About us
What we're about
OCS Consulting plc, established in 1984, initially as a one-man operation and has flourished into one of the UK's leading IT consultancies with over 120 full time permanent staff in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium. OCS undertakes a variety of development projects for many clients, such as: Penguin Random House, Pret A Manger, Glencore, Watches of Switzerland, Argos, Gallagher, Danone Nutricia Research, multiple UN Agencies, Macmillan Cancer Support, Motability Operations, AON Insurance, The Tate, Taylor & Francis, Brinks and G4S to name a few.
People are the key
As a UK employee based organisation our strength has always been our people. We believe a motivated and committed team are essential for delivering quality customer service. In a rapidly-changing industry, our own infrastructure is rooted in our skilled and highly-experienced employees.
Who we are
Maurice Aroesti - Group Chief Executive
Maurice joined us as a Project Manager on an insurance assignment; over 30 years on he leads OCS both in the UK and Europe. He has retained a strong interest in the insurance domain and oversees OCS' joint business service venture for the commercial insurance market. Maurice also introduced Net Promoter Score to OCS in 2007 as part of the client-centric strategy. And he still does some high-level consultancy - so he knows precisely what it is to be a working consultant.
Brick Du Bourg - Services Director
Joining OCS as a database analyst over 30 years ago, Brick's first assignment was implementing electronic messaging, which at that time was a complex task. His knowledge of software engineering methodology and his ever-expanding technical skills have allowed Brick to lead OCS' delivery teams both as Project Manager (Atern and PRINCE2 qualified) and Programme Director. He has also served as an interim IT Director and as a Development Director for OCS' clients. His structured, reasoned, empathetic and pragmatic approach ideally places him to oversee IT service delivery.
Richard Williams - Service Delivery Director
After enjoying the challenges of working for a global energy company, Richard decided to seek out a place where he could involve himself more closely in operations. Taking over OCS' infrastructure 25 years ago, he transformed the service model to cope much more effectively with a broad spectrum of client infrastructure requirements. Today, he has a combined role of Project Manager and Operations Manager, looking after a number of our well-established clients.
Yves Poriau - General Manager - OCS Consulting BV
Yves originally worked at OCS Consulting plc during the late 1980s / early 1990s. Yves re-joined OCS Consulting in 1998 to set up OCS Consulting BV in the Netherlands specialising in the use of SAS Software within the Pharmaceutical sector. Over 20 years later, with a SAS team of nearly 60 consultants OCS Consulting BV are very much the leading SAS Consultancy in the Netherlands. Our Dutch office specialties include; SAS Consultancy, Resourcing, SAS Managed Services, Biometric Support, Data Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Clinical Trial Management, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, within the Pharma & Life Science, Insurance and Financial domains.
James Widdowson - Head of Sales and Marketing
James joined OCS Consulting plc over 5 years ago and since joining has developed strong relationships with new and existing Clients. James is extremely knowledgeable regarding OCS' services and how these services and engagement models can be adapted and tailored to the needs of our clients.
Alison Saunders - Head of Finance and HR
Alison joined the accounts department at OCS more than 25 years ago, bringing her valuable skills and experience in finance and employee benefits. Her contribution to the organisation’s success has seen her role evolve to heading the Finance and HR functions. Alison’ passion for driving financial efficiency and fostering a positive inclusive workplace has allowed her to align these two critical functions which has been one of the core foundations of OCS’ continued growth and success.
Linda O’Brien - Strategic Research Partner
Ever the problem solver, during the last 30 years Linda has performed numerous roles at OCS helping OCS, supporting and enabling effective communication between OCS and its clients. From a Marketing communications background Linda is crucial in ensuring that OCS connects on a personal level with its clients. Using her knowledge of online marketing and marketplaces, as well as over three decades of experience in the technology industry, Linda expertly finds the right people for project, interim or permanent roles. CIM qualified in Digital Marketing and being someone who enjoys doing, Linda continues to maintain OCS' and several SME websites as well as devising and implementing OCS' digital marketing campaigns.
Patricia Kozilek - Project and Service Liaison
Having worked on some of the largest telecoms projects in Brazil, Patricia came to Europe to seek new challenges. She joined OCS over 10 years ago as part of its business analyst team. Since that time, she has increasingly found herself using her technical and business-based communication skills to facilitate programme management. Patricia now provides liaison services to a number of OCS clients as well as overseeing the communication touchpoints for our Cash Management services.
Garry Harpham - Project Manager / Senior Consultant
Working for OCS during the late 1990s and re-joining us in 2019, Garry's background includes Entertainment, Advertising and Marketing, Retail and F&B, as well as in-depth automotive experience with Nissan, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, VW, Opel-Vauxhall and McLaren. He has extensive and varied IT experience of Programme, Project and Transition Service Management, Business Analysis and Process Change, and software development and Infrastructure implementations, and his international experience encompasses liaison with remote developers, suppliers and contractors in regions as diverse as China, Japan, India, Europe, USA and Australasia.
And the list goes on. If you would like to know more about OCS and its people and how we can make a difference to your business, please email info@ocs-consulting.com or phone 020 8731 4335.