Director London & South-East

Roger is a motivational leader with an unusual blend of strategic, operational and people skills. He thrives in a challenging entrepreneurial and business environment, where change and rejuvenation through teamwork, leadership and profit driven growth are paramount.

Roger joined LMI in 1999 after a successful career with British Gas culminating in becoming Director of Logistics and Human Resource Management with British Gas Energy Centre (sub business of Centrica plc).

He rose from being a Trainee Engineer to becoming a Director through a journey of personal growth and change, with a desire to achieve success both for himself and his family.

This experience and success has given him the necessary leadership, people and task/process skills to help other organizations and people realize their own true potential by learning how to achieve their own dreams and goals through LMI’s leadership and management development programmes.

Roger has the practical experience and fully understands what it takes to acquire and become competent in the 4 key domains of leadership and management, namely:

• Executing – ability to get yourself and people to be productive and achieve results
• Influencing – ability to lead yourself and to get others to follow you.
• Motivating – ability to build lasting relationships, cope with change and motivate people to a higher performance
• Strategic Leadership – ability to lead an organisation

Experience:

24 Years at senior management level in British Gas in Distribution Engineering – last job in this role was Area Distribution Manger for the City of Birmingham

11 years at Director level in British Gas in Purchasing and Supplies, Property Management, Logistics and Human Resource Management – last job in this role was Director of Logistics and Human Resource Management, British Gas Energy Centres.

11 years’ experience in British Gas of major change, business and culture change as part of the privatization and liberalisation of the energy industry.

20 years of consultancy, working for both large and small businesses in business strategy, business development, business improvement, change management and development of people.

19 years working with Leadership Management International Ltd in leadership, management, supervisory and team development through personal facilitation and mentoring and delivering LMI Programmes to individuals and groups from Director to Supervisory levels in an organization.

Companies include: Kuoni, McNicholas Construction Services Ltd, Phoenix Natural Gas, Allied Irish Bank, Core Utility Solutions [ Scottish Power], Frankham Consultancy Group, CSB Logistics, Ferns Group Ltd and GWT Media Ltd.

Qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer
• Diploma in Management Studies
• Key Development Programmes
• Middle Management Programme Brooklands 1977
• London Executive Programme, London Business School 1980
• International Development Programme, IMD, Switzerland 1995
• Effective Personal Leadership Programmes LMI 1999 – present

Roger is married to Carol and they live in Purley, Surrey. They have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Both are very active and enjoy playing golf, traveling, socializing and being with their family. Roger also enjoys public speaking and has given presentations on a wide variety of topics at conferences in the UK.
Key Development Programmes

• Middle Management Programme Brooklands 1977
• London Executive Programme, London Business School 1980
• International Development Programme, IMD, Switzerland 1995
• Effective Personal Leadership Programmes LMI 1999 – present