Age 21, not long out of university, I found myself in a basement under Margate Post Office working in the Housing Benefits team for Thanet District Council. Fast forward to 2025 and, after 20+ years of working for and with the public sector, I had been privileged to see the impact that these organisations have on resident's lives. That is why I set up Colbear Consulting – to continue to support organisations to change people’s lives in an increasingly difficult financial environment.

During my career I have built my experience working with a range of organisations including local authorities, central government and health. I was a Manager in the public sector team at PwC and worked for over 15 years at IMPOWER Consulting, including 7 years as a Delivery Director. I am also a Chartered Management Consultant (Experienced Professional Level).

Since setting up Colbear Consulting I have worked with a range of partners on a variety of projects.

• Delivering local government reorganisation across a range of councils, including programme managing the delivery of a combined county and district proposal; providing subject matter expertise into another proposal; working with an Adult Social Care department to plan the disaggregation of their services and working as part of a system-wide programme team.
• Running a project with a London Borough to look at discretionary spend as part of their budget setting process - reviewing every type of service the council delivers and risk assessing the impact of changing how they are provided.
• Establishing a digital programme office for another London Borough, pulling together a complex web of projects into a single programme and building the infrastructure to support reporting, communications and delivery.

When I’m not working I enjoy spending time with my wife and two children, listening to Bruce Springsteen and supporting a series of underwhelming sports teams (Tottenham Hotspur, New York Giants – the list goes on).