Profile
Clive Sparrow (Client Service Director)
Clive is the Director responsible for financial
consultancy services for Central Government Departments and their
Agencies.
Immediately before joining Grant Thornton, Clive was Director of
the central efficiency team in HM Treasury, who supported and
challenged Departments to deliver annual efficiency gains of £26bn
and associated headcount reductions as part of Europe's biggest
change programme. He led joint priority reviews of key risk areas
and reported progress directly to the Prime Minister, Chancellor
and Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Clive's consultancy experience includes business case
preparation; risk assessment; cost reduction and value for money
improvement, advice on governance and delivery of transformation;
financial management; performance measurement and benchmarking; and
major programme management.
Experience
Advice and assistance to a government department on the proposed
merger of two NDPBs to achieve both back-office savings up to 30%
and better service outcomes. This included preparation of a final
business case for HM Treasury approval, and advice on strategy,
legal structure and governance arrangements.
Advice to NHS London on the development and implementation of a
strategy for getting the best from their extensive portfolio of
property assets; the aim is to realise opportunities to unlock the
value of underutilised estate. Deliverables include a value for
money assessment and option appraisal, an implementation plan and
financial model, advice on commercial structures, strengthening
performance management, and incentives and risk assessment.
Advice to government on governance arrangements for the London
Olympics legacy, including a review of existing best practice and
detailed design covering staffing and resource requirements, roles
and responsibilities, stakeholder management, involvement of the
private sector and a transition plan.
Advice to an NDPB sponsored by DCMS on the governance and
delivery of a major business transformation project.
Advice to the Water Industry Commission for Scotland on
regulatory strategy, and organisational design and objective
setting for the new Office. Currently assisting with implementation
of market competition and regulatory strategy formulation.
Advice and assistance to an NDPB sponsored by DCSF on financial
and contract management in connection with commissioning.
Deliverables were a Board report on the key issues, an action plan
to address them, workshop facilitation and implementation
support.
Conducted a value-for-money review for a Government Agency of a
publicly-funded Company Limited by Guarantee to establish areas of
savings and efficiencies that can be made. A critical aspect of the
review was to engage the executive team to ensure a successful
outcome in terms of securing real savings.
Recommendations on organisational improvements and more
efficient business processes for Transport for London. Deliverables
were a list of recommended initiatives and a detailed
implementation plan.
Design and implementation for the Chartered Institute of Public
Finance and Accountancy of organisation restructuring.
Business planning advice and implementation assistance to an
international transport group including due diligence, post-merger
planning to address HR and change issues.
Project management assistance and training for a financial
services group in connection with the successful implementation of
its corporate strategy. This involved an extensive programme of
organisational and systems change.
Conducted a best practice regulatory study for government on the
corporate governance arrangements for post and telecoms, and the
regulatory framework of the postal and telecommunications
industries. This included research into competition policy.
For utility regulators in the UK (including Ofwat in
Birmingham), Europe, Australia and Latin America, advice on setting
up and efficient operation including:
- Structure, design and project management of price reviews
- Analysis of efficiency and financial ratios in industry price
reviews
- Developing information systems for regulatory offices
- Advice for references to the Competition Commission.
Financial management roles in local government including capital
programming and budgeting; financial modelling; economic and
financial appraisal of large capital projects; and internal
audit.
Clive's expertise covers:
- Central Government
- Non Departmental Public Bodies
- Local Government
- Health
- Utilities regulation
- Transport
Qualifications
- CPFA
- FCCA
- FIBC
- Certified Management Consultant
- BA (Hons) Industrial Economics