Our Team
Subash F J Tavares
Founder & Managing Director
As the founder of thevirtualpmo, Subash Tavares is an innovative, ambitious and results-driven senior leader. Recognised for his strong relationship-building skills, Subash has a proven record in leading large multinational teams to success.
Bringing over 40 years of experience to the table, Subash has worked on countless multinational and large-scale projects including global corporate mergers and acquisitions. He is at the very heart of thevirtualpmo culture and philosophy: ‘nihil praeter optimum’ – nothing but the best.
Integrated Programme Controls – Reporting – Governance – Organisational Development
Ben C Misselbrook
Co-Founder
Ben is a seasoned Director with over 30 years of executive experience in programme strategy & delivery, change & transformation, corporate finance, acquisition & integration, equity & debt fundraising, financial modelling and significant P&L delivery.
Ben has previously worked for a high profile UK family office focused on funding technology and energy startups across the globe. A former Gurkha Officer, Ben holds an Engineering degree and an MBA from Cranfield University, specializing in corporate finance and strategy.
Innes Muir
Principal Associate
A level headed and progressive leader, Innes Muir is commercially-driven, culturally sensitive and inclusive by nature.
His approach to project management values communication above all, and is why he’s so successful as an accomplished Programme Management Director. Having worked on three of the UK’s large rail infrastructure programmes and decades spent on infrastructure projects and in construction sector management roles, Innes is an influential and respected leader.
Catharine Symington
Principal Associate: Engagement Planning and Consent
Having worked in the engineering industry for over 25 years, Catharine Symington is an experienced strategic advisor, stakeholder engagement director and project developer.
With a focus on planning and consents in particular, Catharine has been involved in some of the UK’s largest projects such as the London 2012 Games, Lower Thames Crossing as well as smaller regional schemes. With her ‘big picture’ viewpoint, she acts as a ‘critical friend’ to clients and drives success with her broad range of experience.
Stakeholder Management – Stakeholder Engagement, Project Development Strategies
Nigel Greenhalgh
Principal Associate: Programme Management
A qualified programme manager and director with over 35 years of experience, Nigel Greenhalgh is our principal associate for programme management.
Having worked in the UK and internationally, Nigel has a good understanding of complex projects, providing a strategic overview to keep things on track throughout the entirety of the project lifecycle. Using governance and communications tools to create a united culture with a shared vision, Nigel has worked on a wide variety of projects providing independent and impartial advice to clients.
Charles L Manuel
Principal Associate: Risk & Change Management
For over twenty years, Charles L Manuel has successfully delivered ona range of multi-faceted projects and programmes.
From the Panama Canal Expansion to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, Charles’ expertise lends itself well to risk management, opportunities and change management. His global experience means that he champions multicultural team building, and implements strong equality, diversity and inclusion programmes within his projects.
IPC – Equality – Diversity and Inclusion and Risk Management
Hugo Kimber
Principal Associate
As the founder-director of Carbon Responsible, Hugo Kimber has been passionate about delivering data-driven solutions to measure, manage and reduce corporate carbon emissions since 2012, having worked in the field since 2006.
Hugo’s career as a business leader in travel and technology has not only informed his commercially literate approach to climate change, but has also lead to development of award-winning emissions databases. His experience enables him to identify opportunities and impacts of current and future government policy likely to affect businesses, investors and consumers.
Strategic and Operational Carbon Management Solutions to Support Net Zero Emissions Delivery
Stephane Mortier
Principle Associate: System Engineering
Stephane is an experienced Director with over 25 years’ delivering infrastructure projects throughout their entire life-cycle, helping clients overcome challenges brought by the scale and complexity of their programmes, be they related to funding, delivery structure, project finance, governance, maturity, organisation, technical complexity, technology or operationalisation.
Bolstered by his international experience, Stephane founded Javelin a company dedicated to providing Clients with the agility required to deliver their complex and challenging projects. Most recently, Stephane has managed the carveout of a multimillion international business active in 9 countries, as part of the undertaking made by a global international firm to the European Commission and the CMA for a large Merger and Acquisition.
Managing large, complex and challenging Projects, Cross-cultural collaboration, System Engineering, Dependability (Trustworthy and Reliable)
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