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Mark Mullan

Change and Transformation Leader

£350/day
Horsham, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Mark

Strategic change leader with a track record of shaping and delivering complex
transformation across people, process, and digital domains. Skilled in portfolio
governance, organisational design, and internal consultancy. Proven ability to build
delivery capability, accelerate adoption, and embed sustainable change, delivering
cost efficiencies, digital enablement, and cultural alignment in both public and
private sectors
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Horsham (up to 50km)

Experience

  • The People's Partnership
    Business Readiness Lead (Contract)
    October 2025 - Today (8 months)
    Crawley, UK
    • • Led and managed a multi-grade team of Business Specialists, setting operating standards, overseeing performance, and developing capability across requirements elicitation, user story creation, and UAT delivery.
    • • Provided senior business readiness leadership across the change portfolio, ensuring operational impact assessments were completed, controls were embedded, and operational areas were fully prepared for change adoption.
    • • Championed best practice in operational change management, ensuring all business requirements were captured, validated, and aligned with regulatory, customer service, and risk management expectations.
    • • Improved cross-portfolio visibility by identifying dependencies and duplications, interpreting complex operational information, and using insights to strengthen project delivery and customer outcomes.
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
    Change Business Partner
    October 2024 - October 2025 (1 year)
    London, UK
    • • Internal Change Consultant partnering across multiple teams, including Digital, Finance, and Data functions.
    • • Led change strategy and readiness across AWS, AI, and data interoperability programmes.
    • • Embedded PMO function and governance, developed benefits maps, and stakeholder alignment.
    • • Created comprehensive knowledge assets—including quick-reference guides, FAQs, and training materials—to support global user readiness. These materials formed a foundational component of the organisation's internal Change Centre of Excellence, supporting capability uplift and knowledge transfer.
    • • Coordinated with regional change agents and super-users to cascade training, gather feedback, and tailor readiness plans.
    • • Evaluated training effectiveness via post-session surveys and adoption KPIs; adjusted programme content to improve uptake.
    • • Integrated training plans with delivery milestones, ensuring readiness checkpoints aligned to deployment waves.
  • People Operations Carnival UK (P&O Cruises and Cunard)
    Senior Manager – Programme & Change, Fleet
    February 2022 - October 2024 (2 years and 8 months)
    Southampton, UK
    • • Defined and implemented change strategy across over 100 initiatives, supporting process redesign, global resourcing, and operating model alignment.
    • • Created a scalable train-the-trainer framework to embed capability and enable BAU adoption across fleet, port, and regional operations.
    • • Led behavioural change assessments and regional stakeholder engagement to identify resistance drivers and shape targeted interventions.
    • • Designed and rolled out messaging and feedback mechanisms in partnership with internal comms, strengthening engagement and change visibility.
    • • Produced structured handover plans and adoption tools to ensure programme benefits were sustained and measurable post-transition.

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Education

  • APMG Change Management Practitioner
    2022
    APMG Change Management Practitioner
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner
    2021
    Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner

Skill set

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  • Other