Our team

Sir Michael led the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit for the Blair administration in the UK from 2001-2005. Since then, he has worked on delivery and system-wide reforms in more than 50 countries. He personally leads high stakes engagements with political leaders to help adopt the delivery approach such as quarterly cabinet retreats in Canada with PM Justin Trudeau.

Mary is a public service consultant with 10+ years of experience leading global health and access to medicines initiatives for non-profit and private sector organizations. Mary has worked hand-in-hand with foreign governments striving to achieve complex policy objectives in the health space in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. 

Simon worked in the original Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit for Prime Minister Tony Blair and has supported the establishment of Delivery Units around the world. Simon has led Delivery training for officials in many countries including Brunei, Jordan, Pakistan, and the USA as well as for a number of African countries through the Harvard Ministerial Leadership program. 

Romina has extensive experience in advising governments across Latin America and the Caribbean on public policy implementation and performance management, especially in the areas of health and infrastructure. Her current delivery efforts are focused on setting up a delivery unit at the WHO focused on delivering the Triple Billion targets.

Giselle has seven years of experience advising and supporting governments in Africa and Asia. Before joining DA, her work focused on building system capacity for governments to use data to improve coordination and implementation of health priorities. 

Becky manages internal talent function and has over 15 years' experience in HR. Becky's previous roles include Head of HR for a large international law firm. She has an Msc in Psychology with a business specialisation and has worked with leaders to build resilience on an individual and organisational level.

Sophie supports the administration function for human resources, recruitment, and the central team. She has worked as an Executive Assistant for 25 years at McKinsey, Pearson, The Lord Taverners as well as private offices.

Claudine has more than 15 years experience leading major government reforms of public services. She combines strategic insight with operational expertise, having recently led a nation-wide transformation of the English school system.  Claudine has advised successive British Prime Ministers on a wide range of areas, from national security to childcare.

Richard brings a wealth of experience of public service improvement and has an outstanding track record of delivery at the heart of government. He has worked with senior stakeholders to shape their priorities and build the capacity to deliver better outcomes for citizens. He has worked with a wide range of countries across the world at national and regional level.  

Simon has over twenty-five years’ experience of public sector policy and delivery.  He was head of the education team in the UK Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit 2002-2006, developing many key delivery tools and approaches.  He has worked with officials in Uganda, Pakistan, US, Brunei, and the UK to establish delivery units and build capacity.  His expertise is in whole system education improvement and public sector reform.

Anna is a seasoned delivery expert with deep cross-industry experience. Her previous and current delivery efforts are focused on working with the central and provincial Governments in KSA, Australia, Jordan and Egypt to setup delivery units, build capacity and deliver on their strategic priorities. She previously worked  as Head of Delivery Unit  at the Prime  Minister’s Office in the Government of Albania.

Leigh was a member of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit for the Blair administration and went on to support the establishment of delivery units across UK government departments. Leigh’s current delivery efforts are focused on applying delivery approaches across the Middle-East, South East Asia and Australia.

Nadya has advised governments, state-owned enterprises and private sector companies across Europe and North America on a wide variety of topics, including public sector reform, capacity building, organizational design, performance improvement, growth strategy and cost reduction.

Denise leads Delivery Associates finance and operations function and is a co-founder of Delivery Associates. She has previously been the Business Manager for the Office of the Chief Education Officer at Pearson and operational roles at McKinsey & Company. Denise has an MSc. in Management from Ashridge Business School.