David Parmenter is an international presenter who is known for his thought provoking and lively sessions, which have led to substantial change in many organisations. He has spoken in 32 countries. Besides delivering in-depth workshops he has been a keynote speaker for the IBM Finance Forum, The World Capability Congress, TEC Malaysia, and Profiles International Romania. David is a leading expert in performance management practices that help organisations on the journey from good to great.
John Wiley & Sons Inc have published his four books, including “Key Performance Indicators – developing, implementing and using winning KPIs, 4th edition” “The Financial Controllers and CFO’s Toolkit, 3rd edition”, “The leading-edge Manager’s guide to success – strategies and better practices” and “Key Performance Indicators for Government and Non Profit Agencies”.
David has also worked for Ernst & Young, BP Oil Ltd, Arthur Andersen, and Price Waterhouse. David is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
He has written over 100 articles for accounting and management journals. His published articles titles include: “The myths around KPIs”, “the dark side of KPIs”, “the new thinking on KPIs”, “Measuring performance in difficult times”, “Quarterly rolling planning – removing the barriers to success”, “Throw away the annual budget”, “Rotten TOMs”, “Establishing an effective bonus scheme may not be straight forward”, “Why you should consider scrum communication techniques”, “Smash through the performance barrier”, “Is your board reporting process out of control?” “Beating the meeting”, “Abandon the broken processes and systems”, “Attracting, recruiting, growing and retaining talent”, “How to get it approximately right, not precisely wrong” “Conquest leadership- lessons from Sir Ernest Shackleton”, “Jack Welch’s winning ways” etc.