“I worked with Debbie at the Department of Transport, where we were involved with the successful recovery and transformational programme for the Department’s Shared Services. Debbie is a strategic and inspirational leader that also has an eye for detail when required. Extremely customer-focused and driven by the outcomes expected by the primary stakeholders, Debbie ensured that all the strategic objectives of the Department were met. It was a pleasure working with Debbie, and her collaborative, challenging and inspirational style of leadership brings out the very best in people.”
“Debbie’s strengths lie in her ability to combine a strategic view and direction setting, with ‘operationalising’ the strategy and decomposing it into a series of activities of projects to deliver the strategy. This was evidenced by her ability successfully to deliver shared services operations for large UK Public Sector organisations. This breadth of approach is supported by Debbie’s excellent communication and interpersonal skills which make people feel they are motivated and involved, a critical attribute in managing and delivering change. She also has a balanced approach to evaluating and mitigating risk, again a key skill in the senior roles which she has held.
Debbie as a leader is that she has a genuine desire to “do the right thing” for the organisation she is working with and the people in it, and I would have no hesitation in recommending her”.
