Dr Steve Simister 

Steve is a consultant and lecturer in project, programme and portfolio management.  He is a Director of Oxford Management & Research Ltd and Head of Project & Programme management at Henley Business School.  His specialism is in assisting clients such as BP, Network Rail and Pfizer to scope and define project requirements to meet their business needs.  He has experience of most business sectors and has been involved in all stages of project lifecycles. 

Steve is Gateway reviewer with Local Partnerships and has led over 100 Gateway reviews, many on PFI projects. As a fellow of the Association for Project Management, Steve is past chairman of the Contracts & Procurement Specific Interest Group.  He is currently a member of the Knowledge SIG.  He is also an assessor for APM’s Registered Project Professional standard.Steve lectures at a number of European universities and has written extensively on the subject of project and risk management. 

Since 2006 Steve has been the APM nominated representative to MS2 sitting on both national (BSI) and international (ISO) project management committees and has been instrumental in the development of BS 6079 and ISO 21500, ISO 21503 and ISO215005.