cathy.dunn@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Colin Fletcher
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After holding research and lecturing posts at the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge, Colin worked first with Economic Consultants Ltd and then with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) on a variety of strategy and marketing assignments and on various project planning, development and appraisal studies.
He spent many years with John Laing plc, latterly as Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development. Activities covered building and civil engineering, housing and non-residential development, building material manufacture and infrastructure investment/services. He has worked on projects in UK, Europe, USA, South America, Middle East, Africa, Japan and South East Asia.
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SAMI projects have included work on the Regional Economic Strategy for SEEDA, a UK housing association, Scenarios for China and India 2015, development & implication of long-term scenarios for the UK transport industry for a company active in the UK rail sector, and projects on future long-term employment and skill requirements in the UK construction industry, UK retail motor industry and UK power sector for sector skill councils, as well as in the wider English and Welsh economies for the UK Commission for Employment & Skills.
Colin is a SAMI Fellow. He has a B.A. Hons and M.A. from Exeter University in Economics, a Cambridge M.A. and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance. He is a Certified Management Consultant and a Member of the Institute of Consulting. He is a former chairman and member of the European Council of Economists, and is Chair of The Forecasting Committee for the UK Construction Industries.
You can contact Colin at: colin.fletcher@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Nick Jackson
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After a student apprenticeship with Richard Thomas and Baldwins, and a spell with Broken Hill Pty in Australia, Nick worked as an engineer and planner for the British Steel Corporation in South Wales and London. He joined John Laing plc in 1980 and as manager of Strategic Planning he specialised in strategic planning, technology and sustainability for the process sector, housebuilding, construction, building material manufacture and facilities management.
In 2003 he established his own consultancy, and starting working on SAMI Consulting projects in 2005. He is skilled in horizon scanning and scenarios for the public and private sectors, in industry and in services.
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He has an MA in engineering from Oxford University, and an MSc in business studies from Imperial College, London. He is a co-author of "Le Batiment en Grande-Bretagne" published by the French Chamber of Commerce in London. He is a SAMI Principal.
His SAMI projects have included work with Sovereign Housing Association, the Future of Services to the Public, ICT Infrastructure in the City of London, and on several projects on future skills needs for the UK, including specialised reports on the construction industry and the automotive retail sector.
You can contact him on: nick.jackson@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Jane Langford
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As a director of her own company, Jane Langford has advised on strategic direction and marketing, most recently focussing on strategic relationships and customer care across all sectors. Jane has a wide range of business and leadership experience most notably in government, IT, not-for-profit and large complex commercial enterprises. She has personally worked with and led significant change in corporate organisations and, as a marketing professional, used her imagination and analytical skills to build profitable global revenue streams. She is an ideas person who can see them through to fruition either directly or by directing or advising others.
She brings pleasant self assurance and professionalism to her roles, seeking always to bring out the best in often strong-minded individuals and teams, whether as leader or member. Jane’s early voluntary experience as a presenter for Radio St Helena has developed into effective public speaking and thoughtful representation skills.
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Jane has worked for ICL, PE Consulting and Hopewell Consultants. She is a SAMI Principal.
You can contact her on: jane.langford@samiconsulting.co.uk
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John Ormerod
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John Ormerod’s career has covered a wide span including the public sector, academia, a range of private sector industries and the accountancy profession. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Directors of Regent’s College, a private sector higher educational institute in Regent’s Park, central London, which offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, the liberal arts and psychology/psychotherapy.
Until embarking on a portfolio career in 2005 he was Director, Strategy and Communications and a member of the Management Board of the Export Credits Guarantee Department (“ECGD”) responsible for public affairs and policy issues, international relations, corporate and business strategy, corporate governance and ECGD’s Business Principles. Before joining ECGD John worked in the Corporate Strategy Group at British Telecommunications plc ("BT") and prior to that was for 15 years at United Distillers plc where he set up and served on the boards of joint ventures in Korea, India and Australia and pioneered the use of scenario planning for underpinning investment decisions in emerging markets.
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He has been a part-time lecturer in strategy on the MBA programme at the Open University Business School since 1999, teaching in the UK, Russia and Romania and is also a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and the Royal Society of Arts.
John did his first degree in English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge (albeit that he went up intending to read Natural Sciences), qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1977, took his MBA at Cass Business School, City University, London in 1989 and an MA in Philosophy at the Open University in 2007.
Outside of his work and academic interests he relaxes with classical music and philosophy, often on his canal boat. He is a SAMI Fellow.
His SAMI projects have included the Future of Services to the Public and Scenarios for China and India 2015.
You can contact John at: john.ormerod@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Michael Owen (Chairman)
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Michael Owen is a corporate strategist and applied business economist with Director level expertise gained in Glaxo and Unilever in leading and implementing strategic projects and processes worldwide to drive business growth. He first used scenarios at Glaxo to help the newly-merged GlaxoWellcome to identify new strategic directions and priorities. He has used his skills since 2001 in consulting projects on EU enlargement, health economics and consumer communications on pharmaceuticals.
He has a BSc (Wales) and MA in Economics, is a Member of the Society of Business Economists and has been a frequent speaker at international conferences.
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He is the joint author (with Gary Lyon) of: "Direct-to Consumer Communications of Rx Medicines", Nicholas Hall & Company, 2002.
SAMI projects have included using scenarios to future proof CSR policies for a major pharmaceutical company and a stakeholder engagement for the Department of Health. He is a SAMI Fellow.
You can contact him on: mike.owen@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Glen Peters
Glen Peters had been a partner with PriceWaterhouse Coopers for 21 years when he was obliged to retire at age 60. He was born and schooled in India and completed his graduate and postgraduate education in Britain. He started his career at British Gas in engineering management where he rose to the level of programme director. He joined PwC in the mid eighties and was made a partner in 1988.
Over that period he has been behind three significant businesses and is recognised for his innovation in the firm. He is known for his relationship skills and has worked for many of the foremost CEO’s and Chairmen. He has also published extensively including:
Cascading governance thorough the enterprise EBF (2004)
A Strange Affair Jointly published with George Enderley, University of Notre Dame
Waltzing with the Raptors (Wiley, 2000)
Beyond the next wave (Pitmans 1996)
Benchmarking Customer Management (Pitmans 1994)
He led a number of market development programmes in PwC and was responsible for PwC’s BP relationship for all service lines across the firm in 21 countries.
Glen is MD of Western Solar Ltd, a renewables energy generation company and he founded an arts and rural regeneration project in North Pembrokeshire (www.rhosygilwen.co.uk) Rhosygilwen Creative Arts Centre now highly regarded. He is also Visiting professor in Management at the College of Europe. He is an ICAEW, Chartered Engineer (1976-1995), has a Ph D in Information Management (Henley/Brunel 1986), and a BSc Chemistry (City University 1975). He became a non-executive director of SAMI in 2010.
You can contact him on: glen.peters@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Joe Ravetz
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Joe Ravetz is a leading thinker on sustainable futures for urban and regional development. His landmark study ‘City-Region 2020 – integrated planning for a sustainable environment’ provides new insights and new pathways, by exploring a detailed case study on the re-engineering of a large conurbation. From this work the Centre for Urban & Regional Ecology (CURE) was formed in collaboration with Professor John Handley. Joe has raised over £2 million in research funding and built an active portfolio of policy-relevant research with four main strands:
Environment-development studies:
Spatial development studies:
Futures and information systems:
Evaluation and participation studies:
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Each of these comprises a range of projects at the regional, UK and EU levels, working across sectors such as housing, transport, land-use, energy and environmental management, economic development, organisational studies.
His current roles include: Research Fellow & Co-Director, Centre for Urban & Regional Ecology, Manchester University; membership of the editorial board of Foresight Journal (Emerald Publishing); coordinator of the Greater Manchester Policy Exchange programme; and Principal for SAMI.
In addition Joe delivers many training courses, seminars, keynote presentations and review services around the UK and EU and publishes extensively on social and environmental sustainability
He has a BSc in Architecture, 1983 (University College London) and a Diploma in Architecture, 1987 (Manchester Metropolitan University)
You can contact him on: joe.ravetz@samiconsulting.co.uk
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John Reynolds (Executive and Director)
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John Reynolds has wide experience at Director/Board level in Government Departments and Agencies. In 1998 he was asked to set up the Future Unit, which generated influential reports and established future thinking across Whitehall. He also invented the unique creativity centre futurefocus@dti. He later took over responsibility for the Department of Trade and Industry’s Innovation Unit and became Director of the Future and Innovation Unit.
He left the senior civil service following a period on the Board of UK Trade and Investment and leading work on the protection and resilience of the critical national infrastructure, principally energy and telecommunication. This included the preparation of the National Risk Assessment and the associated planning scenarios.
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His other public sector experience includes, acting as an advisor on science and technology to 2 Prime Ministers; the successful privatisation of 2 laboratories; developing and implementing ‘market based’ management of the radio spectrum;; and the merging of organisations with rationalised services and new branding. He has also managed successful IT programmes and was one of the first Government e-Champions.
Since joining SAMI in 2006 he has led a wide range of projects including:
- ‘Horizon scanning and scenario building: Scenarios for Skills 2020’ for UK Commission for Employment and Skills (and related projects for Sector Skills Councils)
- Leading the Environment Agency project on the key driver of change to 2020; and advising the Agency and EA Wales on the implications for their future strategy
- Leading the Natural England Scenarios project to develop scenario for 2050; including stakeholder engagement and public involvement workshops
- Providing future based strategic policy advice to overseas Governments, including the US State Department
- Advising Department of Health on the introduction of new public engagement requirements.
- Providing coaching on strategic futures across government on behalf of the Government Office for Science, Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre.
He has a 1st Class Honours degree in Marine Technology from the University of Wales, Cardiff; and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
You can contact John at: john.reynolds@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Gill Ringland (Chief Executive and Director)
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Gill Ringland's career has spanned academic and industrial worlds, taking a leading edge role in physics, software and information technology, strategy in turn. She is a past Member of SRC’s Computing Science Committee and of Council of the Economic and Social Research Council. She has been active in five start-ups, and was responsible for building a £3bn new business over five years for ICL. She has been CEO and a Fellow of SAMI since 2002.
She started to use scenarios when responsible for strategy at ICL, and as a result wrote the amazon.com bestseller “Scenario Planning”. She is a Liveryman of the City of London through the Information Technologists. She has a B.Sc., M.Sc., F.B.C.S, M.I.E.E., is a graduate of Stanford University's Senior Executive Program and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science. She has recently organised “IT in 2057” for the British Computer Society.
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She writes and consults widely as a Fellow of St Andrews Management Institute, to clients in the public, private and third sectors.
Gill Ringland’s books are 'why, what, when, how' guides to the use of scenarios:
"Scenarios in Business", John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-470-84382-9
"Scenarios in Public Policy", John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-470-84383-7
"Scenarios in Marketing", (ed with Laurie Young), John Wiley, 2006, ISBN 0-470-03272-3
"Scenario Planning, 2nd edition", John Wiley, 2006, ISBN 0-470-01881-X
"Scenarios for Success", Chapter 6, "From Signals to Decisions" (ed Bill Sharpe & Kees van der Heijdn), John Wiley, 2007
Her SAMI projects have ranged from half-day workshops to year long studies in the UK and internationally, for public and private organisations and NGOs.
You can contact Gill at: gill.ringland@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Wendy Schultz
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Wendy Schultz has over 25 years of foresight practice around the world, including ten years at the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, where she earned her PHD. While in Hawai’i she worked for five years forecasting global natural gas markets and world LNG trade at the East-West Center, and for over ten years as a researcher, foresight process designer, and project manager at the Hawai’i Research Center for Futures Studies. From 1996 to 2003 she served as visiting faculty with the Masters program in Studies of the Future at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. In 2001 she received a Fulbright award supporting six months’ foresight work as a lecturer and researcher with colleagues at the Finland Futures Research Centre.
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She has lectured on futures and foresight and provided training across a wide range of futures tools. She has designed and populated environmental scanning databases for Government Departments (DEFRA and OSI) and more recently has completed scenario building and dissemination projects for the Health and Safety Executive and the Food Ethics Council. Her conference keynotes, workshops, and publications include topics as varied as emerging issues of change drawn from her work with the UK government; the future of transport (Helkama Industries); the future of electronic media (for the Tomorrow Project); and the future of learning and higher education (presentation at the World Future Society 2003 in Mexico City); among others.
Dr. Schultz is a Fellow and an Executive Board member of the World Futures Studies Federation; a Board Member of the Association of Professional Futurists; and a member of the International Advisory Panel of the European Futurists Conference Lucerne. She is Director of Infinite Futures (www.infinitefutures.com) and a SAMI Principal.
Projects with SAMI have included training courses in Mexico and scenario planning in Malaysia, working with the HR team of a major oil company, and a project for the Health and Safety Executive.
You can contact Wendy at: wendy.schultz@samiconsulting.co.uk
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Richard Walsh (Executive and Director)
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Richard's main areas of activity are strategy and forward thinking with companies and government; policy making and public relations. He has a special interest in the heath and protection sector – be it insurance, government or the NHS.
Previously he has worked for 6 years as head of health at the Association of British Insurers with responsibility for ABI policy on health and protection insurance including developing statements of best practice, negotiating with external stakeholders for example the genetics moratorium, HIV risk, BMA fees and ethics, and terrorism.
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Before that he spent 11 years in the Department of Health, with his final role being head of strategic planning (senior civil service). Since joining SAMI, he has worked on a number of health related projects for the Department of Health.
You can contact Richard at: richard.walsh@samiconsulting.co.uk
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