Speakers
Ross Gillan – Programme Manager, Leonardo UK
Ross joined Leonardo UK 6 years ago as a Project Manager within the advanced Targeting Business in Edinburgh, having previously worked as a Project Manager within the IT sector. In first 4 years with Leonardo UK Ross had the responsibility to lead the delivery of Leonardo’s programme of work as part of the Dragonfire UK consortium. More recently, Ross assumed a wider portfolio responsibility within the Advanced Lasers business area. Within 8 years in the Aerospace & Defence industry Ross has worked on a number of complex multi-national programmes; working closely with the UK MoD & on opportunities further afield in North America and Asia. Ross is a Full APM member (MAPM), Educated in Mathematics from the University of Glasgow and more recently have been undertaking an MBA, part-time, at Edinburgh Business School, which is set to complete in April’24.
Kris Harwood – Associate Director, KPMG
Kris is Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) with over 10 years’ experience delivering complex major programmes, both in the UK and overseas. He has delivered in defence, infrastructure, and financial services sectors and brings significant operational understanding to business transformation and strategy development and execution.
Kris has a passion for Capital Delivery Excellence. He is collaborative, and brings this approach to his engagements, allowing him to build trusted relationships quickly. Coupled with a demonstrable record of accomplishment of robust diagnostic, design and implementation of transformations across the full operating model and project lifecycle.
Mathew Varghese – Programme Manager, Warwick Business School & Leonardo UK
Mathew is a Programme Manager from Leonardo UK with over 17 years of experience in project and programme management. Working in a range of programmes in the defence sector and with a large variety of customers, Mathew has developed a keen interest in effective and innovate management in complex defence programmes. Most recently, Mathew completed his MBA from Warwick Business School and his dissertation on “The Role and Influence of Programme Managers in Managing Major Change in Large and Complex Engineering Defence Programmes” which will provide a wider industrial context of the defence Industry.
