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Joanne Lim Fat

Toronto,ON

Summary

A senior leader with 20+ years of experience in program and project delivery in industry and consulting. A people-centric leader adept at managing and motivating high-performing and cross-functional global teams.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director of Business Consulting

Ernst & Young
04.2022 - Current
  • High-performing leader managing EY teams to deliver transformation for clients through program and project management excellence
  • Instrumental in securing $6 million in fees for two growing EY accounts in 2023-24 through business development
  • Key projects include: design and execution of Program Management Office (PMO) for large-scale SAP S4/HANA and Cloud Transformation; PMO lead for a Fintech’s launch of Canada’s first Open Banking platform; Agile audit for one of Canada’s largest energy companies; EPMO strategy and change management for a provincial Liquor Control Board
  • Manage and mentor high-performing managers and junior consultants as part of EY's Professional Women's Network and internship program
  • EY Consulting Service line lead for CRM implementation
  • Promoted from Senior Manager in 2024

Contractor - Consultant

Open Society Foundation
04.2021 - 04.2022
  • Led the design and implementation of a Project Management Framework for Open Society Foundation's Legal Department
  • Led and managed a senior management Steering Committee comprising senior management
  • Managed and mentored a Project Head / Program Manager

Senior Project Manager and Cloud Program Lead

Dentsu
11.2015 - 04.2021
  • Led IT Transformation initiatives to time, scope and budget for one of the world's largest media companies, matrix-managing IT Operations teams, third party consultants and offshore technical teams
  • Key projects include: EMEA, APAC and AMER datacentre migration to Azure, resulting in circa £10m cost savings over 5 years; a global datacentre relocation in New York City; global IT infrastructure projects such as Windows O/S upgrades; planned the global mail migration for Office 365; and creation of PMO Strategy for Global IT
  • Developed and delivered Service of Works (SOWs) with Dentsu’s Procurement and Legal teams and negotiated with 3rd party offshore IT provider

Senior Program Manager

British Transport Police
02.2013 - 11.2015
  • Scoped, managed and delivered IT projects
  • Key projects include: Intranet re-vamp; organizational review of the intelligence function, Information Strategy development
  • Developed and presented business cases for funding approval for large IT initiatives

Senior Program Manager

Olympic Park Legacy Company
10.2008 - 01.2011
  • Assured and provided progress status reports on London 2012 Olympic legacy

Manager, Public Sector Advisory

KPMG
06.2003 - 10.2008
  • Managed consulting projects to time and to budget (projects included change management, organizational reviews, and program evaluation)
  • Project managed marketing and thought leadership initiatives, including one headlined by a former UK Home Secretary
  • Promoted to Manager from Assistant Manager in September 2005

Policy Consultant

GHK Consulting
08.2000 - 06.2003
  • Scoped and project managed several IT policy reviews for UK Government departments
  • Promoted to Consultant from Researcher in January 2001

Education

BA Honours, Urban and Economic Geography -

University of Toronto

MSc Economic Development and Policy -

University of Toronto

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Contract Management
  • Business Development
  • Operations Management
  • Staff Development
  • Staff Management
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Program Management
  • Talent Acquisition
  • People Management
  • Team Management
  • Contract and Vendor Management
  • Issues Resolution
  • Charismatic Leader

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
French
Professional

Accomplishments

  • Promoted from EY Senior Manager to Director in May 2024
  • Won several EY Bravo awards for leadership 2021-2024
  • Female Leadership Award at Dentsu 2021
  • Global IT Employee of the Quarter Dentsu 2017
  • KPMG National Client Service Award 2005

Certification

· SAP S/4HANA Two- Week Boot Camp

· SAFe Agile (2023)

· Introduction to Business Analysis (2020)

· AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (Jan 2019)

· ITIL Foundation (2018)

· Scrum Master qualified (May 2018)

· Agile Practitioner (2016)

· Management of Portfolios Foundation (2014)

· Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner (2015)

· PRINCE 2 Practitioner (2005, re-registered in 2015)

Timeline

Director of Business Consulting

Ernst & Young
04.2022 - Current

Contractor - Consultant

Open Society Foundation
04.2021 - 04.2022

Senior Project Manager and Cloud Program Lead

Dentsu
11.2015 - 04.2021

Senior Program Manager

British Transport Police
02.2013 - 11.2015

Senior Program Manager

Olympic Park Legacy Company
10.2008 - 01.2011

Manager, Public Sector Advisory

KPMG
06.2003 - 10.2008

Policy Consultant

GHK Consulting
08.2000 - 06.2003

BA Honours, Urban and Economic Geography -

University of Toronto

MSc Economic Development and Policy -

University of Toronto

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