People

LOC's people are:
Client focused
Innovative
Dynamic
Delivery specialist
Follow the links below to read about some of our people:

Peter Osborne

Managing Director
Peter is LOC Consulting's Managing Director, having started the company with Paul Crowe in 2005.

He has more than 20 years consultancy experience having worked in a number of senior roles for Accenture, Oracle and French Thornton and has focused on the delivery of business benefit across a number of industries and clients. He specialises in the review and recovery of IT and Business Change programmes, specifically in Consumer Goods and New Media organisations.

As well as his focus on his client work, Peter has been responsible for defining and executing LOC’s business strategy – a focus that has allowed the business to be regarded as a leading medium-sized delivery consultancy that was recently ranked the fastest growing by the Sunday Times.

Peter is an avid follower of rugby union and plays golf and tennis when both his business and family commitments allow, he has the dubious claim of being in the Guinness Book of Records for playing table soccer.

View Peter's LinkedIn profile here.

Paul Crowe

Director
Paul has over 13 years management consulting experience operating in a senior capacity delivering complex programmes.

A programme director comfortable working at both board and operational levels, combining strong stakeholder management with a grasp of detail required to deliver complex programmes. Skills include programme delivery, business process management (BPM) supplier selection, contract negotiation, business architecture and organisational design. Prior to joining LOC, Paul was a senior manager with Accenture.

View Paul's LinkedIn profile here.

Ed Haysler

Director
Ed is a business leader and programme manager with Board-level experience of delivering challenging business change programmes for clients including Royal Mail, GMAC, Transport for London and DWP.

Industry expertise in IT Services, Finance, Retail, Transport and Central and Local Government. Skills include programme management and programme recovery, business management, investment appraisals, stakeholder management, supplier management and sourcing and business change. Prior to joining LOC, Ed was a Director with Serco Solutions for 2 years and a partner with both French Thornton and PA Consulting Group.

View Ed's LinkedIn profile here.

Alan Howarth

Non-Exec Director
Alan Howarth is the LOC Consulting Non Executive Director with responsibility for supporting strategy and business development.

Alan has extensive senior executive experience in a range of national and international organisations in both the public and private sector and has successfully applied this in his dealings with LOC.

Early management experience was gained with Bass followed by periods in Hewlett Packard and John Swire & Sons before spending nearly two decades in Ernst & Young. He was one of the founding partners of the E&Y Management Consulting practice in the UK.

For the last ten years he has been managing a portfolio of Non Executive appointments. He has been Chairman of fully listed companies, AIM listed and private organisations in the UK, US and Far East in a variety of sectors.

He was Chairman of a major Acute NHS Trust for nearly 7 years. He has co-written several papers including the “Intelligent Board”. He has extensive experience in business outsourcing and professional service centres and provides input into several technology forums to leading public and private concerns.

Karen Latham

Associate Director
Karen has a track record in technology delivery and management within the investment banking and oil industries, with over 25 years’ experience of developing and managing high-performance delivery teams.

In recent years she has worked as a consultant in both a business development and a client delivery capacity with engagements including business strategy reviews and project management. 

Karen’s responsibilities at LOC are focussed on business development within the financial services sector.

Outside of the office Karen enjoys spending time with her family, going to the gym and also the odd round of golf or game of tennis.

View Karen's LinkedIn profile here.

Victor Wong

Managing Consultant
Victor is a Managing Consultant specialising in the Programme and Project Management arena with focus on setting up and running Programme Management Offices.

He has worked across a wide industry sector, from Oil & Gas, Government sector, large PFI programmes, NHS to Retail Banking.

With his 20 plus years’ experience in this field, Victor is known to lead from the front, achieving consistent and high quality deliverables.

 

Victor joined LOC Consulting , firstly working as an associate before converting to employee status, due to being impressed with the company’s dynamism and focus on delivering client satisfaction. He’s not looked back since!

 

Outside work, Victor is a keen racquet sportsman, enjoying tennis, badminton and squash and heavily involved with his tennis club in West London.

 

View Victor's LinkedIn profile here.

Ned Nicol

Managing Consultant
Ned is a senior management consultant with over 10 years of experience on both IT and Business Change programmes.
He previously worked for Accenture, working in and leading teams across all phases of the delivery lifecycle. Ned has recently worked on a large banking integration programme, managing a number of business teams and is currently leading the recovery of a large IT programme for a Financial Services client.
 
Outside of LOC, Ned is a keen sportsman, managing to play rugby and cricket regularly, despite the attentions of a growing family.
 
View Ned's LinkedIn profile here.

Elinor Fentem

Managing Consultant
Elinor is a strong, personable and analytical consultant, specialising in programme and project management across a number of sectors including Government, New Media and Telecoms.

Elinor is one of LOC’s longest standing consultants having joined the firm from Accenture in 2006, driven by the challenge to deliver value to clients whilst also taking an active role in growing the LOC brand and business.

Specialising in programme and project management across a number of sectors including Government, New Media and Telecoms, she combines excellent communication skills and stakeholder management with rigorous end-to-end project management to ensure successful programme delivery and client satisfaction. 

As LOC’s Marketing Lead Elinor is responsible for LOC’s marketing strategy, brand image, PR and marketing events.

She has a passion for the outdoors and can often be found scaling a mountain, swimming in the sea or travelling around the world exploring new destinations.

View Elinor's LinkedIn profile here.

James Keenan

Managing Consultant
James is a versatile programme manager who has delivered a wide range of IT-enabled business change programmes.

This has been achieved over 14 years through consultancy and in-house delivery in a range of public and private sectors. His experience spans the delivery lifecycle, from strategy development and procurement to delivery management, testing and implementation.

A rigorous and engaging approach, supported by strong communication skills, has enabled James to consistently deliver high quality and robust results. Core skills include supplier integration/management, stakeholder management.

Outside of his professional life, James is a family-focused and a keen sportsman including golf, squash and triathlons when time permits.

View James's LinkedIn profile here.

Ryan Weir

Senior Consultant
Ryan is a Senior Consultant specialising in Project Management, with a focus on Testing Management and PMO.

Having previously worked across a number of large UK programmes, Ryan joined LOC in the summer of 2009 to help deliver the most complex Retail Banking integration in Europe as part of the Programme Management Office.   At LOC, Ryan has found he is in the perfect environment for being actively involved in solving problems and delivering benefits for clients.

Outside of the office, Ryan has an avid interest in screenwriting and has recently established an online networking site for aspiring writers.

View Ryan's LinkedIn profile here.

Peter Le

Senior Consultant
Peter is a highly adaptable project/programme manager and can "hit the ground running" with over 15 years of experience. He specialises in delivering IT/Business Solutions and maximising benefits for his clients and suppliers.
Peter’s solution delivery experience ranges from ERP Implementations to IT-Enabled Business and Service Management Transformation in both public and private sectors.
 
He is passionate in inspiring his team to make a significant difference to clients with a flexible approach to project delivery.  He possesses strong interpersonal skills gained from working with a range of demanding client facing stakeholders and suppliers.
 
Outside of LOC Consulting life, Peter loves travelling and actively participating in all racquet sports whenever possible.
 
View Peter's LinkedIn profile here.

Thomas Reid

Senior Consultant
Thomas is a Senior Consultant in the Business Analysis work stream, with a focus on requirements analysis and process modelling.

He previously completed the Hewlett Packard graduate scheme, before moving into a consultancy role within a business process modelling tool vender where he worked across many industries. Thomas’s specialisms are business analysis, process modelling and implementation of effective process modelling governance. He has full project life cycle experience from inception to implementation, gained through numerous successful client engagements.

In addition to his client work, Thomas is responsible for co-ordinating LOC internal operational initiatives and monitoring their progress to ensure alignment with LOC’s overall strategic vision. This is done via quarterly strategy meetings at LOC offices and bi-weekly virtual meetings.

Outside LOC, Thomas has recently taken an interest in scuba diving and is PADI certified. He is also a keen music festival goer and can often be found stomping around knee deep in mud at Glastonbury.

View Thomas's LinkedIn profile here.

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