Stakeholder Management and Why every smart organization need Project and Portfolio Management?

Tamsin Greulich-Smith is a graduate of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, having specialized in environmental technology. She began her career in public health, developing and delivering widescale health and environmental transformation strategies in local government and nationally at the UK Government’s Department of Health.

She is a skilled communications professional and published author, specializing in risk and change communications, with international experience and award winning results. She has worked in sectors such as healthcare, transport, urban planning, civil engineering, nuclear waste, and telecoms, with previous clients including Tyne Tunnels 2 (UK), Bouygues (France), Land Transport Authority (Singapore), Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority (UK), Alexandra Health System (Singapore), EZ-Link (Singapore), UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Australian Mobile Carriers Forum, and the UK Rail Safety & Standards Board.

Tamsin is currently Chief of the Smart Health Leadership Centre, at the National University of Singapore’s Institute of Systems Science. Tamsin was responsible for establishing the centre of excellence, and developing teaching, research, and consulting programmes for the practice. In addition, Tamsin is a member of the IT Strategy & Management practice at NUS-ISS, where she lectures in Change Management, Strategic IT Planning, Transformational Leadership, Service Design, and Strategic Futures & Foresight.

Prior to joining NUS, Tamsin was Managing Director of UK-based innovation company Wood Holmes where she spearheaded the communications and partnering strategies for the 2012 Major UK Civil Engineering Project of the Year, the SGD $700M New Tyne Crossing.

James Price is a director of Premier Group, a consultancy that provides implementation, training and development for Microsoft’s project management tools. It is based in Singapore with offices in the UK and is a Microsoft Gold partner for Project & Portfolio management.

James has over 10 years’ experience with training and providing solutions for customers using Project PPM, Excel, Visio and SharePoint. He has successfully run ‘Be a master of your projects with Project Pro O365’ throughout SE Asia. He is a PRINCE2 Practitioner, a MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) for MS Project and Portfolio Management, and has an MBA from City University, London (now CASS).