Joint Director (part-time) West Midlands Further Education Productivity and Skills GroupDirector (part-time) Birmingham Chamber Group and Greater Birmingham and Solihull FE Consortium) Key Achievements: • establishment of formal consortium at Combined Authority level across 23 colleges with formal protocol of joint working with the Combined Authority in the run-up to skills funding devolution * establishment of formal consortium between nine colleges with detailed protocol of joint working and bidding• development of effective partnership with Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP• creation of single online gateway for all skills support provision in the LEP region* Adviser D2N2 College Consortium Jan 2015 - Dec 2016; detailed mapping of FE provosion against LEP skills priorities September 2015* establishment -with Dame Asha Khemka- of the Midlands Engine for Growth Skills Group (March 2016) and implememntation plan (June 2016)

1. Responsible for general advice and support on skills strategy2. Responsible for WoELEP selection by BIS as one of three LEPs to pilot different approaches to the localising of skills (Adult Skills Budget) funding currently held by SFA

1. development and implementation of a strategy for skills and business support.2. support for the development of the new Local Enterprise Partnership and development of the strategies for skills/employment and business support

• establishment of a business-led skills and employment board and strategy for the sub-region. Lead role in the employment and skills strand of a Multi-Area Agreement for the four local authorities: development of a new strategy for enhancing the skill base of the region and improving employability. • Successful outcome of West at Work with more than 50% of the people initially employed at Cabot Circus were unemployed and/or from the most disadvantaged areas of the city

1. Responsible for all business facing activity in the Chamber including membership, international trade and commercial services- a budget of £33 million p.a. and a workforce of 1602. Responsible for running the Business Link in Birmingham and Solihull together with the management of three major regional business support programmes - Accelerate, R2I & Mustard (fast-growth start-up programme) - operated across the West Midlands. 3. Non-executive director of:• The Advantage Early Growth Fund (small venture capital fund)• The East Birmingham/North Solihull Regeneration Zone company• The Manufacturing Advisory Service• The West Midlands Quality Centre