Roger Owens

Roger Owens has over 15 years of work experience in various roles and industries. Roger currently works as the Strategic Programme Director for the EMEAA region at Fortune Brands Innovations. Prior to this, they served as the Interim Process Development Director at IWG plc in 2020. Before that, they worked as an Interim Programme Manager at Caroline Chisholm School and Marks, an sgsco company in the same year. In 2019, Roger held the position of Director at BeMo Project Services Ltd and also worked as an Interim Programme Manager at Marks and Spencer. From 2012 to 2019, they worked at Tesco, where they held several roles including Head of PMO, Senior Own Brand Programme Manager, Marketing Transformation Programme Manager, Digital Marketing Project/Programme Manager, and Cost Control Manager. Prior to Tesco, Roger worked as a Construction Manager at Lidl UK GmbH, where they managed various construction projects in the retail sector. Roger started their career as a Process Performance Analyst at Zurich Financial Services.

Roger Owens completed their education as follows:

- From 2009 to 2011, they attended The College of Estates Management and obtained a PgDip in Surveying.

- In 2001 to 2002, they pursued an MSc in Management at Aberystwyth University.

- Roger also obtained a BSc in Business Studies from Aberystwyth University from 1998 to 2001.

Additionally, Roger has obtained various certifications throughout their career, including "Balancing Multiple Roles as a Leader," "Project Portfolio Management Foundations," "Jodi Glickman on Pitching Yourself," "Business Process Improvement," "Learning Jira Software," "Scrum: The Basics," "Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management," "Prince2 Foundation," and "MSP Practitioner." The year of obtaining these certifications ranges from 2016 to 2020.