Our people

Our people are our biggest asset. They have been carefully selected to fit our culture and style of delivery. We only recruit people who can deliver ‘beyond the PowerPoint’. They must have the ability to understand issues and challenges from our clients’ perspective and provide clear advice on different options. All of them can roll up their sleeves and make things happen.

All of our people are permanent employees and we have actively recruited them from different backgrounds, including major and niche consultancies, blue-chip organisations and systems integrators. However, they all have a set of common values and attributes which are:

•	breadth of experience across a variety of organisations and industries
•	good appreciation of the challenges and constraints that our clients face
•	thorough understanding of business improvement and IT-enabled change
•	specialist skills backed by good technology and business awareness
•	an understanding of the importance of team dynamics and shared goals

They offer an extensive range of sector knowledge which includes transport, financial services, telecommunications, construction, energy and utilities, pharmaceuticals, travel, retail, central government, government agencies, local government and the NHS.

Over 80% of our people have been with us for more than three years.

“We would use you again and would definitely recommend you to others. Just the sort of people we want to work with.”

Senior Manager – Defra

Our capabilities

Our people have a very broad range of capabilities to support the services we provide. These include:

Business Change	• Transformation strategy • Change management • Stakeholder engagement • Team mobilisation • Communications strategy and delivery • Benefits identification, tracking and realisation
Business Analysis	• Business blueprinting • Process, information and requirements analysis • Solution options, evaluations and costings • Business case development • Strategic and operational reviews
Management	• Portfolio, programme and project management • Planning and initiation • Programme office set-up and operation • Supplier management • Roll-out and transition management
Technology	• IS/IT strategy • Requirements specification • Architecture design and assurance • Test strategy, execution and delivery assurance • Procurement support

 

“It is no exaggeration to say that without Medley’s early appreciation of how we work and our resource constraints, the project would have missed many deadlines by a long way. Their technical knowledge and ability to cut through to the essentials was superb and saved us a lot of time.”

Finance Director – Financial services organisation

Qualifications and background

Our people have a wealth of relevant industry qualifications that include:

•	PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner
•	Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner
•	Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
•	ISEB Certified Software Tester Foundation
•	TOGAF v8 Practitioner
•	ITIL V3 Foundation in IT Service Management
•	ISO 27001 Registered Security Assessor

In addition to their consulting expertise, many of our people have held senior line roles in well-known organisations. These include:

•	Head of Technical Architecture for a leading travel company
•	Head of Information Systems Strategy for a well known utility company
•	Practice Director for the Project Management Group of a major database application vendor
•	Support Unit Manager with a team supporting over 100 customer systems
•	Corporate Systems Technology Team Manager for an investment bank
•	Customer Manager responsible for managing the relationship with clients that were implementing SAP software for the first time
•	Corporate Finance Director advising on structured capital project financing including PFI

“What impressed me about the Medley consultants was that their advice was clearly based upon genuine experience gained in other organisations and this was reflected in the quality of their report.”

Director of IT Transformation and Deputy CIO – Financial services organisation