Creating Effective Business Cases

Maurice Diamond

Maurice Diamond is a thought leader, senior executive, economist, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and PFM Practitioner with extensive UK and international experience.

In particular, Maurice’s career has focussed on leading change in public and third-sector organisations with the key objective being to improve stewardship in the public sector. Amongst other skills, Maurice has substantial experience in project management, business case development, public procurement and PPP.

He has advised on complex procurements in the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia covering institution building through transactional advice and monitoring and evaluation and has used this experience to provide coaching, awareness, education, public lectures and training on complex procurements for senior civil servants and ministers. Maurice is a recognised expert on PPPs and led a UNCEFACT project group authoring a recommendation on PPP in trade facilitation.

Maurice has been awarded three prestigious procurement awards, including a gold award for innovation in Procurement from the Management Consultancy Association. Maurice is accredited to deliver the APMG World Bank-sponsored CP3P qualification. 

Maurice has

• Planned managed and led projects and procurements across a range of services and in a number of countries
• Authored and reviewed Business Cases/ Feasibility Studies ensuring that they are focussed and testing that the outcome will meet the business need.
• Undertaken reviews and audits of organisational performance and governance and, where appropriate, recommended and implemented change.
• Advised on the business delivery structure of government agencies and led subsequent reorganisations, mergers or divestments.
• Reviewed existing processes, procedures and systems and staffing competencies and working together with staff to develop new processes, and define and select new financial and administrative systems.
• Managed a review and update of the HMT Green Book
• Implemented resource accounting across a range of public sector organisations including the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence and govt agencies
• Devised and proposed business changes for Central medical stores in a number of countries across Africa, South America and Central Asia.

Amongst other agencies, Maurice has worked for USAID, PEPFAR, SMCS (Supply Chain Management Systems), UKAID (FCDO), World Bank and its agencies such as the IFC.

Maurice has experience working in over 25 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America and central, south and southeast Asia and has delivered training online to participants in many more.