About Us

Business Transformations is a Cumbria based management consultancy specialising in the delivery of organisational and personal change.

It is our belief that:

• All individuals continue to learn and develop throughout their life.
• Individuals with a common goal come together to build vibrant organisations.
• Organisations are made up of individuals, processes and systems that add value.
• Successful organisations are those which have clear goals, and which continue to adapt and innovate.

Business Transformations was set up in September 2002 by two experienced practitioners - Jonathan Brook and Neil Mackereth.

Jonathan Brook
BSc, ACIS, MMS

CEO and Principal Consultant

Previous Career Overview

Before starting Business Transformations Jonathan worked as a project manager for AXA Insurance, the UK general insurance arm of the global AXA group.

His last assignment with AXA was as project manager of the 'SPIRIT' project. This project had a budget of £1.5m and re-engineered the company's commercial new business processes, and developed a new web-based quotation system.

Previously, Jonathan had responsibility for commercial lines project planning and operational processes following AXA's takeover of Guardian Insurance.

Jonathan has a wealth of project and change management experience, including business and process analysis, systems development and implementation, together with efficiency and productivity improvement and cost reduction programmes.

Neil Mackereth
Brigadier (Retired)

Director

Previous Career Overview

Latterly, Neil was Bursar, Company Secretary and Clerk to the Governors of Windermere St Anne's School and Elleray Preparatory School, with a turnover of £2.5m.

Previously Neil was (Brigadier) Director Staff and Personnel Support (Army). Responsible for the delivery of financial and personnel administration to the Army. Head of Arm for 4,650 officers and soldiers, and 1,200 civil servants.

Team member (Col) in the mid 90's of the study group that redefined Army career structures and remuneration.

Neil brings with him a wealth of experience. His previous varied responsibilities have included Directing Staff (Lt Col) Royal Military College of Science, lecturing on government finance, procurement finance, long term costing, financial planning and budgeting, and as Paymaster HQ British Gurkhas, Nepal serving in Dharan Bazaar, Kathmandu and Pokhara.

Our Vision

Simply this, we at Business Transformations are passionate about empowering individuals and organisations to realise their potential and to achieve their goals.

Our Values

We aspire to be professional, accountable, inspirational, dependable, practical, open and honest.

Professional

To be professional in every aspect of business.

We are professionals engaged in the profession of management consultancy. Our profession is an occupation requiring both specialised knowledge and academic preparation.

Accountable

To be both responsible and answerable.

We commit ourselves to be responsible for all our words and actions. Similarly, to be answerable for every aspect of the service we provide.

Inspirational

To inspire and act as a stimulus.

We recognise the necessity to lead by example, and to adopt an approach that will exert a stimulating and uplifting influence.

Dependable

To be reliable and trustworthy

Our standard is simple 'our word is our bond' and 'what we say we will do'.

Practical

To offer a realistic and down to earth approach to dealing with problems and situations.

Our service and solutions will be grounded more in real life experience than theoretics.

Open

To be unprejudiced, and to allow access and enquiry wherever possible.

Our approach and attitude will be open, not closed or predetermined.

Honest

To be truthful, sincere, frank and trustworthy.

We will conduct our work with utmost integrity.

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