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Chichester, Gb

Chichester, Gb

London And Saudi Arabia

A brilliant training company that equips young people in the uk to be 'work-ready' for the events industry through a variety of online, hybrid and face-to-face courses. The growing Saudi Arabia arm of the business has been selected by Govt. bodies GEA and Takamol, to carry out similar courses in Riyadh along with Leadership Training for young Saudi entrepreneurs. My role:1. Supporting, training and mentoring 10+ young Saudi business leaders and entrepreneurs with regular 121 sessions (online and face to face in Riyadh) focusing on business strategy, financial growth, how to attract investors and managing diverse teams.2. Delivering 5-day Leadership Training (in Riyadh) to groups of young Saudi men and women with particular focus on the events industry.3. Advising The Event Academy on growth strategy and winning further business in Saudi Arabia. In close collaboration with the company Directors, I have also undertaken a deep dive 'health check' of the uk business and subsequently advised on short, medium and long-term solutions to enhance the business moving forwards.

NASGP is a market leading primary care solutions provider, delivering innovative and ground-breaking SaaS and people-oriented solutions to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), GP locums and GP surgeries across the UK. The role: 1. Devise, write and deliver 3-5 year business plan. 2. Attract financial investment. 3. Achieve significant financial growth within three years. 4. Oversee, recruit and grow team including IT specialists, project managers, marketing & comms specialists and membership managers. Outcome: All of the above achieved within three years including 300% growth (turnover) and increasing staff teamby 300%+

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Consultant Chief Operating Officer for BCF, the largest annual music festival of its kind (25,000 people over 3 days), attracting the best global bands from the world of Christian music.The role: To increase revenue through grant-making trusts, to maintain and grow key sponsorship deals with partners and to attract brand new sponsors and grants. Outcome: All achieved in first 12 months with revenue growth increasing by over 20% in the first year.

Chichester, West Sussex

Overall responsibility for the strategic, operational and financial leadership of a fast-paced, forward thinking and award-winning charity.Reporting to a board of Trustees, the charity specifically wanted to recruit a CEO from the commercial sector to see them through a radical period of change including plans to raise £1.6 million to build an exceptional accommodation vessel for guests. The money was raised, the 'TS Resolute' was built and a new era in the life of the charity was born. Within 24 months, all calendar dates were filled, the charity was trading in surplus and healthy reserves were built. The events portfolio was diversified and thousands of young people experienced exceptional programmes delivered by outstanding staff. The turnover of the organisation trebled, and during my tenure, we were recognised by HRH Princess Anne as an organisation that had shown 'significant innovation and achievement'.

Walton On Thames

Conceived, launched then sold my own sports franchise business to the world’s largest performing arts franchise business (Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc). The product was high quality weekend sports schools for children aged 6-16 years (now trading as The MultiSports Group). The majority of students started at a low performance level, but over the months and years through regular coaching and encouragement from skilled practitioners, improved their ability, confidence and self-esteem. Many of these youngsters went from loathing to loving sport – something I am still immensely proud of. From 2005, following an intense period of franchise growth, I then headed up the marketing for UK and European network for Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc. This included:• Overall responsibility for all design, print, brand consistency and strategic student recruitment campaigns for over 275 franchisees in the UK and Europe (combined turnover of £28 million).• Cut annual marketing expenditure by over £250,000 through consolidation of suppliers and better buying for the network. Also instigated and implemented an external ‘full service agency’ to take the marketing into the digital age.

Berkamstead

Specialising predominantly in Team Building and Training programmes, our clients were a mixture of blue Chip and medium sized businesses looking to create new teams from mergers/acquisitions, and re-motivating jaded teams. Depending on the clients’ objectives, progammes would usually combine physical, cerebral and psychological-based solutions to improve performance. Starting as an instructor / facilitator, I moved into sales and won various accounts including Volvo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nestle, SBC Warburgs, Accenture, BT, and Citibank. I learnt that people buy from people, which meant I often delivered the training too. Particular achievements included: • Winning a £750,000 instant win promotion with Nestle then implementing a national programme to deliver ‘army training days’ to the public• Winning Chase Manhattan’s prestigious ‘Foreign Exchange’ Account • Consistently winning the most new business in both organisations

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

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