Who We Are

Carney Green is a management consultancy operating across the UK from London and Birmingham. Founded in 2013, our business is based on energy, intelligence and client service. We deliver impact assessments and evaluations, Green Book-aligned business cases, project and programme management expertise, research, and strategy development to a range of clients including central and local government, government bodies, mayoral combined authorities, universities, and a range of other organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors. Our core areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, economic growth, business growth and innovation, regeneration, community and place making, employment and skills, and various strands of social policy. 

Carney Green is led by Mike Lane, a project management, evaluation and business case expert with 25 years consultancy experience. Whilst Mike is regularly supported by a variety of associate consultants (including with specific areas of expertise as required), his central role within the management and delivery of every project ensures we are able to maintain a consistent and high quality approach to all of our consultancy work. In addition to delivering contract work for clients, Mike also regularly provides advisory, management and delivery support to a series of private consultancies and public sector bodies. 

 

Our Team

Mike Lane

Mike is a project management expert with 25 years of consultancy experience overseeing a variety of large scale and high profile programmes and projects, primarily related to business improvement, economic development, social policy and change management. Mike is particularly experienced at undertaking assignments related to socio-economic impact assessment, evaluation, Green Book-compliant business cases and strategy development. He is also a PRINCE 2 accredited programme and project management expert.

His recent projects include developing a series of Green Book-compliant business cases for organisations including Avison Young, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), the Welsh Parliament, Surrey County Council, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). Mike has also recently led a series of evaluations and impact assessments across wide-ranging projects encompassing themes such as innovation, business growth, employability and skills, mental health and net zero for a variety of universities, mayoral combined authorities and local authorities. Mike also provided support for Surrey County Council in its design and development of the new Surrey Growth Hub service, and more recently assisted the authority with the design, development and implementation of the South East Made Smarter Programme. Mike's programme management activities have included establishing and implementing PMO processes for the University of Strathclyde, managing a transition programme within Network Rail, and overseeing a multi-partner innovation programme.