Chris Sharp Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Enabling businesses to grow and scale through a unique combination of Board Advice/ Consultancy and Human Capital Solutions. Our clients are Business Leaders who face a strategic or people issue and want to engage a 'critical friend' who can the perfect combination of proven solutions and external challenge. We are different because we utilise a mixture of:Executive Search and Selection when clients need to attract the best talent in the marketplace to fill capability gaps in their senior teams.Board and Leadership Advisory when they are embarking on a multi-year journey and want to build a strategy, operating model and corporate structure that endures and delivers an ambitious vision.Employee Value Proposition services for clients that want to stand out from the crowd and dynamically engage with potential and current employees.Market Insight and original research to enable clients to make better decisions by fully understanding the talent market dynamics that they face.Talent Source to research, reach and recruit those passive candidates in hard to fill and business critical roles.Fixed Fee Recruitment to reduce time and cost per hire for those clients that want a digitally enabled fleet of foot service and are frustrated with the traditional agency approach.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Barlow Wells was founded with the aim of helping learning entrepreneurs and organisations to grow their business and realise their strategic goals. With a background of growing some of the largest learning organisations in the world and experience of multiple acquisitions, our team is uniquely placed to advise on what it takes to grow, manage and seek an investment/ business sale in the learning and talent sector.Utilising its significant knowledge and experience of industry best practice in the form organisational structures, practices and metrics, Barlow Wells seeks to find the correct blend of advice, guidance and mentorship to support its partners to deliver their vision.

Skillcast develops and delivers high quality e-learning to hundreds of companies and over one million employees around the world. With expert knowledge in designing full solutions for compliance-related learning requirements, Skillcast reinvent topics to keep them relevant, fresh and engaging for our clients and learners. Skillcast have pioneered innovation in the areas of online content development, multilingual portals, diagnostic assessment reports, content-as-a-service (CAAS). Furthermore e-learning management system substantially lowers cost and delivery cycles.

London, United Kingdom

A member of Newcastle University London’s Advisory Board appointed to ensure strategic direction, and that the courses offered align with the needs and ambitions of the global business community.• Informs the agendas of Newcastle University London Executive Group, Newcastle University Partnership Board and Newcastle University Council.• Provides advice on the strategy of Newcastle University London and supports its network building in pursuit of its objectives.• Provides support on co-creating an industry and policy-led research agenda• Connects students with as many opportunities with industry and sectors as possible• Supports the development of strategic partnerships with businesses, industry sectors and government departments• Supports raising the profile of Newcastle University London with business, government and the media.

Emphasis was set up in 1998 and has since grown to become one of the world's most successful specialist training organisations. Focusing on communication skills, its experts have so far trained more than 40,000 people from more than 4,000 organisations across the globe – among them, hundreds of the world's biggest companies. These include household names like M&S, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Royal Mail and Warner Bros; and major professional-services firms, such as EY, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Accenture, Slaughter and May, and Linklaters. Emphasis also works throughout the UK civil service and with a wide range of government agencies. From its headquarters in Brighton, UK, it has now entered a period of accelerated growth.

London, United Kingdom

Led the learning and training division of the FTSE 100 outsourcer Capita. Delivered over 1000% growth over a 10 years period to a mix of private and government clients. Fully responsible for all strategy & product development, P&L management, day-to-day operations and sales & marketing teams.Major business units were:• Capita KnowledgePool (L&D outsourcing, L&D managed services).• RIPA International (international training and people development).• Capita People Development (assessment, selection, leadership, talent, diversity and HR consultancy).• Capita Talent Partnerships (apprenticeships, vocational learning and young talent).• Capita Conferences (UKs leading public sector conference provider).• Civil Service and Wider Public Sector Learning (Europe's largest learning BPO).

Key Business Achievements:2009 – Won Capita’s first two L&D outsourcing deals with VW and Swindon BC.2008 – Contract wins worth over £3million into Dorset County Council, Home Office and Northern Trust. 2007 – Won and rolled out first Vocational Learning Programme for Capita Group.2006 – Implemented major change programmes for teacher training as part of the National Strategies contract and delivered a £2million major cultural and skills development programme for Birmingham City Council that resulted in return on investment of over 400%.2005 – Restructured business post acquisition to delivered 15% sales growth on a significantly reduced cost base.

Board position of Reed Learning (sales in excess of £23 million in 2004). Financial Performance:100% growth in sales over three years together with a 150% growth in profits achieved in a declining market. People Management:Responsible for a team of 50 people covering roles from Head of Training Operations to Sales Manager and from Marketing Manager to Receptionist. Also responsible for management of over 100 associate trainers.

Executive Master Of Business Administration (Emba), Distinction

Bsc (Hons), Chemistry And Management Studies

A-Levels In Maths, Physics, Chemistry And General Studies