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Join the APM London Network and Corporate Engagement Stream for an interactive Chartership discussion, where Chartered Project Professionals will share their journeys, experiences and insights.

This event offers London Corporate members a dedicated platform to engage in a strategic discussion on how, as members of APM, we can progress the advancement of project professionals into executive leadership roles.

An opportunity to join Chartered project professionals from a range of industries for an interactive discussion exploring their journeys to Chartership and the impact professional recognition can have on individuals, organisations and the wider profession. 

Gain practical insights into the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard, hear real experiences of the challenges and successes along the way. Also, learn how Chartership can support professional growth and organisational capability. 

Whether you are considering Chartership yourself, supporting colleagues through the process or exploring the benefits for your organisation, this event will provide valuable perspectives and inspiration. 

Key benefits of attending

• Discover the value Chartership can bring to your career and organisation 
• Gain practical insights into navigating the ChPP journey
• Hear first-hand experiences from Chartered Project Professionals
• Connect with project professionals across different industries 

Organiser:  APM London Network

CPD:  2.00

Ticket prices:

Student member: Free

Associate member: Free

Member: Free

Non-member: £20

Corporate Partner/Affiliate employee: Free

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Programme subject to change

18:00 – Registration

18:30 – Presentations

20:00 – Networking and refreshments

20:30 – Close

Speakers:

Emanuele Bormida - Principal Programme Lead, Ofgem

Emanuele is a senior programme and portfolio leader with extensive experience delivering complex, high risk Government Major Projects (GMPP), with a strong track record of assuring deliverability, building ministerial confidence, and securing multi million pound investment to advance Government priorities.

He operates effectively at Executive Committee and Board level across the public, private and not for profit sectors, providing clear strategic oversight, robust challenge, and expert programme leadership. Trusted adviser to senior leaders on delivery risk, governance, benefits realisation and pace.

Emanuele is highly effective at influencing at Permanent Secretary, Director General and Board level, while maintaining grip across delivery portfolios and keeping teams focused on outcomes. Known for setting a clear strategic direction, empowering leaders with defined accountability, and sustaining delivery through periods of ambiguity, organisational change and external pressure.

He is an experienced Non Executive Board member, including providing crisis leadership and assurance in complex operational environments. He is also a graduate of the HM Government Project Leadership Programme (PLP).

Tamsin Alli-Balogun - Transformation and Business Change, AtkinsRealis

Tamsin is an Award-winning Chartered Project Professional, APM Fellow and Associate Director at AtkinsRéalis.  She has 20 years of industry experience, having spent 10 years leading environmental assessments for major infrastructure projects before moving into project management. Tamsin now leads major organisational transformation programmes, collaborating with stakeholders across global regions to improve ways of working, better manage business risks and build organisational capability.

Tamsin has been a member of the APM since 2013, and a Fellow since 2023. She is currently the Chair of the APM Volunteer Delivery Group and has been an active APM volunteer for over five years, giving her time as a mentor, conference speaker, APM event facilitator and APM Project Management Awards judge.  Tamsin is passionate about the importance of professional membership bodies in building a thriving global network of project professionals.  She is committed to helping practitioners at different career stages grow their confidence, visibility and capability.

Gagandeep Singh – Senior Consultant (Programme Delivery and Transformation), Telent Technology Services Ltd

Gagan is an independent consultant with experience leading complex infrastructure projects and programmes across the UK rail sector. His work spans delivery leadership, commercial management and stakeholder engagement.

He began his career at Network Rail on Crossrail in the Western and Wales region, progressing from graduate to Project Manager before joining Atkins as a Senior Project Manager. 

As a consultant, he has since supported the delivery of major Rail and London Underground schemes.

A Chartered Project Professional, Gagan will share his experience of achieving ChPP and how to draw on practical delivery and leadership experience during the application process.

Kalpesh Patel - Deputy Director, HM Treasury

Kalpesh Patel is a Chartered Project Professional and experienced project and programme leader that has worked across public and private sectors, including complex, regulated and international environments. His experience spans project set up, recovery, governance, implementation and service delivery. He is currently a Deputy Director within HM Treasury, where he leads the Assurance and Portfolio team within the UK government’s National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA). He leads NISTA’s assurance strategy, overseeing the service delivery of independent reviews of major government projects and portfolios, and works across departments to strengthen assurance practice and enable system-wide learning.