A highly motivated and uniquely effective partnerships and bid funding manager, I have a strong and highly successful track record in successfully leading partners to unlock funding from a variety of sources, including EU funding, in a competitive environment. My exceptional ability to organise and deliver winning bids has secured multi million publicly and privately funded initiatives.I am qualified to Prince 2 Practitioner level and have a strong commitment to collaboration, enabling and leading effective planning and delivery of initiatives with project partners to achieve positive outcomes. With exceptional skills project management and partnership development I have consistently coordinated the development and delivery of significant programmes and projects across a range of sectors with a particular emphasis in the Technology and Innovation arena. A hard working self starter, I am driven by innovative thinking and promoting ideas. I am an articulate and action orientated individual with exceptional relationship management skills.Specialties: Relationship and Stakeholder ManagementProgramme/ project management (Prince 2 qualified)Project leadershipBid developmentPublic funding streams including European Funding Strategy DevelopmentChange ManagementProject planningEvent management