Profile
Dr Russell Morgan
An exceptional Project and Programme Manager with a wealth of experience across a wide range of blue chip industry sectors, most recently Financial Services with Lloyds Banking Group. During his time within the Project Management arena, both as a consultant with Cap Gemini, and LBG & RBS, Russell has developed a robust and proven project toolkit, which has successfully delivered challenging and time constrained projects across full life cycles. A strong communicator comfortable operating at all levels, in both the business/customer facing and technical arena. Russell has a pragmatic approach to problem solving, excellent conflict resolution skills and an ability to achieve “buy in” to projects from senior internal and external stakeholders.
Work Experience
Senior Project Manager
Rectifications Programme
2018-2020
Senior Project Manager with business responsibility for pension scheme rectification, and the analysis and resolution of customer-facing issues within the Life, Pensions and Insurance Division. I rejoined the team I had left 4 years earlier.
Senior Project Manager
Data Management Programme
2014 – 2017
Enterprise Data Delivery Service – Senior Project Manager covering the business and technology workstreams for the implementation of data management tools to support cross-divisional management of Internal Legal Entity data, and Regulated Entity Data.
I was responsible for the implementation of these systems, working with third-party suppliers, and for embedding the BAU operational and support models in teams distributed around the world.
Senior Project Manager
Rectifications Programme
2011 – 2014
Senior Project Manager with business and technology responsibility for pension scheme rectification, and the analysis and resolution of customer-facing issues within the Life, Pensions and Insurance Division.
Senior Project Manager
Solvency II Programme
2010 – 2011
Project managing the development of the technical and business architecture solution for Solvency II within LBG.
Senior Project & Programme Manager
Royal Bank of Scotland
2006 – 2010
Programme Manager for a £10M development programme supporting Group HR Services, with line management responsibility for 10 project managers. As Project Manager, delivered a wide range of business solutions serving the Group HR business unit within RBS, including a Content Management and Portal solution with development teams in the UK and India.
Technical Manager
1999 – 2006
Technical manager, building team expertise in formulating and delivering business-focussed solutions.
Various consultancy roles with large multi-national brands, mainly financial services and telecoms
IT Development Manager
1997 – 1999
New business development and management of software development team supporting printing and data manipulation services, primarily within the telecoms industry
Anthony Cook Associates
Development Manager & Consultancy Manager
1994 – 1997
Software development and consultancy for a wide range of clients including retail banking and telecoms
Concept Systems
Software Engineer
1993 – 1994
Developing navigation and processing systems to support the oil exploration sector