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Chris is a third sector leader, interim manager and consultant with over 30 years experience in consulting, general management, business process improvement, business planning and finance roles. He is an MA, chartered accountant and chartered management consultant. He spent 13 years on multiple global assignments with PwC Consulting, followed by 15 years at a global technology company leading its business process outsourcing division. Becoming an independent consultant in 2016, Chris focused on the Banking and Not-for-Profit sectors. He brings strong expertise in fund-raising, finance, governance, M+A, new operating models, monitoring and evaluation. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at Bayes Business School.

His Not-for-Profit work, in addition to his involvement with the livery company, is focused on the International Development, Social Justice and Heritage sectors. As well as his consultancy and interim assignments at organisations such as Nacro and Plan International, Chris is

• Trustee and Treasurer for the Heritage Alliance, the UK’s largest advocacy charity serving the independent heritage sector and representing its needs to DCMS.
• Trustee for All We Can, the Methodist Church’s international development charity, where he chairs the Board’s subcommittee for programmes and partnerships. In 2020 All We Can integrated with Y Care International and in 2021 Chris was appointed as Vice Chair of both charities.
• Chair of the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum Trust. Led the redevelopment of the museum in 2015, successfully raising £290,000 - against a previous annual income of less than £2000.

Kanan started as a graduate trainee at Barclays Bank and some years in, answering a call for a French-speaker to help out on a project in Paris, found her metier! Being naturally bossy and organising, with a keen eye for detail, project management was a natural fit. Thus began a long career in the City, managing large change programmes for international financial services organisations, including LIFFE, the NYSE, and the InterContinental Exchange, software solutions vendor Omgeo, the London Clearing House and various banks, working as a freelance consultant since 2004. Along the way, an affinity for numbers and a fondness for tax regulation lead to a qualification as a Corporate Treasurer, which she put to good use working as deputy Treasurer at Richemont, the holding group for luxury goods companies such as Cartier and Mont Blanc – yes there IS a handbag in the closet and a pen set in the drawer!

Answering another request to join a team got Kanan involved in her second career in academia, starting as a Visiting Lecturer in business and consulting skills at City University’s Business School, progressing to Module Leader. Wanting always to be fully qualified in whatever she does, Kanan is also completing a Master's degree in Academic Practice and, still retaining that liking for organising things around her, applied for and has recently been appointed to a role with the senior leadership team for City University as AVP for Civic Engagement.

Kanan has a keen interest in all things ‘society’, being engaged in a number of pro-bono initiatives to support charities and local community groups, not least the Southside Theatre Company, for which she has been Treasurer, directed shows, and acted in a range of roles for over 30 years.

Andy is an experienced Transport Consultant who, over more than 38 years, has built up a wide range of experience in the Transport Industry. With his wife, Sarah, he set up A S Miles Consulting Limited in 2015 and has worked with a vast array of organisations from both the Public and Private sectors, sole traders to international brands in the UK, Europe and the USA, with turnovers ranging from the tens of thousands of pounds to hundreds of billions.

Andy is a member of the Richmond Group of Independent Consultants. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, a Member of the Society of Operations Engineers, a Member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Directors. Andy is qualified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt practitioner as well as an ISO 9001:2015 qualified Lead Auditor and a DVSA Approved Auditor for the Earned Recognition Scheme. He is also involved in training transport professionals and is a Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Subject Matter expert for the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence in both Road Haulage and Passenger Transport. Andy is a sitting member of the CBI SME Council as the sole Transport representative and, since 2018, a member of the Logistics UK Greater London Freight Council.

As we as being a Warden to the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants, where he contributes to the Events, Membership and Pro Bono programme, he is a Liveryman and Assistant to the Court of the Worshipful Company of Carmen.