Lara Owen

Background

About Lara Owen

Lara works for UCFB/GIS within the Property and Facilities team, now working UK-wide as a Project Manager on all UCFB/GIS property projects. Having started initially based within The FA at Wembley Stadium to ready the Stadium for UCFB Wembley, she was subsequently responsible for the facilities management and operational delivery of UCFB Wembley. Lara’s experience includes: • Supporting the project management and delivery of projects in multi-stakeholder and partnership environments within the public and private sectors; • Experience of the events and sports industry and large scale operational management in sport; • Ability to establish personal credibility through building and developing key client relationships; • Multiple stakeholder management and engagement for successful partnership working; • Strong project management skills aligning with Prince 2 methodologies; • Successful financial management of key contracts and monitoring of large budgets; • Quality assurance and evaluation of government projects.