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ROSS CHIRNSIDE

DETAILED CV:
BACKGROUND

Ross is a management consultant with over 20 years professional services experience. Operating from a strong values base, Ross is a courageous and credible leader who consistently delivers.  He excels working in high visibility, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situations to achieve superior results through developing effective partnerships and empowering team members.  

 

Ross is an accomplished thought leader, who has extensive experience in investment appraisal, performance measurement, organisational effectiveness, stakeholder negotiations, project management, strategic planning, risk management, financial modelling and procurement outsourcing. As a senior executive, he has developed a tool box of proven approaches and methodologies to solve the most complicated business problems and demonstrate results fast.

 

Ross is passionate about the public sector and for the last 15 years has largely worked in Local Government, Health (and other government) and NGO’s.

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QUALIFICATIONS

  • MA in Accountancy - University of Aberdeen 

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  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 

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  • Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

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  • Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand

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  • Registered Better Business Case practitioner

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Recent relevant consulting engagements include: ​

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  • finance lead on Value for Money reviews for Auckland Council the largest territorial authority in Australasia

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  • developing business case for outsourcing of warehousing, distribution and inventory functions for district health boards; 

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  • leading implementation of National health procurement strategy.

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  • negotiating contracts on behalf of District Health Boards for medical supplies and developing an outsourcing business case.

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  • Peer review of advanced analytics business case for a District Health Board

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  • business case development for expansion of Auckland Zoo.

CAREER OVERVIEW

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  • Interim CEO, healthAlliance

  • Chief Financial Officer and General Manager Strategy, healthAlliance

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  • Finance Performance Improvement lead at EY

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  • Financial Controller and acting Director Finance for Manukau City Council.

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