Summary

Janice Orchard is a very experienced business consultant having worked for a major consultancy, PA Consulting Group, for 20 years and as a partner in Thomson Orchard Partnership since 1999. She specialises in business and marketing strategy and a wide range of supporting diagnostic and implementation services. She has worked in the public, private and charity sectors.
For more information contact her on 0161 439 5862 or by email at [email protected]

Expertise


Business strategy
Business plans
Business appraisals
Feasibility studies
Marketing strategy
Marketing plans
Market feasibility studies
Market reviews
Market research
Market testing
Customer surveys
Customer service training
Competitor analysis
Culture profiling
Culture change
Change management
Leadership styles assessment
Personality profiling
Performance appraisal
Coaching and mentoring
Management skills training
Staff/employee surveys
Team effectiveness assessment
Team building

Sector experience includes:
Charities
China giftware
Clothing
Co-ordinate measuring machines
Distribution
Domestic violence
Electrical components
Food packaging
Fork lift trucks
Funeral services
Furniture panels and components
Hospitality
HP gas cylinders
Hydraulic hoses
Independent financial advice
Injection moulding
International student travel
Internet installation
Label manufacture
Local authority
Low voltage cable
Luxury goods
Management consulting – Europe
Management consulting – UK
Marine electrical engineering
Marine services
Motor distribution
Occupational health
Offshore oil & gas services
Pharmaceuticals
Primary schools
Print and direct mail
Private health care
PVCu window fabrication
Race course facilities
Ship and crew management
Sign manufacture
Social enterprise development agency
Steel
Textiles
Theatre
Trade representation - building and construction
Trade representation - chemical and allied industries
Training and development
University business development
White goods

Types of organisations includes:
SMEs
Business units of large groups
Private companies
Owner managed companies
Family owned companies
Publicly quoted companies
UK owned
US owned
European owned
Social enterprises
Local authorities
Charities
Public agencies
Trade associations
Primary schools

Geographical areas:
Focused North West and Yorkshire
Other parts of UK
Europe

Experience

  • Thomson Orchard Partnership

    Partner
    1999 - Current
    Thomson Orchard Partnership
  • PA Consulting Group

    Marketing Analyst, Manager & Consultant
    1979 - 1999
  • Various organisations

    Executive assistant roles
    1963 - 1979

Education History

  • Diploma of Chartered Institute of Marketing

    Chartered Institute of Marketing
    1983 - 1984
    Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Manchester Polytechnic. Numerous other courses in management, marketing, finance etc while employed at major consultancy

Qualifications

Diploma of Chartered Institute of Marketing

Clubs and Associations

Total Fitness
National Trust
Royal Horticultural Society

Interests and Hobbies

Chair of governors at a Manchester primary school
Chair of Manchester Governors' Association
Business mentor for Prince's Trust
Trustee of Springboard for Children (a national charity which helps children with reading and writing difficulties) and chair of Manchester Supporters Group
Volunteer at Lyme Park (National Trust)
Volunteer at the Lowry Theatre
Walking, reading, theatre, going to the gym, watching athletics and cycling, Scandinavian and other crime novels (Rebus, Wallander and Harry Bosch) and TV, films, current affairs, politics


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