Original Founders

The Business Integrated Governance Community Interest Company (and previously the Core P3M Data Club CIC) relies on volunteers to generate material, grow and operate.

Many have helped, some have contributed significantly in some way. However, only a few have provided either sustained contribution or helped in such a way as to have enabled the CIC.

The following people have, in the opinion of the BIG CIC, provided such a ‘founding’ contribution: 

NameBackgroundBIG Contribution

Adam Simmonds
Business Management and Entrepreneurship Student (at the time).An active Director through V1, specifically helping to organise activity, and co-developer of the V1 Website. Supported presentations to university stakeholders.

Adrian Dooley
Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management and founder of Praxis Framework.Provided a thorough review of the BIG concept. Provided a thorough edit of an extract of the BIG material for the V1 Praxis version of BIG.

Alex Shapley
30 years' experience in Project, Programme, Portfolio, PMO & Business Change across multiple industry sectors, cultures & continents.

Specialist in ‘mid-flight’ recovery.

MSP®, PRINCE2®, APM PMQ, AgilePM®, IPMA, Lean and ITIL® Certifications.

Member of APM & PMI.
A Founding Director of the Business Integrated Governance CIC. Specifically interested in Governance, Vision, Definition, Business Case, Outcomes, Benefits, Single Version of the Truth & “Strategy to Delivery and Back Again”. Sounding board for BIG thought leaders. Supported initial material development and co-presented multiple Workshops to BIG Stakeholder groups.

Andrey Malakhov
Managing Partner at PMLogix (consulting company). PMP, PRINCE2®, Prosci certified.An active director into V2 of BIG. Provided extensive review of initial concept and co presented several BIG workshops. Extensive input to V2 – management, development, review, and created the “look and feel” of the Body of Knowledge.

Chris Bragg
Extensive experience in strategy execution, balanced scorecard design and implementation, PMO (SXO, VRO, PPM, Program and PMIS) and project management, general management and operations.He is developing tools to support BIG understanding, knowledge management, data and decision management, and practice. Provided sounding board for, contribution to and critical feedback on material in V2.

David Dunning
Founder of the Business Integrated Governance CIC (and the original Core P3M Data Club), Co-founder of Deep Team and CPS.Provided the initial inspiration / ideas / seed material for V1 and facilitated development workshops involving c.50 people. Continued to lead development into V2 and drive stakeholder engagement across numerous communities, professional groups and partner organisations.

Martin Samphire
Experienced management consultant and programme director / lead in private / public sectors.

Former Chair of the APM Governance SIG – authored or co-authored APM guides (Directing, Sponsoring, Directing Agile Change), authored Section 19 - Governance of organisational project management and projects of the Gower Handbook of Programme Management (2016 2nd edition).
Was an initial participant in the initiative. Provided thought leadership in portfolio management and governance in BIG V1. Provided extensive review of initial concept and co presented several BIG workshops. Extensive input to V2 development and review.

Pamela Schure
Management Consultant, Product Manager - expert in Agile, Product Management, Product Marketing, Consulting, Organizational Change, Training, Coaching, OKRs.

Author of Product Management for Dummies.
Key participant in the initiative to enable the connection of Product Management. Significant contribution and edit of the Product Node in BIG. Co-presented several BIG Workshops and has been supportive presenting the Product perspective in Strategy.

Ricardo Santos
Senior Programme Manager, Change Management Practitioner, leading large-scale Change and Transformation programmes.An active Director through V1, specifically helping to organise activities, present the project / programme perspective, and support presentations, and lead the development of the V1 Website.

Ross Miller
Highly experienced & committed Business & Change Consultant & leader seeking opportunities to help businesses, social enterprises, CIOs and community organisations to develop robust governance, financial sustainability, clarity of purpose, enhanced outcomes etc.Has become an active supporter of the BIG Concept and latterly a Director of the BIG CIC - specifically tackling the BIG CIC website.

Sachin Melwani
Has 20+ years of experience delivering PMO, Programme Delivery and Transformational Change on major ERP and infrastructure projects. Member of the Association of Cost Engineers Southwest Regional Board, Nuclear Institute's Digital SIG, and an extensive public speaker to university / industry conferences.

An AXELOS P3M3 Qualified Assessor, and Six Sigma certified.
Was active in the thought leadership around BIG before COVID lockdown and has again become a key voice of experience and reason in the Launch of V2, while also editing and providing material contributions.

Simon Harris
Has many years of experience within the portfolio, programme and project management industry where he has been a successful consultant and trainer, having created operating frameworks and built a library of materials.

Since a stroke in October 2020 he has been recovering and has retired from commerce - but he is still thinking and is interested in use of tech enabled community for brain injury rehab. Latterly involved in community-based collaboration.
Was an initial participant in the initiative. Provided thought leadership across the portfolio, programme and project management perspective. Provided extensive review of initial concept and supported creation of initial BIG presentation materials. Was forced to pause involvement with the initiative but has now become active in our collaboration domain.

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Thank you all!

Original Key Contributors

The Business Integrated Governance Community Interest Company (and previously the Core P3M Data Club CIC) relies on volunteers to generate material, grow and operate.

Many have helped by supporting events, workshops or discussions. In addition to the founders, the following people have, in the opinion of the BIG CIC, proved to be key contributors, beyond the simple provision of help: 

NameBackgroundBIG Contribution
Adrian PyneFeedback V1 and V2Provided contribution to/feedback on material in V1 and V2 from an Agile perspective. Provided a contribution to the BIG Foreword.
Andrew HudsonDiscussions in V1 and V2Provided input to/ feedback on materials for BIG v1, focusing on strategy & performance measurement disciplines.
Angela JohnsonDiscussions in V1Active participant on V1 discussions and reviews.
Chris PondDirector V1Active Director post V1 release and pre V2 preparation. Supported Technology Discussions and presentations.
Cristina NitescuDirector V1Active Director for V1 providing thinking on Information and Data and co-presented several BIG workshops.
David BoothContribution and Leadership V2Collaborator in the origination of thinking for the strategy elements within BIG V2 and participated in several joint workshops on Strategy and BIG. Provided a contribution to the BIG Foreword.
Derek StrachanDirector V1Active Director post V1 release and pre V2 preparation with a focus on P3M.
Graham GoodwinDirector V1Active Director post V1 release and pre V2 preparation with a focus on Change.
Greg KrawczykAdvocacy V1 and V2Active advocacy and adoption of BIG Components V1 and V2.
Kris AtheyDevelopment V1Discussion/feedback on V1. Key contribution to the development of a Proof-of-Concept BIG Data Model and Integration solution using commercially available software.
Lindie GrebeContribution and Leadership V2Active collaborator from a Corporate Governance Perspective within BIG V2. Co-hosted a Q&A session to align Corporate Governance and BIG, and provides a relationship for the BIG CIC with the Good Governance Academy. Provided a contribution to the BIG Foreword.
Neil BrandwoodDiscussions in V1 - especially FinanceActive collaborator from the Finance perspective. Provided feedback on the core concept and development of the Commercial and Finance Accountability Node.
Richard MorganContribution and Leadership V1An active participant in V1 thinking and workshops.
Shailan ChudasamaContribution and Leadership V1Active supporter of BIG V1 from an Information and Data Perspective. Provided support for the V1 Website.
Therese PadillaDiscussions in V1 and V2Key participant in aligning BIG to the Product Management Body of Knowledge. Has supported several BIG presentations from the Product Management and strategic perspectives.
Tim Schmeising-BarnesContribution and Leadership V1 and V2Active participant in V1 workshops and the recording of YouTube materials. Assisted in the development of the BIG BOK Structure and contents list.
Tony StanleyContribution and Leadership V1 and V2An active participant in the BIG Initiative through V1 and V2 - from an information and data perspective. The ideas for the Core P3M Data Model (as a standard) emerged from working with Tony on a client programme. Has provided creative support for graphics for V2.

Thank you all!

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Original Helpers

The following people have also helped the BIG CIC in some shape or form, and agreed to be listed: 

Andrew Wright
Guy Daines
Mike Florence
Rosita Stevens   
Angus MacKinnon  Ian Maxfield  Neil Horner   Saikat Sen Stephen Parrett
Benedicta Anetekhai  Iqbal Singh  Nora Cole  Sam Graber Steven Bussey 
Carolynn Chalmers  Jim Livesey   Paul Rees Sandeep Khullar  Stuart Easton 
Chris Dixon  John MacGregor  Pierre Morel Sarah Coleman  Tanya Ofonagoro
Chris Walters  Katherine Ingham  Rabi Krishnaratne  Sarah Hazeldine  Thierry Zedda
Dave Trueman  Katy Angliss  Rajiv Khanna  Sean Blencowe  Thomas Mensah
Ekkehard Thumm  Lawrence Rowland  Richard Humphrey  Sharron Escobar  Tim deWinter
Eoin Callan  Martin Cooper  Robert Blommaert   Sonia Leijenaar   
Essam Lotffy  Mike Belch  Rod Willis    

In addition to these named individuals, there are 53 others we have not been able to contact regarding permission to mention them by name. 

With the 12 founders, 17 key contributors, 46 names and 53 un-named helpers – that amounts to 138 people who have supported our initiative directly.  

Thank you all for helping with BIG!