Management Team
Derek Quayle |
Derek Quayle has been appointed as the interim CEO of PM-Partners. He has been with PM-Partners for 6 years and has held various executive roles including Chief Operating Officer for 2 years. Derek has an intimate knowledge of the business, its customers and the markets in which it operates. Derek is a natural leader and will continue to contribute to PM-Partners continued success. He has spent the last 15 years of his career in driving business growth, delivering programs and operational efficiencies with a particular focus in the world of program and project management across global, regional and local organisations. With a determination and drive to make continuous improvements, Derek utilises his natural collaborative style and people management skills to drive the benefits of team work and implement appropriate solutions, in line with the strategy. As a real people-person, he has the ability to develop and forge strong relationships with employees, customers, vendors and he can quickly become a trusted advisor or confidant. |
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Chris Hills |
Chris is an experienced CFO with over 15 years’ industry experience of which the last 8 years has been with PM-Partners group. Chris is a FCA and has previously worked in the UK and New Zealand and heads up the Finance, Administration and IT functions at PM-Partners. Chris is an integral member of the Senior Leadership team working closely with the other executives to provide quality outcomes for our clients. |
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Tracey Copland |
Tracey has been involved in management, finance and business consulting including Portfolio, Programme & Project management for 20+ years. Together with her skills and experience, Tracey is a flexible professional seeking to achieve a high work standard, focussing on value-add. Having been with PM-Partners group for 15 years, Tracey has held roles including Consultant/Trainer, Head of Training and currently, Head of Development. Tracey has provided training and consultation services to clients in both the public and private sectors, across various disciplines and at all levels including Project, Programme, Portfolio and Change Management, and Agile practices. Qualifications and Certifications |
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Pat Guthrie |
Pat has 20+ years’ global experience in delivering large scale complex, multi-million-dollar transformation programs. He has worked across various industries including banking, insurance, retail, transport, aviation and utilities. Pat has established and delivered programs for international blue-chip organisations, medium size enterprises and various government departments and statutory organisations. Advising, facilitating, supporting and overseeing large-scale enterprise-wide transformations, Pat adds value to Executives and safeguards acceleration of business transformations. As Lead Transformation Consultant, he will focus on developing and instituting solutions to complex client issues that can be scaled across the enterprise, creating, developing and supporting structures for innovation and delivery of transformation programs. |
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Ray Wall |
As an industry leader in globally-recognised delivery methods and standards, Ray has a wealth of experience implementing effective Governance frameworks and controls across diverse industries and organisations. He has a proven ability to help leaders and delivery teams achieve business agility through the design and execution of complex change and transformation. Ray joined PM-Partners as Head of the Advisory Practice in 2012 and has been instrumental in the growth and development of the Professional Services (Advisory) division. As Client Engagement Director, he’s now responsible for the Advisory and Delivery teams and oversees the Melbourne and Singapore offices. Prior to joining PM-Partners, Ray held senior positions in leading organisations including St. George Bank and Westpac Group, and spent several years optimising client delivery results as a Management Consultant. Ray is a pragmatist who firmly believes organisational standards should be adapted (not simply adopted) to suit each unique environment and culture. As a regular on the speaker circuit, he advises business leaders on how to gain the transformation strategies and skills they need to drive sustainable growth in the face of near-constant disruption. |
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Angelo Grasso |
Angelo is an experienced and versatile leader who specialises in pragmatic strategy implementation and delivery of complex programmes. Angelo has worked in global and regional leadership roles in both operational and IT positions, with strong experience in P&L delivery and M&A activities. Industries span media, online retail, digital marketing, gaming, leisure, retail, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, financial services, manufacturing, professional services and consulting. |
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Mike Boutel |
Mike is well-recognised as an industry-leading facilitator, speaker and thought leader with more than two decades’ experience in business management, training, coaching and project management. As a qualified trainer in several Global Best Practice Solutions qualification courses, he oversees the training and certification of up to 10,000 individuals each year and has niche expertise in modern portfolio, program and project management practices. As an entrepreneur in his own right, Mike has first-hand experience managing high-performing teams and running profitable businesses. He recently applied his expertise in enterprise agility and risk management to his role at PM-Partners, using COVID-19 as the catalyst to successfully pivot to virtual training services within a three week period. Mike is an APMG qualified trainer and consultant, and specialises in Portfolio, Programme and Project consultancy and management; Programme and Project assurance and rescue; Portfolio, Programme and Project governance; PMO maturity assessment and capability uplift; Benefits Management and Realisation; Agile Project Management readiness. |
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Stephen Parry |
Stephen spent over 20 years with four very diverse Multinational organisations tackling a range of complex problems and developing a mastery in project, program and portfolio management execution. Stephen is now building a project management consultancy that aims to help an array of clients from the public and private sectors and a team who are client outcome focussed and in tune with the business strategies of our clients. The type of people who inspire me are those who have an insatiable desire to learn from the environments around them, people who have enormous tenacity and never give up and those who take enormous pride in what they do and how they go about it. Contact Stephen |
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