Our People
Meet our wonderful core team
Pete Smyth
Consulting Director
Pete Smyth
Pete is a commercially focused transformational IT exec and business advisor with a career spanning 30 years across multiple industry sectors. He has led IT functions at Executive Board level, delivering high profile transformation programmes, underpinned by solid operational, cost and organisational improvement. Pete works with Boards, managers and staff to create IT Strategies and operational plans that deliver business objectives and create buy in at all levels.
Caroline Mann
Head of Operations
Caroline Mann
An experienced Operations Manager, having operated successfully for 20 years in the professional services industry. With the commercial acumen, negotiation and leadership capabilities to drive organisations forward, understanding the commercial landscape that they operate within. Excellent interpersonal skills to influence colleagues, and proven ability to both provide direction for a team and operate autonomously depending on business needs.
Sean Norris
Principal Consultant
Sean Norris
Having worked for large System Integrators, global manufacturers, and start-ups, Sean has developed a broad experience across a wide area of business functions, including IT, Sales, Finance and Operations, and business leadership. Sean brings a passion for technology and strong commercial acumen to his role as Business Development Director.
Jeff Motto
Co-Founder & CEO
Jeff Motto
Jeff Motto is CEO and Co-Founder of Leading Resolutions, an independent business focussed technology consultancy he established a decade ago to support corporate IT decision-makers deliver high performance IT.
Jeff’s leadership has enabled Leading Resolutions to build up a prestigious client base featuring FTSE 500 names like Sony, Home Retail Group, Vodafone, BOC, & Colt Telecoms along with charitable organisations such as The City & Guilds of London Institute and National Trust.
With more than 35 years’ IT industry experience, Jeff has grown a dynamic consultancy which provides trusted, independent advice, helping customers to enhance and transform their IT and deliver increased business value.
Israr Chaudry
Co-Founder & Client Executive
Israr Chaudry
Israr is Director and Co-Founder of Leading Resolutions, an independent business focussed technology consultancy he established in 2001 to support corporate IT decision-makers deliver high performance IT. He carefully developed the business, nurturing a talented team in building an illustrious portfolio of clients featuring FTSE 500 names like Sony, Home Retail Group, Vodafone, BOC, & Colt Telecoms along with charitable organisations such as City & Guilds and National Trust.
An experienced business and technology leader, Israr has an impressive career in the IT industry stretching over 30+ years and including a number of high profile interim and programme director roles, developing and implementing both business and IT strategic transformations.
Sheila Bryant
Chief Finance Officer
Sheila Bryant
Sheila is a Chartered Management Accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in finance. Her previous roles included Commercial and Financial Director for PHH Vehicle Management Services (now Arval) with responsibility for purchasing goods and services relating to 360,000 vehicles under maintenance, and working with the sales department to maximise the profitability of major new clients.
Sheila joined Leading Resolutions in 2007 and has held roles across the business, operating as Executive Sponsor for a number of key clients as well as having responsibility for operations and finance. She is the Company Secretary and manages compliance and governance, assuming end to end responsibility for the financial well-being of the organisation.
Carol Apperley
Senior Consultant
Carol Apperley
Bob Hecht
Non-Executive Advisor
Bob Hecht
Bob has more than 30 years’ experience in both the European and international marketplaces, helping clients, both large and small, to build IT strategies around business objectives, to ensure organisations maximise the ROI from their technology investments. His experience has shown him that honesty and integrity are businesses’ two greatest assets.
Bob heads up our Private Equity practice and has significant experience in working with Private Equity houses and invested businesses in order to deliver rapid incremental benefit to both parties.
Mike Wilton
Principal Consultant
Mike Wilton
Maria McCoy
Head of Data Governance and Compliance
Maria McCoy
Maria is a GDPR Certified Practitioner and Head of Data Governance and Compliance. She has extensive data management experience including Data Strategy, Enterprise Data Architecture, implementing Data Governance best practice, Data Protection and GDPR compliance. In addition to her data management capability, Maria has experience in leading technical projects and audits and has an in-depth working knowledge of the complete project life-cycle.
Jon Bance
Principal Consultant
Jon Bance
Jon is a highly experienced consultant with vast IT knowledge, demonstrating broad vision, successful implementation, change, growth and support of business-critical systems and processes. Jon has a broad knowledge across a variety of technology and industries. He demonstrates broad vision, successful implementation, growth and support of business critical systems and processes.
Rob Chapman
Principal Consultant
Rob Chapman
Rob is a highly experienced consultant with a demonstrable record of working across business and IT, within service management, change management, business leadership and delivery. Rob has over 20 years of experience in consulting on transformational change in both business and IT operations, having worked with a range of blue-chip and entrepreneurial organisations across EMEA.