Nick Rickard

- Marshalling change and innovation: bringing a fresh perspective and new ideas to spot business improvement opportunities and drive efficiencies. - Cultivating teamwork: integrating teams and creating an inclusive environment through empathetic leadership to deliver improved performance. - Trusted advisor: building strong relationships, with excellent communication and presentation skills, to create and sell a compelling vision.

IPA High Risk Review Team Member (HR RTM) IPA Medium Risk Review Team Leader (MR RTL)

Leadership of large and gnarly multi-disciplinary delivery teams, working as a Senior Civil Servant in the Ministry of Defence. Responsible and accountable for engineering and contract delivery, with a good knowledge of the operational environment and highly resilient. Implementing functional management and a balanced matrix approach in a large, change-adverse organisation. Excellent knowledge and understanding of project and service delivery practice, working with data to drive effective decision making. Commercially astute with extensive public sector procurement experience of single-source and competitive bids. Managing and improving existing contracts in complex political environments.