Leadership

Leigh Hough, President
Ms. Hough provides consulting in organizational issues, change management and project launch, intervention and support. Prior to founding Mornington, Leigh worked for W.R. Grace and Company, first in its Dewey and Almy Chemical unit in Massachusetts, and then at its corporate headquarters in Boca Raton. She implemented an MRPII package in support of manufacturing and administrative functions in the US and the UK, and was instrumental in the re-organization of sales support functions in both geographies. Transferred to corporate headquarters to serve as Financial Systems Architect, she played a key role in the selection of financial systems to support the company’s move to common systems and shared services. Leigh managed Grace corporate systems, including financial, legal and human resources business applications, while re-structuring of the information systems group. During a period of high growth at Wang Laboratories, Inc. Leigh was responsible for forecasting, production planning, material procurement and shipping/receiving for a disk assembly plant and for Wang’s largest component and assembly manufacturing operation. Asked to expand a pilot MRP system to all of Wang’s domestic operations, Leigh completed the project and joined a newly-formed internal Information Technology consulting group, providing project management, analysis, project turnaround and training services to Wang locations worldwide. Leigh’s last accomplishment for Wang was the replacement of their global purchasing system with a custom-developed purchasing application to support $1 billion in annual material and service procurement. Leigh holds a BA in English and History from Wellesley College in Wellesley, and an MBA from the Simmons College Graduate School of Management in Boston. Leigh is Certified in Production and Inventory Management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.

Susan Farnsworth, Vice-President
Ms. Farnsworth consults in the areas of finance and financial operations, strategic planning, and M&A. Her most recent assignment has been with the United States Armed Forces in change management and information technology strategic planning. She joined Mornington in 2007 from a 25-year career with W. R. Grace & Co., where she led finance, information technology, M&A, and marketing communications activities at both operating group and corporate levels, with international scope. Among other achievements at Grace, she launched Six Sigma for support services, adapting traditional tools and processes for use in administrative and management functions; drove productivity improvements in financial operations via the six sigma process, including DSO reductions and shortening of the closing cycle; championed a wide variety of other support function/process transformation initiatives; and oversaw screening, identification, valuation, negotiation and closing of numerous acquisitions. Ms. Farnsworth holds an AB from Dartmouth College and an MBA with concentrations in finance and production management from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Jean-Philippe Jomini, Vice-President
Mr. Jomini consults in the areas of finance, strategic planning, corporate organization and technology. His most recent assignments have been with the United States Armed Forces, a top-three global high tech company, a major NYSE real estate financing corporation, a leading global cruise line and a high tech startup. Before founding Mornington, Mr. Jomini was in charge of the worldwide deployment of enterprise application software at W.R. Grace & Co., a global packaging and specialty chemicals manufacturer. Prior to that, he reorganized the corporate reporting processes, replaced the financial systems of Grace and directed the corporate accounting and policy functions. As controller of Grace’s European operations, Mr. Jomini merged the financial operations of 2 divisions, unifying the systems and accounting practices of 52 corporations and delivering major efficiencies in this billion-dollar business. As European systems and organization audit manager he led business turnaround, process improvements, ISO 9000 and total quality management projects. Prior to joining Grace, Mr. Jomini worked in finance and corporate planning at Ford Motor and IBM. He started his career in international credit with Crédit Suisse. Mr. Jomini has business experience in many countries of the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Rim; he speaks English, French, German and Italian; and holds an MBA and MS in CIS from the University of Miami.