Valuta: Purpose - Vision

	William Harrod created Valuta in 2004, building the company from his individual success with clients at the Office of Government Commerce and the then Scottish Executive. William is passionate about helping his clients to deliver successful projects. William has supported well over 100 reviews of projects and programmes across the UK, for Whitehall Departments, for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved Governments, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and for the nuclear industry in the form of UKAEA and Sellafield Ltd. William is a family man, with 5 children (aged 19 to 7) and likes to keep fit. He is seen here (in the middle) before the start of the 2006 Corrieyairack Challenge (17 mile run over the pass and a 26 mile cycle up to Kincraig) with fellow Valuta team member, Alasdair Lawton, and fellow Corrie team member, Phil Young.
	Alasdair Lawton joined William and Valuta in 2005, and provides leadership of the Highland Region, supporting projects in the Highlands & Islands Enterprise review programme. Alasdair has a finance background and was the finance director for the Asian PGA golf tour based in Singapore until returning to Scotland in 2004. Alasdair has led over 25 independent project reviews for Highlands & Islands Enterprise, the Welsh Assembly Government, The Highland Council, and British Nuclear Group. He is also part of the Valuta team which supports the Scottish Government gateway review programme. Alasdair loves the outdoors and is a member of his local Mountain Rescue Team. He is also part of the organising team for a number of outdoor events in the Highlands of Scotland, including the Strathpuffer and the Bealach-na-Bah Challenge. Here he is with the Matterhorn on a recent holiday.
	Douglas MacDiarmid drives Valuta's business development and client relationship management. In 1989, Douglas was appointed Commercial Director of Alcan's Primary Division (£200m turnover), with responsibility for negotiation of UK Group contracts such as Electricity supply (£15m p.a.), Gas supply (£15m p.a.), and Oil supply (£8m p.a.). He also led a group-wide team charged with streamlining procurement techniques across UK operations. In 1993, Douglas joined HIE initially as Chief Executive of the local enterprise company in Lochaber and from 1999 onwards, held a number of director posts in the core management group of HIE, including Skills, Growing Businesses and Global Connections and assumed responsibility for management of the majority of large, high-risk projects in the Network. Douglas represented HIE on a number of influential business development bodies, including ITI Scotland, Investors in People Scotland and Quality Scotland. In December 2006, it was 'time for a change'. Douglas resigned his post at HIE, and travelled 'budget¹ across India, Malaysia and Australia over a seven-month period lifelong ambitions. This signalled a sea-change also in his professional engagement, from corporate director to consultancy.
	Mark Abbs is a successful business leader and project manager of 23 years experience, he is an aerospace engineer with a degree in technology development and renewable energy. Mark has worked in major projects in defence management and procurement; the energy industries, particularly renewables and sustainability policy; commercial aviation; private equity investment and real estate procurement and regeneration. He has worked on projects across Europe and the US in both public and and private sectors
	Andrew Callendar is the team's lead resource on transport and infrastructure. Andrew's experience includes working as programme manager on the Edinburgh City Council Tram Project and with the Department for Communities and Local Government on efficiency and value for money delivery in local government. Andrew is an accredited OGC Gateway(TM) team leader, a 4Ps Associate and Gateway reviewer. Andrew has recently is part in the Scottish Government review team for the new Forth Road Crossing Project - the first review is in June 2008.
	Nick Maxton is the proud owner of the OGC hat-trick of qualifications - PRINCE2, Managing successful Programmes (MSP) and the Management of Risk (M_O_R). Nick has an IT security background and significant experience with creating successful project and programme structures in both public and private sectors. Nick is an independent review team leader for the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.