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Meet The Team

Our high calibre team of management consultants and change professionals have a strong track-record of delivering tangible results and going the extra mile for our customers.

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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. As a recognised leader in large-scale IT transformation across the banking, general insurance, and life & pensions sectors, Eddie helps customers translate business strategy into well balanced change portfolios, aimed at maximising value-stream benefits. With former big four experience as a consultant at both Ernst & Young and IBM, Eddie offers excellent third party, vendor management and system integration skills to deliver the best customer outcomes.

Competencies:

Change management

Digital & automation

Payments

Banking

Retail

Life & Pensions

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Stuart Pratt

Change Partner

Stuart joined CBS, having previously partnered with them to successfully deliver key change at Tesco Bank. Stuart has over 34 years experience in the Financial Services industry gained across Banking and Life & Pensions. With strong programme delivery experience across a range of domains (including Payments, Risk and Regulation) and several years of running enterprise change portfolios, Stuart works effectively with C-Suite and delivery teams, linking business strategy to successful change outcomes.

Competencies

Enterprise Portfolio Management

Programme Delivery

Business Change

Payments

Risk & 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 – through to regulatory and mandatory change.

Competencies

Banking

Retail

Payments

Digital & Automation

IT Change

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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. As a specialist in digital, automation, and AI integrations, Grant helps clients scale in response to demand, bring new products to market and develop insights into cost control and productivity optimisation. Grant is also an experienced mentor to founders and leaders of high-growth companies, and is a reliable source of expertise for businesses undertaking post-merger integration, spin outs, and entering new markets.

Competencies

Digital & Automation

Banking

Payments

Innovation

Integration

Scaling-up

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Find Out More

CBS Change Partners is ready to support businesses to optimise their performance through successfully managed change strategies. Whether you are looking to implement cost savings or establish more efficient internal processes, conduct risk assessments, integrate new IT systems and strategies into your operations or to grow your business, our experienced Change Partners can help positively transform the way you operate at every level.

To find out more, please contact us today to arrange an initial consultation with one of our experienced team.

Discuss Your Project
Brief With Us

At CBS Consulting, we specialise in delivering exceptional services tailored to your specific project brief. We are eager to discuss the following with you:

  • Project Scope: Share objectives and requirements for a clear understanding.
  • Challenges &
    Opportunities:     Address obstacles and explore potential benefits.
  • Desired Deliverables: Define project outcomes to align expertise and goals.
  • Timeline & Resources: Establish realistic schedule and allocate necessary resources.
  • Collaboration &
    Communication:     Foster open dialogue for successful project delivery.
  • Budget Considerations: Work within financial framework for cost-effective solutions.

Case Studies

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Wilmington Trust Core Banking Platform Procurement
John Lewis Partnership –Customer Payments Review
Zego Risk Framework
Part VII Preparation
Back Book Migration
Fiserv, Agiliti, Software-as-a-Service Retail Banking Platform
M&T Bank – March 2023
John Lewis Financial Services Credit Card Migration
Secure Trust Bank – Loan Product Offboarding
John Lewis Partnership Payment Services Directive 2
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Our Clients

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. 

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