mentored a team of professionals with diversified backgrounds to achieve optimized results in alignment with the objectives of the organisation.☛ Introduced strategic and tactical action plans to increase revenues and successfully negotiated a two year extension to Facility Management (FM) contract with a value of £9m. Show less

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  VISIBLE PROJECTS LIMITED

  Feb 2016 - now

  Director

  We focus on driving project performance through practical application of system based management. It’s results that matter, lower costs, better time delivery whilst maintaining the quality and specification you want. It’s not easy, you have to work with us but it gets results.

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  BUPA/RCV

  Dec 2017 - Dec 2019

  Consultant Senior Programme Manager

  Leading the development of specific Care Village projects for Richmond Care Villages (a part of BUPA). Projects range from £10m to £50m+ and encomappsed land acquisition through to operational handover (ready to occupy). Villages were a mixed use of premium Care Faclitiies, apartments, spa and lesisure facilities, restaurants and ancillary spaces.

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  Your Housing Group

  Aug 2019 - now

  Non Executive Director
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  EOM

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Interim Managing Director

  Working with Mid Wales Housing on their acquisition (EOM) managing a change programme and developing a business plan to deliver greater efficency and new ways of working.

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  Visible Construction Partners (VCP)

  Sept 2020 - now

  Chief Agitator
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  Procync

  Dec 2023 - now

  Head of Getting stuff done.

  A new JV aimed at changing project delivery and beyond for good. Better, faster and for less.