Consulting Solutions Team

Bev White | Managing Director, HR Consulting

Bev joined Penna in 2002. In just eight years she led our Career Transition business into the number one position in the UK market place in the private sector. She has accountability for leading the continuous design, development and delivery of the Career Transition services. Bev was made Managing Director, HR Consulting in 2009, which encompasses Career Transition, Training and Development, Board and Executive Coaching and Performance and Change Consulting Solutions.

Bev’s earlier career included seven years as CIO of NtL and prior to that as Director I.T. for Schlumberger. Today, she is President of the UK Association of Career Firms and of the European Board for the Association of Career Firms. In her work, she is passionate about innovating to make sure that our services are relevant for our clients and add real value to their business.

Phil Merrell | Capability Director, Consulting Solutions

Phil leads Penna’s organisational performance and change team and has first class credentials as a leader of change in a wide variety of sectors. He built his experience in the BBC and has numerous examples of successful business transformation under his belt. Having worked as an HR professional and a leader at business unit and corporate levels, he has a deep understanding of how change works in organisations. This has enabled Phil to lead and consult on many aspects of change throughout his career – everything from organisational design and development and HR capability to transition management and performance improvement programmes. His current work includes clients in the public sector, financial services and Energy sectors. Phil has a 1st class honours degree, a Masters degree in industrial relations and personnel management and an MBA. He is also qualified as a Programme Manager, Prince2 practitioner and HR professional.

Sue Goodman | Performance and Change Consultant

Sue is a dynamic and commercially minded business leader who operates at both strategic and operational levels across a diverse range of functions. Her results-oriented approach allows her to deliver solutions, inspire change and improve business performance. Her career has seen her lead union negotiations during major change programmes, maximise performance for major call centres and develop innovative people strategies for leading financial groups. And she remains passionate about delivering business change through people. In addition to an impressive track record, Sue holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Executive Coaching and professional qualifications in Financial Services (ACIB) and Human Resources (MIPD). She is also an Accredited NLP Practitioner. Birmingham Consulting Solutions

Sue Wotruba | Performance and Change Consultant

Before moving into management consultancy six years ago, Sue spent ten years as an HR Manager for a range of blue chip companies. Her consultancy career has seen her work on a range of projects involving change management, human resource management and executive training and development. Sue also worked with Accenture for two years, providing advice and guidance on the change and people-management implications of business-process outsourcing for global clients. Working across sectors such as IT, Finance, Public Sector and Services, Sue has built up a strong track record in the design and implementation of leadership development centres, assessment centres, coaching, performance management and culture change programmes. Sue is a level A and B qualified assessor and an experienced Myers Briggs facilitator.

Colin Catney | Performance and Change Principal Consultant

A specialist in Organisation and Leadership Development, Colin is able to draw upon 24 years’ experience in providing strategic business-partnering services in a variety of professional environments. Throughout his career he developed strategies and shaped infrastructures for the likes of the BBC, Diageo and Nortel Networks. His work at Nortel, which involved the delivery of performance management and staff development work, won a National Training award and helped them achieve the IIP standard. In recent years, Colin has successfully project-managed coaching, development and performance management programmes for clients such as Translink and the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland. Honours Graduate of Queens University Belfast, Colin is professionally qualified with the Institute of Personnel Management. He is an EQi practitioner and has additional qualifications in psychometrics as well as in Learning and Development.

John Ferguson | Performance and Change Consultant

John is a broadly experienced international training and development consultant with a strong track record of needs assessment, design and delivery, coaching, facilitating and consulting. His expertise in people and performance management includes a clear focus on change at the individual, team and organisational levels. With extensive international experience, he has helped people work across national and cultural boundaries. Many of his programmes are run in French, and he also co-founded and runs a training and development business in Turkey. During his career, John has designed and run people and performance management programmes for clients across industries ranging from engineering, retail and pharmaceuticals to chemicals, FMCG and banking. He has also delivered solutions at all levels of management, from senior executive teams to new managers. John is Level B qualified in use of OPQ and Myers-Briggs.

Paul Hills | Performance and Change Principal Consultant

Paul began his consulting career with Monitor Company Inc. where he gained expertise in strategy, finance and business planning, working primarily on international assignments. He then began an 18-year period at Crane Davies, now Penna Plc, where he became a Director in 1995 and managed a number of core business streams. Today, Paul is a lead consultant in our change management practice, drawing upon his project management, consultation and facilitation experience to head-up major change and leadership programmes. Some of his recent assignments have included a cultural change programme for a leading chemicals company and the design and implementation of a new global organisation for a major brewer. Paul graduated in Business Administration with a First Class degree. He was a visiting lecturer on the Henley MBA Programme and has written several modules of their MBA course. He has been a qualified IIP assessor and senior assessor, and for two years was the Chief Verifier nationally.