Vicky started her career in teaching before studying for an MBA. She then undertook Programme Manager and Project Director roles at Durham Business School. Her secondment to a technology transfer project led to becoming Senior Consultant with a Sheffield based process improvement consultancy before co-founding P&R Accelerate Ltd, specialising in Lean Management project deployment.

Areas of Expertise

• Lean Deployment (cross-sector)
• Senior Management Business Strategy definition.
  
• Business Development and Improvement
  
• Team Building & Management Development
  
• Organisational Culture
  
• Psychometric Profiling
  
• Coaching & Mentoring
  

Qualifications & Training        

• MBA (Distinction), Durham Business School
• B.Ed (Hons) First, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
• Level A & B Psychometric testing, Oxford Psychologists Press
• Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing

Background:
Vicky started her career in teaching before studying for an MBA. She then undertook Programme Manager and Project Director roles at Durham Business School. Her secondment to a technology transfer project led to becoming Senior Consultant with a Sheffield based process improvement consultancy before co-founding P&R Accelerate Ltd, specialising in Lean Management project deployment. Vicky joined Macnaughton McGregor in September 2009.

• 1996-2001 Design & Delivery of Business Development Programmes in North East England, Western Australia and Gibraltar.
• 2001-2002 Supply Chain Development involving Academic and Commercial collaboration.
• 2003-2009 Delivery of productivity improvement projects totalling £30m over 6 year period involving 250 teams from manufacturing and service sector organisations.
• 2004-2005 Design and Delivery of Associate and Management Development Programmes for Storeys:ssp property consultants
• 2003-2007 Mentoring role to a North East commercial exploitation company advising on strategy and assisting in securing start-up contracts.
• 2008 provision of executive coaching as part of the Newcastle University Executive Management Development process.