Key members
Darren Ward – Director
Darren is one of the founders of The Orange Partnership. Pragmatic, passionate and down to earth, he has huge experience of advising and developing procurement and contracting functions for major construction projects using his accounting skills and commercial nous.
During T5 programme he led a major commercial recovery exercise which helped to bring the programme back on budget. Darren is able to demonstrate a track record of real added value working with many clients including BAA, TFL, The Home Office and a number of major utility companies.
Darren graduated from Leicester University with a BSc (Hons) Economics (First Class) degree and went on to train as a chartered accountant with KPMG. He has sixteen years post qualification experience, the majority of which he has spent working in construction
Phil Joyce – Director
Phil is one of the founders of The Orange Partnership. He brings a commercial, pragmatic and innovative approach to build on his extensive experience of working in audit, risk and corporate governance.
At the T5 project he created a risk based and forensic approach to cost verification which had never been done previously in a major construction programme. Phil continues to innovate and bring value to clients such as Southern Water, Scottish Water, BAA and Dragon LNG.
Phil is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales having trained with Deloitte Haskins and Sells. He has sixteen years post qualification experience and for the last nine years has worked in construction.
John Taylor – Director
John has been a director of The Orange Partnership for the last two years. He worked for a number of years as a finance director for a construction business and brings this experience as well as a genius for analysis to the business.
The combination of hard won commercial experience and statistical, analytical and IT skills has allowed John to create highly efficient ways of working and highlighting potential issues for clients. He worries about issues on our client’s behalf and is restless in seeking resolution.
John graduated with two first class honours degrees achieving the highest marks ever awarded by his university for his final dissertation. Building on his MBA he worked for three years as a systems accountant for a major blue chip company implementing new systems and building his expertise in programming, before joining The Orange Partnership in 2004.
