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Business Transformation Consultants
Located across Europe and North America, our professional consultants are highly experienced business leaders with a track record of Lean improvement that stretches globally. We’ll help you tap into the years of knowledge that already exists in your organisation to give you a new perspective on improvement so that you can achieve performance unlike ever before.
Our Solutions are focused on delivering enhanced customer value and organisational bottom-line improvements to achieve the best possible customer experience, business results, and staff morale.
With our deep expertise in business transformation, we can guarantee increased work capacity, reduced operating costs, reduced lead times, and improved quality for a range of public and private sector organisations. In fact, many of our clients have shown a return on investment of over 10:1, proving that our consulting services not only work but are unrivaled in this environment.
A Team of
Professionals
With a depth and range of experience second to none, Castlefirth consultants are committed to the highest quality customer service and will do everything possible to ensure long-term success for every organisation under our care.

Glyn Finney
+44 (0)7950 683302
glynfinney@castlefirth.com
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Tom Banks
+1 (713) 516 5576
tombanks@castlefirth.com
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David Simmons
+44 (0)7825 266716
davidsimmons@castlefirth.com

Darren Clyde

Barry Munro
+44 (0)7399 361260
barrymunro@castlefirth.com
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Andy Parkinson
+44 (0)7789 251316
andyparkinson@castlefirth.com
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Glyn Finney
Glyn Finney
Glyn is one of the founders of Castlefirth and is a highly experienced business leader with a track record of Lean improvement across public and private sectors. He has excellent analytical, communication, planning, and organisation skills and a strong focus on delivering key operational and strategic objectives whilst ensuring efficient use of available resources. Glyn is committed to high-quality customer service and has led a number of Lean transformations across a wide client base that includes Healthcare, Military, Manufacturing, Technology, Energy, Charity, Service, and Automotive.

Tom Banks
+1 (713) 516 5576
tombanks@castlefirth.com
in
Tom Banks
Tom is one of the founders of Castlefirth and has led many Lean transformations across a wide client base that includes military, healthcare, policing, heavy industry, manufacturing, construction, continuous processing, and office/IT service organisations. These enterprises all require wide-ranging improvement skills to deliver strategy-led change. Switching across environments from office-led change to operations change has required a range of skills and experience. In these cases, significant returns in excess of 10:1 against investment were met.

Darren Clyde
UK +44 (0)7809 417288
darrenclyde@castlefirth.com
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Darren Clyde
Darren has worked as a consultant and as a Lean and Continuous Improvement Leader in the RAF and Energy & Construction sectors driving meaningful and measurable improvements. He has worked in the public sector; the Royal Air Force, MOD, US Air Force in Europe, NHS, and in the private sector; BP, Jacobs, and Aker Solutions in which he designed the approach and practice throughout the 13,000 employee multinational Oil & Gas services company.

David Simmons
UK +44 (0)7825 266716
davidsimmons@castlefirth.com
in
David Simmons
David is a multilingual senior business leader with a proven track record in transforming complex and diverse international, multi-site organisations, including extensive commercial, operations, and acquisition experience. He has a strong reputation for the achievement of sustained profitable growth, through the leadership and development of individuals and effective teams in a multicultural environment. He is an entrepreneurial culture change leader with a passion for customer satisfaction supported by the application of Lean, Toyota Production System, and six-sigma.

Barry Munro
UK +44 (0)7399 361260
barrymunro@castlefirth.com
in
Barry Munro
Barry Munro has over 25 year’s experience working in NPI/NPD, Continuous Improvement, Lean Transformation and Operational Excellence positions with all types of companies from SMEs through to multinational organisations in industries such as Automotive, Electronics, Food and Drink, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace and Chemicals. He has a proven track record in engaging with Executive Leadership, coaching Senior Management Teams, driving Organisational Change, implementing Operational Excellence initiatives and delivering tangible business benefits across multi-site operations.

Andy Parkinson
UK +44 (0)7789 251316
andyparkinson@castlefirth.com
in
Andy Parkinson
Andy Parkinson delivers strong service improvement based on customer satisfaction delivering Value Added activity with a high return on investment. He has extensive facilitation and interpersonal skills that ensure team-based improvements sustain. He is a highly motivated, proactive and successful business leader with over 35 years of Leadership and Management experience.
Andy’s experience has led to successful sustained Lean transformations across multiple sectors. This includes experience in enterprise-wide transformation in the Middle East supporting Aviation, Healthcare and Business Services, with a deep specialisation in Military MRO Facilities. He has vast practical experience in developing and leading high performing teams in challenging circumstances. Recent Strategic Management experience includes developing and delivering a culture of continuous improvement with proven results in a multi-cultural organisation based in the Middle East.