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Richard Lee Nash, Senior Consultant

Richard Lee Nash

Senior Consultant·The Palladium Group

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Financial analysis and portfolio management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 21 years, 0 months

Senior Consultant

October 2014 - Present

The Palladium Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2014 - Present

 Project management: Management of teams on consulting projects.
 Business development: Provide support in client meetings, proposal development and sales.

Projects included:
 Strategy framework development: Development or the strategy development and execution framework for a large airline.
 Strategy execution: Managed the development and cascading of the strategies for 4 general departments in a central bank, as well as the implementation of a performance management framework.
 Whole of Government Strategy Framework: Managed the workstream for the development of a strategy execution framework for a national government and 18 ministries, including governance, reporting, strategic objectives and KPI dashboard development, and training.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Consulting manager

June 2013 - September 2014

Frost & Sullivan

South Africa

June 2013 - September 2014

 Project management and leadership: Project leadership and project management roles on consulting projects.
 Business development: Establish relations with new clients and manage current accounts.
 IP development and training: Develop new offerings, internal tools and training materials as well as provision of internal training and coaching sessions.
 New operations establishment: Provision of training and support for the establishment of the division in other global offices.

Projects included:
 Geographic expansion: Assisted a leading petrochemicals company plan entry into Nigeria, identifying target segments, distribution channels, pricing points and customer needs.
 Customer value proposition: Developed a customer value propositions for wholesale telecommunications products for a leading African telecommunications provider.
 Operating model development: Developed new education institution operating model and implementation plan for global publishing house and education provider.
 Operational excellence: Dealer optimisation for a luxury automotive OEM (including analysis, change management and coaching).

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Project manager

October 2012 - June 2013

Frost & Sullivan

South Africa

October 2012 - June 2013

 Project management: Management of a broad range of consulting projects covering strategy, operations optimisation and operating model design.
 IP development and training: Development of internal tools and training materials as well as provision of internal training and coaching sessions.

Projects included:
 Innovation: Benchmarking of international blue sky innovation practices to assist in the restructuring of a multinational industrial companies innovation function.
 Geographic expansion: Identification, prioritisation and implementation of expansion opportunities into new sectors and markets for a global automotive parts manufacturer.
 Growth strategy development: Identification, prioritisation and strategy development for new growth opportunities in the water treatment sector for a water authority.
 Customer value proposition: Assessment of the market potential wholesale ICT products and the development of segment specific customer value propositions.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

General manager

October 2011 - September 2012

Benchmark consulting

South Africa

October 2011 - September 2012

Responsibilities included: Financial modelling, business development, strategy development, operations planning, business development, stakeholder management, contract management, market research and coaching.

Projects included:
 Strategy development and implementation: National expansion of an energy efficiency company, including operating models, operational planning and operations management.
 Strategy development: Business model design and strategy development for IT start-up.
 Financial product development: Development and roll-out of a consumer and commercial finance products (energy efficiency) and product design and business case development for educational loan products.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

Associate

January 2010 - October 2011

Mckinsey & Co

South Africa

January 2010 - October 2011

 Project execution: Strategy development, operational excellence and change management.
Projects included:
 Operational excellence transformation: Operational excellence assessment and implementation for coal power plant and development of roll-out manual for other locations.
 Profitability optimisation: Operations, customer needs and product analysis and optimisation for an international retail and commercial bank.
 Analysis and operational excellence: Identification of energy efficiency risks and opportunities at a large petrochemicals company.
 Research and modelling: Developed model to identify energy inefficiencies in global mining operations.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

Consultant

April 2009 - January 2010

IQuad investment incentives

South Africa

April 2009 - January 2010

 Assessment of expansion projects including business case development.
 Preparation of applications for government grants.
 Business development and training.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

General manager

March 2007 - April 2009

Benchmark consulting

South Africa

March 2007 - April 2009

 Business case development, financial modelling, operational planning, strategy development and coaching.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

Winter intern

June 2007 - July 2007

Mckinsey & Co

South Africa

June 2007 - July 2007

Management consulting - Strategy development

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

Winter intern

June 2005 - July 2005

Ernst & Young

South Africa

June 2005 - July 2005

Auditing

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Audit Clerk

June 2003 - December 2004

Gerber Botha Gowar

South Africa

June 2003 - December 2004

 Bookkeeping, audit, feasibility studies and business plan development.

Company industry:
Accounting
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

University of Cape Town

June 2010

June 2010

Bachelor's degree, Financial analysis and portfolio management

South Africa

GPA (percentage): 86%

GPA (percentage): 86%

Completion of degree part time

University of Cape Town

January 2008

January 2008

Bachelor's degree, Economics, finance, statistics and commercial law

South Africa

GPA (percentage): 74%

GPA (percentage): 74%

Completed degree with 4 majors or equivalents

Unisa

November 2004

November 2004

Bachelor's degree, Accounting

South Africa

GPA (percentage): 86%

GPA (percentage): 86%

Auditing, management, finance, commercial law and economics Conducted via distance learning. Not completed due to enrollment in full time degree at the University of Cape Town

Union High School

November 2002

November 2002

High school or equivalent,

South Africa

GPA (percentage): 98%

GPA (percentage): 98%

Core subjects: English first language (higher grade) Afrikaans first language (higher grade) Mathematics (higher grade) Science (higher grade) Biology (higher grade) Accounting (higher grade) Extra subjects: Economics (higher grade) Computer science (higher grade) Achievements : Rugby captain School prefect Provincial mathematics team Provincial science champion Regional winner of computer programming championship

Skills

Operational Excellence
Expert
Operational Excellence
Expert
Consulting Experience
Expert
Consulting Experience
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Strategy Development
Expert
Strategy Development
Expert
Business Case Preparation
Expert
Business Case Preparation
Expert
Simul8 - statistical modelling
Intermediate
Simul8 - statistical modelling
Intermediate
Caseware working papers - Audit
Intermediate
Caseware working papers - Audit
Intermediate
Word
Expert
Word
Expert
MS acess
Intermediate
MS acess
Intermediate
Excel
Expert
Excel
Expert
Operational Excellence
Expert
Operational Excellence
Expert
Consulting Experience
Expert
Consulting Experience
Expert
People Management
Expert
People Management
Expert
Strategy Development
Expert
Strategy Development
Expert
Business Case Preparation
Expert
Business Case Preparation
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Afrikaans
Expert