CBS is a highly-respected change management firm, laser-focused on helping clients achieve their strategic outcomes.
Extensive Expertise & Market Insight
Extensive Expertise & Market Insight: CBS is comprised of a team of ex big-four consultants and industry experts who specialize in change management. This expertise empowers clients to confidently achieve their goals with maximum efficiency. ‘Our team of industry experts bring hands-on experience and deep market knowledge to help clients achieve their goals’
Exceptional Service & Support
Having led some of the largest and most complex integration and separation projects in the industry, clients can expect dedicated and personalised attention, ensuring their needs are met with professionalism.
Proven Track Record of Innovation & Success
Proven Track Record of Innovation & Success: With a comprehensive approach to digital, technology, regulatory and operational change, CBS has enabled clients to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry.
Our significant levels of knowledge, skills and experience has proven to be invaluable to our clients. We understand the complexity and challenge of delivering change within fast-moving or highly regulated environments – given the array of IT systems, business processes, customer data and wide range of financial and operational factors to consider.
Change
Management
Business and IT transformation, project and programme management, business change and readiness.
Procurement &
Commercial
Optimal strategies, risk mitigation, successful bidding and collaboration.
Digital Automation
Digital strategies, customer channels, process automation, data and analytics.
Eddie Curran
Founder & Managing Partner
Eddie is an expert Programme Director operating at steerco and board level, with over 27 years’ experience in the UK and US financial services sector, combined with over six years’ retail sector experience.
Grant McKenzie
Change Partner
Grant brings CBS customers the benefit of than 20 years’ experience delivering major change programmes for global banks, challenger banks, EMIs, and FinTechs across Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Stuart Pratt
Change Partner
Stuart is a business change and transformation leader with 34 years experience in UK Banking and Life & Pensions businesses, with a strong track record of running enterprise change portfolios and delivery across a range of domains including Payments, Risk and Regulation.
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Kevin Withers
Change Partner
As a specialist change leader with over 30 years’ experience across the retail and financial services sectors, Kevin has a proven track record of delivering strategic change programmes ranging from digital self-serve and payments to IT systems integration and simplification.
Eddie Curran
Managing Consultant
Eddie is an expert Programme Director operating at steerco and board level, with over 27 years’ experience in the UK and US financial services sector, combined with over six years’ retail sector experience.
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Grant McKenzie
Consulting Director
Grant brings CBS customers the benefit of than 20 years’ experience delivering major change programmes for global banks, challenger banks, EMIs, and FinTechs across Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Stuart Pratt
Consulting Director
Stuart is a business change and transformation leader with 34 years experience in UK Banking and Life & Pensions businesses, with a strong track record of running enterprise change portfolios and delivery across a range of domains including Payments, Risk and Regulation.
Kevin Withers
Consulting Director
As a specialist change leader with over 30 years’ experience across the retail and financial services sectors, Kevin has a proven track record of delivering strategic change programmes ranging from digital self-serve and payments to IT systems integration and simplification.
Stephanie Wells
Consulting Director
Stephanie is a leader in change with more than 20 years’ experience delivering complex outsourcing, IT procurement, commercial strategies, and supply management for customers across the public and private sectors.
Case Studies
Case Study
Open Banking Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2)
Tesco Bank
CBS was engaged by Tesco Bank to bring project management knowledge and expertise for delivering a complex digital transformation within compressed timeframes, whilst at all times maintaining the highest levels of governance
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Wilmington Trust Core Banking Platform Procurement
Wilmington Trust
Selection of core banking and payments platforms for US Bank entering UK market.
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John Lewis Partnership –Customer Payments Review
John Lewis
Payments provider review for UK blue chip retailer.
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Zego Risk Framework
Zego
Review and implement risk management frameworks for B2B and B2C fast growing European digital insurance company.
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Part VII Preparation
Tesco plc and Barclays Bank UK
Review Part VII programme and preparation the remediate issues.
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Back Book Migration
Sainsbury’s Bank exit from Lloyds Banking Group (LBG)
Loan product offboarding and associated service changes.
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Fiserv, Agiliti, Software-as-a-Service Retail Banking Platform
Fiserv Inc
Support software developer in proposition development, delivery of software and implementation with clients.
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M&T Bank – March 2023
M&T Bank
Lead a review of core banking platform contract and remediate issues.
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John Lewis Financial Services Credit Card Migration
John Lewis
Providing industry insight to support in platform selection process.
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Secure Trust Bank – Loan Product Offboarding
Supporting specialist bank in offboarding loan book.
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John Lewis Partnership Payment Services Directive 2
John Lewis
Supporting a UK blue chip retailer respond to changes in e-payment regulations.
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From Global Banks to Mutuals and Credit Unions.
Investment & Wealth Managers to Insurance providers.
Retailers, Fintechs and Public Sector.
For 20 years some of the UK's strongest brands have worked with CBS as their Trusted Change Partner.
Making the right investments at the right time, then getting value for your spend. Many organisations will be working through their change portfolio planning at this time of year,...
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