David McHendry BA (Hons)
Managing Director
David has 30+ years sport and leisure sector experience (24 in consultancy) and an excellent, well-rounded, highly informed perspective on the leisure sector. This draws on a career that encompasses strategic planning, service improvement, business planning, opening new and re-developing existing sports facilities.
His capacity to combine financial acuity with service delivery understanding and familiarity with what constitutes good performance makes him the ‘go to' person for clients seeking to develop accurate realistic business plans, ensure sustainability and improve financial performance.
The Company lead on management options appraisals and procurement, David has assessed the right course of action for core service delivery on 20+ appraisals providing well informed business cases to justify subsequent change and investment; efficiency, effectiveness and value for money being key underpinning themes.
As KKP's feasibilities and business planning specialist he advises local authorities, trusts, clubs and the higher education sector. His grasp of key issues and ability to generate accurate, flexible business plan and full life-cycle cost models is demonstrated by the range of multi-partner, cross-environment studies he has delivered.
David is both commercially minded and customer focused. His major facility management and development experience informs his business planning for capital development projects and revenue programmes designed to boost income generation.
Key work areas:
- Needs assessments and strategic planning
- Business quality improvement and performance
- Management options appraisals
- Externalisation, shared services and procurement
- Income generation and pricing policy
- Feasibilities & finance
Email:
david.mchendry@kkp.co.uk
