Bill Griffin, CA, ACMA, Director

Bill has extensive experience of assisting businesses identify, implement and achieve their medium and long-term growth goals. His financial background enables him to focus on the tough bottom-line targets while at the same time enabling managers to do what is required to meet them. He has experience of small owner-managed firms, medium size businesses and international companies.

Born in Dundee, Bill qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982 and became a member of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 2004. After qualifying, he spent three years working in Inverness before moving to Aberdeen in 1986. Experience has taught him that, regardless of size, businesses that have a clear three to five-year plan do better than those without. Bill strives to get to know his client businesses in detail. “It’s only when you take time to understand the business and its people, that you can give constructive and relevant advice that really helps managers achieve corporate and personal success.”

Contact Bill +44 07761 235931 or Email: bill.griffin@strategyimprovers.com

Bill Robb, BSc, MEd, PhD, Director

Bill has been assisting companies with their strategy clarification and performance improvement since 1993. With his psychological background he is a skilled facilitator and enjoys working with ambitious management teams – especially under very tense situations – to generate agreed action points. Bill strives for simplicity and practicality - to get results for clients without the turmoil that often accompanies high-level strategic consulting. As a director and chairman of several companies, Bill is aware of the “interesting challenges” facing managers in the modern industrial and commercial workplace.

Born in Glasgow and raised Southern Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe, Bill qualified in Agricultural Economics. Over the years, he became enthralled with the psychology of teaching and learning. Realising the vital importance of the right behaviours for corporate success, he undertook further studies in human motivation gaining his PhD from the University of Glasgow and a DEd degree from the University of South Africa.

Bill’s passion is solving client’s problems. “When people call they have something they want fixed and at Strategy Improvers we do what it takes to fix it”. He edits the Senior Managers’ Briefings (www.seniormanagersbriefing.com) and has written books for senior managers on stress reduction in the work place, improving appraisal systems, time management and boosting employee productivity.

Contact Bill +44 07738 571945 or Email: bill.robb@strategyimprovers.com