Al Simmonite
Managing Director, Advance Consultancy
Al is the Managing Director of Advance Consultancy Ltd, a business focused on supporting organisation to deliver outcomes more effectively in complex environments. The focus for the business in recent years has been supporting the development of professional collaboration in project teams delivering complex projects in the infrastructure and transport sector.
Prior to joining Advance, Al has been a Project Management functional director and has been involved in complex project and programme management for 15 years including the delivery of complex projects, programmes and portfolios as both a client and a supplier, developing new collaborative ways of working across the client-supplier interface in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Al’s background is as an Aerospace Engineer with 20 years as a Royal Air Force Engineer Officer, subsequently shifting into the aerospace industry, across into transportation and now into a multi-sector consultancy. Al’s interest in the topic of Sponsorship comes from many years’ experience of working in and around many different types of project sponsor and seeing a lack of consistent guidance and direction for the role. With Advance, Al has supported teams, projects and organisations to develop appropriate and effective leadership and collaborative environments. He sees effective Sponsorship and Leadership as key to the successful delivery of Major Projects.
Prior to joining Advance, Al has been a Project Management functional director and has been involved in complex project and programme management for 15 years including the delivery of complex projects, programmes and portfolios as both a client and a supplier, developing new collaborative ways of working across the client-supplier interface in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Al’s background is as an Aerospace Engineer with 20 years as a Royal Air Force Engineer Officer, subsequently shifting into the aerospace industry, across into transportation and now into a multi-sector consultancy. Al’s interest in the topic of Sponsorship comes from many years’ experience of working in and around many different types of project sponsor and seeing a lack of consistent guidance and direction for the role. With Advance, Al has supported teams, projects and organisations to develop appropriate and effective leadership and collaborative environments. He sees effective Sponsorship and Leadership as key to the successful delivery of Major Projects.