Christopher Speirs Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Currently on a year out, walking the Camino de Santiago, travelling the coast of Ireland and working on organic farms (WWOOF) as I go

Velindre, Wales, United Kingdom

As a business partner and grower I co-managed the long-established, biodiverse and organic certified market garden, responsibilities included • Growing and selling produce direct to customers at a weekly market, through veg boxes, honesty shop and wholesale to local shops, restaurants and businesses • Delivered training in organic growing methods • Supported live-in volunteers and delivered open days for the local community to visit • Led on recruiting and supporting volunteers through WWOOF, procuring organic produce and pricing

London, United Kingdom

Edible Landscapes London CIC is a not-for-profit community education project. The project specialises in forest gardening – a food growing design system that mimics natural ecosystems, involving a variety of perennial plants and trees. In my role as Director I was responsible for fundraising, development and stakeholder engagement. I also delivered volunteer sessions and events, designed and built new structures, habitats http://ediblelandscapeslondon.org.uk/

Badminton, England, United Kingdom

Developing a 1.5 acre walled market garden in the Cotswold's. The project had been running for over 1 year when I took over as Head GrowerFrom joining the team in May 2021 as a WWOOFer, we scaled up production, built the brand and started to sell the produce to shops, businesses and farmers markets in Bristol, Gloucestershire. At the time of leaving we supplied to 5+ businesses weekly as well as supplying weekly veg boxes for collection and taking produce to farmer's markets in Bristol and Chipping Sodbury. Responsibilities: • Managed the market garden business, planting plan, crop rotation and harvesting schedule • Coordinated and supported the team of live-in and day WWOOFers • Recruited a permanent Head Grower to start from Feb 2022 • Managed the Assistant Grower

London, United Kingdom

Joined in July 2018 to develop a regular volunteering programme at this showcase allotment. The allotment is open to the public 7 days per week. • Recruited, inducted, managed and supported volunteers • Managed the allotment garden, including the annual planting plan and crop rotation • Delivering practical sessions, workshops and events on no-dig, organic and sustainable low-input growing techniques

London, United Kingdom

• Coordinated Capital Growth to ensure that the established programme of events and training, including Big Dig, Roots to Work, Grow Well, Feel Well etc was delivered to exceed targets• Developed the sustainability of the network, diversified income and created new partnerships • Monitored and reported on targets and outcomes for key funders • Managed and recruited Capital Growth staff and volunteers • Coordinated steering group and contributed to Sustain's wider programme of work

London, United Kingdom

• Led and supported funding bids (including in consortium) to the Department of Health, Nesta, Local Authorities, NGO’s and charitable trusts, ranging from £15k to £500k • Project managed consortiums including Pro-Active Minds and Natural Health Service • Led on the design, development and delivery of TCV’s Green Gym Leadership training, Green Gym licensing, web content and marketing materials • Consulted with public health commissioners and third sector partners to co-design preventive health programmes • Monitored and reported on impacts to the Board of Trustees and external partners

London, United Kingdom

• Fundraised for and developed the Green Gym in London, from one project to sixteen by 2014 • Recruited and managed a team of 9 staff to deliver bespoke health-focused Green Gym programmes. Forecasting, managing and reporting on an annual budget circa £350k • Promoted the link between health and green space, through local, national and international media (tv and radio), peer to peer, conferences and networks • Developed and managed partnerships to promote ecotherapy and green exercise • Established referral pathways with health professionals in the public, private and charity sectors, such as local NHS Foundation Trusts and Mind • Developed and delivered opportunities for employer supported volunteering and CSR

London, United Kingdom

• Established the Green Gym in Camden in partnership with the NHS and Camden Council • Recruited and managed a team of staff and volunteer leaders in London to deliver bespoke health-focused Green Gym programmes • Designed and constructed community allotments and orchards in parks and housing estates • Developed and delivered opportunities for Londoners to make an impact on Climate Change

London, United Kingdom

• Delivered an extensive range of bespoke technical services, software and hardware upgrades to benefit some of the world’s largest telecoms operators, in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India, Ireland, Portugal and Jordan, for projects ranging from 1 month to 1 year in duration, and up to €400K in revenue for one delivery• Led and co-ordinated bid management offers for customers in Saudi, India and Brazil, resulting in confirmed sales, purchase orders and improved future business opportunities• Managed the delivery of complex projects with international and multi-disciplinary teams from internal departments and third party suppliers in Europe and Asia, whilst continually improving customer satisfaction through delivering and implementing solutions to meet ever-changing quality and budget requirements • Designed and implemented an improved forecasting procedure in Microsoft Excel, which dramatically improved the value of business area resource, cost and expense forecasts, as a division planning tool • Reported project highlights, revenue, Key Performance Indicators, costs and resource forecasts to senior management and stakeholders for up to 3-4 concurrent projects

London, United Kingdom

• Managed technical implementation and integration of bespoke high capacity Pre-Paid solutions for a number of telecoms operators, in Turkey, Brazil and Mexico leading to 100% increase in licensing revenue and facilitating further customer expansion • Main interface with customer on-site to identify detailed requirements and technically tailor and configure solutions, whilst delivering continual improvements to customer satisfaction• Designated consultant responsible for development and maintenance of Application Services portfolio, designed to improve the capacity and efficiency of customer Pre-Paid systems. Services applied at more than 20 customers worldwide, and proved to streamline operations with the alleviation of resource ‘bottlenecks’ through consolidating processing requirements• Developed and delivered technical application and platform training courses to customers and telecoms operators in Sweden and Finland

London, United Kingdom

• Installed and integrated joint solutions for telecoms operators in over 20 countries world-wide in partnership with project managers and engineers from Ericsson and HP• Upgraded and supported pre-paid software for emerging and established pre-paid telecoms operators, and facilitated the integration with the Pre-Paid telecoms platform (PPS)• Provided 24hr technical on-call support for PPS products to over 60 customers worldwide

Belfast

• Developed and implemented automated programs in Perl to test newly developed telecoms switching equipment, as part of the research and development team

Bsc(Hons) Environmental Management

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