Ian Watmore, the new COO at the Efficiency and Reform Group
Interestingly, the Cabinet Office announced today that Ian Watmore joins the Efficiency and Reform Group as Chief Operating Officer from September 1st 2010 (this link for the full story).
On a fairly modest salary compared to the already required £6.2bn savings his new team have to deliver, it looks like he will re-enter public service with a mission in mind.
So I thought I would look up his background whilst we wait to see what he brings – cut staff or improve efficiency and let staff attrition happen through voluntary redundancies, early retirement packages and discharging duties that Government Organisations should have been but weren’t through previous staff cuts (…and there are little magic people at the bottom of my garden)
Ian Watmore is a Trinity College Cambridge graduate in Mathematics and Management Studies, so he should be able to grasp complex business problems and see straight through to the potential for efficiency potential. He was Chief Executive of the Football Association so, being English, might let a few balls drop unexpectedly and may not control the game too well. Finally, as an Arsenal fan living in Wilmslow, Cheshire, he might be used to “living with the enemy” (do a few rich football players from a “certain” rival football team live nearby?).
A degree in Mathematics and Management Studies
All the best to Ian Watmore and here’s hoping for sustainable ideas that are good long term bets.
Facts: Ian Watmore began his career in Andersen Consulting (later Accenture) in 1980. In IT and management consultancy, Ian worked on many of their largest business transformation client engagements globally, and ultimately chaired their global Diamond Client Forum. In 2000 Ian was elected as the youngest ever Managing Director of Andersen Consulting UK by the UK leadership team which covered the transition to Accenture. In 2004 Ian joined the Civil Service. His first role was as Director General and Government Chief Information Officer in the Cabinet Office before moving in 2006 to lead the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit at No 10. In 2007, Ian became Permanent Secretary for the newly created Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills where he helped design and build a new government department whilst delivering major policies for the nation. Ian’s most recent role was as Group Chief Executive of the Football Association group, from which he resigned in March 2010.
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