Adam O’Neill
Director | QRA Specialist | Cost Lead
Leadership & Mgmt Degree · AMP PMQ · IOSH
Senior risk and project controls practitioner with 20 years across nuclear, infrastructure, water, defence and industrial capital programmes — from £100k schemes to multi-billion portfolios. Quantitative risk specialist since 2020, with programme QRA leadership on the National Highways £1bn+ portfolio, independent validation on Mitsubishi Chemical UK (£400m), and a risk transformation on Northumbria Water that lifted risk identification by 96% across 400+ projects. Founded SOMA to do the work properly, without the consultancy theatre.
Max Stovell
Head of Risk Management | QRA Specialist
BSc Construction Management & Surveying · APMP · Risk Management Practitioner
Senior risk manager with 15+ years across aviation, highways, rail, water, ports, pharmaceuticals and residential sectors — from £5m schemes to £14bn mega-programmes. Led the National Highways RIS3 integrated risk team to recognition as Public Sector Risk Programme of the Year at the CIR Risk Awards 2022. Programme risk lead on Stansted Airport Transformation and Network Rail’s Crossrail 2 route definition, and an active mentor of risk professionals entering the industry.
Paul Russell
Senior Risk Consultant | QRA Specialist
Accounting & Finance Degree · APM Risk
Thirteen years’ risk experience across oil & gas, defence, nuclear, aviation, rail, water and highways. PP&E programme risk lead at Cavendish Nuclear, integrating CSRA with Optimism Bias. Senior risk controller on BAE Systems Type 26 GCS QSRA, and won the Monju Reactor decommissioning contract for Cavendish Nuclear as bid risk lead. A subject-matter expert in Monte Carlo and scenario analysis.
Douglas Baldy-Gray
Senior Risk Consultant | QRA Specialist
BSc (Hons) · IRM Cert · MoR · APMP
Twelve years in risk management across nuclear, highways, rail and industrial programmes. TOC Risk Manager on Sizewell C (£38bn), providing LOD 1 assurance of cost, schedule and risk across the CWP Alliance. QRA commission lead on 38 National Highways major projects monthly, and lead designer of the Bilfinger UK portfolio risk framework. Calm under pressure and practiced at lifting risk maturity inside client organisations.
Anna-Marie O’Neill
Business Operations Lead
MSc Psychology · BA Philosophy
Anna-Marie runs SOMA’s business operations — client relationships, commercial admin and the day-to-day systems that keep a small consultancy running cleanly. Her background is psychology, teaching and small-business operations: she co-founded Stone & Sage Collective and previously ran the Ananda Wellbeing studio. Keeps the business side of SOMA organised and on time.
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