DAY ONE - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

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OEE Systems Bring About New Levels of Energy-Efficient Baking

Bob King, Manufacturing Director Bread Bakeries Division, PREMIER FOODS

Originally from an engineering background, Bob has developed a reputation in the food industry for his commercial acumen, aligning brand and commercial strategies with operational imperatives to meet customer needs and business objectives. Bob is committed to operational excellence, continuous improvement, cost management, employee engagement and exceptional supply chain performance. This commitment has been a key part of his success in leading and managing multi-site businesses of over £500m turnover and 7000+ employees.

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Innovation at Bentley

Anthony Dodworth, New technologies/processes and properties manager, BENETLEY MOTORS LIMITED

For over 25 years Anthony has worked on the development of new technologies and car programmes. In 1988 he moved to Formula 1 division of March Racing, which later became Leyton House working oncarbon fibre chassis development. In 1990 Anthony moved to McLaren Racing to work as a seniorcomposites engineer as part of the racing car development programme including Ayrton Senna’s worldchampionship winning McLaren-Honda in 1991. His F1 career included McLaren Cars Ltd on the McLarenF1 road car project, responsible for the main structural body. Anthony has worked on road car programs inthe styling studios in Spain and Germany producing one off show cars as tasters of cars to come, beforejoining Bentley in 2000.

DAY THREE - SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

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The Path to Performance Perfection

Dr Phil Barden MBA, CEO, CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION

Phil Barden has been involved in consultancy over 20 years, writing and consulting on a wide range of issues in new technology, scenario planning, and public and private sector organisational development.

Among his recent projects are developing a means of ‘Care Outcome Analysis’ in the treatment of Huntington’s Disease for the St Andrew’s group of hospitals, designing and implementing a Balanced Scorecard methodology for several local authorities and NHS trusts, constructing a management development programme to support NHS managers in carrying through the NHS National Plan, building transition models for Foundation Trusts, creating risk - transition programmes for financial services organisations that wish to move to WWW-enabled business procedures, and building route maps for public sector organisations wishing to make the transition to lean strategies.

Phil Barden is also CEO of the Centre for Performance Management and Innovation (CPMI). The CPMI – described as a short-term radical intervention for change - is working to bring a new sense of excitement to performance management across public and private sectors by introducing innovative tools and techniques that enable and empower all staff. A key outcome of the CPMI has been a cluster of certificated public sector development programmes designed by Phil for various professional bodies, which are now an integral component of the Care & Health Ltd approach to radical and innovative change methodologies for health, social care, and local government.

Phil Barden’s recent publications including, ‘A New Prescription for NHS Performance’, Financial Management [2004], have caused substantial debate about the need to bring performance management under the control of front line staff.. His programme for Channel 4/Sky Business, ‘Turning the World Upside Down’ [2004], radically challenges accepted approaches to organisational performance in the public sector. His recent work ‘Structured Partnership Working’, to be published in March provides a project based approach to partnership working which will be supported by ‘groupware’ Dr Barden’s recreations are the martial arts – he is a black belt in both Judo and Karate, and Magic – he has pioneered the use of magic in schools to engage children in mathematics. Dr. Barden is married with a young son.

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Lateral Thinking for Business Success

Nigel Newman, THE EDWARD DE BONO FOUNDATION

Nigel Newman is a life time Master Trainer there are only 5 in the world. He is a highly experienced facilitator in the teaching of Dr Edward de Bono’s Thinking Method’s used in Business and Education including Lateral Thinking, Six Thinking hats, Simplicity and Direct Attention Thinking Tools. He has worked with techniques developed by the Cognitive Research Trust [CoRT] for many years. His educational work extends to a variety of international organizations and includes: International Youth Foundation, Royal National Institute for the Deaf, Masters in Youth programme at University of Operto, The School of the Future in Holland and Education without Borders Programme in UAE.