Mature, experienced in both Public and Private Sector Environments over nearly 43 years as a professional and passionate Senior Manager offering a wider perspective and varied transferable skill set offering critical advice and guidance following a lifetime’s experience having signed The Official Secrets Act and been Security Cleared and DBS checked. Ready to offer mentoring, direction, motivation, intervention and encouragement to develop and enhance your enthusiastic teams in an advisory and consultative basis.I have Retail Experience with overall Risk, Quality Management, Presentation and Audit and investigatory skills including AML mitigating financial crime, providing assurance on risk based assessment, DP/GDPR, Report Writing to Board Level and enjoy facilitating building teams, developing people encouraging leadership and manager potential capabilities and achievement within best practices building on my Civil Service foundations.I have experience of working with Government Departments, Local Authorities, Military and Police both in GB and Northern Ireland. Formerly Chair of a Divisional GMP Independent Community Scrutiny Panel and a Member of the GMP Independent Advisory Group working with all Sections of the Community.An excellent and varied skill mix as Departmental Lead within the Civil Service and a Multi Site Manager, Area Manager and latterly as UK Internal Audit Manager within Retail Financial Services.I have excellent interpersonal, communication and change management skills, flexible in approach together with operational experience of supplies management including Stock Control and JIT.My Interests are Good food and Wine, Cricket, Community Cohesion, Interfaith, Martial Arts.Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in July 2018 I sought a change of lifestyle resigning from my then employment to focus on my interests using my career knowledge and experience for voluntary community work mainly with young people such as Employment Skills Job Club, inclusivity work and community cohesion engagement programmes with public and private sector bodies giving me a sense of satisfaction.In September 2021 I had a below the knee amputation to my right leg diabetes driven and January 2023 a Replacement Aorta Valve and Heart Bypass. I have a fully operational prosthetic leg and have now completed a Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Programme having excellent mental capacity and good body strength.I am now able to fully return to a work environment, Office based or Working from home to meet the Business need and Business requirements.