Meet some of our experts

Our people are selected from backgrounds across a range of industries and sectors and can boast successful careers in senior management positions prior to joining Bourton Group.

Our team of experts is used to working in complex and sometimes highly regulated environments where efficiency, effectiveness, reliability, safety, and cost are essential. Their “real life” experience of day-to-day strategic and operational issues has proved invaluable to our clients and helped us demonstrate a pragmatic delivery style to suit each situation.

All our staff and retained associates have significant experience in delivering award-winning operational improvements that last. As experts in Operational Improvements, Organisational Development, Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Management, they help to make your business, better.

Ken Powell
Managing Partner

ken.powell@bourton.co.uk

Ken is an experienced Consultant coming from a successful background in operational improvement and change management

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Rob Walley
Partner

rob.walley@bourton.co.uk

Rob’s consulting expertise lies in Lean based business reorganisation and improvement projects in infrastructure, service and manufacturing

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Neil Ross
Partner

neil.ross@bourton.co.uk

Neil is an operational leader who focuses on driving change with people, processes and technology.

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Management Consultant

Ghislain Taschini
Partner

ghislain.taschini@bourton.co.uk

Ghislain is a lean and agile leader experienced in delivering international and cross-functional strategic or operational initiatives.

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Allison Orme
Marketing Manager

allison.orme@bourton.co.uk

Allison manages the day to day marketing activities aligned to the business marketing plan

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Jim Cresswell
Commercial Partner

jim.cresswell@bourton.co.uk

Jim is responsible for the company’s legal, contractual and health & safety, as well as personnel and financial well-being

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Mike Notman
Chairman

mike.notman@bourton.co.uk

Mike's focus is developing organisational structures, leaders, senior teams and corporate cultures to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

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John Golding
Senior Consultant and Master Black Belt

john.golding@bourton.co.uk

John helps to identify root causes of problems and improve the robustness of processes and products.

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Lesley Fleming
Associate Consultant

lesley.fleming@bourton.co.uk

Lesley specialises in the people aspect of change, helping leaders, teams and individuals to introduce and sustain business improvement methodologies.

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Sharon Banks
Associate Senior Consultant

sharon.banks@bourton.co.uk

A Lean expert with extensive experience working in Government having led large national teams in operations management & business transformation.

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Keith Bissett
Non-Executive Advisor

keith.bissett@bourton.co.uk

Keith has more than 30 years expertise as a Consultant and is a seasoned practitioner in the Management of Change and Lean Enterprise.

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Tim Washington
Associate Partner

tim.washington@bourton.co.uk

Tim helps clients achieve operational excellence through the deployment of Lean and Lean Sigma methodologies

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Dr. Roger Cliffe
Associate Consultant

roger.cliffe@bourton.co.uk

Roger is a strategic change and quality specialist who is acknowledged as a subject leader with a proven record of delivery

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Julian Hynd
Non-Executive Advisor

julian.hynd@bourton.co.uk

Julian is experienced in developing strategy and leading significant change programmes and provides strategic guidance and advice to Bourton Group LLP

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Helen Scott

helen.scott@bourton.co.uk

Helen is a leadership specialist, coach and facilitator. She works with individual leaders and leadership teams to elevate their performance.

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Penny Aspden

penny.aspden@bourton.co.uk

Much of Penny’s work has been about change; supporting leaders to respond to challenges and ambiguity in new ways.

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Alan Mason

alan.mason@bourton.co.uk

Alan is an expert in business improvement and Lean Six Sigma deployment, his focus is always on delivering value for the customer.

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Andy Ibbitson

andy.ibbitson@bourton.co.uk

Andy is a seasoned Lean professional, he looks at the whole system when diagnosing and designing improvement strategies to improve the key outputs.

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David Harling

david.harling@bourton.co.uk

David is a transformation programme leader, practiced in the use of Lean principles and techniques, and results-driven business change.

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Martin Fokinther

martin.fokinther@bourton.co.uk

Martin is a Lean Six Sigma black belt with an enviable track record of delivering performance improvement initiatives in complex environments.

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Simon Charles

simon.charles@bourton.co.uk

Simon has 30+ years of board-level HR experience. A qualified coach; he focuses on organisation engagement, performance improvement, culture change.

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Nicola Lane

nicola.lane@bourton.co.uk

Skills to influence at a senior stakeholder level - CIPD and TAP Accredited, she has worked in cross-cultural environments managing multiple projects.

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Rachel Clark

rachel.clark@bourton.co.uk

Expert in Lean and Operational Improvement leading a diverse range of major change and transformation projects in manufacturing.

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Sara Perry

Sara Perry

sara.perry@bourton.co.uk

People development and empowerment are something that Sara is passionate about and has focused on throughout her career.

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Continuous Improvement expert.

Glenn Gooding

glenn.gooding@bourton.co.uk

A highly experienced and self-motivated Continuous Improvement expert, who has gained a wealth of experience in many key industries.

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Judith du Plessis

judith.duplessis@bourton.co.uk

Operational Improvement Expert experienced leading large-scale complex change and transformation projects cross multiple market sectors.

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