rajeev prakash

senior principal consultant

About

* An experienced senior manager to Director level in local authorities and arms-length organisations * Knowledge of and skilled in working with multi-agency holistic regeneration partnerships, and drawn from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors; together with the media interface * Experience of strategic finance, budget and risk management at a most senior level and working effectively in a Board setting and with politicians * Experience of strategic finance and budget management at the most senior level and working effectively within Board and Committee settings * Currently working as a Management and Regeneration Consultant and Interim Manager with recent experience in performance evaluation of initiatives and programmes Specialties: * Multi-agency partnership working * Strategy, programme and project management and evaluations * Management of change in organisations covering start-up process and culture * Physical, economic and social regeneration

Country

united kingdom

City

sandwell

Industry

management consulting

Skill

program management, strategy, governance, stakeholder engagement, local government, public sector, stakeholder management, community engagement, project planning, private sector, training, policy, change management, organizational development, management, strategic planning

Experience

management consultant

rp strategiess and a principal associate with other like-minded consultancies

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

Specialising in programme and project management, evaluation, change management and forward strategy work.

independent committee member

sandwell primary care trust

2009-6 - 2010-12 · 1 yr 7 mos

Member of the Sandwell Community Healthcare Services Interim Board, which was the provider organisation of the PCT; providing governance, advice and support at a time when the NHS was undergoing major restructuring.

owner manager

rp strategies

2007-9 - Present · 19 yrs 1 mo

* Management and Regeneration Consultancy specialising in: * Multi-agency partnership working * Strategy, programme and project management and evaluations * Management of change in organisations covering start-up process and culture * Physical, economic and social regeneration

senior principal consultant

rp stratégies

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

director

ashbrown consulting

2011-1 - Present · 15 yrs 9 mos

executive director - new deal for communities programme

wolverhampton city council

2001-11 - 2004-10 · 3 yrs

* Key responsibilities and activities included: * Promoting the reshaping of the existing Steering Group into a new Board and Company Limited by Guarantee. * Developing new, more focused and strategic governance arrangements (outcome focused commissioning model) underpinned by a robust delivery structure embedded in the community. * Recruiting a multi-disciplinary team and establishing a new site office. * Preparing and securing community support and approval for a Master Plan that would locate particular projects and shape the future development of the area. * Developing and implementing a comprehensive communications strategy.

Education

art

the glasgow school of art singapore

1969-1 - 1973-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Graduated with a 4 year Diploma in Planning which gave full exemption from the final examinations of the Royal Town Planning Instittute. Dissertation titled 'Welfare Economics of Road Pricing'.