Project One and BAE Systems

BAE Systems CFO, Jamie Collard, describes why he chooses to work with Project One in three words.

Recognising that differentiated business units are ‘stronger together’ BAE systems has embarked on an enterprise-wide transformation journey to strengthen its core functions across sector and regional boundaries, positioning them to deliver more consistent business support, and enabling greater efficiency and agility across the enterprise.

It is in this context that the Finance function launched their Modernisation Programme – an ambitious, multi-year endeavour which will overhaul structures, systems, processes and skills across the whole organisation. The scale of change was described as ‘once in a generation’ and the CFO and his Senior Leadership team knew they would need professional external change management help to deliver the benefits within a highly differentiated organisation, which simply could not drop the ball.

Project One deployed a senior People Change Leader who shaped the way BAE Systems engaged their people in the change.