Testimonials

From a client for a consulting project:

The project was completed in line with specification and timing expectations and the final product balanced the demands of a broad scope with good quality analysis and insight…

…A key strength Ross brought to the project was to help turn a broad terms of reference into a manageable project scope.  He was particularly effective in his willingness to negotiate on format and scope, offering insightful and thoughtful views and being  willing to challenge [us].

From a financial advisor to the UK Government:

I was very impressed with his grasp of the key issues around these complex financial products (financial, commercial and political).  I also attended a meeting between him and [a UK Government minister]. It was clear she valued and respected his views. Ross is a hard working, very personable and approachable. I would be delighted to have the opportunity to work with him again in the future.

From partner on a finance project:

I have found Ross to be exceptionally good at analysing complex incentive structures, spotting where there could be clear wins and following through with a clear plan or product. This is an unusual and valuable ability….

From a junior colleague:

Ross showed a great deal of flexibility and patience in adjusting our output to satisfy customer needs – this ensured that the project would be successful in delivering it’s key outcome….  In scoping the document, the customer was not consistent in expressing their needs – this meant that the exact purpose, structure and nature of the output changed (e.g. long prose report to shorter slide deck). Where appropriate, Ross asked good questions of the customer and worked hard in meetings with [the client] to ‘nail down’ an agreed definition of needs and scope.

From a UK government official:

Ross was personally very effective in helping me marshall the arguments and put a fairly robust case to HMT in support of the proposal.  Both in his various sub[mission]s to Ministers and in the role he has played in meetings, he has shown a strong ability to set out complex issues clearly and effectively.