Our People
Meet our wonderful core team
Pete Smyth
Managing 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.
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
Consulting Director
Jon Bance
Jon is a Business focused technology executive who has led IT and Digital functions at Board level over the last 30 years.
Working at CIO level for a number of years, his specialities include the delivery of transformational programmes, restructuring, operational improvements as well as implementing cutting edge technology to deliver excellent customer outputs.
Having worked with many household and luxury brands such as Estee Lauder, Soho House and BAA, Jon brings our clients hands-on experience and fully understands the challenges that they face on a daily basis, having previously walked in their shoes.
Jon leads the Consulting team of Account Management and Client Executives, working to ensure we fully understand the needs of our Customers and translate this into deliverable solutions and outcomes.
Rob Chapman
Delivery Director
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.
Paul Crowe
Director of Business Development
Paul Crowe
As our Director of Business Development, Paul is responsible for developing and growing our business to ensure that we continue to deliver the most relevant advice and services to our customers.
Paul has held senior leadership positions in small, medium and large Information Technology businesses during his 40-years in business. He has led companies through the many technology waves that have driven constant change, during that time, and worked closely with customers to ensure that their business outcomes continue to be met with minimum disruption.
Paul’s experience and dedication are invaluable to our clients and to Leading Resolutions.
Dani Hussey
Talent and Operations Director
Dani Hussey
Collaborating with the senior leadership team to help enable the strategic objectives set by our owners. Bringing over 12 years’ experience in strategic talent planning and operational efficiency, Dani takes a holistic approach, maximising the effectiveness of the company’s processes and procedures across Talent, HR, Technology and Market Engagement.
With over a decade in the industry, Dani leads our external operational activities, with a big focus on our Marketing and People Strategies, spearheading the growth of our consultancy and Head Office Teams.
Playing an active part on our Senior Leadership team, Dani ensures that we are successful in delivering the best possible service to our customers and consultants, current and new.
Lysa Eastlake
Operations Manager
Lysa Eastlake
Lysa is passionate about driving change to improve the customer experience, colleague agenda and enabling effective working practices.
Having worked with and supported our Senior Leadership Team for over 7 years, Lysa’s strategic decision making and constant drive for improvement continues to play a key role in shaping the future of our business.
Lysa manages our Delivery Support team to include Talent, Operations and Finance and is responsible for helping to shape the operational strategy of all things delivery!
She brings an exceptional track record of developing people and process improvement. Lysa strongly believes in creating a unique and dynamic workplace culture that empowers employees to take ownership, build cohesive teams working together to achieve individual targets and company objectives.