About Us

EIT Consulting operates using a combination of the skills of the core team and access to a wide range of partners and associates, each of which is an acknowledged expert in their field. EIT Consulting can put together a project team comprising the complete set of skills required to deliver an assignment.

Principal

The principal of EIT Consulting is Dr. Alistair Forbes, who has wide ranging business experience and extensive knowledge of a wide range of technologies.

From a background as a Ph.D.-qualified research scientist, Alistair has gained more than 15 years experience in IT, including hands-on roles in software development and systems implementation, systems and network architecture, and project and programme management. He has experience operating as a leader of technology organisations of all sizes and has held senior roles in international blue chip organisations, including :

• Director of IT in a FTSE100 utility company
• Chief Technology Officer for an Internet-based online trading platform
• European Head of Information Systems for an international pharmaceutical company
• Global Head of Systems and Data Architecture for an international pharmaceutical company

Alistair's achievements include :

• Establishment of IT systems and support capability for a European Clinical Development Centre
• Delivery of European component of global systems harmonisation project
• Delivery of £60M systems implementation and integration project for utility market deregulation
• Post-merger integration of IT systems and staff in FTSE100 utility company resulting in savings of £10M
• Delivery of £25M Year 2000 programme
• Development of first B2B Internet bill presentment application for UK energy business
• Project turnaround of £2M Internet trading platform development project

Partners and Associates

EIT Consulting's network of partners and associates includes a very broad range of capabilities, including software developers in all the leading technologies, business analysts, project and programme managers, systems management and operations staff, and database specialists. Working with EIT Consulting, you can always be confident that the members of the team will be capable, qualified and experienced, and that you will have the right people for the job.