Impenza

David Kendall

Prior to joining Auditel, David qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and then progressed to hold several corporate level positions within the Saint-Gobain Group, one of the world’s largest distribution and manufacturing businesses.

David is an industry specialist and has a wealth of finance, risk management, and cost management experience.

David’s role focuses on leading the team and controlling the quality of our outputs, he also works closely with our professional services partners to promote Auditel and support their clients in achieving their cost management goals.

David adopts a hands on approach and he is actively involved in all complex projects reviews to ensure the best result for our client’s needs.

Polly Lawrence

As a professional and experienced buyer, Polly’s principal role is to lead the procurement and supplier management side of our business. Polly has extensive knowledge of the marketplace, suppliers, and services that are available for nearly all areas of indirect expense. Polly focuses on all elements of the procurement cycle over and above the pure cost savings.

Our processes are designed to understand the profile, needs, and objectives of our clients before investigating appropriate solutions. Suppliers are important to Polly and throughout her career she has amassed a portfolio of valuable and trusted industry contacts that help us to achieve some credible results for our clients. Polly can also work with your existing suppliers to identify means of increasing cost efficiency within your supply chain.

Polly is an ACE (Accredited Category Expert) in the areas of couriers, freight and packaging.

Elaine Kennard

Elaine joined Auditel with a vast amount of experience at corporate level. Having previously been in management roles at a national hotel chain for over 24 years, Elaine has fast become a valuable asset to the Auditel team.

Elaine is responsible for our back office function, from maintaining all internal systems to organising our consultant resources and client engagements. Elaine manages many of our key supplier relationships, as well as our governance and compliance responsibilities.

Elaine should be the first port of call for any of our clients and prospects and will ensure that you receive the highest level of service at all times.

Gillian Gibbon

Gillian is totally customer driven and will always go the extra mile on every project she works on for a client.

She enjoys putting together teams of highly experienced and competent experts who she knows have the skills to deliver the best value and services according to the specific needs of each client.

Gillian’s enthusiasm is infectious and she quickly becomes more than just a consultant; she becomes an extension of the client’s team. Her greatest satisfaction is seeing how she can help make a business leaner and pull out money so that it can be invested in growth and profits.

Stephen Sowerby

Upon gaining a First Class Honours degree from Manchester University in Management Studies, Stephen went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant.

With over 4 years’ experience in a ‘big four’ accountancy firm, and a further 4 years with Auditel he has gained the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to be able to analytically identify cost saving opportunities in a vast range of technical areas.

Stephen is a highly respected member of the network and has won several valued awards for his high client service and his commitment to the Auditel system.

David Powell

David qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2001 and post qualification worked for a FTSE250 Logistics Firm and Global Management Consultancy, before becoming involved with Auditel in late 2006. He won Newcomer of the Year in his first year with Auditel and has gone on to win the Consultant of the Year several times since.

David has specialism in high spend and complex cost categories, and all areas associated to communication and technology. Retrospective cost auditing is also an area of skill for David, often identifying and recovering billing errors into the hundreds of thousands.

Alan Ford

Alan is a Chartered Engineer with a first class honours degree in Computer Aided Engineering. His technical and analytical background serves him well in all aspects of cost management. He has extensive experience in dealing with suppliers and customers alike from project conception through to implementation and continuing improvement.

Alan is a Lead Assessor for the government led Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (“ESOS”) and supports some of our largest and most complex clients with their compliance requirements.

An Auditel consultant since 2004 Alan is regarded as one of the most respected professionals in our business. Alan has won numerous awards including consultant of the year on multiple occasions and is highly experienced in delivering results across a vast array of indirect cost categories.

Paul Copsey

Paul has over 20 years’ experience in Sales and Customer Service Management, including time spent in the SME and domestic energy and telecoms markets. As well as focusing on customer service and client operational matters, Paul undertakes energy and telecommunications projects for new and existing clients.