Alan Calder

Professional Background

Highly experienced performance improvement consultant. Working at CxO level with large corporate, mid-market and SME clients. Specialist in IT.
Consultant for KPMG, Deloitte and as an independent
IT leader for distribution business
IT project manager for National Westminster Bank and for British Telecom
MBA and a degree in Engineering
Native English speaker
Worked on projects in the UK, US and across Europe

M&A Skills & Expertise

Programme leadership and turnarounds
Mergers and acquisitions
Cost reduction
Target operating models
Supplier commercial and contractual negotiations, including with TSAs
Outsourcing
Extensive financial services experience: banking and insurance. Other sector experience includes: Professional Services, Utilities, Retail B2B, Technology, Manufacturing and Public Sector.

Project Highlights

M&A related experience includes:

IT lead for merger of Bollington and Wilsons insurance brokers
IT workstream lead for merger between Atos Origin and Sema (separation from Schlumberger)
Workstream lead for determining post merger direction for IT applications and infrastructure for Scottish Water (created from merger of 3 old regional water boards)
Projects to identify IT cost synergies for acquisitions by Banking and Insurance clients and to create post deal 100 day IT plans
Many IT assessments pre-deal to identify any key deal issues and necessary post deal IT improvements.

Relevant experience includes:

Leadership (and turnaround)on many IT and business change programmes, including ERP implementations and regulatory driven change.