Ian Mcgrady Email & Phone Number

Ian McGrady is an internationally experienced managing director whose career has spanned the consumer goods and education services sectors. Recent highlights include leadership of M&A activity and the creation of a large joint venture Social Enterprise. His career has been developed in key commercial roles, including: sales director for a unit of Mars UK and commercial strategy partner for a global FMCG consultancy. Ian’s expertise covers a broad range of areas including general management, corporate & commercial strategy and Go to Market strategy. His experience in delivering large scale business change projects is underpinned by his status as an internationally qualified project manager.Market experience includes: Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe

Listed skills include Strategy, Business Strategy, Management, Fmcg, and 45 others.

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  Managing Director

  Edsential

  Mar 2015 - Present - Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom

  Led the creation of Edsential, a joint venture Social Enterprise, through the M&A of 12 disparate units from within two different local authorities. With 1200 dedicated employees we are on a mission to improve educational outcomes for the children and young people of North West England. Combining a private sector head with a public service heart we deliver a range of education services including: outdoor and residential education, catering, physical and mental health, music, governor support and school improvement.Member of:* Partnership Advisory Board: Future Economy Alliance - Social Enterprise UK* All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Enterprise* All Party Parliamentary Group on School Food* UK government's Sustainable Commodities Initiative and its Foodservice working group* UK Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and its communications working group* Social Value International Academic Research Group* School governor & School Interim Executive Board governor