Chris Wright is a Founding Partner of School Business Solutions. A partnership designed to bring the business of education to schools. We work with school investors, operators and leaders to understand their unique situations and provide focused strategies and solutions ultimately leading to a better business. School Business Solutions is focused on successfully managing schools as businesses. We understand that quality education is at the heart of what a successful school delivers and what every parent wants. School Business Solutions works with the client to open a new school or improve an existing school to ensure it is a successful business.We use our extensive commercial experience in management to ensure that schools are set up and run with realistic business and educational objectives that deliver the client’s investment requirements.As an independent education consultant specialising in the set up of new schools or the development of existing facilities Chris has worked with some of the world's leading architects on school design and is able to provide a one-stop shop for investors looking to enter the independent international education market from design through pre-operational activities to successful school opening. Chris is dedicated to ensuring profitability for private school owners with good outcomes for students.For existing schools Chris is very experienced in the construction and monitoring of operational practices, school budgeting and quality assurance. Through UK and International experience he has been involved in recruitment and retention of staff. This has included CEO’s, Senior Directors with a direct responsibility for Principals and Teaching staff recruitment. Chris has also had direct responsibility for introducing new policies and processes relating to Performance management and appraisal systems that add value to an organization.Chris has also been involved in a number of Pre-acquisition and technical due diligence studies of existing education assets and has prepared and delivered improvement programs for school operators to bring existing buildings up to regulatory and code compliance.Through School Business Solutions Chris is available to discuss short and long term projects.Specialties: Project Development, Project Management, School design and start-up, Construction Management, School Business Planning and Budgeting, School Operations, School Information Management systems, School Improvement, Quality Assurance, Teacher and School Leader recruitment.