Mike Brough 2015
- 1. 07941 485 847 Mike Brough 0131 564 1780 Professional Summary As an experienced senior level professional, I hold a significant track record of business improvement; strategy development and profit making leadership across the public and private sector and have built extensive expertise in the energy and regeneration marketplaces. Having operated as an independent business owner and Subject Matter Expert (SME) consultant, I consistently drive key and bespoke initiatives forward, ensuring their commercial viability and maximum ROI. Examples of this can be seen across my current position and through Regen and Renew, devising key commercial business agreements that set out clear policies and business practices, along with alternative revenue streams. With a technical background, I bring a unique blend of technical understanding and commercial acumen, which has allowed me to comprehend end to end processes, engage in key discussions and bring forward realistic, deliverable outcomes through key business partnering internally and externally. I believe in leading by example and as a senior decision maker supporting the teams and individuals throughout an organisation. As a result of my work ethic, I build strong rapport throughout an organisation, which allows me to support and shape varying aspects of a project and business whilst providing key consultancy and expertise. I am open to opportunities across the public and private sector as well as contractual or permanent positions. I wish to join an organisation where I can combine both my knowledge and experience to become a valuable asset, whilst leading organisational change, shaping and implementing governance and driving performance improvement measures. Key Skills and Competencies • Strategic leadership • Business planning and negotiation, change management, performance analysis • Financial management skills, procurement, accurate forecasts and effectively controlling P&L • Business Relationships Development and Management including tender management • Policy and strategy development and implementation • Project design and management, requirements gathering, solution design, scheduling implementation, execution and risk mitigation • MS Office Suite: MS Project, Excel Intermediate (Pivot tables, Vlookups, modelling) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Professional Experience Interim Programme Manager (Oil and Gas) July 2014 – Present Falkland Islands Government Key Achievements: • Devising and implementing a government wide strategy to ready the Falklands for the planned Oil & Gas exploration and production programmes of work. • Producing a fluid and adaptable 18 – 24 month business readiness plan to allow the Falkland Islands Government to meet key non-‐negotiable milestones. • Best practice on procurement to be used by oil & gas companies and their subcontractors across the Falkland Islands, this allowed all parties clarity and protection and has built long term growth potential into the Islands economy. • Driving forward development activities in order to meet deadlines and create the right environment for growth of the economy.
- 2. 07941 485 847 Mike Brough 0131 564 1780 • Putting in place the appropriate structures and mechanisms to deliver the right environment for the growth of the emerging oil and gas industry, for example setting up of the Falkland Islands Maritime and Harbour Authority. • Grouping business units together to create more focused teams and increase the collaboration of government departments. • Creating internal and external policies and procedures resulting in streamlined processes and greater preparedness. • Driving commercial partnerships with private and public sectors providers, developing long-‐term relationships with mutually beneficial ROI. • Working as part of the key senior executive decision makers to determine financial feasibility and accurately determine the requirements of the programme of work. • Successfully represented the Falkland Islands during an annual conference in Trinidad & Tobago, shared the story of the Falklands and its journey to becoming a pioneering state in regards to energy production, usage and awareness. Responsibilities: • Leading the development of key business relationships across the Falkland Islands and internationally with the Oil and Gas sector. • Developing a strategy to deliver the necessary housing and accommodation infrastructure needed to service short-‐term development needs and longer-‐term settlement of workers. • Consulting internally and externally to uphold the key project deliverables and requirements, whilst consistently representing the Falklands and ensuring it remains environmentally protected. • Continually reporting on the progress of departments and making amendments to the project and programme parameters. • Conducting gap analysis to determine and assess the impact of proposed activities. • Presenting and effectively communicating across all teams and levels of management project needs, milestones and timelines, ensuring that each division is supported and clear of the expectations and deliverables. • Risk management of the programmes to anticipate and manage unexpected and expected scenarios and to develop key client relationships. Managing Director and Expert Consultant (Energy & Carbon) Sept 2009 – July 2014 Regen and Renew Ltd Regen and Renew Ltd is an independent energy and carbon reduction consultancy and brokerage, undertaking project scoping and development assignments on behalf of public and private sector bodies across the areas of regeneration, energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability. As the Managing Director and consultant, Regen and Renew successfully grew to turn over £400k while delivering a very high level of customer satisfaction across 3 key areas: • Providing key consultancy services across local authorities, housing providers and partnering private companies. • Working with key authorities to determine effective programmes of work across the areas of energy and carbon reductions and creating strategies to deliver this. • Representing the ‘big 6’ energy providers and providing a brokerage services and relationship management between them and the public sector. Key Achievements: • Business Partnering with Warm Wales to lead and represent the initiative, within 12 months £15 million of new business was generated. • The creation a Community Interest Company for Monmouthshire County Council, (an outsourced arm of the local authority) that became responsible for addressing the green energy and digital inclusion agendas and creation of jobs. This company is still in place and has grown and now offers community apprenticeships, additionally it has saved the local authority £150k per year. • Creating strong commercial and long-‐term relationships with key nationwide energy providers British Gas,
- 3. 07941 485 847 Mike Brough 0131 564 1780 Scottish Power, EDF Energy, E-‐ON, npower and SSE, and local authorities, resulting in new funding streams for key projects. • Consulting as a Subject Matter Expert to the BRE Group to assist in furthering their research and driving the implementation of projects. • Given the political changes occurring within the energy and regeneration arena, the business was adapted to take on a brokering function representing the commercial and financial interests of local authorities as well as power supplying enterprises. • Providing expert advice and consultancy across the social housing arena in regards to funding, building commercial relationships and launching key projects. • Identifying potential funding channels to finance project execution, successfully negotiating contracts with energy providers resulting in access to £7m in carbon funding from utilities companies in 2012/2013 alone. Responsibilities: • Working with local authorities to accurately determining the scope, requirements and outcomes of projects. • Leading client relationships, negotiating project costs and funding. • Conducting essential gap analysis and reporting findings to key stakeholders. • Making expert recommendations regarding energy and project implementation strategy. • Establishing credibility across the housing association and local authority sectors, being seen as an expert consultant. • Producing all financial documentation including; budgeting, forecasting, cost of resources, required funding. • Tracking implementations and managing road blocks across the project. • Mitigating risk throughout the entire project lifecycle. • Completing all financial reporting, due diligence and administration across the business and project lifecycle. • Actively driving the project lifecycle, defining the project scope, planning the solution and ensuring the delivery of an active solution focused solutions. • Creating key initiatives focusing on reducing carbon, energy consumption and costs within public and private residential housing portfolios. • Conducting research and analysis identifying energy usage and proposing strategies conducive to the goals of the business and community. Business & Finance Manager (Public Sector Regeneration) Oct 2006 – Sept 2009 Welsh Government -‐ Heads of the Valleys Programme/Strategic Regeneration The purpose of this role was to successfully lead the delivery of the regeneration agenda in Wales and management of the programme budget (£66 million) along with the delivery of the ‘One Wales’ agenda. Key Achievements: • Alongside the role of Business and Finance Manager created a bespoke low carbon initiative, which saw a significant increase in funding across the Heads of the Valleys region, funding rose from £10 million in 2006 to £24.5 million in 2009. • Successfully managed the key commercial business relationships with 12 local authorities, ensuring that each authority was accurately represented and understood the needs. • Working across the Heads of the Valleys community to create a sustainable and community wide regeneration programme to significantly improve the region and its energy usage. • Designed a bespoke and successful energy programme that was seen as a ‘flagship’ initiative which was adopted as a nationwide incentive. • A key contributor and driving force behind the transformation of the Head of the Valleys region, working with the Head of Strategy, community representatives and building key partnerships. • Secured key investment from British Gas which significantly increased the continuity of the renewable energy program of work and implementation across a large number of homes. The investment in a new ‘Green Skills Training Academy’ by British Gas indicated the validation nationally of the work and ensured the sustainability of the initiatives.
- 4. 07941 485 847 Mike Brough 0131 564 1780 Responsibilities: • Accurately forecasting and approving spending inline with resources and budgetary requirements. • Implementing and monitoring key performance indicators and implementing strong financial controls to keep projects in line with expectations. • Managing and overseeing operations across the Heads of Valleys and consulting with key stakeholders regarding new opportunities or areas of risk. • Implementing strong project milestones and timelines to ensure key agreements and SLA’s are adhered too. Experience prior to 2006 available upon request __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Significant volunteer experience Board Member / Chairman of the Board May 2010 – Sep 2014 Valleys to Coast Housing, Bridgend Valleys to Coast Housing are a registered social landlord that owns and operates over 6000 houses with an annual turnover in excess of £20m. Joining the board in May 2010, I fulfilled the post of Chairman between September 2011 and September 2014. Key Achievements: • Asked to join Valleys to Coast Housing board, acting as an independent member, after 9 months was asked to become Chairman of the Board. • Significantly increased the sense of unity across the association through establishing the needs of each stakeholder and creating collaborative strategies. • Created career progression and training courses for the Board, this was key to the continued momentum of the organisation and furthering its impact across the community. • Oversaw and supported the raising of multi-‐million pounds of additional funding from the Nationwide and Principality Building Society’s. • Growing the organisation commercially and engaging in strategic and beneficial partnerships that have led to its sustainability and increased turnover. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Examples of successful initiatives • www.penguin-‐news.com/index.php/news/oil/item/797-‐falklands-‐government-‐approves-‐local-‐contact-‐code-‐of-‐ practice-‐for-‐oil-‐companies • http://en.mercopress.com/2015/05/04/falklands-‐implements-‐local-‐content-‐register-‐for-‐companies-‐to-‐become-‐ suppliers-‐of-‐oil-‐sector • www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/2014/02/28/three-‐bright-‐stars-‐from-‐business-‐world-‐join-‐councils-‐community-‐ interest-‐company-‐cmc2 • www.warmwales.org.uk/arbed-‐energy-‐saving-‐program-‐underway/ • www.actionsustainability.com/news/66/Wales-‐plans-‐Europes-‐first-‐low-‐carbon-‐zone/ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Key Qualifications and Memberships • Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing • Trainer for the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Education PGC Management, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, 2008 Aerospace Engineering, Brooklands College -‐ Weybridge, Surrey