Gary is a director of ER Consultants who leads the Organisation Change practice, and consults in both the public and private sectors.  The projects he has conducted include: re-designing and implementing organisation structures and managment processes; board effectiveness assessment and development; post-merger integration; improving joint venture organisation capability, and board and senior management team development.

He is expert in re-connecting people to the organisation and its purpose, and has presented at seminars on organisation chance, business partnerships, and has led a Retail HR Forum.  He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute of Manufacturing.

Gary has a business background within retailing and manufacturing.

Gary has written the following articles: 

• Change Response: more >
• Growing pains in the boardroom: more >
• Change Masters: more >
• A Force to be Reckoned With : more >
• Integration Aspirations: more >
• Genius at work : more >
• Hollowing Out the Country Manager: more >
• A New Game Plan: more >
• Preparing for the Storm: The Ulrich Way: more >
• Rules of Engagement That Work: more >

Clients include:

Private Sector:  AA Ireland; City & Guilds; Heinz UK & Irelnad; Pitney Bowes; ABNA; Abitec; Argos Retail Group; Avdel Textron; Brakes; British Sugar; Center Parcs; E.ON; ICL Retail; Lloyds TSB; Panasonic; Parcelforce; Powergen; RAC; Silver Spoon; Takeda; Unilever; Vodafone, and Twinings UK.

Public Sector:  Carbon Trust; Centro; Department for Education & Skills (DfES); HM Land Registry; Parcelforce; Registers of Scotland; Royal Mail; Scottish Arts Council, and Learning & Teaching Scotland.

Qualifications:

Gary has BSc Honours Degrees in Management Sciences (Operational Research), and in Psychology.

For more information, please contact:
gary.ashton@erconsultants.co.uk
or phone +44 (0)1223 315944