OUR PEOPLE

Our mission is to fundamentally improve businesses, helping them implement their vision, develop strategies and enhance their competencies. Our experts use data extensively to help guide the change journey and lead the way in making data-driven change happen.

Change Consulting Scotland is a business consulting firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland serving clients across the globe. Our mission is to fundamentally improve businesses, helping them implement their vision, develop strategies and enhance their competencies. Our business consultants are experts in helping companies of all sizes accelerate innovation, improve internal processes, and drive business performance. We have over 30 years of experience running complex change and transformational change programmes – including business change, people change, and technology change.

With backgrounds in the Big Four and FTSE 100, we have successfully made change happen in businesses of all shapes and sizes. Our specialist expertise draws on learnings used in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methods, as well as Business Process Transformation and Change Management. Our experts use data extensively to help guide the change journey and lead the way in making data-driven change happen.

Dougie Graham

Programme Director

Dougie oversees and directs all of our change projects and programmes. He draws on a Big Four consulting background with 20 years’ experience in delivering Change.

Specialisation: The use of data to drive decision-making processes to manage and implement Global IT and Change Management Programmes, from small to FTSE 100 size organisations.

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Ohio State University)
• Chartered Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• MSP Practitioner
• AXELOS accredited P3M3 assessor

Fun facts: Dougie owns Primal Gym and is trained as a professional stuntman

Oskar Sebben

Change Consultant

Oskar brings professional experience gained across Australia and the UK, with special focus on all things renewable and non-renewable energy policy. He facilitates process improvement and digital transformation, with a background in machine learning, research and environmental regulation.

• Environmental regulation, policy development, and government improvement programs
• Developed machine learning models for habitat and pest management
• BSc. (Hons) Biology Science
• Lean Sigma Green Belt

Fun fact: he is writing a book on change in Australia - ask him about it!

Chad H. Breaux

Information Technology Associate

Senior IT professional bringing over 35 years of IT and Business Management experience, the past 18 years in a highly demanding global IT senior management role for a FTSE 100. A strong record of service delivery and success in developing and implementing IT systems & solutions, and digital business change initiatives for increased efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership.

Highlights
• Global Project & Programme Management
• Digital Business Transformation
• Business Process Re-engineering & Optimisation
• Systems Review/ Implementation
• Strategic IT/ Organisational Planning
• Cloud & Mobile Computing Management
• Global Vendor Management.

Fun Fact: Chad is an avid road cycler, game hunter and interested in all things technology.

Cecilia Ho

Business Development Associate

Cecilia facilitates strategy development and project implementation. She brings a FTSE 100 and Tech Startup background supporting C-Suite and Founders to deliver global project analysis, design and implementation.

Specialisation: Design-thinking to analyse, design and implement best-fit People, Commercial and Customer-Centric organisational frameworks.

• Former Co-Founder and Strategy Director of data-driven tech startup WYLDATA Ltd
• Chartered Institute of Personnel Development Member (MCIPD)
• Law Degree (The University of Edinburgh)

Fun facts: Cecilia is a Yoga Alliance 500hr yoga teacher and ran the Berlin Marathon for Unite Against Cancer.

David Pauling

Finance Associate

David has a Finance background with over 20 years’ experience in business transformation and technology implementation. A commercially focused leader, he brings a versatile and logical mindset as manager and advisor to plc’s and SME’s, influencing strategic direction.

• Leads company-wide change programmes
• Hands-on management of operational & commercial projects
• Systems technologies

Grant Richardson

Sales Associate

Grant has over 25 years’ experience in senior general management and functional leadership roles in B2B Industrial Services, Financial Services and Music.

He delivers significant growth through global standard sales tools, processes and training across more than 20 countries through teams with revenues of up to $1 bn and headcounts over 800.

Grant has a track record of success delivering highly effective international Sales Force Effectiveness programmes underpinned by sales and sales leadership capability development, sales process definition, target setting and incentives, pricing strategy deployment and value and sales proposition development.

Eilidh Poole

Business Consultant Graduate Apprentice

Eilidh is our fantastic Graduate Apprentice!

Through our collaboration with Heriot-Watt University, a world leader in innovation, she studies her MA in Business Management while getting stuck into live projects. In her first year Eilidh has:

• served as Project Management Support on a complex digital transformation programme for one of the UK’s largest steel manufacturers
• led Lean Process Mapping, with Black Belt supervisory, for a fire prevention company, helping triple their Sales output
• created AI-driven automations, including the CCS Chatbot and automated staff calendars to invoicing. A firm believer in healthy competition and teamwork, Eilidh brings new eyes, a fresh perspective and a keen appetite for learning to the team.

Fun Fact: Eilidh is a Second Dan black belt in Karate and holds multiple Scottish, British and World titles.

Gavin Card

Procurement Associate

Gavin brings top tier leadership skills honed from leading teams of up to 900 people with annual budgets of up to £300m. Passionate about people, he has over 20 years of professional and Change Management experience across major public and private sector organisations.

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• API Project Manager
• Theory of Constraints certified
• Heroic Ambassador & Coach

Fun Fact: Gavin is a competitive pole-vaulter and ex-RAF co-pilot.

Rebecca Graham

Executive Assistant

Rebecca works part-time looking after our finances and admin, while working on her Lean Six Sigma Green Belt via our Lean Academy.

Fun fact: Rebecca also works as an Operational Meteorologist, forecasting for the UK (BSc Hons Environmental Geoscience.)

Olga Kay

Head of Design

Meet Olga, the brilliant mind behind all of our branding, the stunning designs and layouts you see. With over a decade of experience in both print and web, she helps small businesses make a visual impact through her exceptional ability to create clarity and beauty in her designs. Her technical skills are second to none, and she is an Adobe Suite wizard.

Olga holds a postgraduate diploma in Arts Management, which gives her a unique perspective on the intersection of art and business.

Besides design, Olga is a movement professional and anatomy geek. She holds a BA in contemporary dance and is a certified 500h Yoga Medicine teacher. Her love for movement and mindfulness informs her work, as she brings a sense of flow and harmony to every project she takes on.

We believe in transparency and the importance of building long-term relationships with our clients – working side-by-side with them to achieve their targets. Our team has tremendous experience in delivering changes and will help you Transform your entire Operating Model or improve a particular Business Process, tailoring approaches to your change requirements.

We provide consulting, training, and coaching to help analyse, design, and improve your existing processes. Working with you, our business consultants will develop and customise the programme structures and controls that are appropriate for your organisation and that have the correct fit culturally.