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Ralph Leishman
Ralph is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years consulting experience, of which latterly
most has been in the public sector. He has advised
a wide range of clients at a strategic level across a broad spectrum of management issues including
strategy development, financial management, organisational structures, management development,
information and communications technology strategy, and systems and process change. He has advised
on a number of government funding schemes. His expertise, grounded in competent financial
understanding, extends to the use of IT-based systems and solutions.
Ralph has an in-depth understanding of the UK public sector and the changing environment in
which it operates. He has particularly strong knowledge of the education sector having served on
the Court of a University for eight years. He is a director of Riverside Inverclyde urban
regeneration company. He also has experience of the arts sector having served on the Board of
Scottish Youth Theatre for a number of years.
Both as a senior consultant with KPMG Management Consulting, where he qualified as a Certified Management Consultant, and as an independent, Ralph has
been involved in many strategic planning assignments involving public/private sector and joint
interests. He has considerable experience of conducting benchmarking and value for money reviews. He has also carried out policy reviews, feasibility studies and company doctoring assignments,
encompassing the re-structuring of organisations and the management of change.
Contact Ralph Leishman at Ralph.Leishman@4-consulting.com
