Charlie Thompson

About

Experienced Corporate and Strategic Manager with over 25 years experience with a successful track record of delivering significant change, improvement, transformation, efficiency and corporate improvement programmes across a wide range of public sector organisations including Central and Local Government, NHS Health Sector and various other public sector organisations. An experienced Management Consultant skilled in developing and implementing Performance Improvement, Business Planning, Government, Strategic Planning, Change, Efficiency, Transformation and Organisational Development Programmes. An MBA graduate who thrives on helping organisations to drive improvement initiatives and programmes in collaboration with with their existing in-house management teams and delivery partners.

Experience

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
  • Assistant Director Strategic Planning & Partnerships
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Head of Strategic Transformation
    May 2021 - Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• Director at CITJAT CONSULTING LIMITED
  Sep 2018 - Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Associate Consultant at APSE - Association for Public Service Excellence
  2008 - Nov 2022 · 14 yrs 11 mos

• Interim Governance & Change Manager at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
  Jun 2020 - May 2021 · 1 yr

• Belfast City Council (18 yrs 8 mos)
  • Corporate Efficiency Manager
    May 2010 - Feb 2020 · 9 yrs 10 mos

  • Principal Consultant (Business Improvement Unit)
    Apr 2008 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Policy & Performance Manager
    Aug 2005 - Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos