Will Gibbs Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

With my extensive experience of running all aspects of a small business, I am in a fairly unique position to provide advice both at a strategic and at a micro level. I can therefore help to formulate strategic plans and then advise on how to implement the operational activities required to achieve these. This could be across a range of activities – for instance, creating exceptional customer service, increasing sales, driving efficiencies, adding value to the core proposition, or seeking out strategic partnerships. I thrive on problem solving with creative and practical solutions. With the advantage of bringing a fresh, impartial perspective, I can often see more clearly the solution to complicated issues an organisation is struggling with and provide structured advice to go about resolving these. This could be for a large, well-established higher education provider or a new, entrepreneurial start-up.I can join the dots between different departments and empower senior managers to make informed decisions at pivotal moments in a company’s development for both short term and long term goals. Ultimately, I can help make working life less stressful and more fulfilling by giving senior management confidence in their strategy and practical plans in place to achieve them.

London, England, United Kingdom

I oversaw the successful merger of KLC School of Design with West Dean College (www.westdean.org.uk) of Arts & Conservation in 2021. This involved carrying out all the negotiations and due diligence to enable the merger, after which I then took on the responsibility for bringing the two schools together as Director of Business Integration.I then worked on capitalising on the opportunities for the newly combined organisation as Director of Business Development, including the creation of an Arts Club gathering together a global community of creative people.

London, England, United Kingdom

As Managing Director of KLC (www.klc.co.uk), I helped to create a truly unique culture that placed great emphasis on a friendly, nurturing and professional approach to design education. This put students at the heart of everything and built a positive team and school environment, which resulted in a very high rate of staff retention. I passionately believe that education should be taught in a professional, relevant and inspiring way and that it should make positive changes in people’s lives. In positioning the school, I placed great emphasis on the careers service provided individually to each of our students and the welfare support offered. We took pride in the community engagement on student design projects and worked hard to develop unique links with the industry. Long before the pandemic, I was committed to creating flexible delivery methods for the courses utilising innovative technology to ensure that our training was accessible and affordable for as broad an audience as possible. Our online degree in interior design launched in 2016 and won awards for innovation in digital teaching and learning. The expanded course range led to steady growth over the years and I oversaw the implementation of external oversight with a formal partnership with the University of Brighton and successful registration with the Office for Students. I also forged key strategic partnerships with organisations such as TI Media, Future Learn, Historic Royal Palaces and Kingfisher and developed international links with formal affiliation agreements for schools in France, Russia and Japan.

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