CPS - Key Persons


Ash Turner - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Sales Director
As Sales Director, Ash has over 10 years of experience helping organisations find and implement the right business solutions to create an agile modern workplace. Working across both the Public and Private sectors, he helps organisations  achieve their return on technical investment, driving economies of scale and greater efficiencies for our customers.

Christopher Pond - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Christopher has close to over 25 years of experience in Project Portfolio Management. His experience ranges from advisory services to deployment and training. He now focuses on delivering CPS' objectives to help customers of all sizes innovate and transform their business.

David Dunning - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
David is the Chairman and co-founder of CPS. From an initial start-up where it was all hands to the pump, David focused on the consulting and delivery side of the business from its roots in project management and recruitment. As CPS has grown to deliver more comprehensive business solutions built on the Microsoft Cloud, so David's role has evolved into one of governance and leadership, promoting CPS, building strategic relationships, fostering open communication, and creating an environment that allows constructive debates and challenges, both inside and outside the boardroom. He now works closely with Steve and the team, providing leadership and governance support to create the conditions for overall success, taking the business forwards to larger ambitions, greater customer engagement and more exceptional technology accomplishments.

David Lean

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • PMO Manager
Having been at CPS for 7 years, 5 years as a PMO Manager, David has an impressive track record of ensuring exceptional quality and control throughout all projects while ensuring excellent internal compliance and governance levels. An expert in Power BI, David knows how to visualise and analyse data to access powerful insights.

Derek Strachan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Business Consulting Practice Lead
  • Head of the CPS Business Consulting Practice
As head of the CPS Business Consulting Practice, Derek is a Project, Portfolio and Programme management professional with over 30 years of experience. Among many other things, his work has helped hundreds of organisations rejuvenate their PMO, delivering greater efficiency, thereby increasing organisational return on investment

Harjit Gill - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Compliance
  • Member of the Leadership Team
With 20 years of experience working in Information Technology, Harjit brings a wealth of knowledge in applying industry best practices to enable the successful implementation and operation of international standards ranging from Service Management (ISO20000-1) through to Information Security (ISO27001) and Quality Management Governance (ISO9001) As the Head of Compliance, Harjit leads the Quality, Security & PMO Function, serving as the figurehead for all the compliance staff in the UK, liaising with our clients, and collaborating with internal teams to drive customer success and service excellence.

Jon Twilley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Head of Alliances
Jon has worked in the Cloud, Software and Services world for over 10 years focusing on building and expanding business relationships. Working for Vendors, Distributors and Resellers, as head of Alliances at CPS, Jon has an excellent understanding of what being a Strategic partner truly means.

Louise Meen - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Finance
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Louise has 30 years of experience in Financial and Management Accounting and is responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the business. She has a strong skillset in implementing finance transformation programmes at CPS and takes pride in managing and developing her team

Nicola Lloyd - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Head of HR
  • Member of the Leadership Team
As Head of HR for CPS, Nicola's relevant experience includes 26 years of recruitment and HR expertise within the technology world. The focus for Nicola and her team is CPS' people, from facilitating the selection of the very best talent into the business to ensuring that all colleagues are fulfilled and engaged. Nicola firmly believes that engaged colleagues are those who have a voice, who trust and are trusted, and who are empowered to be their very best. To ensure that outcome, she and her team work tirelessly to deliver an unparalleled employee experience.

Nikita Lane

Job Titles:
  • Customer Success Manager

Sam Graber

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Professional Services Director
Sam has over 18 years of experience in the Portfolio, Programme, Project and Management (PPM) arena. Sam has a passion for supporting customers with their PPM delivery and associated technology solutions. Sam has extensive experience in driving organisation-wide change and digital transformation across all verticals. At CPS, Sam now focusses on leading a team of Business Consultants and Solution specialists whose passion is to support customers with leading edge work management solutions. All whilst ensuring the associated processes and governance are in place to ensure maximum benefits are realised.

Stephen Adams - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
Steve has 25 years of experience in delivering innovative technology to transform complex business areas to achieve productivity gains, increasing quality or reducing costs, knowledge and experience gained in the public and private sector, now helping CPS customers transform.