Leading retail bank in the UAE

Redesign IT organizational structure to cater for anticipated growth and the introduction of new products and services

New organization structure designed and agreed with all staff.

Major Greek financial institution

Review and realignment of IT organization from previous standalone ‘stovepipe’ structure to one based on integrated process.

Cross-divisional delivery and management problems were greatly reduced. A new governance structure reduced decision-making time and IT staff developed better customer focus.

Irish Government Ministry

To analyse the causes of organizational dysfunction within the Ministry and to identify potential for improvement within the existing procedural restrictions

Analysis lead to review of existing structures, process and staff skill issues across all Government IT Departments. Our recommendations were recognized as providing leading edge thinking and innovation

E-Government Shared Services, Middle East

Established board level, investment appraisal and sourcing governance

Standardised approach to making decisions on investments.

Wholesale, Logistics, Production & Retail Group, Eastern Europe

Review of group and vertical IT organisation and governance structures

Realigned the governance structures across group companies, allowing for greater autonomy in some companies, and more centralised control for others.

Government Agency, UK

IT organisation re-structuring, re-sizing and role-based skills and competency definition

Restructured organisation better aligned to business need, and skills development plan to improve the staffing of roles

Europe-Based Financial Services Group

Governance design and impact analysis for a large European based financial services group establishing a leading edge service integration outsource deal and transformation programme

Design of governance structures necessary to establish outsourced service integration, along with a detailed impact assessment and gap analysis of as-is vs to-be governance processes

Racing Organisation

Strategic IT review for one of the most prestigious racing organisations in the world, including organisation structure and governance

Design of new organisation and governance structures to ensure IT can be better aligned to business needs

Major Financial Services Organisations

IS organisation, staffing and governance strategy development

For a number of banks and other financial services organisations, updated the IS organisation structures, skills, governance, business / IT handoffs in direct as well as mentoring roles

Massive Government Dept, UK

Strategic advisor on change programme, refocusing the IT unit on business alignment and business value add, also IT process maturity and governance assessment and recommendations

IT organisation re-focused on business alignment and value-add, with plans for improving governance and IT process maturity levels (based on COBIT and ITIL)

Public Utility

IT governance strategy development, including IT organisation shift to internal service provider / shared service operation, IT charging strategy and project management standards

Development of governance strategy and its implications, which led the utility to abandon internal service provider plans due to its lack of readiness to implement the necessary structures