Interim Executives

Interim Executives

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MRG Interim Executives

MRG Interim Executives is a community of experienced, high calibre professional consultants spanning the fields of Real Estate, Development & Construction, Estates & Facilities Management, Hospitality, HR & OD and Bids & Work-Winning. Our Associates have honed their skills, knowledge and approach over a number of years in leadership and consultancy careers, encompassing a diverse variety of organisations and industries. Having now embarked on consultancy and portfolio careers they are keen to add value to organisations by offering their services on a flexible basis. This makes them ideally placed to advise client organisations, as companies, the public sector and public institutions attempt to plot a course through an ever-changing and complex economic and political landscape. Services provided by our Associates include but are not limited to: interim management, participation in interview panels, strategy development advice & consultancy, project support, organisational development reviews, governance & assurance support and coaching & mentoring. Our Associates can be retained on a bespoke and flexible basis – often giving a tailored solution that can be procured and implemented expeditiously.

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Reporting to the Chief Executive, the brief was to find a professional capable of managing a centralised estates department (from London) responsible for the delivery of projects and maintenance across their diverse national portfolio whilst they made a substantive appointment. The structure is an ‘intelligent client’ model with regionalised teams of architects and surveyors. They were seeking to appoint a head of department who could lead the day to day delivery of a ‘best in class’ service whilst formulating an ambitious 10 year estates strategy. The successful candidate had a prior track record within education which included an earlier career as Director of Estates at St Mary’s University and the Guildford College Group.

Interim Estates Director

The University of Cambridge has a £2bn real estate development programme to support the University’s growth strategy and maintain its position as a global leader in its field. MRG were engaged by the Head of Estates Projects to undertake an exercise to facilitate the engagement of an external Project Advisor to take an independent oversight and governance role over one of the University’s crucial strategic projects. MRG were then able to quickly engage with and introduce one of their long-standing associates whom had a proven track record over 30 years in major project delivery across the public and private sectors including a senior role on the development of the property and facilities portfolio for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, the Head of Property had a mandate to transform LFB’s property function such that it represented a best in class property service that supports the strategic objectives and operational needs of the organisation. Key deliverables included creating a vision and strategy for the operating model of the property function and development of a 5-10 year property strategy in line with LFB’s overall business plan. Following a comprehensive fast-track search campaign MRG were able to shortlist a diverse group of 8 candidates for consideration, all of whom had a proven track record in leading transformation programmes across public and private sector real estate portfolios. The appointed candidate had a proven track record in the real estate sector having early worked for two of the leading multi-national property firms before most recently going on to lead a significant estate consolidation and team change programme for a central government estate occupier. Interim Head of Property

Reporting to the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Operations) the post was responsible for all day to day operations for their outsourced service provider KUSCO which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University. KUSCO had their own HR, Finance and Projects teams which operated autonomously from the University and the successful candidate was required to have managed a commercial enterprise and managed a large P&L. They have a largely directly employed labour force (of some 200 staff) in addition to a framework of outsourced providers covering their three campus estate. The person specification required an individual with a blended background across all aspects of operational FM (hard services) in addition to soft services and minor projects. The Interim Managing Director had served in a leadership post in a similar FM service provider background and was also the former Interim Director of Estates at the University of Westminster.

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Case Studies Birmingham City Council - Interim Programme Director – Commonwealth Games (Athlete’s Village) Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. MRG Interim Executives were approached by Birmingham City Council to secure an immediate interim candidate for its Programme Director vacancy, leading the development of the Athlete’s village ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A comprehensive attraction strategy was developed and presented by MRG to ensure a quick and efficient process. MRG conducted a thorough face-to-face and video-call screening service, followed by a tailored interview process to best suit Birmingham City Council. MRG then assisted with the final selection process by securing the successful candidate and providing feedback to all who interviewed, completing the cycle. The team ensured there was a good number of candidates shortlisted and presented; this was key to ensuring we hired good quality professionals who were both technically strong and a good cultural fit. Ensuring that MRG consultants thoroughly researched the Construction and Estates market meant that a number of suitable high quality candidates were presented to Birmingham City Council, leading to a greater level of trust being built between the consultants and BCC and made it simpler to select outstanding candidates for the variety of new roles. “ We were very pleased with the recruitment service provided by MRG in our searches for this specialised, niche role within our CWG Directorate. The team ensured there was a good number of candidates shortlisted and presented to us; this was key to ensuring we hired good quality professionals who were both technically strong and a good cultural fit. I would look to use them again when recruiting .” Mina Parmar, Interim Portfolio Director Birmingham City Council

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Science Museum Group - Asset Management Consultant The Science Museum Group is a collection of British museums, comprising: The Science Museum in South Kensington, The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, The National Railway Museum in York, Locomotion in Couty Durham, The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and The National Collections Centre Museum in Swindon. The Brief SMG were seeking an Asset Management Consultant to review the SMG Ten Year Asset Management Plan in its current draft, recasting and representing it according to newly agreed funding categories. The consultant would help develop and clearly articulate the strategy and outcomes for a ten year maintenance plan on a site by site basis; using existing >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10

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