Strategic Lines’ network of resources include individuals with many years’ experience. They are highly regarded in their fields and associated with successful projects. Our clients and projects include public procurement agencies and promoters, constructors, consultancies, operators, systems companies and promoters, constructors, consultancies, operators, systems companies and financial institutions.
Lucy Carter
Team & Stakeholder Management
Lucy is a recent graduate from Durham University. So far, she has been involved in a number of rail bids including the West Coast Partnership Franchise bid, where she set up and mobilised the Bid Management team, ensuring effective team management and seamless coordination between workstreams.
Martin Start
Finance
Martin brings 28 years in financial advisory, with a highly successful background in projects, government, property, banking, financing, transportation and infrastructure. As a highly experienced analyst, modeller and financial expert, during his career he has advised on over 30 varied and significant schemes.
Dr Andy Garlick
Risk Strategy & Analysis
With a background in mathematics, Andy has worked in risk for over 30 years. Starting from the complex reliability and physics modelling needed in nuclear reactor risk assessment, Andy has made risk more accessible and business-relevant through his innovative approach and his leadership of several risk-based consulting practices.
Lee Renton
Bid Management & Leadership
Lee is a highly experienced, effective bid and programme manager with an understanding of public transport operations, rail franchising and procurement processes for major projects. He has a proven record of managing tender submissions for private sector clients bidding on major public transport and infrastructure projects, with a focus on rail, light rail and buses.
Richard Lashwood
H&S, Security, Quality, Environment
Richard has strong health safety and security credentials having held a range of leadership roles across positions in construction (Crossrail Rail Project), train operation (Cross Country Trains), building works (Morrison FS) and metro railways (London Underground).
Hazel Williams-Ojo
Planner
Hazel is an expert programme planner advising and leading P6 scheduling on multi £ billion projects, including recently on HS2 and LUL capital procurements. Her experience covers both public sector clients and some of the world’s largest systems firms. As a result, she is a much sought after adviser.
Steve Carter
Leadership, Culture and Behaviours
Steve is a consultant leader for organisational culture and behaviour change initiatives. Steve brings some 36 years’ experience and specialises in the development of high-performance organisations and leadership capability within both traditional and ‘virtual’ structures.
Paul Elworthy
Digital Strategy
Paul is a business consultant focusing on digital transformation for the customer. With over 20 years professional experience, Paul has held senior positions and undertaken a number of consultant and interim Director roles, across several sectors, including TMT, Rail and Financial Services.
Robert Comben
Systems Engineering and Change
Robert Comben is a Systems Engineer bringing 29 years experience with major transportation and infrastructure organisations focused on the rail sector, covering engineering, business, project and operational leadership roles. He has provided systems engineering expertise across a range of light rail and metro new build and upgrade projects.
Alison Smith
CX Strategy & Supply Chain
Alison is an expert in Customer Experience strategy and Supply Chain Management. She has a passion for findings ways in which technology can help people get the most out of places and cities. With over 20 years’ management experience she is a highly effective and dynamic leader with extensive board level transport industry experience, supported by excellent relationship management and problem-solving skills.