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Colin Beveridge is a strategic adviser and troubleshooter who has helped many major undertakings to resolve problems with strategy, business relationships and organization. He has an impressive record of leading and delivering complex change, usually in very challenging and sensitive situations.
Those who have worked with Colin have described him as prescient, incisive and visionary.
His views are always well-founded, with a firm focus on building successful organizations by adding persistent value.Â
Colin holds a Masters Degree in Information Systems and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  He is also a Chartered Fellow and Advisory Council member of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems.Â
Colin undertakes writing, speaking and consultancy assignments and he is particularly keen to help organizations that need  to empower their business change agenda and support business agility.
Colin is also a very well-received conference speaker and workshop facilitator, sharing his hard-won insights into resolving real-world challenges.
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Colin’s background covers top-level responsibility for general management, service development, delivery and strategy. He has worked with a growing list of well-known organisations, in the private and public sectors:
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- Financial Services (BACS, Barclays, HSBC, Norwich Union, Pearl)
- Petrochemical (BP, ICI, Mobil, Shell)
- Logistics (DHL, ITT, Royal Mail, Wolseley)
- Technology (BT, Digital, ICL, Siemens)
- FMCG (Kellogg’s)
- Utilities (Anglian Water, East Midlands Electricity, Powergen)
- Government (Dept of Health, Highways Agency, Remploy)
- Education (University of Glasgow)
- Membership Organisations (National Computing Centre, The Infrastructure Forum)
Credentials:
- 30 years’ experience in the fields of information technology and information systems
- Top-level roles in Development, Programme Management, Service Delivery and Strategy
- Strong international experience, global management team player/ leader
- Worked with dozens of blue-chip clients as an independent consultant and interim director/ manager
- Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (FIMIS)
- Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS CITP)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- MSc (Information Systems)
- Postgraduate Diploma: Software Engineering, Technology Strategy.
Miscellany:
- Advisory panel member - UK Innovation Initiative.
- Judge - Computer Weekly Awards for the Best Places to work in IT (2008).
- Author of “Aligning IT with Business Strategy - a Best Practice Guide” (2003), NCC. ISBN 0-85012-889-7
- Editorial board member for National Computing Centre initiative to create a Dynamic Programme Management Methodology.
- Winner IT Strategy game at the IT Directors’ Forum.
- Launch columnist for CW360.com (now Computerweekly.com).
- Former Chairman of the Commercial Services Board at the Infrastructure Forum (TIF).
- Game Show contestant: The Krypton Factor (semi-finalist), 15 to 1 (finalist), the ABC Quiz (winner).
