Ready to transform your business?

Leadership and change management, consulting and courses.

Helping leaders & companies turn big ideas into big successes.

I believe that genuinely transformational and positive change happens when people are at the heart of companies and organisational design.

Working closely with the leaders and their teams, I specialise in helping leaders deliver big ideas to transform their companies.

From designing target operating models to implementing projects, my main focus is to build a positive legacy for companies that will drive them into the future.

Some of the teams I’ve worked with

How can we work together

Through my company, Rawson Ellis Ltd, we offer powerful courses, expert coaching, and tailored consulting to help you navigate change, strengthen leadership, and achieve your business goals. Whether you need strategic guidance, hands-on support, or leadership development, my team and I are here to drive results.

Take the next step today! Visit the Rawson Ellis website or reach out through the links on this page—let’s turn your challenges into success. 

For almost 20 years I've been leading high-performing teams and transforming business processes.

My mission is to empower businesses to adapt, lead, and thrive in today’s ever-changing landscape through effective change management, robust leadership, and strategic planning.

I help businesses implement effective change management strategies, develop strong leadership, and craft winning strategies that propel them ahead of the competition.

I’m the Managing Director of Rawson Ellis, a consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses thrive through change management, leadership development, and strategic planning.

My Portfolio:

  • Managing Director of Rawson Ellis: Specialising in change management, leadership development, and strategic planning.

  • Led high-performing departments of 150+ people across multiple international locations.

  • Directed transformational change initiatives within large organisations to enhance efficiency and service delivery.

  • Designed and implemented strategic target operating models that improved accuracy, speed, and overall performance.

  • Managed international assignments and business process outsourcing, optimising operations on a global scale.

“Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behaviour that gets you what you want out of life. They can be applied again and again in similar situations to help you achieve your goals.” Ray Dalio

Principles that continue to guide me:

  • Seek out the learning opportunity in everything you do.

  • Strive to improve continually. Be 1% better than yesterday.

  • To earn respect and trust, first, give it to others.

  • Play hard to win but be humble in defeat.

  • Working together and pulling in the right direction, the right team can achieve anything.

  • Leave a positive legacy behind me.

Case Studies.

  • Responsible for assessment and creation of target operating model to enhance the scalability of the operational broking account teams.

    Delivery of target operating model throughout 2023 & 2024 with system implementations throughout 2024 and 2025.

    Programme to bring forecast c£0.5m in initial annual savings with enhanced operational, reporting and process efficiencies. 

  • Decentralisation of finance. I oversaw and directed work migration from Maidstone to the Leeds broking accounts centre, responsible for the overall delivery and migration performance, stabilisation and ongoing workstream improvements.

    This included coordinating the creation and recruitment into new departments geographically, onboarding, training & phased work migration, IT realignment, changing banking arrangements and the overall risk management of the associated processes.

    I oversaw the reduction of the legacy balances transferred by approximately 99% in volume during 2020 whilst also dealing with Covid impact and remote working challenges. Ultimately, this contributed to obtaining a Qualified CASS audit status for all legal entities.

  • A leading insurance broker had further ambitions to increase its offshore presence across Insurer Broker Accounts (IBA).

    As the then Head of IBA Operations, I oversaw the project and BAU operations. My responsibilities included defining the initial scoping, creating contractual SLAs, coordinating end-to-end knowledge transfer, designing internal & external communication plans, and ensuring that the business-as-usual work transfer to offshore was managed.

    The project was successful and achieved c£0.5m p/a operational cost savings. Service levels remained within tolerances within the project and quickly surpassed previous standards.

“Leadership is not about titles, positions or hours worked. It’s about relationships.”

- Jim Kouzes

  • I have worked with Martin for the last 5 years at Ardonagh and I can honestly say he is a first class operator.

    He brings with him a wealth of knowledge in all operational matters and is a fantastic manager. He is organised and calm in a crisis but has the ability to balance the requirement for detail with knowing when to allow the team to run alone.

    Martin is a true believer in doing things right. He has excellent technical skills and experience of dealing with onshore and offshore teams and managing transformations. The results he has achieved speak for themselves and include significant system migrations, department integrations, transitions to both onshore and offshore operations, transformation of BAU processes and the clearance of legacies.

    I would have no hesitation to recommending Martin to any organisation as they would inherit a very high performing individual who would add exceptional value.

    ND - The Ardonagh Group

  • Martin is an excellent manager and always throws himself into new experiences and areas of the business.

    He has shown he can communicate and empathise with everyone in DLG Finance from clerical level staff up to the Exec Team. As well as that he established great relationships with the Business in a number of different areas.

    He thrives on change opportunities and is never happier than when he is improving processes and bringing about business opportunities.

    I have always rated him very highly and admired how he has worked his way up the organisation by hard work and intelligence. I regard his skills as easily transferable to most businesses not just Financial Services.

    PE - Direct Line Group

  • I can honestly say Martin is one of the most multi skilled and hardest working Managers I have worked for.

    He has the rare ability to motivate a wide range of personalities and skills in a team and get the best results for both the business and the individual.

    Martin has managed many changes in his career in a professional, honest, positive and calm manner. He is a very approachable individual who just wants to help realise the potential in his team and business and has many transferable skills which would benefit any organisation.

    I would highly recommend Martin and know he would be a huge asset to any business.

    EW - Direct Line Group