Jerry Ball

Overview

Jerry is a management consultant, based in Wellington, New Zealand.

His flexible and adaptive approach, along with his broad range of experience and skills, enables him to tackle a wide range of assignments, including those with a high degree of ambiguity and uncertainty.

His particular fields of interest and practice are programme and project management relating to improving business processes, organisations and systems.

Professional goals

To enable clients to achieve their desired business results and increase business effectiveness by:

• clear identification of business objectives and application of sound business processes and project-based management disciplines, including robust financial, risk and change management
• making good use of project situations to increase the skills and understanding of all participants, and addressing the human impact of business changes

Background

After completing his degree at Exeter University in 1978, Jerry joined Esso Petroleum in London. He moved to New Zealand in 1984. Prior to establishing Entity Group in 2000, he worked for three different consulting companies (Azimuth Consulting, The Comtex Group and Working Knowledge Group).

Key experience

• more than 30 years business experience gained from working with over 50 client organisations, in a variety of roles and assignments ability to lead and work well with a wide range of range of people within and across organisations
• proven track record of success in managing complex programmes and projects in both government and private sectors
• experienced workshop facilitator and developer of customised training
• implementation and improvement of organisational and project-based governance regimes
• experienced mentor

Current certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP), and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).

In addition to his consulting work, Jerry has also contributed to the development of the professional community. He has previously held several executive board positions within the Project Management Institute in New Zealand (PMINZ), and currently holds the role of Director-at-Large. PMINZ awarded him the honour of Fellow status in 2009. He has also served as Treasurer on the board of the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ).