Barry Ryan MSc, CEng

Major Projects Director | Risk Management | Fractional | Interim consultant.| Good communicator | Available for assignments on a 3 days +/week basis

Warrington, England, United Kingdom

About

Former Government appointed adviser to the Board of HS2 . A very good communicator . A builder of successful teams. Known for helping projects and companies make profit, by combining rigorous risk & commercial management with practical, on-the-ground delivery experience across multiple sectors and geographies. Fractional and interim mandates (typically 3 days per week) as Major Projects / Programme Director, Board Adviser / NED, or Risk & Commercial / Contract Management lead on major rail, infrastructure and high value capital projects. if you are delivering, recovering or de-risking a high value project or programme and would benefit from experienced independent board-level support, then i can make a substantive difference to your expected outcome.

Experience

  • Semi Retired | High EQ | available for Fractional Consulting | 3 days per week | possibly more at Ex - Major Projects Director - Rail
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Semi Retired but still available for Consultation at Ex-Broadhurst Consulting Ltd
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2025 · 25 yrs 1 mo

    Board-Level Interim Non-Executive Director, supporting large international businesses to deliver high-value capital projects between £1.5 and £11 billion, both nationally and internationally across 12+ countries. And within that spectrum, undertaking comprehensive risk analysis and management, that protects and defends margin. Core Expertise & Sectors: Project & Programme Management | Risk & Threat Management |Board Advisory & NED Services | Alliance & JV Management | Contract and Commercial Management Support | Litigation & Expert Witness Support. Sectors: Railways | Light | Mainline | Heavy | High Speed | Rail signalling, Tunnelling, | Defence & Military Warship Building & Armoured Vehicles | Offshore Oil & Gas, Subsea Power Generation | Airport build & Extension | Telecomms | Pharmaceuticals | Nuclear | Heavy Engineering International: Australia | Canada Turkey | South Africa | Nigeria | Singapore | Brunei | Sweden | Norway | Ireland | Belgium | Netherlands

  • Managing Director at Broadhurst Management Ltd - www.broadhurstmanagement.co.uk
    Jan 2000 - Jul 2024 · 24 yrs 7 mos

    Profile: A Board Level (NED) Interim. Speciality – Improving business & financial performance > mitigation of risk > Delivering sustainable benefit > Team player > Key Stakeholder > Subject matter expert > Mentor Range of Business Sectors: Railways: High Speed (HS2) / Heavy Rail / Light Rail / Signalling / Tunnelling / Offshore Oil & Gas exploration & production / Power Generation & Distribution / Public Utilities and Power / Military Shipbuilding / Telco’s start-up & Fibre Optics / Armoured Vehicles / Airport Design & Construction / Heavy Engineering / Banking & Insurance / Engineering Manufacturing / Chemicals / Nuclear Waste Processing/ Pharma. Typical Project / Programme values with P&L responsibility: from £1 million to £2.9 Billion in UK (Advising HS2 @ £12 Billion) | $ Australian 4.8 Billion | $ Canadian 186 Million | Turkey $US 350 Million – Average values £150+ million. Alliance; JV; M&A Management Experience.