Clive Talbot

Background

About Clive Talbot

PMO and Portfolio Manager with a 24-year career in IT, including 12 years managing PMOs and IT portfolios in the banking industry and 17 years of successful project, program and portfolio management. Proven leadership in building enterprise-level project delivery capabilities - set up three PMOs from scratch and led an organisational redesign for 1600 IT staff to implement Lean and Agile KEY ACHIEVEMENTS At Standard Bank, South Africa, implemented the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), leading organisational change for a workforce of 1600 with an annual IT portfolio of 460 projects- Consolidated three PMOs, reducing costs by 23%- Reduced portfolio costs by 17% and increased project throughput by 25%- Increased forecast accuracy by 15% and delivered ROI transparency and traceability Delivered a $2m saving over 3 years by leading a shift in permanent to contractor staff ratios. Improved project cost recovery by 30%. PMO & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT 7 years leading PMOs with programs to $14m and delivery teams to 530, 3 years in portfolio management and 7 years in program and project delivery. Line management of departments up to 220. 12 years in program and project planning on initiatives to $15m, delivered over 180 business cases and managed resource planning across 220 concurrent projects. PROJECT DELIVERY LEADERSHIP Personally led 70+ major IT projects and delivered 5 programs to $3.2m with teams to 120. Managed PMOs supporting portfolios of $150m p.a. 15 years managing IT vendor delivery and commercials, on-site teams to 80, vendor contracts to $17m. IBM, Dimension Data, SAP, Microsoft, Dell, Sun Systems, Oracle, Cisco, HP, Accenture and KPMG. 5 years' experience in program governance to executive / C-Suite level. 13 years engaging with executive stakeholders. 12 years in risk management - accountability for risk and issue management across a $135m portfolio.