{"id":8,"date":"2017-03-09T07:03:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T07:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidbailey.consulting.s37.dotnetsql.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T09:44:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/davidbailey.consulting\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"s1\">I have been &#8220;advising advisory firms&#8221; since late 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leading up to this, I spent 22 years as a management consultant operating in some of the world&#8217;s largest organisations, including Lloyds TSB, Glaxo, Aviva, Volkswagen, Barclays, and Littlewoods Shop Direct.<\/p>\n<p>I was Managing Vice President at Hitachi Consulting responsible for driving rapid growth in the UK, and a member of Hitachi&#8217;s Global Consulting Committee and European Strategy Board as the Group continued to move from a conglomerate to an integrated solution provider in multiple markets. \u00a0I acquired Oracle and Microsoft consultancy Edenbrook in early 2009, integrating it successfully into the existing Hitachi Consulting UK team.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, I had co-founded and grown management consulting firm Impact Plus, which I sold to Hitachi in early 2007. \u00a0I learnt the basics at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a fresh graduate from Cambridge University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u00a0was President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mca.org.uk\/about-us\">Management Consultancies Association<\/a> in 2005\/6. \u00a0I continue to maintain industry relationships, have been a judge at the annual MCA Awards and am a Growth Expert at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultancygrowthnetwork.com\/\">The Consultancy Growth Network<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Outside work, I am a keen wildlife photographer, ski poorly and enjoy scuba diving in warm water!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultancygrowthnetwork.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidbailey.consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TCGN_circle_logo.png?resize=69%2C69\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidbailey.consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TCGN_circle_logo.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidbailey.consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TCGN_circle_logo.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidbailey.consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TCGN_circle_logo.png?resize=100%2C100 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidbailey.consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TCGN_circle_logo.png?w=680 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 69px) 100vw, 69px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been &#8220;advising advisory firms&#8221; since late 2009. 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