Bombay Sapphire Gin
I have had the great pleasure and honour of working with Jim Stevenson, Principal Consultant at Bletchley Group on an on-going basis over the past eight months across some of our key global marketing initiatives. Jim brings with him great personal qualities of passion, a natural problem-solver instinct, strong personal values & integrity. Jim is a highly trustworthy/credible manager with the well-deserved reputation to bulldoze through corporate politics/bottle-necks to align disparate stakeholders and get the job done.
Jim is also a very clear/strategic thinker who understands how brands work and come with great insights on how to best amplify and achieve brand objectives across various digital touch-points.
Most importantly, I have been very appreciative of Jim for the pivotal role he has played as senior consultant in shaping our overall thinking around the ‘role of digital’ and consequently being instrumental in helping the global brand team to redefine and improve the strategic framework of our global brand communication initiatives.
I look forward to continued working relationship with Jim and would recommend him to future clients without reservation.
Jett Yang, Global Marketing Manager,
Bombay Sapphire, Bacardi Global Brands Ltd
Own Brand Business, RBS
“I’ve worked with Bletchley Group for the last six months and they have managed two large projects from inception to implementation.
Both projects were delivered on time to a high standard in the face of a radically changing organisational structure.
Their involvement in the projects have gone beyond pure management and has driven many of the solutions to the requirements. He has also defined both business and technology architecture solutions to some of the bigger issues we faced he identified clear paths to implementation balancing the commercial drivers for the projects and the technical feasibility.
They have an ability to recognise issues early and bring the relevant people together to work through the resolution.
They have been a valuable asset to RBS in the short time he has been here and pioneered a very different approach to project delivery in a new organisation.”
Ewan Robertson, Head of Business Development,
Own Brand Business, RBS
Scottish Amicable (now Prudential) for ZEDA Ltd
“The complexities and challenges presented by the set-up phase of the Scottish Amicable contract were all but overwhelming. Jim’s [Bletchley Group] ability to manage and deliver the working technical solution, office accommodation, team creation and induction, pull-through of billable work and close control of spending and budget has been outstanding. All of this was done with appropriate levels of visibility within ZEDA via reporting and meetings.
Jim has formed a close working relationship with the key client representative and has proven both his own and ZEDA’s ability to respond positively to client requirements.”
Carol Kemp, Operations Director,
ZEDA Ltd
Lombard Direct
“Under Bletchley Group’s control, the Lombard internet project was consistently efficiently run, well organised and managed. They also succeeded in maintaining the focus of the project team on the key milestones. The mechanics of the project (in terms of project plan, meeting outputs, risk register) were also consistently well maintained and circulated to the team. Their enthusiasm and commitment were central to the success of the project team.”
David McCreadie, Commercial Director,
Lombard Direct
Own Brand Business, RBS
Since May Bletchley Group have been on consulting to OBB with management responsibility for the full lifecycle of:
• An internet Loans project
• The integration of DLFS Collections with the existing Lombard process.
The Internet project was delivered in October and now accounts for around 15% of the Loan business. The Collections project has also been successfully delivered resulting in significant process improvements through the automation of manual processes.
Both projects had extremely tight timescales, but through the application of a disciplined and structured approach, Jim successfully managed the numerous threats, challenges and scope creep.”
Rod Aird, Head of Change Management
Own Brand Businesses, RBS
work24.co.uk
“The quality of the work has greatly improved from my perspective since yourself and Goplan joined the team – so thanks very much for all of the hard work being done to help us meet our deadlines”
Rhian John, Delivery Manager,
work24.co.uk
Bletchley Group 