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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Middle Wallop, England, United Kingdom

• Co-ordinate a team and delivery of the Apache AH-64E Helicopter in to UK service. Holding industry partners accountable for the execution of a £3.2 billion defence programme.
• After joining the programme which was heavily delayed, created and implemented a new change strategy successfully recovering 18 months of delay and setting future projects on a sustainable footing.
• As the manager of risk, reported directly to the CEO and the Board, overhauling the controls process to mitigate likelihood of business exposure to undue time and cost.
• With a geographically split team of 35 cross-function SMEs, provided the necessary support and oversight ensuring all aspects of the programme have been delivered on or ahead of time.
• Collaborated with multiple organisations, both internally and industry, UK based and abroad, to set requirements and balance deliverables against our own organisational needs to exceed key targets.
• Streamlined resource coordination to ensure effectiveness of all change activities, effectively assessing and mandating priorities leading to the achievement of a key programmatic milestone ahead of target.

Suffolk

• Leadership, management and training of a team of 120 people to deliver Apache Attack Helicopter capabilities world-wide on exercises and combat operations.
• Ahead of peer group, selected to lead 1 of only 4 deployable Attack Helicopter Squadrons.
• Directed the daily management of resources, including utilisation of an equipment portfolio exceeding £500M, complete with 6 Attack Helicopters, whilst holding personal accountability for all operations and risk.
• Inheriting an unproductive team, fostered an ethos and culture for success that led to the team being recognised as the most productive on site producing 30% more outputs than any other.
• Trusted as an effective isolated leader, selected to manage and deliver outputs across multiple locations across the globe resulting in the first deployments of their kind to Croatia and Oman.
• Selected to represent the UK government in demonstrating and enforcing strategic capability to our various partners throughout the world including demonstrations to the POTUS and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia..

Andover

• Supporting a niche customer, co-ordinated and managed all aviation resources across the globe.
• Requiring tact, diplomacy, strong stakeholder management, and utmost discretion, ensured the correct aviation resources were co-ordinated and applied to allow special users and cross governmental organisations to meet.
• Having received a failing project delivering 3 of 9 planes routinely available for a specific task, negotiated tirelessly with industry partners to improve the flow of materiel leading to an improvement of aviation.

Leadership student at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom's Intermediate Command and Staff College.A course sponsored by both Cranfield and KCL universities.

Suffolk

Senior HR Manager for multiple divisions with a combined workforce of 530 personnel.Direct adviser to the Regimental Commanding officer on all issues relating to personnel management.Lead on development of all middle managers to qualify them for eventual promotion to senior management.Manage complex issues relating to the recruitment and retention of.

Suffolk

• Key Accountabilities:
• Senior Human Resources Manager for total workforce of 120 employees across the department.
• Serve as the direct adviser to the Squadron commander onall matters pertaining to the management of personnel.
• Attack Helicopter Air Mission Commander delivering capability on operations and exercises world wide including embarked operations

Camberley, England, United Kingdom

• Lead and assure the training delivery for all new officers joining the British Army at one of the most prestigious and recognised leadership and management academies in the world.
• Successful as the head of operations and the senior accountable risk officer for repeated events, providing oversight of all trainees and supporting functions in arduous and testing environments, resulting in the safe.
• Proven leader of 3 cross function teams, managing all training conducted by 30 full-time direct reports, which in turn enabled the onboarding of 900 new Army officers over the course of a calendar year.
• To ensure modernisation rather than accepting the status quo, independently conducted a full review and optimisation of outputs which led to enhanced customer satisfaction and the streamlining of training delivery also.
• Against the backdrop of the limitations imposed by COVID-19, developed creative solutions to meet training requirements and outputs, including the design and rollout of a virtual training system, successfully.

Various, UK

Key Accountabilities:.4 year intensive pilot course followed by line pilot responsible for the Management of Aircraft both in UK peacetime and Overseas operations in Afghanistan. Responsible for Own Currencies and completion of further training as required.. Responsible for departmental welfare, including co-ordination and communication with subordinate.

Stafford, UK

Key Accountabilities:. Lead a small Isolated recruiting team of 16 people.. Responsible for day to day management of team whilst separated from main units.. Responsible for the delivery of recruiting seminars to appropriately identified target audience.. Assistant in the delivery of large scale recruitment fair, projecting capability to >15000 people in.

Gutersloh, Germany

Key Accountabilities:. Personal Management of 50+ soldiers, including career development, promotion advice and selection, discipline, general HR functions and training.. Management of >£150 million worth of vehicles and equipment.. Facilitated overseas training and development including work in Poland, Canada, UK and various locations within Germany.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Cmi Level 7 Extended Diploma In Strategic Leadership And Management, L7

Post Graduate Diploma In Strategic Management And Leadership, Level 7

Level 7 Diploma, Strategic Management And Leadership

Military And Strategic Leadership