About Us
L&A was founded in 1984. Products have included:
Undertaking audits of
- Security of major national infrastructure
- Business change within government
Undertaking Major Strategic Change Programmes
- National airline
- World-wide logistics company
- National charity
- Emergency services
Designing and implementing software solutions
- Command and Control
- Access Control
- National Transport Benchmarking
- CRM software
- IT bureau services
The Management Team
Principal Consultants
Philip Topping
Research Officer with University of Oxford for 8 years concentrating on management
change
IT Software developer and systems analyst for 4 years
Consultant to a range of major public and private sector organisations within Europe
since 1984
Director of the Centre for Strategic Risk Management at Cranfield School of Management
from 1993 until 2002 specialising in supporting boards of directors through major
transitions
Programme Director, Infrastructure Review, Cabinet Office (2001-2003)
Consulting Adviser to Cabinet Office on business change goals within major IT Programmes
(2003-2005)
Adrian McMullan
More than 20 years experience in the automotive and fleet management industry including
managing the Metropolitan Police fleet of over 4,500 vehicles
Introduced the use of business planning within support departments and its strategic
importance to operational policing
Considerable experience in operations management in the automotive sector, managing
all aspects of service delivery
Project management experience including major project design, development and implementation
Consults across major public and private sector organisations developing their fleet
management strategies
Principal Lecturer at the Centre for Automotive Industries Management at Nottingham
Business School from 2000-2006.
Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Business School
The IT Team
J Adam Topping
BSc in Information Technology and Business Systems
Director of IT
Thelma Rath
BSc in Computer Systems
IT Consultant
Andrew Ahearne
BSc in Computer Systems
IT Consultant
John Leonard
MSc in Computer Systems
IT Consultant
Mike Adams
BSc in Electronic Engineering
IT Consultant
Charles K. Law
MSc in Software Engineering
IT Consultant
Saoirse Armateifio
MSc in Computer Systems
IT Consultant