Hi, I’m George White. I’m a Senior Project Manager with over 10 years’ experience delivering multi-million IT, business transformation and cybersecurity programs. I hold PRINCE2, APM PMQ, and ITIL certifications, and I have a proven track record of CAPEX savings and turning around red projects. I’ve delivered across financial services, insurance, government, blue light and defence sectors, and I excel at coordinating multi-disciplinary, multi-vendor teams to achieve strategic outcomes. I’m comfortable leading complex transitions, governance, and regulatory alignment, and I pride myself on practical communication with stakeholders at all levels. My approach combines disciplined project management with collaborative leadership to drive measurable benefits and sustainable change across organizations.

George White

Hi, I’m George White. I’m a Senior Project Manager with over 10 years’ experience delivering multi-million IT, business transformation and cybersecurity programs. I hold PRINCE2, APM PMQ, and ITIL certifications, and I have a proven track record of CAPEX savings and turning around red projects. I’ve delivered across financial services, insurance, government, blue light and defence sectors, and I excel at coordinating multi-disciplinary, multi-vendor teams to achieve strategic outcomes. I’m comfortable leading complex transitions, governance, and regulatory alignment, and I pride myself on practical communication with stakeholders at all levels. My approach combines disciplined project management with collaborative leadership to drive measurable benefits and sustainable change across organizations.

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Hi, I’m George White. I’m a Senior Project Manager with over 10 years’ experience delivering multi-million IT, business transformation and cybersecurity programs. I hold PRINCE2, APM PMQ, and ITIL certifications, and I have a proven track record of CAPEX savings and turning around red projects. I’ve delivered across financial services, insurance, government, blue light and defence sectors, and I excel at coordinating multi-disciplinary, multi-vendor teams to achieve strategic outcomes.

I’m comfortable leading complex transitions, governance, and regulatory alignment, and I pride myself on practical communication with stakeholders at all levels. My approach combines disciplined project management with collaborative leadership to drive measurable benefits and sustainable change across organizations.

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Work Experience

Senior Project / Delivery Manager at Optionchain LTD
July 1, 2023 - Present
Delivery lead for multiple clients, including Tesco PLC, NESO, Telefonica, and Aviva cybersecurity initiatives. Managed end-to-end IT, business transformation and security programs, drove RAG recovery, and delivered CAPEX savings across multi-year engagements.
Programme / Senior Project Manager (Security) at Atos (Paragon CC - SC)
August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023
Led an £18.8M MSP Cybersecurity Programme over six years, coordinating internal, customer and third-party teams; managed two transitions migrating 10 cybersecurity services (SIEM, EDR, SMG, WAF, VSS, CSIRT) and decommissioning legacy services; negotiated and closed contract gaps.
Senior Transformation Project Manager at Openreach Ltd (BT Group)
September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022
Delivered £2.6M OSA Lite programme with £5.6M CAPEX savings; designed a national TOM enabling regulatory compliance for Full Fibre Infrastructure Build across multiple units; achieved national scalability and operational readiness.
IT Project Manager at Boeing UK (Staffordshire Police – NPPV3 & SC)
July 1, 2017 - August 31, 2019
Delivered 50+ projects (£10K–£2M) across infrastructure, software and applications using onshore, client and vendor resources; co-managed the £20M Niche Intelligence Crime System programme, including system integration and data migration; oversaw governance across environments.
IT Project Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
July 1, 2016 - July 31, 2017
Led end-to-end management of complex waterfall and agile IT projects for the Home Office (BPSS & SC), including network switch refresh, site installations and reasonable adjustment initiatives for disabled employees.
IT Project Manager at Hewlett Packard
June 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016
Delivered multiple IT projects for Aviva (Insurance) and NHS (Barnet), including email archiving, laptop/data centre refreshes; deployed Commvault Email Archiving to 3000+ users; resolved long-running delivery issues.
PMO at Towergate Insurance (Contract)
January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015
Supported PMO operations and reporting for transformation programme, coordinating governance, reporting and stakeholder communications.

Education

Masters in Business Management at Manchester Metropolitan University
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
BA in Business Management at Liverpool John Moores University
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026

Qualifications

PRINCE2 Foundation
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
PRINCE2 Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026
ITIL Foundation
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Government, Professional Services, Retail