our people
We are proud that our people are at the heart of what we do. We value the skills and experience they bring to work every day. We’d like to introduce you to our leaders and our Heads of Practice.
Our Team
Our people have a unique blend of skills that enable them to think and operate across the whole of the win-deliver lifecycle. They can join the dots of the multiple challenges our clients face in order to achieve transformational outcomes.
Simon Withey
Chairman
Simon has been the Chairman of Harmonic since 2015. This follows a career spanning 35 years during which Simon held a number of senior and CEO positions. Simon has extensive experience in business services including outsourcing, consultancy and manufacturing in defence, infrastructure, maritime and training/education.
Tom Samuel
Chief Executive
Tom founded Harmonic in 2003, after a successful career working in the defence systems business and has led its growth to the present day. Alongside Tom’s passion for working with Harmonic’s clients to make a real difference, he is strongly committed to building and developing the highly skilled and vibrant team across Harmonic. In his spare time, he likes to cycle up big hills.
Cliff Green
COO
Cliff joined the Board of Harmonic in April 2018 and has had a varied and successful career spanning 25 years with VT Group, Babcock and Capita growing major businesses and start-ups across both the public and private sector. Cliff likes to work collaboratively with clients, partners and internal teams to achieve sustainable business change and growth.
Henry Gordon Clark
CFO
Henry joined Harmonic as CFO in 2016, with a background as a ‘Big 4’ firm chartered accountant. Whilst taking his responsibility for prudent balance sheet management seriously, Henry likes to challenge himself and the organisation to think and act laterally within the context of Harmonic’s core values: “Be Bold, One Team, Make An Impact”.
Mark Reynolds
Head of Project Delivery
Mark is an Executive Consultant who works with CEOs and senior leadership to support them in shaping their organisations and to get the best from their people. Mark has deep experience spanning 20 years of large-scale transformations in Information Systems, Organisational Design and Regulatory initiatives working across a range of industries including Financial Services, Transport, Defence and Service sectors.
Edwin Swidenbank
Head of Solution Engineering
Edwin has worked as a leading engineer and thought leader across several industry sectors, most recently in support to Defence Transformation. In partnership with clients, Edwin focuses on benefits focused business strategy, business analysis, business architecture and change and is passionate about leading and driving the development and maturity of organisational capability.
Pete Blunden
Head of Business Winning
Pete is a Managing Consultant, he is a dedicated bid professional with over 15 years of bidding experience delivering high performing capabilities for clients across defence, rail, ICT and construction. Pete ensures solutions, strategy and content is focused on the end clients outcomes and is totally customer-focused.
David Miles
Head of P3M
David is a Managing Consultant with diverse experience across Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, IT and Consulting. He has an extensive background in delivery roles ranging from PMO, Business Analysis, Project Management, Programme Management and Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®) delivery.
Be part of Harmonic
At Harmonic, you’ll be in the company of amazing, energetic people who are committed and passionate about what they do. Working as part of a collaborative team, you will be involved in a broad range of projects and have countless opportunities to be successful.
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What its like to work for Harmonic as an employee
A fun, professional environment creates a great team and ultimately leads to a great service to our clients.
What its like to work for Harmonic as an associate
Be an integral part of a highly professional team. Exploit the support and back up of like-minded, expert practitioners to deliver quality outcomes for customers.
- The opportunity to work with prestigious, high profile clients on challenging transformation programmes
- The flexibility to work on assignments across a variety of sectors, scales, locations, and timescales
- Work with a diverse range of consulting partners and subject matter experts to develop skills and experience
- Be a key part of the great team spirit engendered within all Harmonic programmes and projects
