CMI South West

Stuart Young FCMI

After a career as a Royal Navy Engineer Officer, including appointments at sea, as a liaison officer with the US Department of Defence in Washington and programme management roles in procurement and logistics, Stuart Young joined Cranfield University in 2008 and is head of the Centre for Defence Acquisition.

Stuart is responsible for the delivery of a range of management courses and MSc programmes. His research interests include the Government-Industry relationship, complex programmes and decision-making.

Lois Farquharson CMgr FCMI

Dr Lois Farquharson is Executive Dean at Bournemouth University Business School. She is an experienced leader with a demonstrated background in the higher education sector and business engagement. Skilled in leading and managing change and organisational development, Lois believes in the value of positivity, appreciative inquiry and kindness in dynamic organisation/industry contexts.

Lois has undertaken research and knowledge exchange projects focused on these areas with various organisations including the NHS, IiP Scotland, Police Service, Higher Education Institutions and small businesses.

As a strong professional, Lois is a Chartered Fellow of the CMI, an Academic Fellow of the CIPD, and is certified to deliver the Strengths Deployment Inventory (TotalSDI) to support individual and team growth.

Terry Corby CMgr CCMI

News this summer at the CMI is that Terry Corby has been appointed as Chairman of the South-West Regional Board.  Terry knows the region and its challenges and opportunities well. He has lived in Cornwall for the past 20 years and has spent a career in growing businesses large and small. Today he combines a career that includes Interim CEO/CMO roles, with his NED roles and is also a professional coach to several CEOs and senior executives. He is currently towards the end of an assignment as Interim Group Marketing Director at Medacs Global Group plc – helping them to to create a more customer-centric organisation and culture. Prior to that he was the founding CEO at the successful healthcare workforce start-up – Ryalto. He was also a partner at the growth and innovation consultancy, The Foundation. In Cornwall, he also took on a leadership role at the Eden Project – where he helped set up an Advisory Service for business and government focusing on re-imagination, inspiration and insight.

As a change leader, Terry is at his best when helping boards or organisations lead and work through significant change. His experience in senior executive roles spans 25 years at KPMG, Accenture, American Express and Sainsbury’s. Terry served as a Partner on the UK Board of KPMG with annual revenues of £1.7bn and 11,000 employees. Before that, Terry was a Partner and a member of the UK Executive Board of Accenture UK & Ireland, a 12,000 employee organisation with annual revenues of £2bn.

Terry also served for several years as a Board Director at the government funded agency, South West Screen (now part of Creative England) and as Chairman of the Cornwall Film & Television Board, both dedicated to the development of the creative media sector. Terry was also a Founding Director of The Talent Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on helping individuals and businesses develop through human talent. In Cornwall, he is a Governor of Truro School and also Chair of Governors at Roselyon School. In addition, Terry is a Non-Executive Director of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust – with its 10 museums and 35 historical sites.

Terry’s Board responsibilities have involved leading major transformation and change – both within organisations and in repositioning their brands within the marketplace and with clients. His experience includes global responsibility for marketing, business development, reputation, communications, culture and employee engagement, research and knowledge management. He also led the development of thought leadership at Accenture for over 10 years and initiated the High Performance program of research that has been at the core of Accenture’s market positioning.

Terry is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the promotion of Arts, Merchandising & Commerce (FRSA); a Fellow of the Strategic Planning Society (FStratP); and became a Companion of the CMI in 2006.

Hanne Kroger-Knight

I am a Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Plymouth and lead both undergraduate and postgraduate modules which include modules such as Digital Marketing, Innovation and New Product Development as well as Consumer Behaviour. Moreover, I am a visiting lecturer at the National School of Business Management in Colombo, Sri Lanka where I teach a module called Current Issues in Management.

I also guide both postgraduate and undergraduate students through their research dissertation both in Plymouth and at our partner University in Venlo, The Netherlands. As a researcher, I am interested in sustainability and I am aiming to make a business case for companies to be more sustainable.

My professional background is in digital marketing where I have worked mainly in the field of content management, email marketing and social media marketing. American Marketing Systems Inc. is one of the businesses I have worked for.

Denis Lindsay CMgr FCMI

Denis has extensive senior leadership experience in the IT industry. For over 20 years he has been involved in global programmes, mainly focusing on business-critical transformation and technology change, in well-known multinational companies. These include large multinationals across many sectors including oil & gas, FMCGs and the Music industry.

Denis is currently a Partner of Cambridge Management Consulting and is a member of their Senior Leadership Team. Cambridge Management Consulting is a specialist consultancy with an emphasis on digital transformation. They add value to any business attempting to scale by combining capabilities such as marketing acceleration, digital innovation, talent acquisition and procurement.

Founded in Cambridge, UK, they are a consultancy created to cope specifically with the demands of a fast-changing digital world. They are a growing organisation with offices in Cambridge, London, Paris and Tel Aviv, with consultants in nine countries, and clients all over the world.

Denis is a Non-Executive Director of Bristol Credit Union and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Black Professionals Network. He is also a strategy adviser to numerous other organisations. He has been a member of the Institute of Directors since 2004.

Denis lives in Bristol and has three dependants.

Nina Murray CMgr FCMI

As a woman who came to the UK without knowing one word of English and having nobody to rely on for help Nina is on a mission to show people that (regardless of your background!) you can create your dream and desired life.

Nina has started her journey with Lush Cosmetics 13 years ago and worked her way up from a Christmas Temp in Manufacturing, through Management, Personal Effectiveness Trainer to Senior Leadership & Management Developer.

Having worked with 1000’s of people on their personal effectiveness and 100’s of leaders on business management and leadership skills she is now also running of her own Coaching Business.

Nina’s journey with CMI started with Level 5 Leadership & Management Diploma, she then completed Level 7 Strategic Leadership & Management Diploma and in 2017 achieved Chartered Manager status. Nina continues to develop herself through now completing Level 7 Advanced CIPD HR Diploma and working towards CMI fellowship.

Paul Russell FIC

Paul joined the CMI Southern Board in 2018 as he wanted to support other managers in the region.

He is a professional Management Consultant, training through the Institute of Business Consulting (IBC), and has four years of experience at an IBC Premier Practice within the Ministry Defence. He specialises in Change Management within complex organisations, using continuous improvement and different Lean business systems.

A member of the IBC since 2008, which is now part of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Paul has always felt the training and career support from the Institute has enabled his career to date. He said: “I am a strong believer that relationships are two way, being involved on the Southern Board provides a great opportunity to give something back to the CMI in the home region.”