Who we are

Martin Ewart

Founder

Martin is an experienced Executive and Consultant. He is the founder of Hanya Partners and currently Group CEO of Taranata. He has worked with clients all over the world to drive their effectiveness and IT performance. Martin spent 5 years leading Logica’s Commercial Sector Business in the UK. Prior to joining Logica, Martin’s career has predominantly been focused in the Financial Services sector with senior roles both client side and in Services.

Phil White

Managing Partner

Phil is a highly skilled specialist with 17 years’ experience within procurement, supplier management and real estate. His experience is predominantly in the Financial Services sector but also Aerospace, Professional Services and FMCG. Phil brings deep knowledge in Sourcing, Contracting, Supplier Performance and Supplier Risk Management.

Gordon Robertson

Associate Director

Gordon is a highly experienced procurement executive with sourcing knowledge which spans a variety of industries – Utilities, Manufacturing, Financial Services and Public Sector. Throughout his career Gordon has always led a variety of leading edge commercial projects for his clients where he has continuously delivered outstanding results and savings.

Lisa Dempsey

Hanya Delivery Manager

Lisa is an experienced manager, with over 13 years experience building trusted client relationships. This is based on excellent customer service, making sure we bring the right people to the right client . She is well known in the IT & Change community, with a reputation for looking after our team members, helping us deliver value to our engagements.

Lee Murray

Chief Client Officer

Lee is Chief Client Officer of the Taranata Group, including Hanya Partners. Her role is to grow customer relationships and drive service excellence in all that we do. It is to drive greater collaboration with our clients, bringing their voice in to the heart of our organisation and ensure that the services we offer reflect their evolving needs.

Suzanne Lamont

Associate Partner

Suzanne Lamont leads the Hanya Partners Talent and Organisation Health team to help clients create healthy, high-performing organisations and leadership teams that can deliver on their ambitions. Suzanne joined Hanya Partners to lead a consultancy focused on organisation, team and leader development.

Carolyn Murray

Associate Director

Carolyn Murray is highly experienced HR and OD Professional who has proactively led initiatives to improve organisational performance and foster the contribution of employees. She has worked at a senior level in both the public and private sector, unionised and non-unionised environments and across a variety of industries.

Aisling Callaghan

Associate Director

Aisling is a passionate Leadership and Organisation Development specialist with over twenty years’ experience as in-house practitioner, management consultant and independent director. Aisling has a strong reputation for helping individuals, teams and organisations through successful change. She has consulted globally across a range of industries and functions

Angela Porte

Associate Director

Angela has worked in the Public Sector and Financial Services Industry for 30 years in a range of IT and Procurement roles. She has led a wide range of sourcing initiatives and deal negotiations, including major suppliers such as Microsoft, AWS, IBM and Oracle.

Chris Boon

Associate Director

Chris is a highly experienced Senior Consultant, specialising within the financial services sector. He has led both public and private sector supplier evaluation and selection programmes from inception to completion, supported by significant supplier side experience in Core Platforms, BPO and ITO. Chris is an accomplished Commercial and Contract negotiator.

Tom Luft

Senior Consultant

Tom has over 18 years procurement experience in multiple industry sectors spanning a wide range of roles and responsibilities. For the last 12 years, Tom’s roles have focused on technology and services sourcing & supplier management. He now provides customer focused procurement services helping organisations to deliver on vendor and programme objectives.

Katie Jankovic

Management Accountant

Katie is a fully qualified CIMA Member and an experienced Management Accountant having worked in the industry for over a decade. Starting with Head Resourcing, part of the Taranata Group, in 2009, she has responsibilities for many of the constituent businesses and joined Hanya Partners as their Management Accountant and Business Partner in May 2021.

Brendan Coleman

Senior Consultant

A highly experienced professional, with over 25 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial Management, Transformation, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Cost Management, Real Estate Management and Project Management. Brendan is experienced in Core System selection and procurement, IT procurement and Business Process outsourcing.

David Downs

Senior Consultant

With 20+ years strategic sourcing and procurement experience, David specialises in working in the Financial Services sector, but has worked across a range of industries including Utilities, Hospitality, Retail and Public Sector. Richard has used his cross-industry experience to help clients get the most from their sourcing arrangements (encompassing selection, negotiation, contracting, performance management, commercial / regulatory risk & compliance, and M&A support).